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Show JAPS PAY COMPLIMENT TO Rt'SSlAN CAPTAIN Russian Commander Refused to Leava His Sinking Vessel and Narrowly Escaped Death by Drowning. Toklo. An officer of tho naval stntf har. mado a statement In which hd pays high tribute to some of tho Huh. Blan officers participating In tho battle of tho Sea of Japan. Ills statomont follows: "There wero sovcrnl Russian officers of-ficers whoso conduct In tho recent battle bat-tle deserves to bo held high as a model and example for nil navnl officers. of-ficers. Among them tho most noteworthy note-worthy was tho conduct of Captain Ilodlonoff, commander of tho Nnkhl-moff. Nnkhl-moff. Ills gallantry Is ns praiseworthy praise-worthy aB that of Commander Hlroso. During tho first day of tho battlo tho Nnkhlmoff was exposed to tho flro of our main squadron nnd sustained serious seri-ous dnmago. During the night sho wns mado tho object of sovere torpedo attacks and finally completely disabled, dis-abled, drifted closo to tho Tsushima. "Tho vessol was sinking nnd Captain Cap-tain Ilodlonoff sent seventy of the icrow to land at Tsushima, rcmnlnlng inboard himself with his chlof navigator. navi-gator. When tho Japanese approached tho sinking vessel thoy asked tho captain cap-tain to leavo tho vessel, but ho refused. re-fused. Tho Japanese- boarded tho vessel ves-sel and endeavored to drag him Into n boat, but he resisted. Tho ship wns listing badly nnd threatened momentarily momen-tarily to plungo Into tho sen. Thu Japancso wero forced to draw off und tho captain wont below, to thero meet his death. Suddenly tho ship wont down nnd our men thought tho gallant gal-lant olllcor was drownod. Rut provi-denco provi-denco willed otherwise. Wo found tho captain nnd navigator In tho water locked In each other's arms. They hnd embraced at whnt thoy thought wan tho moment of death nnd wero partly unconscious when we roscued them," |