| Show MOST CRITICAL L l 1 1 MOM MOMENT T OF f WAR AA J l 1 j i I II E Ea Elate I a j late Fate ate of the Port Arthur Athur I I Causes Great Anxiety in III II 1 14 4 Russia Hussla I It j t I I II II 11 I q 1 ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE FAILED II r 1 1 1 1 f fI I i 11 Jt One Boat Destroyer Put rut In InTo InTo To lured and ami am Was Cap Captured i 1 t j I 1 j p I h lt jl 11 J OTHER OTIER SHIPS SHANGHAI J J 9 1 1 r i I j jI f I f Those nt at Chou Have ac leen Of Or r J 1 I 1 tiered by bJ German Foreign Office to i Leave LC C Within 2 21 I Hours our 1 4 I I j 1 I ID D from m I points pI today O J l Jr indicate lint the tho lie attempt of oC the Bus Rus Russian r 9 1 I i sian IIAn Port Arthur to reach rench I Mi I i It jie II t j 4 Vladivostok d and nl the tIle vessels ells ls I I j JJ I hAt IRV become widely sidel scattered 1 One On tor lor torpedo or J 1 t I boat destroyer put In to 1 I 1 I where he wui UI boarded anti nna captured t rI l lb by b the The rho battleship I I Ich the th cruiser unit and a u torpedo I L I II bo t Im hay arrived at Chou at atthe lt j i I t the this entrant lr lf j of or liuo 1110 Chou bay ha the It I German on 01 the lie southern outher i 1 cliche hinte of ot the Slum rung Tung unK peninsula i I i According to 10 other the tho lie crul cruiser j ser ncr U Is at Il Chou but l i t advices to 10 thu tho German foreign office 1 I Ido do not nol Include her hel Another Anther Russian cruiser n torpedo boat hOlt destroyer I J I I I ale as 18 near Shanghai I A I o I four alI Out arc are oft or the tho he Saddle Huddle Is Island land about Ti li mlle miles of ot that I 1 j t I i port reports say 11 siu that hint one tic ne Rus Itus Russian Ius I sian torpedo bout hont h oat was oft OtT III tit II I I I Chinos e Us wrt r md ld tokio hearn that thata f It n a number 01 oc e Hela of ot the thc squadron t have hae hav to 0 Port Arthur Arlhur I I II A 4 I t Tho rho Get man foreign ha hn given i 1 that thu tho hue uninjured Russian tJ I j ut it lt Chou mu lust must t leave heave port within 24 2 hours J I I j I fJ Tho Ih system of ot v t 1 1 iou has his luit heretofore been so perfect T that toll there nut can bo hiti little doubt that bitt thu t 5 government Is k s thoroughly Informed of lit t f f I i i tile thu Ih position tit it It the various envois of oC Il I II r rI fl lie thu escaped Sleet Ind 1 h b I 1 J I I able either to lO a drive them In hi Into Into I Ito to neutral ports or attack them with wih c t H force 7 overwhelming I ARTHUR i I u i ii j It Aug 12 32 10 m in St p 81 AlI else el from a military mil tar stand standpoint 4 J II point Il to II be b e forgotten In Ill the lie Hall KOM ii anxiety concerning the tho fate tate of ut tIll I 4 i I j Port Por Arthur AnthIll The flie future of ot the admiralty hang upon tie tho preservation 1 of oC tho the bulk bule of ot thin the squadron ami It la Is not hot too much to lo say eny that hilt tho lie present I pre ent In 18 regarded le as a being tIle the most mOll critical moment of ot tho the wor The ad nIl admiralty declared that It wan Wall I until noon I t without advices ns an lS to the he lie I I of or the squadron and could coull not hot I the tile report that the Irp I cruiser and another Ibis HUH Russian shall sian warship tho hIll battleship C I j put hut luto tub Chou at nt tho lie en entrance entrance n trance of Kino Chou Cho bay ny the German I concession on the Shan Bhan Tong Tung penin peninsula anita sula lull Nevertheless ns os stated mated by tho tile ii Associated Press last night private P dispatches m to show that the mia c t I I IIron Iron dron may have been communicating Hi c with HUla after parsing II Shan rung Tung I 1 1 4 44 promontory and hope hopu Is high that the IJ 1 11 I Ithe squadron broke through the tho Japanese ships and did Is now nov steaming I Ifor shi I for tor Vladivostok The depot departure ture of ot his I In the face of ot tile the superior c J Japanese fleet Is 19 commended by all nil classes The leet papers consider that ho i squadron IH lii II taking hiking desperate chances chAnce I 1 hut at nt lie tho same lImo time hue they hey are loud In hit of ot Its dash daMi I The rhe nUB Rus says mya Is The squadron In is I Ino isnow now no somewhere III In waters ale dis discharging dil discharging charging Its Il heroic duty ditty dil The of ot all accompany It I ni HI I The rite Novae Nov believes that hat tho ha vagueness of ot Admiral Togas report I shown that he tn is trying to hide I cut ant ut truths now definitely known The fhe did not 4 accompany the lie squadron quad ron the Injury she unstained by the lie explosion t of ot a amine u mine having rendered this lila Im un 11 The admiralty declines to confirm or ordeny II ordeny deny tho the report that hut the tho Vladivostok squadron hub hid been b el reinforced I Iy Iby by y l but tile lie report i IH Is given credence PUT TO SEA BRA AUG 10 1 j f Ht Sl Petersburg Aug AUA 12 aThO The i line hlll received lt tho thu following It trout from rc