Show JAPS PAY comfy TO RUSSIAN CAPTAIN russian commander refused to leave 1 sinking vessel and narrowly escaped death by drowning tomo an officer of the naval staff ahas made a statement in which be pays high tribute to some 0 the rus plan officers participating in the battle of the sea of japan his statement follows there were several russian oti bleers whose conduct in the recent bat 1 tie deserves to be held high as a model and example tor all naval ot 1 bleers among them the most note worthy was the conduct of captain commander 0 the his gallantry Is as praise worthy as that of commander hirose during the first day 0 the battle the was exposed to the fire of jour main squadron and sustained seri pus damage D iring the night she was made the object of severe torpedo attacks and finally completely die ailed drifted close to the the vessel was sinking and cap tain sent seventy of the crew to land at remaining aboard himself with his chief navi gator when the japanese approached the sinking vessel they asked the cap tain to leave the vessel but he re the japanese boarded the ves sel and endeavored to drag him into d boat but he resisted the ship was listing badly and threatened momen harily to plunge into the sea the japanese were forced to draw off and the captain went below to there meet his death suddenly the ship went down and our men thought the gal lant officer was drowned but proal dence willed otherwise we found the captain and navigator in the water locked in each other s arms they had embraced at what they thought was the moment ol 01 death and were partly unconscious when we rescued them |