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Show RETURN TO VLADIVOSTOK. Russian Squadron Arrives at Homo Port Monday Af temoon. VLADIVOSTOK, Aug. 2. The Vladivostok Vladi-vostok cruiser division returned to port at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The cruisers were In perfect condition. They captured during their cruise the steamer Arabia and destroyed some schooners, a small Japanese steamer, one German steamer and one British steamer . The last mentioned two wore carrying contraband material and had nearly reached their destination, Yokohama, Yoko-hama, but were almost without coal and It was therefore Impossible to send them to Vladivostok. This ls the first Intimation that any foreign steamer other than tho Knight Commander hud been sunk. The cruisers steamed up and down in front of the Japanese capital, but aaw nothing of the enemy's warships. Although Al-though the Russian vessels had only three doors through which to get home the Straits of Korea, La Perousc strait and Tsugaru strait which rppa-rontly rppa-rontly could easily have been barred by Vlce-Admlral KcirQainura's.,vcssols, bad ' i luck pursued the Admiral and the Rus- sian cruisers had no difficulty in eiud- ui'iifl ins him. fcHI |