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VOLUME XCIV=NO. 135. ‘SAN FRANCISCO,” TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13. 1993. PRICE FIVE CENTS. JAPAN PROMULGATES “MONROE DOCTRINE” AFFECTING KOREA AND ENCROACHMENT BY RUSSIA MEANS DECLARATION OF WAR g 00 1055 | 5 FIEURED | N MILLONS Waters Receding | From Inundated | be called on to go to war to dispo of the vast potentialities of the Muscovite power. ssess Russia of Manchuria. Cities. Distress of the Home-‘i less Residents Is ’ Great. OKOHAMA, Oct. 12.—The an- uncement by M. Lessar, the Minister to China, ia: at | OKIO, Oct. 12,—#Japan will unflinchingly uphold its Monroe doctrine,” said a high official Mikado’s Government to-day. When asked precisely what that doctrine meant the official said: “Any infringement of the political or territorial integrity of Korea by a foreign rival that involves che ultimate destruction of our country cannot be tolerated. I do not think any Japanese statesman, cer- tainly none occupying a position of authority, ever affirmed, either openly or privately, that Japan is likely to To be sure we should be easier in our minds and should entertain higher regard for Russian diplomatic probity if the St. Petersburg Government were to march its troops out of China. Manchuria, however, is not necessarily a matter of life or death, as we can live and grow without its passing back into the hands of China. “With Korea it is different. That country must either remain independent or else become Japanese. For that principle we fought China, and that principle we cannot relinquish, though the Muscovite forces us to war. “Our people are eager to take any risk they deem necessary for the nation’s honor and existene. Happily they cannot compel premature action. The prerogative of declaring war and making peace rests with the Em- peror, whose enligitened mind and cool judgment are, perhaps, Japan’s most valuable possession. “Moreover, his Majesty’s advisers are not only men of conservative principle, but also men who are aware Hence war will come upon the hands of Japan only when Russia, discarding diplomatic artifice, begins to throw considerable bodies of troops across Yalu River.” of the + | to arriving at an understanding between them. “For his own part, Mr. Takahira said, iRussizm Sold_iers Embark at. Port Arthur for Korea. Traffic Slowly Resumed on hurlan convention be- | he hopes for the best, because the situ- Q : i sia and China has|ation is not without ‘indication so far the Roads EDIGI‘IDg recetved here Wwith |:hat the Russian Government is candidly - | disposed for a settlement of the question New York. report that a | with Japan, and therefore so long as the sport with 500 | negotiations are proceeding with reason- 3 October 4 for |able prospect of a result honorable to left Port | Japan there is no reason to be overanx- 3 forces at Newchwang are| The representatives of this Government been increased ! 1n the cap! Russia, Japan and China ma, the Chinese Home |have not advised the State Department . T TANEL BETTZESZLF 7 s 2t NTAE S —= Kt o . = - - = + saloon » has been appointed chief assist- | S he military staff. The Premier | | CREWS LOST WITH SCHOONERS. w sume General Kodama's purlfn.lID. ! | Premier and the Ministers of War, | " I ts Add to Disasters on the avy and Foreign Affairs had a simul-| | eous audience with the Emperor to- Baron von Rosen, the Russian Min- and Baron Kumura, the Japanes Minister, have not yet had a con- Coast. The Foreign ference BERLIN, Oct.12.—The relations between Japan and Russia have reached a crisis, | according to the official view here. The exact nature of the diplomatic exchanges between the two governments that pears to be unknown at the legations of the two countries here or at the German legations in St. Petersburg and Tokio, al- though it is understood that Great Britain is privy to Japan's movements. ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 12.—Signific- ance is attached here to the fact that the Official Messenger and the Journal de St. Petersburg print the Berlin Lokal An- zeiger's dispatch relating to the move- ment of the Russian fleet and the possible coincident landing of Russian and Japa- nese troops in different parts of Korea. Several newspapers publish reviews of Japan’'s military and naval strength. igging, but she | sea and noth- | At 4 o'clock | n stretch- g nd rescued et p men. It AMERICA HOLDS ALOOF. ¢ mber car- Recent Treaty With China Protects This Country’s Interests. WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.