Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-04-14
TOday's Telegraphic News
War In the East.

London, April IA dispatch to the
Central News from Tekio says that a
state of siege has been officially declared
to have existed since April l3 within
the harbor limits and in the vicinity OF
Making, in the Pengu Islands and the
Pescadores. A naval court of inquiry
has also been created at Making and a
temporary naval prison established. The
Pengu and Pescadores islands are locat-
ed in Formosa strait, between Formosa
and China. Making is a fortified town
on the largest island in the group. II
has good harbor, although it is not
easily accessible.
On April ii the japanese govern
ment announced the closing of the har-
Dor of killing, on the northern coast OF
FormOsa, to all foreign vessels. The
seizure of Kakung would seem to indi-
cate that Admiral Togo is making it his
new base and that he is watching the
Formosa strait closely.
This locality was picked several days
ago as the most likely scene of the COM
ing conflict between the two fleets in
case Admiral Rojestyensky tries to make
for VladivOstok without going outside
the Philippines into the Pacific.
The last reports from the Russian
fleet show that it was then steaming
northward through the China Sea,
abreast of the Philippine Islands, evil
IDENTIFY making toward the strait Of For
mosa.
Manila, April l4.-Rear Admiral
Train received a report this afternoon
from Saigon, French Cochin China, that
the Russian hospital ship Orel, which
arrived there yesterday, has on board a
large number of wounded seamen.
London, April 1.-THE Reuter- Tee.
gram Company says that the American
naval authorities at Manila have re-
ceived a telegram from Saigon stating
that Admiral Rojestyensky's hospital
ship OreI arrived there at a. m. yestef-
day, with many wounded men aboard.
Chicago, April IA special dis
patch to the News from Saigon, Cochin
China, received last night says Gro
iestyensky's hospital ship arrived here
last night to take on board provisions,
coal and medicines. 1t will leave to-
morrow at midday to rejOin the main
squadron. Ii the reports about wound
ed seamen being aboard the Orel are
true, it will indicate that battle of some
sort must have already been fought.
The dispatch to the Chicago News makes
no mention of any wounded men.
Toxic. April 14.-The navy depart
ment denies that any engagement has
been fought off Saigon
st. Petersburg, April l4.-The naval
general staff, says that the hospitalship
Orel arrived at Saigon, as reported, but
declares that she has no wounded sea-
men aboard.
ST. Petersburg, April l4.-General
Lineyitch reported today that the Rus
sian cavalry has destroyed the Japanese
telegraph outpOsts near Chantufu and
Kaiyuan. The dispatch does MT tell OF
any fighting by the present armies in
Manchuria. Chantufu and Kaiyuan are
towns in the direction of Hardin, short
distance north of Telling, from which
the Russians began their retreat to the
north after the battle of Mukden. The
dispatch is taken to indicate that the
Russian cavalry forces have become very
active. t. reach the points mentioned,
the cavalry must have penetrated lar to
the rear of the japanese main column.
The cavalry must also have moved far
from its own lines, through which the
enemy is supposed to dominate, as the
main Rus ian position is many miles
from the neighborhood of Kirin along
the railroad west to the dir ction the
greater part of the army moved in its re-
treat,