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Show TAKING ON STORES. Erench and German Steamers Supplying- Rojestvcnsky's Eleet. NEW YORK, April 22. A dispatch from Saigon to a newspaper of this city asserts positively that thc Russian second sec-ond Pacific squadron was still In Kain-ranh Kain-ranh bay on Friday. The correspondent correspond-ent says the Russian vessels, which number about fifty, are short of stores and that French and German steamers, including the- Eva and Dagular. are carrying Immense quantities of supplies from Saigon. The steamer Gridan has been sold for J60.000 to bo used for conveying stores, and another steamer has been chartered char-tered for the same purpose. The British steamer Hindu Is unloading unload-ing coal at Saigon, adding to a store of in.OOO tons already accumulated by Russian agents. Flveicolliers will convey con-vey this fuel to the squadron. Another Russian squadron, consisting of seven battleships and cruisers (Vice Admiral Nebogatoff's) is said to be expected ex-pected hourly to join Rojestvensky. It Is believed in Saigon that one portion of the Russian fleet will then go to meet the Japanese, while the.othcr will make a wide detour and endeavor to reach Vladivostok. |