—Aside hooner Rice was worth more ted schooner J. B. Holden from s hore near se Cape, Va., | extensive military preparation by both | 1 s. Her ca W. O. | nations, the Japanese legation here is not of Suffolk, and her crew were | advised that either Russia or Japan has ke the life-savers. The Holden | 25 yet committed any act of war. The Japanese Minister is being kept constant- ly advised by cablegrams from Tokio of the situation, and, realizing its gravity, he is moving with great caution. The negotiations between Russia and Japan, according to his advices, are still in pro- gress and there is hope of a diplomatic settlement of the questions at issue. The Minister to-day authorized the following statement: “His attention having been called to a certain unauthorized statement attributed to him that the public utterances of the Japanese people are ail in favor of war | with Russia, Mr. Gogoro Takahira, the Japanese Minister, states that while there is some disqulet due to the unsettled state of affairs which has existed so long in the Far East, it seems that it has been aggravated more recently by the unfound- <d rumors regarding military and naval movements in certain quarters, but in his judgment the intelligent section of the Japanese public has been generally calm and collected up to the present juncture, as they know that the matter Ifhs been for scme time in the hands of responsible parties of Japan and Russia, and that they have been negotiating with a view laden with lumber, and at- | at least a portion of the sabella Gill, Mary Lee Thomas, bound from more, are not account- | I is grave reason to fear of these vessels. L OVERTAKEN BY THE FLOOD. Two Employes of E. H. Harriman | Perish Near Arden, New York. ) PARK, N. Y., Oct. 12.—The v fter rising higher than r as existing records ing away many small bridges and houses and a iroad track, is now d the Tuxedo dam, was feared, cowld not with- flood, is considered safe. as known only two lives were George Nixon and a companion, em- ployed on E. H. Harriman's estate at Arden, when driving home from Central Valley, were overtaken by the flood and drowued. TUXED( Jost | brought about the present intensity ap- | | | | | i | | £y | regarding recent developments and ru- mors of war over Manchuria. As has often ‘been pointed out, the United States has no cause of protest be- cause Russia has failed to keep her pledges that she would evacuate Manchu- ria on October 8. The interest of the United States in Manchurla is covered by the recent treaty between China and this country. If Manchuria becomes annexed to Russia or continues under Russian con- trol the United States will insist that the provisions of the treaty be carried out, especially as Russia assented to its pro- visions previous to its being signed. It is believed here thut an understand- ing exists between Germany and Russia in regard to operations in Manchuria, and that no protest nor even disapproval will be expressed by Germany over any course | Russia may pursue in China. France is apparently disinterested, and Great Brit- ain is believed to be the only country that is vitally interested and opposed to the course of Russia in Manchuria. At the Russian embassy the officlals are not alarmed over the situation in the Far East. The view held there s that neither Russia nor Japan desires war, though both may be making preparations to that end, and that there is really no question at issue which cannot be solved without recourse to arms, provided the negotiating parties are disposed to use diplomacy rather than the sword. The embassy has recelved no advices from St. Petersburg {in more than two weeks. : Russian Warships Are Moving. PORT SAID, Egypt, Oct. 12—The Rus- sian battleship Czarevich and the Russian armored cruiser Ballan arrived here to- day, bound for Chinese waters. The Czarevich proceeded to-day. —_———— Must Study German > BERLIN, Oct. 12.—The Wielkoplining, published in Posen, says the Govarnment P FRTHOR DPAHH = War Rumors Depress the Markets in London. Special Cable to The and New York Herald. Copyright, 1903, by the New York Herald' Publishing Company. ONDON, Oct. 13.