The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-06-02
MAKE RAID ON JAP COMMERCE
FLEET REPORTED
TO HAVE GONE IN SOuTAER-
LY DIRECTION.
RUSSIA TO SEIZE MONGOLIA
NOTIFIES CHINA THAT SHE WILL
TAKE POSSESSION OF NEW
TERRITORY.

Tllio. May est i. rumored here
that the japanese and Russian fleets
under Vice Admiral Togo and Vice
Admiral Rojestvensky have engaged
in the Korean straits
VIadvostok Fleet Goes South.
Tsinetau, May 2S.-A private tele-
gram received here says that the Rus.
sian Nladivostoll fleet has left Nladi-
vosto}, going in southerl ydirection.
Face Starvation.
st. Petersburg. May IS. The
Russky Slave of Moscow prints a dis
patch from Eladivostok which indi-
Gates that the inhabitants of the whole
maritime region of Eastern Siberia
including the island of Sakhalin and
the kamchkatka peninsula are fac
alton produced by the war. Word
has been brought to Nladivostok from
Okohetsk, Eastern Siberia, that the
fish supply Of Sakhalin was exhausted
last winter and the inhabitants ate
their dogs There is no flour on the
island and the Inhabitants are con.
fronted with death by starvation. The
dispatch concludes:
Should the war continue six
months lorger starvation will be uni
versal in all this remote region"
May Raid Jap Commerce.
flying raid of one or two commerce
destroyers in the Eastern sea is ad.
mitted as a possibility by the naval
authorities here. these authorities are
loath to believe that any division of
RoJestvensky' squadrons in an impor.
tant sense has taken place as reported
from Shanghai. They prefer to as.
sumo that the unspeciiied Russian
ships reported to be outside Shanghai,
like the six which entered the port OF
Woosung, are units of the transport
fleet without special fighting value,
and that perhaps they have been sent
thithe.' to confuse the scent for Togo.
Russians Near Jap Coast.
Toxic, May %. = The Japanese
steamer Tattoo, from Formosa, ar.
rived at Nagasaki last night. She re-
ports that a suspicious looking vessel
of about 5000 tons, which was sighted
on Tuesday, followed her all day
Wednesday till she was within 200
miles of Nagasaki, and then turned
and steamed southwark
1t is believed here that the action of
the Russians in sending vessels of
their volunteer fleet to Shanghai is
part OF plan of diversion, designed
to draw on a portion of the Japanese
fleet
The main body of the cars armada
is expected to make for the Japan sea
by way Of the Pacific and the North.
ern (Tagura) straits.
Will Seize Mongolia.
st. Petersburg, May 2s.-The Rus.
sian government, for the third time,
has notified China that unless she can
bring Japan to maxi an agreement de.
filming the line of the neutral zone
north of Tie Pass, Russia will consid.
or herself forced to use Monaghan ter.
ritory for military operations.
Causes CONSERVATION.
London, May 2S.-The Times cor.
respondent at st. Petersburg says that
Russia's decision TO extend the area
of hostilities into Mongolia has evoked
sentiment akin to CONSERVATION
among the diplomats there. 1t is re-
garded. he says, as the first step to.
ward annexation and the opening up
of the question Of the partition OF
China.
Chinese Order slavs Out.
London, May %. - The Shanghai
correspondent Of the Daily Express
says:
All the Chinese cruisers in these
waters cleared for action to-day, and
the taotai went to the Russian con.
sulate ind demanded that the Russian
ships leave within twenty-four hours
Cabling from Shanghai, the cores.
pondent of the Daily Mail says he be-
lieves the vessels of the Russian
Baltic squadron off Saddle islands
have proceeded on their voyage, and
gives rumor that the remainder Of
the Russisn feet is in the neighbor.
hood of Suchan, province of Shangti.