Show J JAPANS rANS LOSS LOSSIS IS RU SI S GAI Former Loses Two War Vessels Which Causes the lie Latter tatter Much I Hell Rejoicing SEA EQUILIBRIUM RESTORED When Jap Jar Fleet Appeared Place Lo Located and at Night Mines Were tall Laid There St SI Petersburg May Ia 20 Tho loss 1011 of ot at least Ira t two to Is dally confirmed A t me ago dated dutell Port Jort Arthur recel l by hy carrier pigeon at lit Mukden wn Wl n l to the tho em emperor emperor emperor lIrly yen yem oll morning saying that two had haul been heen lost oft off that port Tho Llio message fol followed 01 lowed the thi th to Jour ll and no 10 ono hero knew lenew of o Its Ite contents until lato last allt night III ht when whon s foreign brought full Cull detail details of oC tho the Japanese loss Kurly gurly In the afternoon reports of oC tho the sinking lInking of oC the the lie Fuji I on Oil tho authority of ot refugees I from Dalny alny 1 to circulate and aroused tho most Intense excitement Tho ho enthusiasm WEtS was 1111 cd ed Without reference to Its effect on au authe tho the campaign the people regard the disaster ns is divine Interposition lon in tho CiliUM cause It H IH Is r II n offering to upon the day of oC and Ind tro to tt 0 emperors birthday 1111 and It In Is a II sign that God In lit with us WAD WAI R tho lie remark rl rk generally heard If It H a 1 stranger entered tho the city tonight ho he would find fluid It decorated with lings lines lad and bunting and Illuminated devices as US though In III glorification of ot a 1 victory but this Is IB not really so no as tho tile aru uro In celebration of ot C tho tIm or orlI birthday In circle the catas calas catastrophe troph IH i a I matter of or rejoicing though are that brave men haVe havo lust lost their lives liven Just ati as s Japan voiced Its Us sorrow to the I he world when tion bravo men went vent down with Wit the tho Petro Hut this feeling of ot thy Ih Is up In tho tim greater thanksgiving for fOl tho blow Inflicted on the tile sa MO power powel of or the tho enemy It HilI la Iii point cd ell out that the th ufo was as one of ot Japans finest Onest battleships and Ind that thul tho tito loss of oC two and possibly four warships at ut Intervals of a few days cannot fail II to deeply fleet affect a I oct Japan and aud to 10 the course of Tho rho general malt tonight l IH is without I direct news of the till sinking of ot the tho Shi 4 and tho the Fuji hut but there Is an Impression that It may mIl ho true The Tha TheT T reports nt fit any rate rite have Infused Inu oll fresh rosh life lire anti and enthusiasm In circles where liere It tt Is believed that the tue tide Is turned t u rne No ro surprise In Is expressed by hy the tho ad nut admiralty at lit tho the Japanese vessels striking striking ing InA Russian mines tho the admiralty ex expecting expecting such n a mishap to Admiral Ton Togo particularly the tue naval lIa 11 I commanders at lit Tort Port Arthur have faith faithfully faithfully r fully duplicated the tho plan which result resulted ed oIl In tho sinking Milking of tb Wherever off nfl Port Jort Arthur the th Jap Jail Japanese anese squadron roll appeared luring during d the tho day 1111 that r night torpedo boatH stole stoic out and carefully planted contact mines which below belos the sur lur face acl would not be he touched by hy the th de destroyers mb but ships of or heavier draught I cruising In lie tho mine fields would bo ho 0 sure suro to strike thorn them u Tho The favorite point selected hy by the Japanese for or bombarding ho III ha nil 11 A Is III llao Tl TI shan promontory and tho the water there thero has blaum been een ceri thickly sown lown with mines Other beside LIne llao TN TI I shun have ulso nt o been hern mined and It has I I been dangerous for tor tho the Japanese ships to cruise In those waters utters The effect of ot tho tIbo disaster undoubted undoubtedly ly by will be he to causo cause Admiral Togo Toga to be bo bemore bemore more cautious for tOI he must save avo hl hi squadron for tor the time contest conteNt for tho the su supremacy 4 of ot the tue sea with tho the hattie Hallie u fleet Ot when It arrives In III the tue Pacific Tho The loss of o tho the ships Irrespective of ot other casualties which h may have