The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-06-01
Only Three DeStroyers and
203 Men Went Down
RUSSIAN FATALITlE57,246
Empire Of the Gar Cannot Raise
Funds 10 Garry on
The War.

LONDON June o. Special dispatch
a. from 81 Petersburg -ny ihni 80
r.ee OF conferences ls proceeding No
Tsar-koc Selo Go determine uot only
the question 90 prncr hui whether u
is advisable 20 f.rId in ihr popular ir
mand Tor the immediate cDufpcnfIuu ~
a national assembly
The seriousness nf fhe situation ere.
nisl hy thc complete destruction of
ihe l,usslln fleet seems 90 Do" fully
realized 90 Tmrskor Selo. where ihe
emperor has assembled practically 900
tie member, OF the imperial family 10
dec.dc on the course 10 pursue. An
the ministers with the exception Of
the ministers ~ war aud marine IA
yor the conclusion ~ peace
w trouble is anticipated loo meeting
the payment OF an indemnity. as nnan-
cicrs who were not willing 10 lend
money Tor a continuation ~ the war
are ready 10 accommodate Russia N
money Is needed Tor thc purpose "
concluding peace.
Some of the members OF the imperial
family are understood 90 Doe urging
his majesty 10 retrieve the situation by
making common cause with the people
against the bureaucracy.
Tokyo official reports say:
I'm the battle Of the Korean strait
the damages sustained by our feet
were very slight. aud none OF our bat.
tleships. cruisers. destroyers aud other
ships we're lost except three torpedo
boats.
Under imperial command Admiral
Togo has been authorized 10 permit
Admiral Nebogaton 20 submit 10 the
car the reports on the battle and a
list OF Russian killed. wounded and
prisoners The admiral was also au-
thorized 10 release on parole the sur
rendered officers OF the Nicolai l., Orel.
Apraxlue and Senavin
"Roiestvensky was taken to Sasebo
Naval Ecs2iial Admiral Nebogatoff Is
also prisoner.
"Rojestvensky skull was fractured,
requiring operation; serious. but not
dangerous. Total Japanese losses 10
late three torpedo boats sunk. three
officers Killed and about 200 men killed
and disabled.
"The Russians lost % ships and
1916 men"
\ dispatch from St Petersburg says:
Russian cruiser Almaz is the only
Russian ship arriving ut Nladivostok.
Captain reports he saw the Knaz SUI
yaroff sink Roiestvensky was wound
ad. Safely lowered aboard torpedo
boat Bunny. Not yet heard from here.
Two Russian hospital ships captur-
ed and are at Sasebo. Russian officers
will be released on parole.
"The flagship Kniaz SuvarofI, the
battleships Oslyabya, Navarin. I'm
perator Alexander III. Borodin and
Sissoi Velih were sunk"
A Tokyo report says:
The naval battle in the Korean
strait, near 0rfeung island, is called
the battle Of the Sea of Japan"
A survivor Of the Admiral Max.
himoff said:
only ninety minutes after the firing
began a sudden shock was felt under
the Admiral Nakhmoff. and she be-
gan to sink with great rapidty. My
belief is that she either struck mine
Or torpedo. The crew numbered GOO
men. a majority of whom went down
IN the ship, as there was no time to get
the men on deck.
"in the engagement fought off Liam
eourt rocks the Russian hattleships
were surrounded by Japanese ships,
which circled about them. pouring in
a terrible fire, and they almost imme-
diately fell into hopeless confusion.
Seeing their plight, Vice Admiral Togo
signaled from the battleship Mikasa a
demand to know whether the Russians
were ready to surrender. Our ships
with the demand"