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Show OUTCRY AGAINST NEBOGATOFF. Statement Is Made That Russian Rear Admiral Showed White Feather. 8t, Petersburg Feeling In the ad mlrnlty against Hear Admiral Neho-gatoft Neho-gatoft continues tn run high the ma Jartly of Hie naval authorities being deaf to tbe appeal of Hie few who In slat that thn admiral's aitloti In surrendering sur-rendering hla wnrshlpa nhould not bo condemned until the rlrcmnatanre become fully known Thn majority say they could forgive anything but surrender, and )lnt tn the precedent set In the case of the Itusslsn warship Itaphael, which In IMS, dlrlng the ltusao Turkish war. el ruck Ita colors to three Turkish ships which surrounded sur-rounded IL Nlchnlas I meted out a Krrlble pun-lihment pun-lihment In the officers and crew of the Kapbael. ordering that kll nf them should bo shot after thelc exchange and directing Hint It the Milp should ever be recaptured Ita Infomcus hla lory should be bkilted out by the to tal destruction of the veestl. The Itaphael, strange tn say, was recaptured thirty four year later at Blnopn. during the Crimean wnr, n snn of tho captain who surrendered her taking part tn thn battle, nnd to this son fell the task nr enecutlng the dead emperor's orders lo destroy her Many naval authorities declare Hint tbe cnieror should reserve Hie same fate for Admiral Nchnatirr |