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Show BRITISH SHIP SENDS NEWS. K Russians Piqued ht Alleged Un- ksff1' friendly Act of Cruiser. Hfc ST. PETERSBURG. April 15. 2:37 p. Hp' m. No further news beyond that con- Kf talncd In the foreign telegrams has 'Kit been received regarding tho squadron Hw commanded by Vlce-Admlral Rojest- HJr. Vensky, but the Impression continues Hutf that he Is steaming toward tho island HJy of Formosa With tho Intention of glv- Hp lng battle If Admiral Togo accepts tho Bv challenge. HH Some of the papers, notably the No- Kb, voe Vremya, still manifest ltTltatlon at HH the activity of British warships In re- HJ porting the movements or the Russian iBfc.' squadron. The Novot? Vremya Bays HH that the vessels of all nations are ob- HH serving neutrality "with the exception, HH of eOurse, of Great Britain." H The paper takes particular exception R'' to the fact that the British crnlSST Ip- H hlgenla transmitted by wireless tele- HHl graph the Information that she had HHl passed Admiral Rojestvenskv j squad- sh ron 140 miles from Satgon, which was very important news to the Japanese, HJ Inasmuch as Rojestvensky had sue- HHl ceeded in slipping by the Japanese 'fflh HHa "For n commercial ship to report w?. BUCh a fact upon arrival at a port Is 'fir'- quite natural." says the Novoe Vrem- H ya. "but It Is not so important as the news is then more or less old. and In the meantime the squadron might have changed Its course, but for a man-of- 1 war to send such information to a H coast station by w ireless telegraphy is unfriendly. HHb "However, this Is not the first time HH the British have conveyed valuable warning to their frleuids. During the China-Japanese war when Great Britain was on the side of the Chinese, a British cruiser at Wei Hal Wei warned the Chinese Admiral by firing a salute upon the uppearance of i H Japunese fleet, although at night, when H it Is not the custom to salute in that 1 |