THE EASTERN WAR.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7827, 20 May 1905, Page 2

THE EASTERN WAR.

„ , THE FOURTH FLEET. # Command of the Baltic. AT GERMANY'S IEICT. Tbe Czar Obstiule. LONDON", May 10. Admiral Itii/hdobtvcmskj's latefcb ■ncHnago linn been lecHved in Ht, l'eti'inbun?, via China. This fact is interpreted in St. I'elorsburg to Indicate i (ia I in' is pri>cti< , ding north. Admiral JtirilofT (who command* tlic fourlh Haitic Squadron) exchanj si's posts witli Admiral HkrydlnfT, commander ul Vladivostok. Th® Vladivostok IxitUeship Klav* is Admiral lJirilofT's only fighting vessel of any value. The departure of hi* squadron will leave th« Baltic Be* ut Germany's inorcy. a* all Admirals Hozhdestvcnsky's and Diebogttofl'K vessels surviving, if defestttl or victorious, must remain ia the Far Bast. Admiral I'l'inco AlexiclT's is paramount, and the C/«r moiti than over resolved to continue th« war, even at the cost oi Russia's fa torestu in the lialkan». Baltic Fleet Sighted. Jußks Carrying Supplies, COAL CAITUKEO. _ IXhVDON, May 18. The steamer Segovia reports rfim in B 42 vessels of the Baltic fleet on. the 15th, oil Cape Varella, Cochin China. One Hundred and forty junks, 'tgy ly laden with' supplies, were sUrtKcd on the 16th, off St. John's Cape tXZtkK to^pr<>e^ 'l"he Jaiianew captured near tha Pescadores the French steamer Cuanguarn, bound from Hoirgkomr to Sal" «- Rozbdestraslj's famwiri MIHILOFF EVENTUALLY SUCCEEDS. FURTHER DELAY ANTICIPATED. (Received May 10, 10.43 p. 111.) IjONDOK, May 10. The cruiser Pailadu, one of the warships sunk ut Port Arthur, has Men raised. Early on Thursday Uic Uallic Fleet was 220 miles northeaot of Kamranh Hay steering north. I*o hospital ship Orel is expected at Shanghai.

The Times St. Petersburg correspondent says Admiral H'rllolV will eventually succeed AdmiiMl Htwhdestvensky. The latter, though hj(« nerves are shattered, in believed to be physically able u> ongar>' tho foe. and once at Vladivostok to I* entitled to resume the post<f chief or tho naval staff. Admiral CirUoft will be allowed ample leisure to pro* pare for the journey. This in interpreted to tuean that a further sojourn of the fleet in southern wators is anllcipatod. Ordered to Leave. (Received May 19, 0.24 p.m.) LONDON, May 19, All foreign commercial agents at Vladivostok have ben ordered to leave.