Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-04-17
RUSSIA'S HOPE
IN FAR EAST.
ROjeSIVenSky's Battle Now Holds
the Fate of the Great
Empire.
HEAVY FIRING HEARD

LONDON. .Apr1 1.-THE eyes of the
world are conferred on Vice Admiral
I~ioiestvensky and his feet, and grad
ually something like genuine enthuSi-
assn has been aroused 10y the Russian
admiral's h|ardihoud in sailing straight
forward for Il combat With the lapa-
neSe.
There are many naval experts who
do not believe that Vice Admiral Togo
Will accept the challenge. In their
opinion the Japanese will he too prll-
dcllt in such IL crisis to risk the de
structlon of their fleet.
A llongkong dispatch reports heavy
firing 1T sea 100 miles north of the Ma
tunas islands.
The North German Lloyd steamship
Irinz Heinrich has reported that she
had sighted eighteen vessels of the
RUSSIAN Pacific squadron in Kamrach
bay. Cochin China. about 200 miles
northeast of Saigon. The steamer did
not sight any Japanese warships.
The seven Dutch cruisers reported at
Rho have returned to batavia.
The eighteen vessels in Kamrank
bay formed ItoieStvcnSky'S rcar guard
probably. \ telegram from ~IIalfong.
French lndo-China. states that forty Of
R~ojeStvcnsky's fleet have been sighted
about 200 miles north of Manila.
ST. Petersburg dispatches this morn
ing say that Admiral l;o%iestvensky is
steaming toward the island of Formo-
"a with the intention of giving battle
to the Japanese.
The admirars last dispatch Was sin
gularly Nconic and eloquent. He
wired:
Il will not telegraph again before
the battle. II | am beaten, you will
learn it through Togo. If l defeat him,
! will ii to you.'
The message is accepted there as
meaning that the Russian admiral
seeks victory or death.
The Russian admiralty would not
he surprised to learn of skirmishing
between scout ships at any moment.
and the Inauguration of torpedo boat
warfare soon is expected. Naval eN-
perts express the opinion that Togo
was taken completely by surprise when
Rojestvensky suddenly appeared AT the
entrance of the China sea- and is now
concentrating his widely scattered ticet
near the Pescadores. where it is be-
lieved the first big sea fight will occur.
Almost a state of siege exists in the
Narva quarter ut st. Petersburg owing
TO the suspension of the Putilotf Iron
works. Soldiers are stationed inside
the works. and CossackS and police
swarm in the surrounding streets. The
appearance of the district resembles
the scenes Witnessed during the dis
|turbanceS last January.
The Japanese navy department has
proclaimed defense zones surrounding
the peScadoreS. the island of Okinawa
in the Loochoo group and the islands
OF Oshima and Emf, off the province of
Osumi. Tile usual navigation restric-
lions apply.
Serious disturbances of an anti
semitic character. in which soldiers of
the garrison joined, have occurred ut
C|holNahlnSk.
The following official announcement
has been made at Tokyo:
THE force advancing north from
~Singking, driving the enemy before
them. has occupied Yingechcng, thirty
eight miles north of Singking.
~ detachment of the same force,
cooperating with cavalry, has also &C.
pachiatzu.'
A %Sipiughai report says that captur-
ell Japanese spies place the numbers
of the japanese army at 100000 and
that the losses at the battle of Mukden
are already replaced by drafts from
home baltalions, Lieutenant Komaya-
81, one OF the spies, calculates that the
japanese losses at Mukden We're ove
1OU.OOU.
ItaIl'S Thanks to Morgan.