Viceroy IJ dated Aug U It 11 1 1 According to lo n a I report of ot tho iho corn com commandant CUI mandant at al Port Arthur tho tim squadron put flUt to lo sea soa len Aug Au 10 This The Th Molt Alon ol I followed the lie squadron The Tho fob fol following I fola lowing w Wila ia in tIll tho tic j o I C horizon Three das diJ cruisers eight mul nl nd 17 11 torpedo t luul been boats boatti The hl port with wih siege guns gulls for Cor the tho past four tOUl days day 3 I AT TSING BING CHOU Aug IS 1 i j n a m 0 An A 1 un ui undoubted doubted Authority contInua confirm the he that have havo 1110 arrived nr n Ising lieu Chou hell He Ifs lp says wiy they consist of or I the protected mid and Ask A k mid anti Id n a 1 bi of et tha lh h hl l Two of ft if them and one Ohl torpedo I bout boat df In iii I adds adl ar lr are taking Car Cardiff nr I I diff coal coni un on board boa lUr The and Ind one oll torpedo hot boit II I strayer troy r arc ee now I IThee Thee Ther ber nn an that lint tho the re ft remainder r I I tf of f the iii his hits ha a to tort Port Atthur I Jh Japanese arc 11 guarding nil al point Interviews with wih Hah nh mid rapt Capt Pl hung citing I who Is In lii command of tin I Hal Yung Indicate that the thc lie nitai 1111 wore acre more marl active a I than hall w WI at St firl When th II i torp tolu Io boat bont destroyer to ln the departed to 10 th lb I northward the he second cont JH snI to loyer tn r d n a course cur pmt a th II t II 11 ilig K I shit hip and nd the this cruiser r Hu ltd Jul cht hI hi Tile Tho lat hat latter ter tel cleared for tor and signalled to 10 tolie the lie yer to 10 sop ThU was wan done donI Admiral bah lh med tile ot of the th r that the th lie Ho lIeu Hoe e ii lii IU t t 1 ret ti 1 ii oil I in II i I I Ity I it had be 11 i d T Ti this lie tho 1 r T lit Ih I hi HIM o d d I troyer replied thi th h h hi u I Ithe 1 the Il de y I II fl I M turn urn fi to I Chu h htoo I too foo Admiral fi f h 1 Ih lii t I r rot Tt i of ot honor homier of or tu lii h I n II H I I 41 1 allowed him in 10 1 The Tile Clit Ohl i ne naf none U Is deeply chagrined I nt mit 01 and ald Is I ill 1 un 11 tt it a 1 result reoul II 11 1 It f i i I I turned the Ih to tu hi his squad I V ov i to L I PHO lono c Au foreign the Ih ai rival l lut t night nl bt at Chou nou at the at r Chou I bay the Outrun oIn on the I tune peninsula of or tho nUllan h n hot th t 11 the cruiser I NII and mi boat bat Th M I I 1 I la J an i i In n nin Wd J Ii in i 1 I O I 11 I lulling lly to the authorities MI lt Chou to tbt iY jt the th and lId the torpedo boat rul leave loae I 1 1 WI within til iM hours pre rt lurl a ky by 1 ti tiThe J The f IC Instructions In to toI I of ot KJ Kao o Chou II hoh In I In I the tie tO of ot the navy although explicit In that 1 th ami Hi boat f leave lean nl Chou within th 24 U hour houri i limit 11 du II not nt It a understood t foi COI Ih t of th th Russian RUl ln f I V H t Iv that voit OI t The worthy mUl I 11 In II the tho foreign o it will 11 taKe talo no ac no tion lol II Admiral Von Van ar arrived rived ut at Lino Chou and an reports on th hulon It J la hI suggested by ly on ont In authority It I the t fus to ds dl they thuy will wi bo required to The ni North Gorman In tl f or Dr nt that Oer ae trl will wi enforce neutrality and ob Jb I law Iw strictly The Tho other newspapers her print mend 11 oe n y dispatches without com commend SO U l SHANGHAI Shanghai Au 12 I A torpe torpedo do 0 heat hat d oi arrived arrive heN today i It I In II I hI t lour four bit f aro off of the It Islands f about 7 0 ml mi southeast df this Jh u cruisers nr reported l t to tl have arrived nt at T Chou nt It the 11 of KUo Ilio ChO f islands art at about aboul MO I miles from Port Arthur which t lie I thu squadron l let ft It t 7 a m I Wednesday Aug AU JO JOTin f Tin lio or Vane Tau li I it I I 1 oft Qt the Il the Koro Ioro 11 1111 It I It I about 10 o I tint tiit it IC lort Arthur DW f AI ff 1 J Th I l d nt lt th tho today from Irl c m Ann Al 12 According tn to Intent reports rw nt ho rt rB n ct od t M from rom lort Arthur to 10 the of l hII off of Tallen bay I The fhe n t fi finally f nally fled during tho Iho kold one uther Ald on destroyer entered Inlo Chou hol bay bl night of o nth Ill one ona do royer Mod lc h fo Jive lve bl ono one or Diana ho ship cov n returned d 10 Arthur eAn n dawn and of oC Ap p no damage to e n t tA A hn aho b en ohM from frol Mr r consul Ken I tir l I nt that two I torpedo ont entered the har harbor bor bM and attacked torpedo IMI there day 11 RO JO ond 11 I mn n her hr N tor her hr out ATTACK OK ON TORT Tendon AUR 1 from ToUlo 1010 tn 10 th K legation J here her tn In r received r up UJ to 10 11 present the erNI from Port Arthur wan ut Inched by hy our nur fol south of o Imd nd d The h Nolt and 1111 pother AIU a n de pr took look ruge nt At Another took refund at Cheol On I 11 I live lve 1 11 bl a olly the niana PIlM a Ship hl vernl tor do deemed to regain Port Arthur 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