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19 THE OMAIIA DAILY REE: SUNDAY. APRIL 24. 1001. FIGHTING OFF PORT ARTI1UR Vint Transpired in the Zone of Fire During Eary Days of War. ACTIVITY OF THE RUSSIANS IN HARBOR ) ir Yark Herald Correspondent Gets at Letter Traoush from Chee-Foo ' Recounting Some Kilst- i l lasj Errnli, Copyrla:ht, 1H by Francis McCullagh.) CHEFOO. Feb. !5.-(Nw York Herald i Staff Correspondence Special to The Bee) V On th night of Monday, February 8. I was lying Just outside the entrance . cf Tort Arthur harbor In the British I sjhlp Columbia, Captain Anderson. The it Columbia had come from Chefoo on 1 Bunday morning, but was soon Informed ' that It wu to be quarantined for twenty four hours. Accordingly I hud a good deal ' JDf time to watch the Russian fleet and to ' 'write about the Impoaslblllty of the Japa j ee ever attacking Tort Arthur. The breather was particularly fine, the aun shln- Ing brightly and the temperature being suf 3 Dclently warm to admit of me strolling 1 about the deck without an overcoat. ,j ' On Sunday 1 saw one of the vessels en ajrge In target practice, the target being a ; miniature man-of-war, which was towed by t at steam launch, and although the shooting v. was not good. It was not so bad aa It bad ten previously represented to me. On Monday wo heard that the Japanese V eonsul at Chefoo was In the harbor on board " British steamer he hud chartered with k the object of taking all the Japanese away I, from Port Arthur. This news excited us . fcomewhat and we began to think that Respite the fact that things generally ( Beemed to be In exactly the same position as they had been In for months past, some thing serious must have occurred. By and by we noticed that the Russians ! partially cleared for action, and even sent Ashore their boats In some cases. But S a the day wore on and nothing more hap . pened, we gradually forgot about these ominous signs and wondered It we would really get out of quarantine next morning i or get an additional twenty-four hours. I Toward dusk the three torpedo boata that , had been In the habit of patrolling outside ' the fleet passed us, coming from the shore 'i nd making a noise that reminded us of ij; the proverbial policeman's boots, which give fair warning to evil-doer tor scores of yards ahead of him. 'jt On the whole, there was a good deal of tramo aa day between me fleet ana the hore, steam launches, either hooded naval , launches or open launches belonging to ; trading companies, passing continually to and fro. Some of these .launches carried ; coal to make up for that burned by the ' warships during the day. One carried sjome women, who probably went to dine on ' one of the vessels, and one carried a ship's : band that had doubtless been performing at some function' ashore! 1 Work em the Kovlk. Alongside the Novlk we noticed a smnll I boat with a. red flag. . V thought at first i that this boat carried powder, but the ex i traordinary length of time it remained , alongside the cruiser, the fact that no powder seemed to be passed Into the vea ael and tha movements of the men in the boat led us to conclude afterward that ' below the boat was a diver who was search ' ing for some leak or other defect In the ., Novlk. About I o'clock. Just after we had finished dinner on board the Columbia, a sound of f ringing reached our ears, and, on going , f outside, we heard the Russian sailors . chanting their night prayers. The ''Pater noster" In old Russian, the "Ave Maria" or a prayer corresponding to that favorite Invocation of the Latin church, and Anally a short prayer for the oar. Softened by ' ' distance, the chants from the various ships ' blended together In one harmonious whole nd sounded so romantic, so reminiscent ' of convent schools, of old Spain and of fnedlaevaltsm generally that even the chief engineer, a Scotchman of the unromantic Bam of Smith, was near being affected. ' Th night was dark and the numerous lights twinkling all over the spacious bay marked the position of the Russian ves els. As far aa I am able I shall give other po sitions in th accompanying sketch. I am not quit sure of the perfect accuracy of this sketch, a some of the vessels may ' have moved during the dusk, and as they all moved a good deal next day. I am pre f pftred. however, to vouch for the general i accuracy of the plan, which will make It J clear to the reader later on that the Jap- anese selected the ships that were by their V'l' position most difficult of all to torpedo. U , At I o'clock I sat down to finish the I article about which I have already spoken, ! r la which I had laid It down aa a funda- mental proposition that the Japanese W0U14 never attack Port Arthur. Some how or other I had become more convinced on this point after having neard th sail ors say their night prayers. The Russian had evidently the fullest confidence In themselves or they could not pray so beau tifully, and I felt a safe lying on the edgo of that mighty fleet as I would have felt In the heart of London. What Increased my feeling of confidence, thounh It ought not to have done so, was the fact that the Russians seemed to think It unnecessary to make any considerable use of their searchlights. Previously they used to annoy the officers of the merchant steamers by the wsy In which they blinded them with the flashlight, either until they were out of sight on the way to Chefoo or until they had entered th Inner harbor of Port Arthur. Flash of ftearchltchta. On leaving Port Arthur for Chefoo the previous Friday I had aeen for myself that a light was kept flashing on us till we were out of sight, but