The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-30
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tcontinued from First Page.) remnants of Vice-AdmiraI Rojestven- sky's destroyed and beaten fleet, the Russian admiralty at midnight no long CT attempted to hold out against the overwhelming evidence pouring in from all directions that the fleet on which all their hopes were centered had suffered a greater disaster than did the com- bined French and Spanish fleets at Ira falgar.
 More bitter even than defeat is the Japanese claim of the virtual annihila- tion of the Russian fleet, with practi- cally no loss on their side, and many officers cling doggedly to the belief that Vice-Admiral Togo must have suffered heavily. ,..
 With every ship of Rear-Admiral Nebogateff's reinforcing division either sent to the bottom or forced to strike it's flag, and only six of Rojestvensky's original sixteen fighting ships absent from the list of the vessels sunk or cap tured, and with the Japanese pursuit still continuing, no naval authority has the temerity to dream that Russia can again attempt to wrest the mastery of the sea from Japan in the present war. The captured warships alone will fur nish Japan with ready-made reinforce ments which will be more than a match for the fourth Pacific squadron now about to sail from Cronstadt.
 The emperor was completely prostrat ed by the news, and, according to re- ports, broke down and wept.
 4ta terrible blow to the government. The futility of trying to stagger on on land is everywhere recognized, and the cry for peace at any price" is sure to be raised. This time it is believed the gov ernment cannot resist such cry. h. deed, the radical liberals are openly re- joicing in this hour of their countrys humiliation. They declare that the dis , aster means peace and a constitution, land that the deaths of thousands of their fellow-eountrymen and the loss of over a hundred million dollars worth of warships are not too big a price to pay. E s-s.. <. e.s. .=a l The friends of peace in the govern lment are already representing the war
 party with forcing the issue between Togo and Rojestvensky. When the
 fleet appeared in the straits of Malacca they tried VainIy to persuade the em- peror that the time was opportune for | the opening of peace negotiations, but i the war party convinced his majesty
 and Roiestvensky, for the honor of the
 navy, insisted that the fleet should be \ given d chance to retrieve the disasters l suffered on land. ss.s.. ... 1 Diplomatists entertain no doubt that the belligerent faction will continue to urge that the war be fought to the bit l ter end, but the friends of Russia I abroad. and especially France, areenow
 Infringing overwhelming arguments to
 bear in favor of peace. I The Associated Press has excellent
 treason to believe that the Russian gov
 ernment in this crisis will turn to M
 Deleasse, the French foreign minister,
 in whose ability and loyalty as Russia's i Friends the emperor and his ministers | have implicit confidence. Some time 1 ago it appeared likely that Presiden | Roosevelt would play a big role in tn, | peace negotiations, but now his shart Is apt to be determined by M. Delcasse's l. zEE I decision. The latter may, of course l consider 1t wise to place the negotia, I tions in President Roosevelt's hands. | The war party, however, will insist
 now as they did after the battle ot l Mukden, that peace is impossible or | the heels of defeat. The members 0,
 this faction are. already proclaiming that the naval disaster in nowise alters the situation on land, Lieutenant Gen.
 eral Linevitct having prepared his l plans as if the fleet did not exist.
 The censor is taking the position that
 it is improper to accept the Japanese
 reports in the absence of official news
 and has forbidden the publication ot foreign dispatches giving details of tho I defeat. Nevertheless, news of the mag