At five o'clock next morning the ships left port and got to sea without incident, the tale of their having been fired upon by the Social-Revolutionaries being apparently another invention of the Vladivostok correspondent to the "Shanghaixkaia Zhisn." The course was laid to Tsuruga for the very simple reason that the supply of coal was insufficient to carry them either to Shanghai or Nagasaki, Fresh water also was at a very low ebb in the vessels' tanks, washing was prohibited and even tea, the great consolation of Russians in distress, had to be limited to the sparest ration. What might have happened had the ships encountered a storm and been delayed by weather is only too easily to be imagined. In this respect, however, Providence smiled upon the adventurers and, with all supplies practically exhausted they at last dropped anchor in Tsuruga Bay.
Secrets or War.
What may be the next chapter in the lives of the Russian naval cadets and their very resourceful young commander, it is too early yet to hazard, and what suggestions have already been made are in the nature of secrets of war.
At present the cadets and crew are being looked after and fed by the Japanese authorities, and both the Orel and Yakut are, we understand, undergoing repairs at the hands of the same helpers.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.