Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-03
THREW WOUNDED
MEN OVERHEARD
OTHERS REPORTED FASTENED
TO THE MAST
BRUTAL STORY TOLD OF 0REL
Tale In Circulation That the Mortally
Injured Were Cast Into the Sea
to Stlfe Their Distract
ing Cries
BRUTAL STORY TOLD or oREL
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the foreign advices the loss of men, but
as the Ships were over, rather than
undernanned, the total Will be greater
than the ordinary complement of the
vessels would Indicate and probably
will exceed 10000, If only 1000 were
saved
Requiem masses are being cele-
brated constantly i'm All the churches
and chapels for the repose of the souls
of the slain. although the distracted
relatives are unable to learn definitely
the fate of those dear to them. The
admiralty up to the present time has
been unable to throw any light on the
situation other than to announce the
safety of those who have reached
Vladivostok.
Stories of Treachery
Ugly stories are circulating in this
city Of the decentralization and even
treachery of the crews of several of the
Russian ships during the battle, and it
is even said that the crew of the battle
ship Orel bound their officers and
hoisted the white flag. The origin of
these stories, which are discredited by
all naval men here, cannot be traced.
as the only direct information comes
from Japan, but doubtless they are
based on trouble among the crew of the
Orel before her departure for the far
east She was sunk at her dock before
she left Cronstadt, and later, at Libau,
the crew was mutinous.
Nebogatoff Loudly Condemned
Feeling in the admiralty against Rear
Admiral Nebogatoff continues to run
high, the majority of the naval author
tiles being deaf to the appeals Of the
few who insist that the admirals action
in surrendering his warships should not
be condemned until the circumstances
become fully known. The majority say
they could forgive anything but sur
render, and point to the precedent set
in the case of the Russian warship
Raphael, which in 1929, during the
Russo-Turkish war, struck its colors
to three Turkish ships which sur
rounded it,
Nicholas 7 meted out a terrible pun
ishment to the officers and crew of the
Raphael ordering that all of them
should be shot after their exchange,
and directing that IT, the ship gsIhS2pkIl Z
ever be recaptured its infamous history
should be blotted out by the total de-
struction of the vessel.
The Raphael, strange to say, was re-
captured thirty-four years later att
Sinope during the Crimea war, a son of
the captain who surrendered her taking
part in the battle, and to his son fell
the task Of executing the dead en-
peror's orders to destroy her Many
naval authorities declare that the en-
peror should reserve the same fate for
Admiral Nebogatoff.
Counsels Prosecution Of the War
The Novoe Vremya has taken up the
suggestion of Admiral Avellan. head
of the Russian admiralty department.
that the disaster to the Russian fleet
does not necessarily mean the collapse
of the campaign i'm the far east as
text for an article preaching a vigorous
prosecution of the war on land to the
bitter end.
The radical paper, SynoTechestva.
did not appear Friday, " having gone
beyond the privilege of criticism ac-
corded to the newspapers in this hour
Of disaster to an extent which exceeded
the patience of the authorities The
paper attempted TO print over eleven
solid columns Of rabid criticism and
nti-goyernment TRADE.
few copies have been printed for
private circulation and they show lit
tie but white paper divided by column
rules with one large spaced surrounded
by significant black border.
Saved Many Russian Lives
Lieutenant DurnOvo the commander
of hte torpedo boat destroyer Brayi.
has telegraphed from Vladvostok TO
Grand Duke Alexis, the high admiral.
an account of his adventurous voyage
after the separation Of his DESTROYER
from the fleet ON the evening Of May q.
In the course of the afternoon he
saved 175 officers and men Of the bat
tleshlp Osliabya.
The destroyer suffered considerable
damage from a six-inch projscHls ana
was only able to speed eleven miles an
hour. The mainmast was lowered and
the funnel painted white so as to rem
der the vessel less conspicuous to the
japanese torpedo boats, several of
which were seen. on the night of May
20 a steam pipe burst, reducing the
speed to six miles an hour. Lacking
coal all the wooden parts in the de-
stroyer were burned before she reached
Vladiyostok.
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