on our return we were not, I was told, subjected to such a long, continuous scrutiny, and on Monday night no light had been flashed on us at all up to the time which I have now reached. At exactly 11:90 I was preparing to re tire to bed for the night when I heard three muffled explosions, followed almost Immediately by the discharge of small guns. Then arose from amid the blankets In an adjoining cabli th voice of Captain Anderson, the skipper of the Columbia: "War's declared!", were the worda he ut tered, and seldom have I heard words so brimful of bitter Irony. If the captain had cursed the Russians for half an hour for disturbing him In his first sleep by their confounded practice firing he coull not have conveyed a deeper Impression of disgust. I thought It a con founded nuisance myself that the Rus slans should begin their practice at such a time, especially as the air was now very cold, but as I could not afford to miss even a merely spectacular display I hastily pulled on my boots and overcoat and went on deck. There I saw nothing very ex traordinary. Alt the Rusnlnn vessels were now using their searchlights so that the sea around them shone like a sheet of silver. One or two searchlights carefully swept the shore, and especially the entrance to the Inner harbor. One biasing eye glared at the Co lumbia for fully Ave minutes, making us all feel slightly uncomfortable, as If a police man's bull's-eye lantern had been Aashed In our faces or as If we were standing for photographs. Strong, however. In the conviction of In nocence the little group on deck bore that blinding stare unflinchingly, making at the same time uncomplimentary remarks about the owner of that particular searchlight. Some lights were directed upward at an angle of about 45 degrees and did not seem to be brought Into requisition at all. I no ticed that the lighthouse lamp burned brightly and that the guiding lights at the entrance of the harbor had not been extin guished. Borne warships were, however. In com plete darkness, and If I did not know that It was all make believe I should have con sidered their appearance as awe-lnsplrlng. They had, ceased to be ships and become dreadful black blotches on the water, still as death, but liable to burst at any moment Into manifestations of hellish energy. loss of tha Gans. Meanwhile the firing of light guns el x pounders, I should say continued every two or three minutes, but the noise was nothing to what I had heard on other occasions of practice Arlng and the like, and I began to feel that the eight was not worth the In convenience It caused me. I therefore re turned to the saloon, where the captain asked me to Join In a whisky and soda he and some of his officers were having. "Let us drink to the war Just begun," quoth the captain, In his most Ironical tono Captain Anderson is a master of dclloate irony and, laughing at the skipper's sally, we all drank to "the war Just begun." "Well, they're In desperate earnest to- nigtit, anyhow," remarked the mate, as he turned to go. "You must have noticed that these first three explosions were submarine. Dlndn't you remark how the boat trembled? Quite a different thing, a submarine ex plosion, to an explosion that takes place above the water. "Yes," sold the skipper, "they were sub marine explosions right enough, these first three. Should say that one of their mines exploded. i no eiciiemeni . oi me Chinese crew caused us great amusement, and when the skipper discovered that one of them had lighted the compass and engine room tele graphswhich are, of course, only lighted when a vessel is going to sea and had taken up his position at the wheel as If we were going off Immediately, the laugh that went up from tho ship's officers rang merrily over the bay. I also laughed myself when the Joke was explained to me, and on going forward and seeing the lamp that showed the com pass throwing Its pale light on the fright ened face of the Chinaman who had perpe trated th Joke. I laughed again. I aJeo felt quit pelssad with myself for knowing so much more than this Ignorant China man and tried hard to Induce the two Rus sian guards we had aboard that war had been declared. But, although also somewhat excited, they were too cunning for me. "No, it's only practice," they said, gruffly. At 1J o'clock the Arlng slackened and I came to the conclusion that I had had enough of It for one night. Later I heard the Arlng recommence, and I now noticed that somewhat heavier guns were being Ared. I also heard the whirs of shells. In the early morning the chief officer told me a Russian officer had come aboard and wanted to say something, but could not manage to make himself understood, as he only spoke Russian, a languagewtth which the chief officer Is not acquainted. Harbor Is Blockaded. Without stopping to take breath, the chief officer went on to tell m that two big battleships had taken up their position right opposite the entrance to the harbor. "A most unusual thing," he added. "They must really have got a scare last night after all. The firing ceased, by th way, at about 3 this morning. These battleships I speak of came abreast of the entrance at 1 o'clock. At about 1:30 a number of yoiujg naval officers cam aboard of us, evidently very excited, and on of them tried to talk to me In French, but as he always relapsed In his excitement Into his mother tongue I could not make head or tall of what he said. He got so muddled up that he simply danced around the deck In pure madness." There was no light In the cabin, but the reflection from the searchlights showed me that the officer's face was covered with perspiration. He seemed to be very ex cited. I asked him If he could speak Oer man, and he said he could, and then went on to speak to me In Russian. His words were: "His excellency, the viceroy, has Issued a decree ordering that no commercial ships leave or enter the harbor of Port Arthur." 