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Show TURRET SHIP AFLOAT, BUT DAMAGED; STORY OF NORTH SEA AFFAIR attempting to cut or Jump the boom," a plan demonstrated by the British, but the torpedo, boats and destroyers evidently evi-dently forced the openings which the Russians had left so as to allow communication com-munication with the harbor. CHILE MAY HAVE SOME TROUBLE WITH JAPAN IF ' SHE SELLS RUSSIA SHIPS. TOKIO, Dec 15. The Japanese are watching with great interest the alleged plap of the Russian Government to purchase pur-chase warships from' the Governments of Argentina and Chile. In response to a diplomatic Inquiry the Government of Argentina frankly disavowed its intention inten-tion to sell warships to Russia, but the answer received from Chile Is said to be evasive. Correspondence on the subject sub-ject is still in' progress. There Is a growing feeling of resentment resent-ment here against Chile. Discussing the question with the Associated Prets correspondent today, an official said that in the event of Chile selling warships war-ships to Russia, Japan will unquestionably unquestion-ably take the first opportunity to settle the score. The Japanese Government is being urged pointedly to Inform Chile that Japan will demand Indemnity when free to enforce such demand at the end of the war with Russia. It Is thought here that the Chilean Government has been Induced to refrain from telling its plans with regard to the sale of its warships. Jap Column Moving. MUKDEN, Dec. 15. The Japanese column of Gen. Oyama's light which Gen. Rennenkampff recently drove back to the Taltse river Is again reported report-ed to be moving northeast and strongly holding tbe Siaodagi-Slanchan region. Five thousand men with eight guns being be-ing a Blanche n and 10,0u0 men with eight guns at Slamatse. BULLETIN. TOKIO, Dec. 15, 3 p. m. The turret tur-ret ship Sevastopol is still afloat, but is apparently damaged. ST! PETERSBURG, Dec. 15. Much disgust is manifested over the manner in which a notorious Russian adventurer adven-turer has swindled several newspapers abroad by fictitious stories of Russia having received secret Information before be-fore the North sea Incident. The authorities au-thorities here are nowise responsible for these reports and express confidence In the testimony which will be submitted to the international commission in Paris. v x The Russ supports Capt. Clado's demand de-mand for a court-martial, declaring that as he is one of the principal Russian Rus-sian witnesses he should go to Paris completely rehabilitated. The Gazetta declares that If Japan Is successful In this war she will colonize Manchuria and maintain a standing army there as a buffer against Russia and that if she falls she surely will head an uprising In China. The paper, thereforej warns the pro-Japanese In the United States and elsewhere who are interested In commerce with China to consider well the effect of either alternative. al-ternative. SPLENDID BRAVERY OF THE JAPS IN EFFORT . TO SINE! SEVASTOPOL. TOKIO, Dec 15. 4 p. m. The partially "successful torpedo attack on the Sevastopol Sevas-topol was made In the face of almost Insurmountable In-surmountable obstacles and writes another an-other inspiring story of the splendid bravery of a number of' officers. The entire crews of the torpedo-boat destroyers and torpedo ' boats volunteered volun-teered for the task, courting death in their efforts to destroy the only floating Russian battleship at Port Arthur. Facing a driving snowstorm and tbe heavy seas, the flotillas separated and, under Indivlfiual commanders, the vessels ves-sels attacked Independently. The decks of the destroyers and torpedo boats were coated with Ice and the men suffered suf-fered acutely from cold. The Russians resorted to the most extreme ex-treme precautions to protect the Sevastopol. Sevas-topol. They dropped torpedo nets which shielded the bow of the warship, and the Savastopol was further protected by a specially constructed wooden boom, the framework of which was composed of Iron logs and cables and heavy chains Interlaced and entangled. From the surface sur-face of this boom hung a deep curtain made of torpedo nets taken from the sunken, battleship the purpose of which was to catch and destroy the torpedoes tor-pedoes and their mechanism. . Th Japaoase probably rafrainad, Xrom, |
