The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-28
RUSSIAN ELATToN.
St. Petersburg Thinks Brighter Dny
 is Dawning.

iH Downing.
 St. Petersburg. May 2s.--t12:50 A- nn+l The Russian foreign office and the admiralty thus far have been entirely dependent upon the Associated Press dispatches from Tokio for news con- cerning the movements of the warships In the Korean Strait and up to mid- night were In receipt of no telegraus from the Russian fleet.
 The Associated Press is able 10 sn- nounce that the Vladivostok cruisers have left that port and are now acting in general cooperation with vice-Ad- mira1 Rojestvensky under plans pro- pared for the present emergency. Cap tain Broussikoff. who is well known in the United States. commands the ar-~ mored cruiser Gromoboi.
 Vice-Admiral Rojestvensky's success in reaching the Korean Strait. tue gateway to Vladivostok, has aroused something like genuine enthusiasm. The showy Russian capital on the banks of the Neva, arrayed in gala att tire and illuminated in honor of the anniversary of the coronation If Em- peror Nicholas, seemed en fete for teh occasion.\ For once St. Petersburg is not pessimistic. Everywhere the TO- port that Rojestvensky had defeated Togo was accepted as true and in the streets the Russian admiraFs name was on every lip. In the cafes and gardens he was toasted as the hero of the hour Yet, in reality. St. Petersburg had only Tokio advices but perhaps for once the Russian people. so easily a prey to de- spair, might be pardoned for their pre- mature -Jubilation after the unbroken series of reyerses suffered on aca ana land.
 The authorities. however, while elatod over the news, indulged in no unwar- ranted rejoicing, but instead awaited. almost breathlessly, for further news. The lights of the admiralty office burn ed far into the night and the fact thai no further advices had arrived from Tokio. where alone the secret of the real situation is known Is considerad reassuring. Admiral Wirenius chief of the general stan of the navy said to the Associated Press: If Ro3est- vensky has cleared the Korean Strait. God bless him; he has open water ahead. If he has succeeded in mysti- flying the enemy and entered the Ja- panese sea with his force unimpaired. he has earned the title of master of naval strategy"
 At Tsarskoe-Se1o. where 1t is real ized that the whole fortune of the war and possibly the fate of the dynasty Is staked upon the issue. the greatest anxiety prevailed Emperor Nicholas received the news with Satisfaction, but without elation. as an indication that Rojestvensky had outwitted his adversary and had cleared the difficult entrance to the Japanese sea
 Throughout the Emperor has dis played the greatest confidence in R0- jestvensky's ability to turn. the trick; but with the arrival of the decisive moment he showed nervousness and re- peatedly had officials at court to in uuire of the admiralty and the foreign office for dispatches, but neither minis try could relieve the imperial sug-
 Captain von Essen, of Port Arthur same and one of the most capable of Pussian naval officers. is one Of those 1sho believes that Rojestvenskyss ar rival in the Korean Strait Is not an af- fair of mystification. but is due to the relative strength of confidence that Ro- jestvensky would reach Ntadivostok
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