Emery County Progress | 1905-04-15 | Page 2 | Expect Great Battle

EXPECT GREAT BATTLE russians putting their hopes in great victory upon the water the outburst of enthusiasm aroused in military and naval circles at the prospect of a sea fight which may change the whole complexion of the war finds no echo in the liberal press of st petersburg which views with something akin to alarm even the remote possibility of a turn of fortune which would strengthen the govern ment at home the chauvinistic or gans however are filled with long articles discussing admiral rodest a chances but they are all based on the theory that the whole guadron qu adron has reached the china sea the eremya highly commends the admiral for having safely accod the difficult feat of bringing the squadron through declaring the die is now cast the bourse gazette manifest undisguised pleasure at the scare in british shipping circles and the flurry in insurance rates produced by the sudden appearance of the rus squadron oft singapore after the british had convinced themselves that the squadron would never go to the far east japan says the bourse gazette now stands to lose the mastery of the sea together with the fruits of all her successes on land