Show N SS IH M I HW I H I I 1 l I h I IH 1 I I 1 H t i H j 1 H 1 r 1 I 04 I i d I 1 I I 1134 ild J JAPANS INITIAL SUCCESS IS VERY GREAT T fi tj tjI I 1 I J t Torpedo Boat Attack on FIcat Off Port pIt Arthur thur I las Its Pro PIO Produced 1 duce od a Deep Doop Impression on the tho People and nd Military y Critic Of Europe Was Daringly I find and an 1 Done Dono I I I London Feb 9 The naval men in London Lon on regarded the result of Japans first attack with torpedo boats bolts on the Russian fleet off oft Port Arthur as being a staggering 1 one They pointed out that Viceroy reference to mines limine obviously meant torpedoes and said sai that if the Russian vessels had been struck by torpedoes they probably have been b en sunk slink or are resting in the mud in Port Arthur in 1 1 any an case hopelessly out of action for a considerable time u I 1 I Berlin Bertin Feb g 9 Japans initial success in the first attack with torpedo boats on ont onI x t I the thc Russian fleet off of Port Arthur produced a deep impression both on the people and jf f f military and naval critics here Groups gathered around the t e distributors of the tha extras in io the streets and and read the news almost with exclamations of gladness The comment 1 at ht the marine department was that even the temporary disablement of throe worships warships a I placed the Russians at n a great groat disadvantage in the future operations operation It was WM nd nt IQ l that the torpedoing of the vessels lying ling under powerful land batteries must have been bean carried but out daringly daring 1 and ly As Viceroy did not mention on any Japanese losses in ill lm his first dispatch the common talk of the naval na 1 officers WOR that f the Japanese have hac shown that they can cnn handle their ships ship butter bettor tits the Rus ms I M HH r 1 l t 1 ta H s I tl H t 1 c HI h H H ll i H H IH IH H HT T |