Emery County Progress | 1905-04-15 | Page 2 | Russians Are Hopeful

aUS ABE HOPEFUL believe great naval victory will occur in straits ot formaa whether vice amiral s battleship division passed through the straits of sunda or the straits ot ma lacco it is practically certain now in st petersburg that he Is moving to effect a juncture with the division which passed singapore april 8 according to the admiralty s anfor atlon the japanese have had an tb squadron in the waters off laguan british borneo where they took the same advantage of british neutrality as did ot french neutrality at madagascar and this squadron Is believed to have been summoned by japanese scouts to re main in touch with the russians un I 1 they go north to the straits of for mosa where it Is believed in st pe kersburg burg a btttle will occur consid ering the vital nature of the issue the admiralty Is inclined to think togo will not dare to send ships to cladi or leave vessels behind him to cope with the russian vessels at that port and that the japanese coasts and the transport fleet will practically have to shift for themselves until the naval battle is fought