Well Silence.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7835, 30 May 1905, Page 3

Well Silence.

lets Censored. BOZHDESTVENSKY FLEEING LOSES SIX SHIPS. MOVEMENTS OF THE FLEET. S • 0 (Received"May 29, 10.32 p.m.) o ~ LONDON, May 29. r The silence at Tokio regarding the t battle in the Korean Straits was fi .well-kept throughout. On Sunday it .was announced that nothing was likeJy to be divulged for 24 hours. The e •newspapers were under an absolute t censorship, and the cable stations c Iwere closetf to - newspaper despatches. 'J 'The Government was determined to prevent information of the slightest c value to the enemy reaching St. Pet- s crstourg. Advices at Washington, received from Pekln, state that Admiral •Kozhdestvensky was defeated, and is fleeing northward. It is believed the sunken vessels include the battleships Borodino and Orel, three cruisers, and the repair ship Komura. Japan has informed the Powers Jhat the fleet engaged and held the Baltic Fleet' in the Korean Straits. : The Borodino was sunk. I' Russian advices from Shanghai say that the Vladivostok squadron participated in the battle. Shanghai advices of Sunday's date report that five Russian battleships, three cruisers, and seven destroyers ere off Tsushima Islands on SaturUay morning, in a fog, whicli cleared (luring the afternoon. 'A Uhifu report dated Sunday says that tho Japanese Consul's private advices from Korea state that the main pprtion of the Baltic Fleet met and engaged the Japanese squadron in the Straits on Saturday afternoon.