Show squadrons reported to have come together the japanese losing five ships but the rumor is not given credence ii bicio cio april 10 A special to ho daily news from hongtong Hong kong bavo 1 Is reported here that two sec ion of the rhal fleets clashed near singapore this morning and hat togo lost five vessel the aimor is not ghen much credence TURNING MOVEMENT BEGUN harblin Harb lii april 10 information 10 at the russian to definitely establish tho fact aliat only chinese bandits under tho lead of officers together with japanese cavalry arc operating westward toward sihar their ob joc evidently being to raid ohp rus ban there is how ciar a real turning movement east arl of kirin said to be under the command of general oku the roads hac grown desperately bad on the flat ground there arc seas of mud japanese proclamations liae been Is lined riving ahe state of the roads as an excuse for the defeat of their entry into harbin having been changed from april 10 to april 30 COWARDS guthu pass april 10 general Ll has pilloried a of officers who displayed during the battlo ot publicly als iacong them by posting at all the ahl lon headquarters while some of them a ro ignominiously drummed out of camp NO CHANGE REPORTED f st april 10 A dispatch from chief of to the general staff dated today from the front says there has been no change in tho situation of tho two armies ARE DUTCH WARSHIPS inland of java april 10 it Is reported that the supposed russian wai ships sighted oft munbok aro really the ships of the dutch squadron which has left its former an under secret orders and Is now steaming north RUSSIAN FLEET manila april 10 tho american alco consul at singapore reports that a russian Rug sian fleet consisting of six battleships six cruisers six converted cruisers eight torpedo boat destroyers one hospital phlp ono repair ship and sixteen colliers havo passed singapore headed this way tho american cruiser raleigh the torpedo boat destroyers barry and chaunecy Chaunc cy and the supply ship gen AI vado havo been dispatched to patrol the west coast of island to enforce neutrality three other destroyers st arc prepare pre to sail RUSSIANS AT ANCHOR singapore straits settlements april 10 the latest information in regard to the russian squadron commanded by rear admiral which passed hero saturday afternoon waa bi ought aero today by the british steamer glegory apcar the latter sighted the russian squadron twenty mies northeast of manki ono of the islands of the group about miles north of singapore alie russians were at anchor when the gregory apcar passed them information has also been ed hero to the effect that tour warships apparently japanese ocic off cape st jarnia near saigon NEAR amsterdam april 10 A dispatch to the from batalla Ba tavla island of java says that a prussian squadron is near munbok and that it la expected to arrive at batavia today the dutch east indies squadron Is now at island near singapore there arc two in the east indies one comparatively near batac la and the other far distant from that port to reach cither of them it would seem that tho squadron referred to may havo the jaa sea through the straits oe sunda though it Is possible that part of the russian squadron which passed singapore saturday may have turned fouth when out of sight of lanil and hate reached munbok on the island of banka oft the southeast coast of the island of sumatra and some miles from batalla Ba tavla the second mun tok la at the extreme alorth eastorn patt of the island of aeme bes and Is too far away to enable a squadron to reach batalla under about alio days destination tokio april 10 vice admiral ro second pacific squadron has not been reported here since it passed singapore its whereabouts and the plans of vice admiral sky are subjects of the keenest general speculation it Is quite generally assumed that vice admiral docs not desire an immediate battle and that ho will attempt to vladivostok where abero aro docot and shops or seize a base the latter course la deemed unsatisfactory on account of poor facilities and the danger of political complication many believe that lie russian commander has a second rendezvous la the pacific ocean and that ho will speedily quit the china sealand go eastward of the philippines ip pines if vladivostok Is his objective the pacific s considered to bo more favorable for the accomplishment of his purpose although it largely depends on himself the japanese newspapers and public express relict and pleasure over the approach of the russian second pacific squadron ts wall as confidence in the ability bt admiral bogos fleet to vanquish it PENDING AVAL BATTLE SL petersburg april 10 the outburst of enthusiasm aroused in military and naval circles at the prospect of a sea fight which may change the whole complexion of the war finds no echo in the liberal press which views with something akin to alarm even the remote possibility of a turn of fortune which would strengthen the gov eminent at home the chauvinistic organs however are filled with long articles discussing admiral ys chance but they are all based on the theory that the whole squadron has reached the china sea alio highly commends the admiral for having safely accomplished the feat of bringing the squadron through declaring the die is now cast the bourse gazette manifests pleasure at the scare in british shipping circles and the flurry in insurance rates produced by the sudden of the russian squadron oft singapore after the british had iced themselves that the squadron never go to the far east japan says he bourse gazette now stands to aso the mastery of the sea together wih the fruits of all her successes 01 land other papers express doubt as to whether a sea ight is imminent expressing the that sky Is likely to awalt rear admiral Nebo gatoff and flat admiral togo will retire cloder bohs base before accepting battle strict orders avo been issued to tho officers on duty it the admiralty not to make public ay portion of the long report which hero yesterday from singapore nothing is in regard to tho whereabouts 0 the battleship kniaz Souva ind other russian warships rc portes to be missing from tho squadron passed singapore it Is said they raft bo following a second division Is manifested at the here the associated press in reply to a question thathy foreign press and the probably moro worried about th avocation ot tho vessels than we are rr there is reason v believe that ro jest is on board the kniaz and that ho division which passed singapore saturday Is in command of a icar MURDERER strangled his because of a ossining Os N Y aril lo 10 maitin ebelt who murderer his wife at mount vernoa paid ahe penalty for his crime in the chair in sins sing prison tody ebelt killed ins wife slay 4 the yung woman was 19 bearg old and ebelt was twenty two wa tho motive for the kunle abolt induced his eife to accompany him on alio of the murder by telling aci thit he wanted to introduce her to a arson who would ghe her work at 6 1 week and that she could have he wages for spending money at a loiczly spot acar their home he her to death afterwards hi owing tie body into a sewer where it was toad a few days later when a ahoo baring was tied tightly around the comans womans neck INDIAN earthquake number of europeans lost in the disaster london abill 10 iian secretary broderick Broder lck a als patch today from lord of india giving a of the european casualties from the recent earthquake as follows karmali Dar maLi thirteen dead and two seriously injured kanara seven dead nearly all the native clerks parl hed palan pur two deal and ono seriously injured the jalaa pur list the viceroy adds is probably casualties sire alao reported cohao occurred at Kulu punjab JAPANESE RUN OUT fiall fornia town not tolerate their presence cal abill 10 all the japanese muneis at brawns valley a small mining town twenty miles cast of nave beer summarily deported A few of item went there recently to work on the dumps at the mines but the white population objected to presence and a committee waited on them with the firm request that aney depart immediately which they du AGAINST REED wroot new jersey methodists address a resolution to the senate newark N J april 10 A resolution which called upon abo united states senate to unseat senator reed smoot and which declared opp to waa by tho newark of the methodist episcopal church today the resolution aroused somo of tho members saying that the senate would bettle the question satisfactorily PLATT washington conn abill 10 the condition fit senator oryille H platt who id Kering 1 fa a little change for tho today |