Show J r T mf DIE Summoned to Surrender They Refused and ami Choose Death To Capture u SOME ME COMMITTED H Official Accounts Agree That the tile Num ber of r Casualties Was Seventy Three RUSSIAN BUSSIAN VERSION OF THE AFFAIR Those on Transport MaJe Made no Effort to Sate Sm Themselves but ought Fought Until The Thc Waves Covered Con red Them April p three Japanese JAP o cither killed themselves or tr were we drowned on the transport Kin mn Maru which was sunk Bunk by b a II torpo 40 eo from the nu cruiser nt at midnight of ot April 26 2 while off oft gora goraThe The Maru parted from a II convoy romO of 01 Japanese torpedo torpe o boats In Inthe Inthe the tog fog at 1111 past Imst 11 of ot tho the morning Wore before Later she met some Russian warships anSI and ordered to 10 stop Tho rho steamed alongside of at her anti and summoned tho the navigating ot of the Japanese transport on 01 board She Sue also lent a II searching party on b nr tho tim Maui Maru and all discovered two companies of or Japanese soldiers con can conal concealed al d below decks This rIts wan WM va reported to 10 the Rossla RossIn whereupon upon the discharged u n torpedo at ot t tin th Japanese transport sulking striking her amid The Mona MaTlI was waH broken In n two 1110 she sho was sinking tho the foUler on board rushed up tip on deck M ni fired tired volleys volles front from their rilles rifles into Inti the Iho Rossla and of ot them com corn committed committed suicide Three boats bonts float t tree free from the tho wreckage of ot the trans fort and were lIero tho thi th means of ot saving 11 and nine nino of at the Iho passengers and crow Two o army captains and three lieutenants were vere among the drowned Some orne of ot the Ibo survivors the land IlIn l In Inthe the th Ih boats and were vero brought Into len Gon Gonna 0 11 na ran today loda Later reports received hero horo from town concerning the Kinking sinkIng of or the KI Maru by b the Russian cruiser crul or Indicate that tim tho soldiers who iio killed themselves ns liS tho the esse went down or were sro drowned refused to sur surrender surrender render to 10 tho the Russians nu choosing death In III In e One Ono committed according to t I on Sn ain lent custom while the tho other men sen wed used ue rilles rifles with which to put nut nn on nilI md I to tn lives lIes reports In tho the number of ot casual casualties ties at nt 73 It l Is not nol known here how bov many men menthe the Russians tool from tho the transport or tr r res m tl after r sho nbc was sinking Kinking It Il H Ht i t that more survivors will be Ito hen bei i n M os one of or tho tim Morns eti Is Mill still missing TUB RUSSIAN ACCOUNT St SI April ApI telegraphs under date that ships were sighted x off olt Port Tort Arthur Arlhur last laRt night and Hat flat this morning 10 cruisers W tn six st torpedo boats were seen s en In III an ilja nt bay bW bayThe i The Tho squadron consisting of or the arm I It crus rs nos hl nUll Iroma MI bm aril oj tho th protected l cruiser put pullo to sC FC k a t 1 day In hl k April 23 liw rh the following day but Ih the Others proceeded to 10 Clen M n fl Kor n and hove hoe to ort off tho the town wing the morning of or April 25 2 aboUt five lile mines mills from the tho entrance to the bay tin hll Admiral Vf I z n sent Into the tho bay ha two t 10 lw lor lo oll commanded by b As S they ran mi in towards time the tiny found ho the Japanese trailing trading Warner rl mer lOyo Maru Inu at It anchor with a n af nII 1 f II crew rew ff of ot about 20 men luOn on 01 board hoard rho Tho lier Virt wr 1 ordered ashore l hor the oyo Maru Iaru took tolt jw II f of her hiI i III ling hag anti ten Ih Hont nl her to 10 th the tha bottom botton with a it 1 l Tin torpedo boats bots rejoined r wih JM the after four absence her er II s fiL 10 sign hr of Oj troops ashore n hore timid Ih its w P buy ty bo t s R 1111 but H it 1 was learned that thai w four torpedo boat cle de tro n rs had hII put pt ut out to 10 pen ea n April Apri 25 AGAIN Th The hu nn squadron returned to tf la anti oM late hitI dining duming the lie night Jr ANt April Arti 6 t started on another At C on the tho evening of or April 21 h en SI o 1111 out ut Mo tho inifi ii a with war Wil ore rf nn li hord her hel crew cw of ot 1 lon hot ii i ti t 12 1 Pae J IM 1 the tho shinier won was 11 musk unk F a fined i I rm th lh Ihn c The h he sonic 1110 nigh I Ih h nb ahw IH n 31 1 when tho the