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In some places, where there were galleries, long lines of men werS vis ible, and the heads of others peeping above the breastworks showed that all the fortress artillerymen must have turned out j On the hlRhrst point of Qolden Hill fort stood a largo group of men, probably high officers, all scanning the horlson with glasses. That group stood there throughout all the anxious hours that followed, ns long as the Columbia remained In Port Arthur. One of the group resembled the viceroy In the general contour of his figure, but on account of the distance I could not say for certain. Japanese "hips Seen. I afterward found that one of the Japa nese passengers on board the Columbia arrived Independently- at the same con clusion. By and by the sun rose, and, owing to the light mist that lay upon the water. It was very round and red. looking for all the world like a redhot cannon ball. "That's an ominous sign," I remarked (the rising sun being the flag of Japan), but nobody took any notice of this at tempt at a witticism. The Sun revealed a strange sight, namely, four vessels lying about five miles oft and apparently cruisers. These could not be Russians; what on earth were theyT The ship's telescope noon conveyed to us the astounding Information that they flew he flag of the Rising Sun. They were calmly lying there, probably tryins to find out through their glasses the exact amount of damage that their topedo boats had done. I became fully convinced, after a few moment's consideration, that these vessels could not be supported by the Japanese fleet. They were simply a few prowlers that had come to do damage and then rush off. And apparently they had done dam afe, for It could no longer be doubted that it was the torpedo bonts that accompanied them which had attacked the Russians the previous night. I am not pro-Japanese, but I must con fess that th"5 audacity of this first terrific , strike fairly took oway my breath. turned to have another look at the torpe- glilng for disturbing me,' he turned ab ruptly and disappeared. I cannot say that I was In the least dis turbed by this occurrence, for I saw noth ing unusual In an order evidently Issued Ith the object of keeping merchant steam ers from getting Into the way of the war ships while the latter were engaged in maneuvers. There was now no firing, but the search lights of the vessels were as busy as they had been the night before. The position of some of the vessels had changed, and. true enough, as the chief officer had al ready Informed me, there were two big men of war lying close to the mouth of the harbor with all their lights burning and their flashlights playing around them. Breaking- of the Iay. The lighthouse lamp had crone out, though It was still dark, but the guiding lights burned brightly. "I cannot for the life of me understand," said the mate, "what they mean by placing these warships In such a position. Most extraordinary position! Sure enough they must have got a .bad scare last night." Then we tried to warm ourselves by walking up and down the deck. Tb.e moon was now shining. There was a light southerly breeie and a whitish mist lay on the horlson. The peacefulnesa of nature was In strong contrast to the agitation of man. It was long after the day had dawned before the Russian vessels ceased using their searchlights, and by that time the practiced eye of one of the officers of the Columbia had detected something un natural In tha position of the two war ships lying at the harbor mouth. He was not very long In coming to a conclusion. "They're had a collision or met with some accident," he said, "there can be no doubt about that. Bee the list that big one has got. Why, her name Is nearly touching the water. And the other has a list aft. Besides, they're both aground. There can not be more than seventeen feet of water there. , "By' gosh I one of those Chinese boys told me Just now two pieces ship strike to- geiner in night time, and you see he's perfectly right after all. There must have been a collision. But how the deuce did he know HT And what do they all mean wonder, by flying their flags at the mast head ?" It took us some considerable time to real Ice that two of Russia's best arid biggest battleships lay helpless almost within a stone's throw of us. Then we all exclaimed Imultaneously: "What will the Japanese do when they hear this?" and the answer each of us gave was that Japan would de clare war at once If she heard It. By and by somebody suggested that perhaps the vessels had been torpedoed or had run on submarine mines, but that view was con sldered too far fetched, and the general opinion was that there had been a collision. i, i or one, was so convinced that this was the only rational explanation that I wrote out a telegram to be dispatched to the Herald from Chee Foo, 'and gave it to a gentleman on board the ship with lnstruc tions to send It off on his return to Chee Foo by the Columbia In case I did not see him previously. Discuss tha Disaster. I did this because I felt sure that the tug would come along for us In a few moments and that I would have "tiffin" that day In Port Arthur. After having made arrangements for tha dlspatcn of this telegjam, I came on deck again and found that the excitement of the ship's officers about tha torpedoed