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THE S'AN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1904. — _B]JSSIAN WARSHIPS AT CHEAULPD SUNK WHILE ATTEMPTING TO AUN THE GRUNTLET il LU 7075 : N\ £ AD/IVOSTOXK ) W oy zzz7 | (v4mDr~vos7roL) I I APANESE TROORS (weoeaw ) f TKOREA I t‘ ‘l At il » | | i /N T T N2z oo (Y rz | (Por7 ARTHUR. ) TAINETE FLEZ T (VERR PORT ARTHIR ) ¥ PORT /f%;;_/zw A ORT AT R ) il it i i ESE 7002 335507 247G ) CASUALTIES 70 -DATE. RUSSIA. Dead. W« - . ¢ i ix " / 3 i : " ian Embassador Informs Wash- Japanese Make Short Work of the||POSITIONS OF RUSSIAN AND JAPANESE FQRCES Russ an wm Va”ag and Korutz The above map shows the positions of the naval and military forces of Russia and |ngt0n of War Declaration. S TR e Japan, as indicated by adviees received up to 2 o’cloeck this morning. Japan has been pour- HIROSHIMA, Feb. 10.—The * £5Y : pesi bey SR " i ie negotiations, Fusan, Masampho. WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—Count Cas- | from Port Arthur, reports: e T Do e Chllowing) tiisSeact Terill 4 ing troops into Korea since the breaking off of diplomatie negoti » 0 D0y sini, the Russian Embassador, called| “Entire Japanese flect engaged Rus- Russian warships lin é) & 'gl i ;;“ |n. “I,W \.“( # 8 COnaSEDaly 1 ' i Chemulpo and Pingyang being the prineipal points of debarkation. The troops landed at upon Secretary Hay at noon to-day |sian fleet outside Port Arthur at 11 p. § ; or 3 4 S < i y left with him the announcement|m. on the Sth. Two Russian battle- . oy g : um?x po har :rvrllnl:ly nformed that she was set on ‘ L Py U R Sanltal Those that have disembarked at o | Russian battle Ag.‘n-P. l») 1;'“ rrr;».\jv;:nd“m Ao ,‘,..,A and is now a hopeless wreck. (hpm“]po have procee o. oul, the ore:‘ln P . P 4 h 5 A of.iAlie -Ciir declaring war- on_Javan. | ships were sunk by torpedoes. The e g’:ad‘“:u"“’;?""‘" fleat Pily S h;}s;h\\'a;!(::‘:ll:’s SR the northern Korean ports will combine for an advance up8n Manchuria, it being the in- THE Count’s communication’ With the | Russian ships outaide the harbor wire Naval Academy in the class of Late in the evening she caught| | tention of the Japanese to invest Port Arthur by land and sea. o s o el Gl ;:.r:::i::’.bfilse?ff"m e e s e 5 on Monday escorti ix ¢ » flames i N . 3 2 s " - > 5 onday amolliis atx. trbneye i :L:T{ts‘,;";:f‘:j‘,r Bt .. The Japanese fleet which defeated the' Russians at Port Arthur is believed to be hov Offce to the Embassador, and was sub- | sAnother dispafch from Toklo stated $ ers 'sushi Y o . ows: n " Chemulpo, in which harbor the Russian | bottom. ering near the scene of the victory or to have withdmwngto one fof the nea;—lly“K‘:‘;:""“ N ios tholutans of Wetiies & & ewmint o Chevine - =hips Variag and Korutz were lying. | Boats were lowered immediately from . 4 i i aits of Korea, and still others detachment of Japanese torpedo boats ! g " o Captian Rudney, who was in com- | the Japan vessels_and the. French ports. Other Japanese 'wm‘s}ups e ‘stntioned i X % i n;expvuedl!! attacked the Ruu“n!:ihneu;x.m:;qtlzem:?:t:: 1‘)’1‘:“;{1\'\3‘“3 o mand of the Variag, seve fiotics of the | SEEORE RcEl (b} I‘J;“fifjggfif,'fi have gone southward to intercept Russian ships. b J ai Toadstead of Fort Arthur. This aitack, | Meating upon the press accounts approach of the small Japanese squad- ; i ot Aoy —vadbok T 7al v 0 oppose the Japanese advanee » " | engagements, says that the the Russians were attempting to | 4 7 g % {or The (zar's main fleet is ed up al 't ATt 'y pe J maintaining a navy in continuous ser- . g 3 v i m Korea. take immediate measures to re) esca sigmated 1o Captain Rud- | 7%, TR0 urg?sg::fufig:mflfi | fro e s i, by srmed force 1o the challenge fasaen Tics. matead of following the oid mn stop and ordered two tory sels were slightly damaged. vostok is be 4 ¥ i against Russia. Be good enough -to|of 18¥ing up =bibs in reserve. as o T ADS M 9% Sue Rowslar | SPIr I A = inform the Government of the United | 2°¢% w“g“;d Py Russia. Japan, ifke vessels at full speed. Rudnev held on, — S .