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Show j Sffl FLEET IS REPORTED Passed Singapore on I Saturday, I jWere Steaming Slow and I f Afforded Magnificent j Spectacle. rVery Evident From Movements of : Vessels That Ships "Wero Unfit for Fast Maneuvering. ' SINGAPORE, Straits Settlement, April ll' l-Tho Russian Baltic Equadron passed f U hcr at 2.20 o'clook this afternoon. The 7i jMps, steaming slowly at eight knots an I If hour, four abreast, presented a striking Ml tjcdacle The- vessels, however, boro ovl-iMI ovl-iMI 0(?iCs of tho effects of their soa voyage 'I fjtt the water-line showed seaweed a If 1 1 ,oor'lonEi I ' Led hy Cruiser, n The squadron was led by a large cruls-; cruls-; tr, followed by three converted formor ! Himburg-Amerlcan lino vessels. Then ( cune tho cruisers, colliers, battleships. ' tc. Tho colliers were mostly In tho ccn Ut it tho llect. Tho decks of tho war. ' itljtf TTcro coal-laden, whllo tho colliers ual tho former Hamburg-American lln-i lln-i trs wero light of draft. The fleet passed im!i miles out. Bent Despatches to Fleet. f The Russian Consul visited and gave 'I dispatches to a torpedo boat- Tho lleot ! consisted of six battleships, nine cruis- j tre, eight torpedo-boat destroyers, three . j volunteer fleet vessels, sixteen colliers, j one salvage ship, ono hospital ship and J thie Hamburg-American liners. Made No Stop. I The fleet did not slop to receive dls-Ij dls-Ij patches or to consult with tho Consul. Vi Gabsequcntly tho Consul visited VIcc- 1 Airalr.il Rojestvcnskj 's ship, talking to ! lira from a launch. Ho did not board tho i tuil, but was cheered heartily on leav- Ing tho side of the ship. Tho Consul 1 ; euro to tho fleet tho first news of the I I fall of Mukden. Smoke Visible for Miles. if l! i l Tho vessels aro burning soft coal, and . i tremendous smoke Is visible for miles. Ginf-ways wero not lowered, and nobody "as permitted on board tho vessels. No r.trxs was vouchsafed. Tho only launches lllowcd to approach tho fleet wero thoso ) of tho Russian Consul and of tho Asso- elated Press Natives lined the sea front ( were greatly excited. -H : No Salutes Fired. Artillerymen and submarine miners ; t:e kept at their posts all day, manning !, the guns and mines. As the fleet did not ' ' touch tho harbor limits, no salutes wero iei! Tho squadron disappeared about 5 it o'clock In the afternoon, still smoking I Wack on tho Eastern horizon. I Was Magnificent Spectacle. ft UP10 ncak afforded a magnificent spec-Si spec-Si i ,!e. They steamed along four abreast, j fl armored cruiser and three. Hamburg- lm transports leading. Cruisers, I jtaucahlpg, colliers and a hospital ohlp j - followed The fleet made no stop. & ; Ships' Hulls Foul. 1 Steaming at the rate of eight knots an It took flfty-llvo minute-? for tho j , nolo licet to pass a given point. It was 3 very evident that tho ships' hulls wero 1 . "ctedlngly foul. Long grass streamed 1 ' m uaem and tho vessels scorned unfit ' w fast maneuvering. Tho crews of tho JMlom ships hcarUly cheered Consul ; i l.9uda.nov8ky. , . Composition of Squadron. ! Jft5thBi composition of tho IIuh-bv IIuh-bv - vi?J i Pac,lflo squadron, commanded j ' kaotvlf: Adralrcd Rojestvcnsky. ns far as v I , vtRjkv'hnI,,Jn,az SouvarofC (Rolest- ' iraVn,nW,,); Sls301 Vol llty (Voolkcr-- 1 S3 iw?? P). Alexander HI., Oslabya, Cn.irodiPV' Navnrin. i i Bviffi?'A?ln,rai Nalthlmolt. Aurora, tfirifc, Dm,trl Dongkol, Jcmt- J , ?H and flvo othora. V : toff & Ipet-Kloflf. Voroncj, Anadlml- i Tr bofr- Ynroslav. j ' thik0ffPor::i7Iamicliatka. Korea. Gorts- ' tvcMi,.Jniladyr- Mnlnyn. Jupiter, and y ural others, colliers. ':" Japanese Fleet. i ' SnS?ws !? lh? llst oC voasolt! Probably S :fcmlod kP Vc JaPancsc squadron com- llimi,uv lc-Admlral Togo; I 1 Ml Sfeft"? (naBshl of Togo), ? orj cIm? p. ?h kls'"mti. Battleship scc- cru'3crs-Asama, Chlyoda. m i $ Toklwi vfy"' Alsuma, Idaumo. Knsugn. 5 I cnilN ,.kumi1- . A,ao t,,lrly unarmored I-wS abouft hft lorpodo-boat destroyers I liiii S, ttilrty-llvo torpedo-boats, a f, wsrAdm.iirh,c!i are bc,,evcd to |