The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-29

consul at Nagasaki. The following is
the text Of the Nagasah dispatch to
the state department:
The Japanese feet sunk the Russian
battle ship Borodino and four more
warships and a repair ship
The other dispatch read as follows:
The japanese feet engaged the Bal
tic squadron in the straits of Tsushima,
which was held, the cannonading being
heard from shore
The belief in naval circles here is that
the Japanese resorted to a free use Of
their torpedo boats in their attacks on
the vessel of Vice Admiral Rojestven-
sky's fleet. The japanese have a large
number of torpedo boats in their fleet
and they demonstrated their effective
ness in the operations around Port
Arthur. Naval officials here express the
opinion that it was unlikely that such
serious losses as those reported could
have been inflicted by ordinary fire.
TOgO eads the Chase.
Lordon May 2S.-Tae Eoklo CORE
spondent Of the nTon Mail :ays that
several of Admiral Rojestvensky's
ships have been either sunk or dis
abled and that the balance of The
Russian fleet is fleeing from the Jap
anese. Admiral TogO's flagship is
leading in the pursuit.
TOgo's Big Ships Unharmed.
Washington, May pa cablegram
received from American Minister Girls
1 com at Toxic dated this morning,
says that Admiral Togo is claiming a
great victory. 1t says that Admiral
/ Togo reports that the result of the
/ fighting of the fleets Saturday after
1 noon and evening was one battleship
of the BOrodino class sunk, and four
/ other large vessels sunk and two or
| three more vessels captured. All the
/ large vessels of the Japanese fleet
escaped injury.
Minister Talzahira Hears tI.e News.
Washington, May 29-9 a. NJ
| Minister rakahira. of Japan, received
/ his first information of the practical
annihilatiOn of the Russian fleet in the
straits of Korea from the Associated
Press, q few minutes after he arose
this morning, when the bulletin from
Toxic containing Japanese government
official announcement that Admiral
) Rojestvensky had lost u warships
was read to Minister Takahira over
the telephone. He carefully repeated
: the words of the dispatch and then
expressed satisfaction at the apparent
result of the great conflict. The min
lister and other members of the Jap
anese legation remained in their Of
fees nearly all night eagerly awaiting
news of the battle. Up to this hour
no official adVices have been received
= at the legation. Aside from the press
dispatches, the only information re
ceived at the legation was contained
{ III a private message 10 the minister
indicating that the result of the fight
was favorable to Japan.
Russians ON the Run.
London, May 29.-12:35 p. m.-Up
to noon today the foreign Office was
still without news of the naval battle
from any British source in the far
r east. The Japanese legation was sim
ilarly without news from its govern
8 ment.
2 Reports are current on the stool,
exchange purporting to be from au-
thOritative private sources to the ef-
feet that Vice Admiral Rojestvensky' s
l flagship (Kniaz SouvarOff) was among
the vessels sunk and that the japanese
are following up the Russians ana
picking off their ships one by one.
The News at Washington.
Washington, May 29.-Oficial an
nOuncement of the result of the nava
engagement between the japanese
and Russian fleets was received at the
state department today in the follow
. ing cablegram from Minister Griscom
dated Toxic, May %:
Admiral Togo has informed his
| government concerning the figbt
. which took place on Saturday after.
noon and Saturday night. Accordine
l to his report the Japanese fleet under
his command destroyed and sunk one
battleship of the BorodinO class #ang
four other large Russian war ships
Two or three more were captured
None of the large japanese men al
S war received serious injury.
The battle was still in progress OF
t Sunday A great japanese victory j.
6 announced here as the general result
of the engagement, but few detail.
: have been received
It Spells Disaster.
St. Petersburg. May 29-1:55 o. m
AT the admiralty this morning moth
ing was known of the naval battle il
e the far east except the news contained