Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 April 1905 — NAVAL FIGHT REPORTED. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NAVAL FIGHT REPORTED.

Heavy Cannonading Is Heard Ontside of Kamranli Bay. According to dispatches from Saigon, French Cochin-China, twelve hours after Admiral Rojestvensky’s fleet had

obeyed the imperative order of the Czar and sailed from Knmrauh bay heavy cannonading was beard at sea. The firing continued at intervals for some hours. It is believed here that the Russian fleet was engaged in battle with the

vanguard of the Japanese fleet. Fast cruisers detached from the Japanese squadron were reported to be Scouting in the vicinity of Kamranli bay before Rojestvensky sailed.. The correspondent at Saigon of the London Daily Mail states that the Russian squadron is short of stores and that French and German ships have been leaving Saigon almost daily with huge supplies and dispatches, and that other steamers are being chartered for the same purpose. “Saigon,” the correspondent adds, “is reaping a big harvest.” The Japanese foreign office at Toklo issued a statement which says: The French government, upon receipt of the report that the Baltic squadron had arrived at Kamranli Bay, instructed the Governor General of Indo-China strictly to enforce the rules of French neutrality. Subsequently the Japanese government lodged a protest with France, and the French new special instructions to the Gwernor General for transmittal to the Russians, ordering them to leave French territorial waters ns soon ns possible. Tae Governor General telegraphed, replying that he had taken the necessary measures according to instructions’. The French government simultaneously addressed the Russian government asking that the admiral be instructed to leave French territorial waters. The Russian government replied that it hnd already sent such instructions. The French gave assurances that they had taken, and would take in future, necessary measures to see that neutrality is rigorously respected.

ROJESTVENSKY.