- ”» | the Unite tates, has for the last two cpening fre on the torpedo-bouts, | THINK JAPAN USED the Czar's ships must have been|anese built submarine vessel in the slip | ter. It was at this time that the cap- s";;?'umm States legation in Tokio | Y#2r® kept in commission almost every which then discharged two lm;mdo.\s[ o W ¥ DA of Silias: of the navy yard.at Yokosuka, near | tain saw what he believes was the first | ;2 4¢ two reports to-day to the State | "2VY $hip that would float and every without result. | SUBMARINE BOATS B D N e ol submarine boat to be bullt by the Jap- | Department upon the battles. Strange- | WIS mancuvering so as to produce . . 3 % - Stran al m ; a '.L‘:fif'fir.};‘?f.fi'f;flf"r‘.a'r'fff'fd The i IN NIGHT ATTACK C:;L:J‘:lslssn:sclt:mu:. mnyx-lne superintend- | “My knowledge of the Japanese char- [ anese Government, but he was warned | ly enough the how of the engagement | ;i€ TCUN -~ ‘i' FNE 2 vy Japanesc vessels anchored cutside for | BRI ent of (he Cramb Vhrds, theb tho Jnp| acsri bo smid to-day, “lads e tnewey Deow U¥ {pspectinD b Japaiass | at Chemmivo wes Knows ot fhoido some | Another demonstration of the Port the night. Barly on Tuesday morning | p: have beeen secretly experiment- |-the belief that the Mikado’s nation has | officer. time before P! " | Arthur and Chemulpo affairs was the " E 0 | PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 10.—Charles | anese bmarine S — ing Port Arthur affair. The first reads: | pereection of the J Admiral Uriu sent word that if the |, o ing with submarine vessels. The view | been quietly working with submarine 8 al ment. wi perfection apanese information Russian vessels remained there he |1, CTmP of the Cramp Shipbuilding | 118)"% 5" Syptain Buckman that it was | boats. I think it 18 jot at all uniikely | Russian Gunboat Manju Safe. A paval engagement WaS begun {o- | aivision, as thel naval commandars would attack them in the harbor. Company, which built the Retvizan and | yeesels of this type that did damage | that we will hear that boats Of this| SHANGHAI Feb. 10.—The Russian|de¥ at noon seemed to be at every moment in pos- The captain of the Variag resolved | Variag for the Russian navy, declared to the Russian ships at Port Arthur were used at Port Arthur.’ of Chemulpo. The Japanese squadron i f full infe - ty] boat Manjur, rted from vari session of full information of the Rus- to run ihe gauntlet. He steamed out{in an interview to-day that he did not |is subscribed to by Mr. Cramp. He| When he was last in Tapan Captain. b gl h;"",’nde':"“"““ of IUEARE Saie U4 Avpriah S ,f:""' 3t | sian movements and the disposition of and made for the shelter of the islands | believe Russian naval officers had al- holds that Captain Buckman’s views | Buckman commanded ;he Pacific Mail Japan, where she is said to have been L p. m - i “'b,““’un the Russian ships. off the Korean coast., lowed torpedo-boats of ordinary type | furnish the most plausible explanation | steamship City of Peking. About " ariag. ties. begun. A running fight followed, in which |to creep up on them to torpedo and | of the remarkable victory achieved by | Christmas time, 1901, the steamship seized by the\Japanese, is in the har- nuuu& gunboats firing upon a Jap- Cow!_-:_-b. 10.—T! he United States eruiser the Japanese did far better shooting |then to escape. His belief in the effi- | the Japanese. x left for C! Lagoon to . ‘was in quarantine at Yokosuka, where | bor herc. She has had her hull and | anese ¥ i than the Russians. clency of Russian officers led him-to, Captain Bueckman declares that as|the indefatigable Japanese have built | funnel -repainted be’u:k and is ready ‘c A lllte-l; dcl;&-utcl;mt:q _the ‘tm e m‘_ M:%m n.'.: Several versions are current as to | hold the view that the destruction to long as two years ago he saw a Jap-|a fort in twenty-d;?t fathoms of wa- | for sea at a moment’s n:)t!ee. ‘onsul by across _"%_fi." here : - ¥ Far v /