Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1906 — ENGLAND IS ACCUSED. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ENGLAND IS ACCUSED.

Rojest vcnnlcy Says John Balls. f 1 Ready |to Aid Togff. jjidk From Admirat divn Recount of Ids tactics fti tilt* battle of the Sea of Japan, published in the St.

Petersburg Novoe Vremya,*itbe reader is almost convinced that the Russian commander outman e u vered Admlr&l Togo at every point and was himself the real victor. He declares he knew Togo’s I exact whereabouts two days before the

battle, made his dispositions accordingly and entered the fight with his eyes open. The admiral only casually states in the course of his letter that tba minister of marine is investigating tbs causes of the catastrophe to determine whether the commander shall be courtmartialed for the loss of his ships. The charge that the British admiral concentrated his ships at Wei-hai-wei, expecting to receive an order to destroy, the Russians in the event of Admiral Togo’s proving unequal to the task, has caused a sensation in diplomatic circles, all the more so as Admiral Rojestvensky’s letter was published with the permission of the minister of marine, and no doubt is entertained that it wiR be made the subject of diplomatic representations to Great Britala, ... Referring to the absolute secrecy of Admiral Togo in regard to the disposition of his forces, Rojestvensky declares thdt “this was unknotvn even to the admiral of the British fleet allied with the Japanese, who concentrated his forces at Wei-hai-wei in expectation of receiving an order to annihilate the Russian fleet If this, th# final object of Great Britain, was beyond the power of the Japanese.”

ROJESTVENSKY.