—Rumors of imminent war between Russia and Japan were current in London yesterday and intensi- fied the existing depression in the markets. No officlal cor- roboration of war rumors has been re- ceived. In fact, it was stated at the For- eign Office that no communication had been received from the Far East in two days. In some Quarters this was held to be a good sign, but, on the other hand, it 1s remembered that the British depart- ment was left without news just prior to the Boxer outbreak in China. All London papers this morning display prominently the news bearing on the Far Eastern situation and several print arti- cles descriptive of the relative strength of Japan and Russia. The Dally Tele- Call : graph follows a tabulated statement of the strength of the Russlan and Japanese fleets by, a note to the effect that, all considered, the two countries’ naval pow- er is fairly evenly matched, but that the higher intelligence of the Japanese, their capacity of endurance and, above all, the magnificent patriotism which ani- mates every man and in the hour of need doubles his fighting strength, will tell. JAPAN HAS AN ADVANTAGE. The Daily Mail believes that under‘pres- ent conditions Japan has a slight advan- tage, which will pass from her next year, a faet which makes war now more prob- able. o The Morning Post, which up to the pres- has informed Archbishop Stablewski that ! ent time has been inclined to regard the it 1s necessary that the students for the | dispatches of its own correspondent at | ever, elicited exoressions of disbellef in priesthood in the seminary at Posen must | Chefu as alarmist, is now laying stress attend lectures on German history and |on the popular feeling for war in Japan literature in the new academy, otherwise | and the fact that Japanese s the seminary will be closed. , tatesmen they have nothing| o FAMOUS JAPANESE WARRIOR, TH! SEOUL, AND SCENES IN THE FA FOR WAR ARE GOI_NG FORWARD APACE. British Press Believes the Advantage in War Would Lie With the Japanese. FAGES TRIAL FOR A SERIES OF MURDERS Detectives Lure a Suspect Into Con- fessing. Pose as Friends and || Gain Accused Man’s Confidence. Prisoner’s Fatherand Mother Numbered Among His Alleged Victims. CHICAGO, Oct. 12—Earl Ellsworth, aged 24 years, was arrested here to-day | as the result of an alleged confession which detectives obtained by pretending to be his friends. Eighteen months ago, at | | 1L, Benjamin worth, Earl's father, | | finding his wife in company with Amds i | Anderson, shot and killed both, and then, according to Earl Ellsworth, who gave the police the story, the old man com- | | mitted suicide. Earl admitted having ad- | | vised nis father to kill the couple and at ; the time was arrested as an accessory, i | | Woodstock, 4 but was allowed to go, public sentiment generally being in his favor. An Insurance company, however, being liable for 3600 insurance which the eldes Ellsworth carried, decided to investigate further. The talk which young Elsworth had with the detectives and which was overheard by witnesses secreted In an ad- joining room is said to have cleared Ells- worth’s mother of the charge of faith- lessness and to have left open te doubt the statement that the elder Ellsworth killed himseif. It is said there was a conspiracy to ob- tain the insurance money, Earl Ellsworth and two prominent citizens of Woodstock being imvolved, and that young Ells- worth’s alleged conversation with his supposed friends, who claimed to be help- ing him to avoid impending arrest, leaves open to grave question the statement that the killing of Anderson and Mrs. Ells- worth was by the elder Ellsworth. @ ieimimininimi il @ ject of the dispatch to the Frankfurter Zeitung from Shanghal to the effect that Japanese had occupied Masampho and that an officlal declaration of war i ex- pected. Kurino said the source of the SIEN IS dispatch was suspicious, as Shanghai was A7, S HIP notorifously the originating point of bogus fii’%‘é]‘zjflq news. He personally had not received any confirmation of the report. He con~ tinued: “Moreover, my Government’'s iast com- munications were wholly pacific. For the present, at least, our diplomatic relations with Russia are cordial and no temsion exists between the two governmlents, whatever certain foreign newspapers may say. I am inclined to thinx that the dis- patch was a speculative maneuver.” DISQUIET IN GREAT BRITAIN Public Men Fear Nation Will Ba Drawn Into the Struggle. LONDON, Oct. 12.