Eureka Reporter | 1905-06-09 | Page 4 | Struck Their Flags

STRUCK THEIR FLAGS russian officers accused of cowardice st petersburg according to the dispatch from baron berzen the commander ot the cruiser the battleships remaining in the fight were detill in squadron formation when he was cut off and this increases the deep resentment felt here at the surrender of the ships the vrem ya even declaring that the officer ought to be and ahot for hauling down their flags and turning over their ships to the japanese the paper cites articles of the naval regulations forbidding a commander to surrender except as a last emergency after taking measures to destroy his ship it points out that it required only the opening of the sea cocks to send the ships to the bottom the crews would be given a good I 1 chance of life the paper says and cites the example of the cruiser of the vladivostok squadron which after the fight with admiral kamimura in august last went down heroically roi cally with colors flying