ships had 'only Increased. It - was generally recognised that the Russians would do all they could to keep the news back for some time, even If they had to cut all communi cation between Chee Foo and Port Arthur and to administer repeated doses of quaran tine to the Columbia and the other British ships In harbor. "But the Japanese In Port Arthur will soon find out about It," said the mate, "and no power on earth will prevent them from carrying tha news to Japan. They'd walk all the way to Cores; they'd go to sea In a 'sampan.' Japan Is bound to know of this In a few days." "And as soon as she knows of It she'll mite, remaraea the second officer; "tha two fleets are now on an equality as re gards battleships, and tha Japanese are not likely to give Russia time to repair these two. This was the tone of our conversation as we rapidly walked the deck In the faint gray, chilly dawn of that bleak winter morning. We could nevor get away from the one point, and we were so over whelmed by the magnitude of the disaster that wa could only converse about It In monosyllables. These monosyllables gen. rally constituted abrupt and sometimes profane exclamations expressive of the gigantlo nature Of the misfortune that had overtaken the Russian fleet, of the great chance the Japanese had got, of the cer tainty of war. Never was there such unanimity of opin ion on board a ship. It was so perfect that nobody listened to anybody else. Each Jerked out explanations absolutely Identical with those Jerked out by bis neighbor, and then, after brooding over his owa remark for a few moments In silence and taking yet another long, search ing look at the disabled battleships, re peated the same remark In another form. It did not seem to strike any of us at the time that this was an absurd form of con versation. When the ligbt became stronger we could sea that the forts bad been manned during doed vessels and noticed how the men were gathered together with white, scared faces on the Jerk. There seemed to be no captain, no officers and no order. The men were no longer important parts of a formidable fighting machine; they were a mob a client, scared mob looking with terror toward the abyss from which the monsters of the night had emerged. Some of them. It Is true, still seemed to go about their various duties In a me chanical manner, and I particularly re member seeing the cook of one of the big torpedoed battleships throwing slops over the side. I do not think that I or any of my friends on board .the Columbia felt glad at the terrific blow the Russian navy had received. There was something so pathetic in the helplessness and In. the unnatural position of these tremendous en gines of war which had been so suddenly disabled that we all remained looking on in silence. Togo's Plan Divulged. Then we began to notice that a big cruiser on our left had also a suspicious list and an awkward appearance, and soon a man who passed us In a launch told us that y too, had been torpedoed. The same man caused us some perturbation of mind by remarking that the whole Japa nese fleet was coming up and that If we did not move out at once we would find ourselves right In the line of fire. As we had already been told not to leavt the port and as any attempt to move at all might draw on us the Are of the forts, we felt In a difficult position. Meanwhile, the Japanese cruisers, having made a very long, leisurely survey of the Russians, went away slowly, and the whole Russian fleet got up steam, weighed anchor' and started In pursuit. It Is a singular Instance of the effect of habit that on weighing anchor the Russian sail ors very carefully cleaned all dirt from the anchor chain as If they could not perform that operation at a more convenient time. Meanwhile the Russian ships hastily threw overboard bedding and furniture, which were at once seized upon by eager Chinese sampan men. I noticed one man paddling ashore with something that looked like a ping pong table, and several went very far out In their quest for booty. They all disappeared very quickly, how ever, when the shells began to fall. But no shells fell Just then, for the Japanese cruisers soon withdrew and the Russians at once followed them. This was at about 1 o'clock. Admiral Togo probably wanted to lure the Russians outside and to fight them in the open. He did not succeed. The attention of those on board the Co lumbia waa temporarily withdrawn from these great events by the appearance of the doctor, who declared the quarantine at n end, but who could give us no Informa tion as to whether we could leave or not. He said he would go ashore and Inquire. I forgot to say that even before day break the Russian torpedo boata had swarmed out to the number of fourteen, but they seemed to follow In the wake of the warships like a brood of chickens run ning after a hen. Their commanders had gloomy countenances and some of them leveled their glasses at us and inspected us carefully, as if they were not sure but that we might be a Japanese war vessel. The Russian fleet returned at about 10 o'clock, and soon after sixteen Japanese war vessels, five of them clearly battle ships, appeared In a long line on the horl son. Things now looked desperafe for us on the Columbia, and our captain took down the quarantine flag and ran up th signal. "Will you give me permission to leave?" The soldiers we had on board got a little ll tin MBit' IU II II "tl.lll ;" j""F am mkmms II I 'I J Si . x, ... i i nnresn.. a. .. u res tUMra mummer i mtm re1 frmsr (Continued on Page Seventeen.) The Last of a Great Edition! 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