Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-04-12
Admiral Togo Said to Have Lost
Five Vesses.
FIGHT NEAR SINGAPORE
Rojestvensky Has Divided His Fleet
Stronger Ships Not Yet
Sighted.

RUSSIAN FIeet DIVIDED.
Singapore, Straits Settlement, April
1O.-Vice Admiral Rojestvensky's heavi-
est fighting ships, it is now declared,
were not with the fleet that passed
Singapore Saturday and their where
abouts is totally unknown.
The missing ships are the battleships
kniaz Souvaroff, Alexander H., Boro-
dino and Orel. with their complement of
cruisers and torpedo-boat destroyers.
Vessels in the Fleet.
There were fifty vessels in the fleet
which passed Singapore, as follows:
Battleships-Sissoi Veliky and Oleg.
Cruisers-Admral Nachimof, Dmitri Don
skoi, Aurora, Izumrud, Jemtchug, Almaz,
Russ, Anadyr, Fuerst Bismarck, Kaiserin
Maria Theresa, kaiSerin Augusta Victoria,
Kaiser Friedrich, Rion.
Seven torpedo boat deStrCyers.
All the foregoing were sailing under
the naval flag. Under the commercial
flag were the following:
slav, Tamboff, Vladimir and Orel. Russian
Navigation companys steamers-Meteor,
Jupiter and Mercury
East Asiatic companys steamers-korea
North Baltic company's steamer Kniaz
GOrtchakOff.
Sixteen GOLFERS.
One repair ship.
Fleets Near Together.
The latest information in regard to the
Russian squadron, commanded by Rear
Admiral Enquist, which passed here Sat
urday afternoon, was brought here today
by the British steamer Gregory Appear.
The latter yesterday sighted the Russian
ships twenty miles northeast of Manki,
one of the islands of the Anambas group,
about 100 miles north northeast of Sin
gapore. The Russians were at anchor
when the GREGORY AOcar passed,
Information has also been received
here to the effect that four warships APP
parently Japanese were off Capt st.
James, near Saigon, April Z.
Immediate Battle Not Desired.
Toxic, April 1O.-Nice Admiral Rojest-
vensky's second Pacific squadron has not
been reported here since it passed Singa
pore. Its whereabouts and the plans of
Vice Admiral Rojestvensky are subjects
of the keeneSt general speculation.
1t IS quite generally assumed that Vice
Admiral Rojestvensky does hot desire an
immediate battle, and that he will at
tempt to reach Nladivostok, where there
are docks and shops, or seize q base.
The latter course is deemed unsatisfac-
tory on account of poor facilities and the
danger of political complications. Many
believe that the Russian naval COM
mander will speedily quit the China sea
and go eastward of the Philippines. If
Nladivostok is his objective the Pacific
is considered to be more favorable for
the accomplishment Of his purpose, al
though it largely depends on Vice Adj
miral Rojestvensky himself.
The japanese newspapers and public
express relief and pleasure over the APP
proach Of the Russian second Pacific
squadron, as we'll as confidence in the
ability of Admiral Togo's fleet to van
quish it.
Strength of Russ Fleet.
Manila. April 10-The American vice
consul at Singapore reports that a Rus
sian fleet, consisting of six battleshps, six
pedo boat destroyers, one hospital ship,
one repair ship and sixteen Golfers have
passed Singapore, headed this way
The American cruiser Raleigh, the tor
pedo boat destroyers Barry and Chancey
and the supply ship Gen Alvado has
of Palawan island, to enforce neutrality.
Three other destroyers are preparing TO
sail.
The Die Is Cast.
st. Petersburg, April 1O-The out
bOurSt Of enthusiasm aroused in military
and naval circles at the prospect of a sea
hight which may change the whole COM
EpleAlon OF the war, finds no echo in the
liberal press which views with something
akin to alarm even the remote possibility
Of turn of fortune which would
strengthen the government at home The
chauvinistic organs. however, are filled
with long articles discussing Admiral Ro-
Restvenskys chances, but they are all
based on the theory that the whole squad
ron has reached the China sea. The
Novoe Eremya highly commends the ad-
mlral for having safely accomplished the
difficult feat Of bringing the squadron
through, declaring the die is now cast.
guised pleasure at the scare in British
shipping circles and the furry in insur-
ance rates produced by the sudden ap-
pearance Of the Russian squad ron off
Singapore after the British had con-
WINGED themselves that the squadron
would never go to the far east
Japan" says The Bourse Gazette,
nov stands to lose the mastery of the
sea together with the fruits of all her
successes on land"
Sea Fight May Not Be Near.
Other papers express doubt as to
whether a sea fight is imminent, express
ing the opinion that Rojestvensky is like
ly to await Rear-Admiral Nebogatoff and
that admiral will retire closer to his
base before accepting battle.
Strict orders have been issued to Off
GERS on duty at the admiralty not to
make public any portion of the long re-
port which arrived here yesterday from
Singapore.
Nothing is procurable in regard to the
whereabouts of the battleship XMAS
Souyaroff and other Russian warships
reported TO be missing from the squad
ron which passed Singapore. 1t is said
they may be following as a second di-
vision No anxiety is manifested at the
admiralty where the Associated Press
was informed in reply to a question that
'the foreign press and the japanese
were probably more worried about the
location Of the vessels than we are"
There is reason to believe that Rojest-
yensky is on board the Kniaz Souvaroff
and that the division which passed Singa-
pore Saturday is i'll command Of a rear
admiral.
Togo Between Two Fires.
There is reason to believe that Vice
Admiral Rojestvensky's entrance into
the China sea has been followed by or
ders for the cruisers Gromoboi, Rossia
and Bogatyr, which have been ready for
some time at Vladivostok, to put to sea.
Whether il is the intention to send them
south Immediately or to hold them in the
vicinity of VladiyOStOk is not known