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Show RUSSIANS BUY JAP SHIPS Vessels Captured in the Russo-Japanese Russo-Japanese War to Be Returned Return-ed to Czar's Government. Toklo, Japan, Feb. 25, 11 HO a. m Russian negotiations for the purchase from Japan of warships which wero captured In the Russo-Japanese war aie reported to bo proceeding satisfactorily. satis-factorily. The Soya, tho Tango and tho Sagnmi are stated to be the vessels ves-sels which Russia desires to purchase. Russia would have bought warships from Japan at the outbreak of the war, In order to take part in tho bombardment bom-bardment of Tsing-Tau, the seaport on the Chinese coast In tho German territory ter-ritory of Kioa-Chow but the negotiations negotia-tions which were then undertaken fell through. The Tango and the Sagaral are battleships bat-tleships and -the Soya, a protected cruiser, Tho Tango, formerly the Russian warship Holtava, was sunk at Port Arthur and afterwards raised and re-onlred. re-onlred. She is of 11,000 tons, is 3150 feet long, 69 feet beam and has a compliment of 750 men Her armament includes four 12-inch guns, twelve 6 Inch guns and sixteen 3 pounders. She has two IS Inch submerged sub-merged torpedo tubes. The Sagami, like tho Tango, was built at Petrograd and is of I3,buu tons with a complement of 732 men. She is 424 feet long and 72 eet beam and is armed with four 10 Inch guns, ten 6 Inch guns, sixteen 12-pounders and a number of small guns. She has two submerged torpedo tubes. The Soya was built at Philadelphia in 1901, was sunk at Chemulpo in 1904 and raised and repaired in 1905. She has a displacement of 0,500 tons. Is 416 feet long and 52 feet wide. She carries twelve 6-lnch guns, twelve 12-pounders 12-pounders and six 3 poundersr She has four torpedo tubes, two submerged submerg-ed and two above Avater oo |