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Show fay Warships Added to Japanese Navy Fifty Vessels Will Be Saved at Port Arthur,; Many Russian Ships but' Slightly Damaged. VICTORIA, B. C.. Feb. lu.-Tho steamship steam-ship Trcmont, which arrived today, brought news lhat fifty vessels, including many warships, will be added to Japanese naval strength as a result of salvago operations op-erations now being conducted nt Port Arthur. Ar-thur. Investigation shows lhat the destruction de-struction wrought by the Russians on the war vessels at the moment of surrender, was by no means ns great as Imagined. I-Hirger salvage crews are working to recover re-cover the vessels and speedily rehabltnte somo that they may bo .-uldcd to tho fleot preparing to meet tho Baltic squadron of Russia Somo will bo repaired nt the Port Arthur dockB. which 1200 workmen aro putting In repair to enable them to receive re-ceive the sunken vessels as soon ns they aro raised. The damage to docks was unexpectedly un-expectedly slight. Recent arrivals In Japan from Port Arthur, Ar-thur, who Inciudo tho correspondents, who wero with tho Japanese forces, suite that tho captured guns, artillery vehicles, locomotives, lo-comotives, railroad cars and other trophies, tro-phies, havo been massed on the drill-grounds, drill-grounds, ready for shipment. Considerable coal Is being stored at Golden I1III, whose- forts with those of Itzeshan are unchanged. |