Show THE SMASHING OF THE letter from russian officer is first account of battle to reach the world the important letter from a naval officer who was present at the action at between the japanese squadron under admiral arlu and the russian ships barlag and kopietz Is a document 0 the highest interest it gives an expert detailed account of that affair which may be regarded as historical and Is the first uncensored account ot the battle that lias reached the outer world the japanese censors w fur permitted only abo essential details of this fight to pass it Is satisfactory to find that they have suppressed no vital truths and that the russians unquestionably began the war by firing the first shot this has been disputed at st petersburg but its truth is now established by impartial evidence the technical details of the fighting prove that the suffered even more than had been supposed and that her losses were very heavy indeed since the previously telegraphed did not include the slightly wounded she was reduced to a wreck in less than an hour and the very important tact 1 disclosed that her armour deck failed to resist the japanese shell fire though none of the russian smokers stokers and engineers beneath it were injured the water poured through it in the neighborhood of her shot wounds and flooded her after group of hollers in the barlag aa in tho chinese chips at the balu yalu the losses on deck and in the fighting tops were terrible all the men in the Var lags tops were put out of action at the quarter deck guns all the men were killed or wounded by a good shrapnel burst the helplessness of the unarmored vessel stands forth from this narrative in the most striking manner the armored of only tona knocked to pieces this helpless protected crolger of 6 BOO tons without herself receiving a Bc ratch an attempt will be made by the american federation of labor to put an end to the mine and other strikes in colorado while the la not empowered to bring the strikes to a cloe the leaders are of the opinion thal lacy way be abla to Bettle of the i r |