—Depreecating the ru- mors of a Japanese ultimatum to Rusgia, Baron Hayashi, the Japanese Minister to Great Britain, in an interview to-day | |sald he had no information of such a i | character, addipg that had Japan taken : this action “the Amglo-Japanese treaty would have necessitated my being imme- diately notified,” o that he might inform the Eritish Government. The Foreign Office says it has no con< firmation of the reports of Japanese mili- tary movements at Masampho. Japan has a special settlement covering 650 acres at Chapoxpo, near Masampho, granted to her by Korea in November, 101, as an offset to the settlement at Masampho pre- viously granted to Russia by Korea. In spite of the reassuring statements of the Foreign Office and Baron Hayashi, the frequent reiteration that hostilities between Russia and Japan are imminent, E RUSSIAN REPRESENTATIVE AT R EAST, WHERE PREPARATIONS e T R i T T [ ayetuionh, moveiseits’ o A6 Tues to gain by walting, while to Russia every month means a possible increase of her strength in the Far East. The peculiar official explanation of the postponement of the Czar’'s visit to Rome, “owing to circumstances over which 'hs has no control,” is interpreted in some quarters to mean that the threatening outlook in Far Eastern affairs calls for the Czar’s presence in Russia. RUSSIAN OFFICERS RECALLED. A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Kobe, October 12, reports that tne sitvation is somewhat easler, but that the tone of the press is distinctly bellicose, while the same paper's correspondent at Geneva | says that several Russian officers there have been suddenly recalled to join their regiments. Other special dispatches describe Rus- slan war preparations. The greatest at- tention is paid to the changed tone of Baron Hayashi, the Japanese Mimister in London, who is much less confident that peace will be preserved than he was a week ago. Inquiry in Japanese shipping and commercial houses in Loudon, how- | the outbreak of war. - It is noteworthy that the King has just approved the appoiutment of Vice Ad- ‘miral Sir Gerald Noel as commander in chief on the China statlon. Vice Admiral | sian and Japanese fleets and the state of Noel {s an officer of great energy and |public opinion in Japan are beginning to decision. It was he who cleamed the |cause disquiet in Great Britain, which, Turkish troops out of Crete because of | by reason of her alllance with Japan, is an insult to the British flag. intimately concerned in any action which The Tokio correspondent of the Times|the latter may take in the Far East. telegraphs that the appointment of Gen- | Only the most sanguine persons believe eral Kodama as chief assistant to the mil- | that in the event of hostllities the clasi itary staff is regarded with general satis- [ could be kept within limits which would faction at this critical period. free Great Britain from her obligation to A dispatch from Moscow to the Times, | Support her Japanese ally. Even Baron dated October 10, states that a large force | Hayashl, who has heretofore ridiculed all of Russian troops, under orders for the | Tumors of war, is net so optimistic to- Far Fast, is now on its way thither by | day. Indirectly he admits the possibility rail from Kharkoff. of war by expressing the hope.that in The Russian correspondents of the same | the event of a crisis Japan will have the paper send quotations from newspaper ar- active sympathy of her ally, Great Brit- ticles pointing to Russia’s intention to re- main in occupation of Manchuria, and Wmlloin:-:fnsing h:o mcnd!‘ add that it is reported from Viadivostok | 27 Ultimatum hav that, as a result of famine in China, roy- | Baron Hayashi admitted that the dng:, ing bands of Chinese have crossed into| ™ati€ situation had changed since ® Manchuria, where.their presence consti- tober § and that a complication may have tutes a danger to the Manchurian Rail- arisen from the failure of the Russians to way, and that this necessitates keeping | [2Mfill thelr engagement to evacuate Man- Russian troops in Southern Manchuria | CHUTa on that day. He, however, had for an indefinite period. heard nothing from his Government on — the subject. Chefu, the source of the latest alarming EMBASSADOR IS OPTIMISTIC. |news, is several hundred miles from Ma-