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Show Admiral Ekfydioft Makes Daring Raid His Flfeet Bombnrds Iki Island, in tho Straits of Korea. LONDON. Juhojc. Dlepatchcs to, tho London MBrhiHgapfcrfi from Tciklo and Shnhgliul rIv cnefgyand va.ric-i va.ric-i lyto reports concerning Vlce-Admlral Skrydlofr's daring raid. Tbcy state that his fleet bombarded Iki Inland .in thp gtraltfl of Korea: that tho licet had been destroyed; that It iscap'ed to tho eastr ward, etc These reports'; thQligh hori'd df them is ephlirrn'dd, )ijvp evklcnc of tho lively rtnxloty existing id JapaH, sticb llli few previous incidents of tho Vvdr HavJS credtcd. . Tho accoun,t of. the alltKcd, rpat jiaitj near ii ClioU, severity hiilqs. ti9r,tb,df V,ot Arthur, appears to be a;i exaggcr-itqd yqj.-' BJpn of The brcratldna at Vdfangd.w,-.Which Vdfangd.w,-.Which Is close, id. Fu CHob. Tile TdlclP correspondent, pf tliq Dailj- TclJBrqriy rp, fprrlng to the engage'muiit, sivyek tnc ,rpr port Ja entirely wjthput fpundatoh .Th corr,e8ppriqcnt of th'Q, Slaqddrd "ut.Toklp. sao-s, accbrdhig t6. trustwoKHj-' calcdla--tlons tho cost of the war to.. Japan .has Uceh wortdcrflllly Shinll. hdd that no f dr-thbr dr-thbr loan will lie ilcedcd Until ApH lSw. In view of tho definite announcement that yic6-Admlraj Skrydl.qff'B. .soluffdron has put to sea, spnie. hit'erest atUicbcs ,16 tho spcclnl dlMiUch received frdm Vladivostok Vladi-vostok last nlglit, dated yesterday, ilt recounts re-counts a trivial boating. accldpnt in the harbor in which some Chinamen wcro tcs-cucd,.by tcs-cucd,.by lioatH of tho JJogiltyr,and con-olUdBa con-olUdBa "Adniirol IfrydloJT fllsrpalcd his thanks Tor tlio promdt ahd cffcctlvo assistance." as-sistance." Tlie dispatch does not gjyethe dator of thb" a'c'cldpntj 'hl'on Arouses some speculation specu-lation here, as to whozhpr Skrydlpff has .returned .re-turned to Vlddlvo'stbR or wh'fitltbr tlio dispatch dis-patch was Intended to conceal his movements. |