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Show JAPS WIN GREAT VICTORY Russian Fleet Practically An' nihllatcd in Running Fight in the Strait ol Korea RUSSIAN ADMIRAL REPORTED CAPTURED Greatest Victory Since Begin' ning of the War Scored by the Japanese Navy. taint ml vi ecu confirm I ho msgnltude of the dlsasti r suffered liy Iho Russian (left in tho incoutitor wllh Admiral Torus wnr vcssils In the filralt ot Knria nnd xlnt In Ilia fact that Itut ala's hopes so far n thli war la con rerun) mm lie In whatovcr may bo aorotiipllshi J by llio oft beaterf. army In Manchuria. Tho ncwa of the disaster has caused deep depression In omclol Itussla, thoiish It la not yet known generally among the Russian people Itojcslvcnsky a defeat has Riven rlso to renewed talk of peace. It Is pointed point-ed out that Russia In tills crisis will turn to Prance throuRh Us fnrolRn mlnliler M Dclcasso whllo from Washington comes Information that President Hoosevolt In accordanco llh his promise snnoiinccd a long time a co Is Inking slip to do all In his power lo bring nliout pence, neeo-tlallona neeo-tlallona Wnhlnglon According to tho latent lat-ent reports from Vlco Admiral Togo lo his Rorernment Iho loss to tho llua slans In ships sunk or captured now numbers lwml two. while full vrtlf ulara ara not yd In Tho admiral aays that nono of hla bin lighting ships was seriously damaRcd InlensllnR new comes from Vladl voslok, sent direct by tho corrcipond-cnt corrcipond-cnt of Iho Asoclatid Tress, who re. ports Iho arrival there of tho protectee cruiser Atiuai and the torpedo boat do struir drum) Tho officers ot tho Almaz ) they wllncnscd Iho sinking of two Japancso battlcahtps and that two Japancas cruisers were listing badly and seemed about to alnk when tho foR obscured their vlow of tho battle. Tliero seems to be Rreat confusion aa to tho fate ot tho vlco admiral, Ro-Jcslvcnsky Ro-Jcslvcnsky It Is said that ho arrived nt Vladivostok on Iho torpedo lioat lluln), badly wounded, and that hla wlfo ha received a telcRram from blm, whllo a report received from Toklo late Tuesday nlgnt at tho Jap-ancio Jap-ancio legation at WaahlnRton, says ho was captured on board Iho Husslan doatroyer Uledovy, wllh another ad mlral, bollt sovorcly wounded and wllh sovcral start officers of hi flag hip, tho Knlas Bouvarorf, tho sinking of which la confirmed by tho officers ot Iho Almaz Toklo Thcro seems to bo great confusion as In tho fulo ot the vlco admiral, Kojestvcnsky It U snld that ho arrived at Madlvoslok on the tor pedu boat llulny badly wounded and that his wife has received ft telegrmr from him while n report received Twsdsy night says he was captured on board Iho Husslan dwtrnver tile dor; wllh another admiral both severely se-verely wounded, and wllh everal slsff cirniont of his flaRShlp the Knlst Bom sniff the sinking of which Is confirmed b) Iho officers ot lbs Al max The Ixihdon Dally TtlcRtaphs Toklo correspondent saya that an Intermit teat fog protallid In tlm Sea of Japan Saturday It occasionally lltlod when there was brilliant sunshine A hlRh wind prevailed wllh a rough sen The Husslan ships wiro first sighted at G o clock In Iho morning ap preaching tho Tail Island under rover of ,s fog which however lifted and the squadron retired This luiuadrnn Is believed to have consisted of six first-class ship and ot cording to In formation received lwnt)-on moro Hurtlan warships were, not far awa) Gibing definite is known however says Iho correspondent and tint au thorltles merely reported that cannon adlng was proceeding It has now been discovered, tbo correspondent continues, that HoJolenky s ships coaled along tho coast of tho liland ot Iaiiod on May 22, and on tho follow lag day they crulied about north of Ultoa and transferred largo quantt tlea of bunker coal from colliers Then Hojeitvcnsky decided tin divide his fleet Into Mvcral parts Ho traversed tho Uasheo straits and steamed In ft northssstcrly direction On tho morn Ing of May 2G the Huulans wero southwest of the I.uchu Islands, and tho slow converted cruisers an trans ports were sent to Bhanghsl, white tho msln'aquadron went to Tsu Island A dlipatch from Bbanghal saya that Japanese warships arrived In Iho of-fling of-fling of Wnosung Saturday and at lacked Iho Husslan ships, but a later dlipatch says that tho Husslan transports trans-ports sre to stay In the vicinity of Bhanghsl, whllo tho (vessels ot tho volunteer fleet aro to leave for either Herman or French territory It la re ported that Hojestvcnsky s squadrons usod Chusan (ono of a group of Island orr the east coast of China In tho province of Cheklang) as a naval base and It la also listed that the Chinese authorities ordered tho vrs ml tn leave Woosungr-by 4 ,o clock Saturday night or to haul down thill flaga Tho Russian tho dispatch said, were temporising |