The War

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1331, 20 May 1905, Page 2

The War

*—. Sunken Russian Ships

Japanese Scheme to Raise Them

The Surrender of Port Arthur

A other Revelation

Press Association.—Copyright. (Eeoeived This Day, 8,80 a,m.) London, May 19 THE Daily Telegraph's Tokio correspondent reportß that the Admiralty consider it possible to raise and repair the warships Pereavitj Poltava, Refcvizan, Pobieda, Bayan, and Pallada, which lie sunk in Port Arthur harbour, at a cost of £150,000 each. Later. The cruiser Pallada was raised al Port Arthur early on Tuesday.

Paris, May 19

The Matin's war correspondent states that Admiral Gregorevitch's aide asserts that when General Stoes* sel ordered the sinking of the battleships at Port Arthur without consulting the Council respecting the surrender, the Council assembled I a number of the beet sailors with the

intention of seizing and imprisoning Stoessel, but General Simroiioff, fearing the troops would revolt, refused a permit to arrest him, General Dragolniroff, dissenting

from General Mekol's claim that German instruction has been the chief factor in the Japanese b.uccesses, declares that Oyauia, Kuroki, and Odu, whom Germany had taught nothing, had accomplished everything, and says that Germany is pluming herself with other men's successes.

ViaUiVostGok

Foreigners Ordered to Leave

London, May 19

All the foreign commercial agents at Vladivostok have bseu ordered to leave,

Since the battle' of Mukden General Linevitch has been reinforced with 60,000 men.