CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3530, 3 June 1905, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

Togo’s Victory. RUSSIAN SQUADRONS COM* PLETELY ROUTED. i London. June I. I mjj c ‘“Da.’lv Telegraph’s” special correifWffd«n*. with the Japanese fleet cables that Oit Monday, approaching the Straits, the main Russian fleet chanegd its course, 1 as if leturning to |l JJmissco Channel, b’nt at five m tn« mcuifwg of Saturday steaming at twelve k.’f 'ts, it steered through the Korean Stride south- easterly towards Saishiutau. ~ „ The Japanese had left nea *' j* iaog#« base a detached squadron . tp pr«ss the Russians towards , Ik , enemy went full steam and presented au impressive and id a I e uo spectacle. Meanwhile the Jap.' <uese \yere lurking in (he neighbourhood. The Russians traversed a strong i current running past Ski, and pro* ceeded due north. The Japanese ready with their auxiliary fleet to th® north headed off the enemy. _ Togo's vessels manoeuvred with precision. Soon their fire enfiladed the Russians on both flanks and on the front. The scene was superbly terrible, the guns -of nearly 50 ships being: fired with a .great crash occasionally as' th« loud reports coincided. For a lime the belligerents gave? shot for shot, the fleets moving, but the Russians deviating from their Original course, wild a hostile squadjfijii on each side and another ahead. They Wet’s practically defeated I® ® few hours. Rozhdestvensky, unable to turn,had fallen into a trap which had been awahing him since he left Madagascar. The fight lasted till seven. ■ The atmosphere was obscured. Togo risked nothing and ,ost nt > th ' ing. The Russians thC lO attempted to steer north-west and there was heavy fighting until sunset. _ • Then the wind subsided find tn® seas became smooth.

RECEIPT OF THE NEWS IN RUSSIA. AN APPEAL FOR PEACE, London, June x. Publication of the details of th» battle produced universal consternation in Russia and angrj' denunciations at the rottenness of the body politic. t . , Covert threats are now being at the dynastv. , There is alleged serious disaftectionr in the army, while the sailors at Odesk barracks broke out into mutinous demonstrations in favour of Togo. The crowd cheered Togo as tb« saviour of Russia. Gewge Meredith (the well-known novelist), Messrs Carnegie, Rothschild! and W. T. Stead, Lord Avebury, Mr Frederick Harrison, and other in» fluntial humanitarians, including the secretaries ot the Peace Society and the International Arbitration and Peace Association, ‘has appealed to the Czar to end the war. LATER ITEMS. London, June 1. It is officially announced at SL Petersburg that the cruiser Oleg and the. destroyers Gnozni. Bravy, and Raziashy have arrived at Vladivostok, The reported arrival of the hospital ship Orel at Vladivostok is not confirmed. T’ne “ Times ” New York correspendent states that the Russian Minister at Washington has intimated to President Roosevelt that Russia might now accept the terras tha Japanese offered after one of the recent land victories. President Roosevelt has replied that negotiations on the old terms would be idle. Evidently the indemnity blocks the way to peace, Russia preferring to s lend the money on her own navy. General Linevitch recently tele, graphed as follows —“ All our hopes rest in the Baltic Fleet.” He has now i if irmed the Czar that the army is greatly disheartened at the naval defeat. The Japanese troops received the news with quiet satisfaction.