Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1904 — DASH FOR OPEN SEA [ARTICLE]

DASH FOR OPEN SEA

Henmant of Port Arthur Fleet to Make It at First Chance. Chefoo. .Sept. 2‘2. —With steam up and their decks cleared for action, remaining vessels of flic Russian fleet in Port Arthur are stationed at the mouth of the harbor awaiting a favorable opportunity to dash to the open sea. The news is brought by reliable Chinamen who ran the blockade of the port and arrived here. They declare that tli? incessant bombardment from both land and sea has made the harbor untenable, and that the Russian fleet is determined to make a sortie at the tirst opportunity and make a desperate effort to reach Tsingtau, the German port on the Shantung peninsula.