CABLE NEWS.

Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 49, 26 August 1904, Page 5

CABLE NEWS.

(BI ILIOTBIO TIXXOUArH. — COrritlQHT.] WAR InThFfAR EAST «. BOMBARDMENT OF PORT ARTHUR. GOLDEN HILL FORTS SILENCED. INTERFERENCE WITH BRITISH SHIPPING. STRONG PUKBS COMMENTS. [press association.] LONDON, 25th August. Tho cruisci'.s NLsshin and Kasuga (which were- purchased by Japan from tho Argentine Government while in the dockyards at Genoa) bombarded and silenced tho forlfl on Golden XI ill. THE NOVllv'S FIERCE FIGHT. (Received August 26, 7.47 a.m.) LONDON, 251 h August. The engagement between the. Novik rtnd Tsushima was so protracted and fierce- that many of tho TMUjhiinu'w officers in tlvo stress of tho combat lost Ihcir voices, and had to writo their words of command with chalk. THE DAMAGE TO THE DIANA. LONuON, 25th Augusst. Advices winch lmve lK*cn received from Saigon, tho capital of French CochinChina, show that Ihe cruiser Diana", whicli took refuge there, was damaged by a shell below the water lino. Another shell killed four men. and wounded twenty -three. THE SHANGHAI x INCIDENT. RUSSIAN VESSELS DISARMED. (Received August 26, 7.47 a.m.) LONDON, 25th August. Tho Ohine*«e authorities at Pekin gave tho A/skold and the Groao-voi four more days to repair, which is interpreted to mean that China wishes to save her face, as the warships had disregarded her authority. Happily, tho Tsar's order was received commanding tho Retzenstom to disarm bqth vessels. The flags of tho two vessels wcr© accordingly lowered at 7 o'clock thi& evening. THE RUSSIAN RAIDERS. NECESSITY FOR NAVAL PROTECTION. INCREASING SUSPENSE. LONDON, 25th August. Public opinion in tho City is indignant over tho Comodian case, and tlio action of the vessel supposed to bo tho Smolensk. pcoplo aro urging tho necessity for naval protection. There is increasing suspense at the growing arrears of shipments. ' The Pall Mall Gazette says that tho situation is intolerable. Tho St. Jaincs Gazette says: "The situation is dangerous, but even now, perltaps, it is not too kite for drastic action to wend what procrastination has injured." Tho Globo states tliat if Russia pleads she is unablo to communic»to vritli the filiipa at prawnt on a roving coonntstHou, an intimation that the Smolensk and St. Petersburg would be browght to a British port under a British escort, them to await a me*Mtf>6 from the Tsar, would have a stimulating effect on tho Russian Intelligence Department. Tbc Westminster Gazette recommends a cUm eurvey of the nituution, and that a. brood view of tho whole drcumafcanoea bo takco, considering tho number of British morcivuitment on tho opoan, and that the people sJiould abstain from h panic unworthy of them. It doos not boliovo that nn cuqtiry will «how auy special animus against I^ritwi) shippmg. The Daily Mail adopts a similar tonft, and urges deliberation, firmness, and Uct. Router's St. Poleraburg coiTcspondont says: "Tho reported uppesicaaco of the Smolensk nenr South Africa canie as an undoubted aurpriso to Count Lauisdorff. Whetbor tl»o captain acted on Uio Admiralty's instructions or his own initiative, it i« impossible to say in the fnco of tho General Staff's roticenco. Tho m>voro comment* in the English newspapers Ate generally regarded as artificial ebullitions^ — a sort of after-effect of indignation — produced by tho Malacca, Knight Commaiidor, ami other cases. It was semiofficially slated on Wednesday night tlxat instruction** had been sent to the volunteer cruiMcra, but that they did not reach tho Smolensk, tUoy having arrived at Suez after the- Smolensk saiicd. Every effort, it was stated, would be made to communkxito with her. RUSSIAN ADMIRALTY AND FOREIGN OFFICE. (Received August 26, 8.25 a.jn.) LONDON, 25th August. The belief is growing that tko Russian seizures are tho result of strained relations between the Russian Admiralty and tho Foreign Office. ANOTHER STEAMER. STOPPED. LONDON, 25th August, The Ural stopped tho Anchor liner Asia, bound from Qucatta, off Ca>pe St. Vincent. After her papers were examined the sreainor was allowed to proceed. SOUNDING THE HAGUE TRIBUNAL. (Received August 26, 7.47 a.m.) LONDON, 25th Auguafc. The Russian Ambassador had sevouil interviews witti tho Dutch members oi Tho Hague Arbitration Tribunal. This is interpreted as Mounding the members regarding tlie question of. contraband and rlso with reforenco to the proper attitude to bo adopted in connection with tho Rechitclin case.