havo oc cc occurred occurred Is 11 of ot tho tim most Importance ac no according cording to the general staff members of which pointed out to the Associated that It tends to restore rest the th equilibrium afloat Despite tho the number of ot casualties In the time fleet It has hAH really lost lot only one cam battleship till the J It U In Is true trul that tin th Il t and anti the were torpe torp torpedoed torpedoed doell tit at the lie beginning of tho Iho war ar but both wore scio saMy safiy towed Into Port Ar AI thur The rhe damage they sustained wn combos to tu tho the hut ut repairs have been blen pending since then hen ant tho the officials state that tho the Is IK ready to resume rostijne her hel placa In n the fighting line IIno Tho The la is I still sUII undergoing ro re repairs pairs and It will be he wine time before she iho can 1011 put to sea Ben Prior to the tho isa Inflation of or Port Arthur several thousand shipwrights entered the tho city and 1 they thoY have lave since been rushing the work vork of repairing the ships The HU now say 1111 that the fates ire are against Japan Tho rho later latel move mOc monte reported to the general staff end teni to decidedly befog the authorities as ns to 10 o the tiu reel real position of or the enemy It IH 14 now lOW generally agreed that the mission of tho the second Japanese army Irm Is not merely time the investment of ot Port Ar Arhur Arthur Arthur thur hur hut but Its ilK capture The Japanese must appreciate now that tho the fleet hus hils been cen weakened that the appearance of at atthe the he will make e Im fin Immensely superior afloat Unless the tho Port ort Arthur squadron be bo destroyed If JC the Japanese are aro to be successful In n the tho war they th y must retain command of ot the tho sea lla however greAt the tile cost COllI Whatever may have havo heed been tho the orlA nal thaI object of ot the tho landing of or troops In Inho Inthe the tho ho southern part of ot the tho Lisa Lino Ino Yang Yung peninsula It Is l believed hero horn that It annot be the destruction of ot tho the squad squall ron mu on at nt Port Part Arthur l should the tho enemy capture the time It la Is declared that It would never novel get tho the Russian warships tin Un tiner uler er orders given before beCore Port Arthur Arlhur was vas cut out off orr the tho crippled squadron wan wano Ua to o leave heave the hue harbor Immediately before lie fortress fell I and the Japan ese so fleet If It the tho enemy retained the superiority which wh oh existed before tho the ships ship were ero destroyed there would have been een little lithe chance of a successful por sor pore sortie or orUl Ul tie e Now the tue authorities tire are hopeful lint In case ClIe the squadron must mullet go RO out nut the tho he chances chalices In tho the conflict will be he moro mora oven even This Flue will bo irn the lie case It If ithe he III repairs to tho the and are Ire finished In time Tho crippling of oC fleet will It ItIs ItIs Itis Is thought more lIlore than thun over deter the tho Japanese commander from dividing lute his fleet ns as ho Ito must munt retain his heavier ships off Me Port Arthur Thus the Vlad VIall Vladivostok squadron may 1111 havo another opportunity for tor raids A London May Muy 20 The Standards cor correspondent correspondent respondent at ut Tien Tlell wires wireR that whilo tho the Japanese float was covering the landing of troops near JAI hai Chau on Monday a it fierce engagement occurred nt at Yen Chung Two thousand wore were killed or wounded The retreated and tho the Japanese occupied both Kal Plus Ping and Kal KII The Tho blame governor nt at Cheng Chow line hall received news the tho correspondent corre adds that bitt the have havo destroyed the tho railway between Choo and Special dispatches from Shanghai to the London morning papers report that lint tho was wall stink mink while white the tho th Fuji and the thu had to be towed away avay badly damaged 1 Presumably the lie Russians wrongly Identified the Ito vessels the I and nn 1 the he Hatsuse being burn t iY sister mist ii ii I iti The lh British l lute has started from tram We WI Ve hot Hel Wai Wal for or Now NL rim aug to 10 pUt i t t British Interests late Int rests there here |