J 11 Him L i H oft off 11 hlll Korea Koron oln a I Jil g JI j inra I Pt transport the time Ham f tr ar overhauled Her command i I k h Ihl HUK III for tor n a aron U ua II il I j I 1 nm mu bring Th riol I INSTANTLY nIU u inn Ian promptly II 11 10 1 t U l i 1111 y Stol StOll 0 instantly h If f i of t the then them r i n th lb T Ir l tutu I began heMn to 10 lower rl steam with wih tho the I 1 it h 1 and t to o 0 Os but bUI HIP cutler c tu IIII rl Ihl t II ii all On tr I ij time 11 transport wore four tour I Ih the i I I guns Pf ot nt H t At t It as ii if It no one WM waa IH n lel I IK but Im Oi O sa it I was that t the Ihu and was wan tar hr r I WiS 1111 I i rt rom time the found i I ihm th ry y 1 liu surrendered I u r i I wore taken on jim 01 i Ihl lint 3 ll n another P rt of or tho the ii MM who refused to toAd r sere Moro W ro fo d dl Art Ad 81 Cj l WhOM WOM ossel wan Wal be 0 away Iway ordered 1 his In et r lle tho The Tho Jap JI tl und thou thon fire nto and all n a nl After the Iho Ater IOn aM aMt r t t f 11 sent nen t n the bottom l hy by tw nw l l f mine mile and ami al I a it 1 JArs DUm Th h tn on board did not flat cease Ild nt CORIO ah 1 I ri tm H attempt to no I till irh Jh t 1 they thiC hail had hO a n launch rt I Fh h id 1 have avo left lett the trans Hi rl actual om I 1 until the tho eloped r thi I WAves i Tha Tho ho transport had on board not only ammunition but hut COO CO tons Ions ann of coal for Admiral Makamura numbered Including 1 IT Altogether prisoners were Vere taken by it b the lh Russian BURsian squadron landed nt at n t Vladivostok annil mil Immediately dispatched by II train to 10 It I waa wais i reported nt it lt the th time tinie the Itus lus lussIl Blon sIl I were returning to that a f Meet heel of or 10 S BO sets ses s was also aiso Icet making for or here but It failed ailed to reach Vladivostok owing to the Iho tog log togA fogA A wireless h message was W ns picked up by hy tho the ships while sImile at sea U It I was ivan In la voile cole amid CI ble bie but was evidently passed between tho the Japanese ships Among the tho Japanese prisoners are arc a 1 colonel and an ni ot at the general staff star while the Include a t num ber Jer of or Japanese who before the war worked as an 19 artisans at nt Vladivostok WAS WAH SUCCESSFUL I St SI Petersburg April Apri 29 3 2 details detail of at Hear Admiral raid show that It I WIns was Will entirely successful l The fhe admiral safely brought back hack his ships to Vladivostok after inflicting material emy emyThe em and mo me 11 at II damage on the tue en enemy el The ho cruise wan W mO mos t 1 Tim squadron was known r ii to jo bo be bi In ll which Ll necessitated the tha prompt of ot the Japanese trans traits transport port Inu The he conduct COl of tho tite troops remain Ing lag on board this the Maru In re 10 fusing to surrender nm om firing tring upon time the oven even while the transport was ns evokes evoke unbounded admira admiration tion ton The Tho Tho Japanese are of ot our heroes U Is it the popular com coin comment ment At the same seine time tle the Iho action of or orthe the tine heroic men did not leave leavo the any nn alternative They were wen obliged to sink the means menns of escape were left at tho disposal of ot the tile Japanese J The Tho ability of or ShutS ships to teach reach miles mies away In iii II 2 hours as ns they tile the did dl on In thu tue Iw second expedition Is U certain ceria In to compel tim thu Japanese to 10 be Le on their guard The he papers point out the tho mendacity of or the tue Japanese claims that was tva garrisoned and nut believe that the from Irom bay wilt will not meet with strong resist resistance once ance The Maru evidently was waH con convoying vO to 10 Song Son Jin Experts I here hc severely criticize the of sending transports without convoy the naval nl then agree In ing log the HIP now new commander of or the tho cruiser squadron Viceroy defenders ers claim credit for tor the viceroy who kept the cruisers at lit Vladivostok anti and select selected ed eel Admiral to 10 command them theta It Is in expected that the tho Russian Ity I In fn eastern castern Korea 1010 will wi retard the operations on the tho Yam river Nagasaki April 29 20 2 p m IThe The Jap Japanese Japanese anese steamer Mum which was sunk by h I the near neur resulting In the drowning of or Japar Ise 0 troops was attached u to 10 the fleet a aa lS ant anta a n dispatch boat Jot |