The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-12
ONCE
MORE HOPEFUL
Believe Battle Will Occur in Straits
of Formosa.
WILL REMAIN IN OPEN SEA
|RoJESTVENsKY NOT TO PUT I'M
TO SAIGON.

ST. Petersburg. April II, 4:35 p. M
Whether Vice Admiral EojestvensSy's
batttleship division passed through the
Straits of SuHda or the Straits of Ma
lacca. it is practically certain now that
he is moving 10 effect a juncture with
the division which passed Singapore
April s. 1T is possible that this may not
take place until the two divisions reach
Cape Padaran, Oh the east coast of
Cochin China. The dispatches from
Singapore naming the ships which
passed there Saturday are erroneous in
several particulars notably in the case
- the Furst Bismarck, veChristened
the Don, which is still at Libau.
rhe cruiser Russ was fitted with a
captive balloon FOR observation pUr-
poses. and though she left originally
With ItOJeStvenskN, at a trial off Goth
land the rope connecting the balloon
with the shin parted and the balloon
was lost The Russ consequently was
compelled 70 return Later she went
out with Admiral BOtrOvskys division
Japanese Scouts.
According TO the admiraIty's informa-
ton, the Japanese have had an ObEeT-
walton squadron in the waters off Ia
buaD. British Borneo. where they took
he same advantage Of British neutral
4 iNN - tNtltSlNf'tfSkN dlG OF fTeNGu Qeu-
TalitN at Madagascar. and this squad
ron is believed 20 have been summoned
by Japanese scouts to remain i'm touch
with the Russians until they go north
3 10 the Straits Of FOTmOsa, where it is
believed here a battle will occur. Con-
sideriug the vital nature of the issue,
the admiralty is inclined to think Togo
Will not dare TO send ships to NladivO-
stok or leave vessels behind him to
i cope with the Russian vessels at that
port, and that the Japanese coasts and
ne transport fleet will practically have
10 shift for themselves until the naval
battle is fought. The principal coast
cities of Japan are we'll protected by
Qualifications and the Russian cruisers
Iat Nladivostok not being heavily ar
smored could not attack them. but hay
i oc could be created among the Japan
i sc transports and commercial ships.
So far as ascertainable. BujestVensky
has no intention of putting into Saigon,
IN" entrance to that port being mar
ROW but il is believed he Will remain i'm
he open sea.
Docking Not Necessary.
II is learned that the Russian ships
j have on board patent appliances con-
IsisCinE Of steel brushes attached TO a
sort OF belly band which. running under
'the vessel, can be used quite effective
.ly to clean the bottom The speed Of
|Wavships I'm his way. il is calculated,
car, be Increased at least a knot.
The admiralty is greatly gratified at
|tEe speed developed by the squadron
while steamiug across the Indian ocean,
(which is officially figured at nine in
stead Of eight knots as the ships made
n detour nOTthwaTd i'm the direction of
lJibUtU I'm order to create the initial
n1pTe ssioU that they intended to Join
NdnHrsA NebOgaton'S division. Naval
ImeR here consider that the speed at
aimed with such Heterogeneous squad
ron IS n remarkable feat and a shining
testimonial to RoiestVensky's capacity.
The admiralty is not harboring any
.delusiOns on the score Of the opinions
of foreign experts based upon the
Theory that F0go'S ships are armed
with guns which were worn out at
Port Arthur as the officials here know
that there have been heavy shipments
OF guns from England during the past
few months.