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Show BATTLE OFF FORMOSA IS OUTLOOK; IRRITATION AT BRITISH ATTITUDE ceeded In ellpjplng by the Japanese scouts. ' ' " "For 'a commercial , ship to report such a fact upon arrival at a port ,1s quite natural." says the Novoe Vrem-ya,,'but Vrem-ya,,'but It is not so important as the news Is then more or leas old, and In the' meantime the squadron might hare changed Its course, but for a man-of-war to send such Information to a coast station by wireless telegraphy is unfriendly. . . " "However, this Is. not. the first time the British have conveyed valuable., warning to their friends. 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 appearance of the Japanese fleet, although at. night, when it Is not the custom to salute in that fashion." : - - ' , ; - ST.- PETERSBURG, 'April 15. 2:37 p. m. No further news beyond that contained con-tained -Jn the.,, foreign telegrams has been . received regarding the squadron commanded by ' Vice-admiral Rojest-. vensky, but the Impression1 continues that -he Is steaming , toward the Island-of Island-of Formosa with the. intention of. giving giv-ing battle if Admlral Togo accepts the challenge. : '' ." . ' ' . Some of , the papers; notably the Novoe No-voe Vremya, still manifest Irritation at the. activity.of . British, warships In reporting re-porting the movements of the Russian squadron. The Novoe Vremya says that the vessels of all nations are observing ob-serving neutrality "with the exception, of course, of Great Britain.". ' The. paper, takes, particular exception to the fact that the British cruiser Ip-higenia Ip-higenia x transmitted by wireless telegraph tele-graph the . Inf pnnatlon. that she had passed 'Admiral, Rojestvensky's squadron squad-ron 140. miles from Saigon.-which was very Important news Ito, the Japanese, Inasmuch as , Rojestvensky . had suc- 1 . - ' "... |