Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-04-11
TO BAT Tie IN !.
EASTERN SEA
Japanese Warships Are Con.
soIidating North Of the
Straits of Formosa.
THE FINAL CONFLICT
Will Probably Be Fought East Of the
Chinese Empire and Just Above
the Tropic Of Cancer.

st. Petersburg, April 11-Accordin.
to the admiralty's information, th.
Japanese have had an observatiOi
squadron in the waters off Labuan
British Borneo, where they took thl
same advantage of British neutralit,
as Rojestvensky did of French neu
trality at Madagascar, and this sauss !
ron is believed to nave been summon
ed by the Japanese north of the
Straits Of Formosa, where it is believ
ed the battle will occur. Consider
ing the vital nature of the issue it is
inclined to think that Admiral Togo
will not dare to send ships to Vladivos
took or to leave vessels behind him tc
cope with the Russian vessels in that
port, and that the Japanese coast and
the transport fleet will have to shift
for themselves until the naval battle
is fought 1t is learned that Russian
ships have on board certain patent ap'
pliances, consisting of steel brushes
attached to sort Of bellyband which,
running under the vessel, can be used
quite effectively to clean the bottom.
The speed of warships in this way, 1t
is calculated, can be increased at least
knot.
No Warships at Muntok.
Singapore, April 11.-A telegram
from Batavia, Java, today, says there
are no Russian warships at Muntok,
Island Of Banka, near which place it
was reported yesterday that Russian
squadron had been sighted.
Advance Guard Of Supply Ships.
London, April 11.--A telegram from
Singapore reports that four supposed
colliers passed there going east, April
10. These are presumed in shipping
circles to be the advance guard of
sixteen Hamburg American Line
steamers chartered to act as supply
ships to the Russian Second Pacific
Squadron.
Dutch to Insist on Neutrality.
The Hague, April 1.-THE Dutch
East Indian squadron is said to have
been ordered to proceed to Anambas
Islands, where the Russian fleet,
which passed Singapore April 8, is
anchored, with the view of assuring
proper observances of neutrality.
Russian squadrons to Join Forces.
st. Petersburg, April 11.-Whether
Vice Admiral Rojestvensky's battle
ship division passed through the
Straits Of Sunda or the Straits of Ma
lacca, 1t is practically certain that he
is now moving to effect juncture
with the division which passed Singa,
port, April 9Th. It possible this may
not take place until the two divisions
reach Cape Padaran, on the east coast
Of Cochin, China. Dispatches from
Singapore naming the ships which
passed there Saturday are erroneous
in several particulars.
Japan Closes Port Of kelung.
Washington, April H. Minister
Griscom at Toxic has cabled the state
department that he has been advised
Of the closing OF Kelung to foreign
ships until further notice. Kelung Is a
port on the north end Of the Island Of
Formosa. 1t is believed here that this
action of Japan indicates that this
port will be used by Admiral Togo as
a base for his feet.
viii Have a Million Men In Field. &
Toxic, April 11.-Japan Is meeting
the Russian plan Of reorganization and
Of It's Manchurian ar
mics with an extensive expedition