The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 3, 1904, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1904 VLADIVOSTOK SQUADRON CLEARS FOR ACTION; RUSSIA HURRIES TROOPS TO KOREAN FRONTIER \) of 10,923 tons, and a transport, the Lena. T. PETERJ‘BURG Feb. 2.—A dispatch from Dladwostok dated to:day and issued here by a semi-official agency, says the Russian squadron at Dladivostok has been fully equipped for immediate service and prepared for sea. Al the wood fittings of the ships were removed yesterday. The harbor is being kept open bytice-breakers. The squadron con- sists of four cruisers—the Gromoboi, of 12,336 tons; the Russia, of 12:130 tons; the Bogatyr, of 6750 tons, and the Rurik, RALSTON AFTER | LINN l’LAC[‘ Goes Former Senator Felton to Washington to Help His Friend Get Naval Office Job ———— | BARD STICKS TO CUTTER oo { Gold Democrat Orator Smiles the Rumor That He In- ds to Resign Position Soon | at te Call ng actively or Ralston, | ex-United ived | here | b n view of the | agreement | on, as it is | nces in this ng that would hesitate at mak- especially if the the resigna- tor Bard n of W. M. Cut- or Perkins | he question Senator Bard e had placed ore any man ace since the of Wood of Senatc name r a definite statement any intent to’ retire ot e as he can h » the award o jon proceedings R i o Governor Otero’s Cousin Dies. RQUE, New Mex., Feb. 2 | S. Otero, probably the wealthiest | Mexico, Delegate in Con- | 879 to 1888, and one of | the Ter- | here of | s men of t his home was a cousin of M. 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If any- reply to Japan wil Friday npext, or Thursday at the very | | earliest. On no day has the situation »Rusma's!n.’ Major General Ijichi to be military be sent until | attache to the Seoul legation. The provisioning of the fleet and pur- chase of supplies for the naval and mil- itiry peraonnal yritetenitie Mg American firms securing profitable or- ders. Tenders for the supply of an normous quantity of food and pro- visions were invited in the Manila pa- pe and it was inferred that Manila might be made a supplementary base | of supplies in the event of hostilities, as British ports, such as Hongkong, etc., would be too closely watched to | be available. One notable feature of the lull had thing more were needed it came from | been the increased friendliness shown Port Arthur in the form of a telegram in the papers here, saying that the trapsports’ troops are moving to Yalu. This is interpreted in official ircles as meaning war. As a final touch came news of the | mobilization of the Japanese naval re- The Bourse and business men the view that the situation was Russia cannot climb down,” general as a final word last evening. I don’t see the remotest possibility of war being avolded. At best it can only be postponed for a short time.” It was sa‘d to-day by one who has considerable knowledge of what is go- said a | ing on behind the scenes that the mat- | ter the Russian ships leaving the Black Sea had once more been vigor- taken up and that the Sultan had been constrained to give his con- sent I also heard a mysterious statement that it had been arranged that war should be finally brought about by a well and previously arranged ment made by Admiral Alexieff, which would forthwith give Russia the domi- nating strategic position. —_— JAPAN READY FOR WAR. Commercial Freighters Are Chartered and Turned Into Cruisers. VICTORIA, B. C., Feb. 2.—Advices from Tokio, dated January 22, and re- ved this morning by the Empress of China, say Japanese preparations for war were being pushed to the utmost and it was credibly rumored that if the Russian reply proved finally unaccept- able Japan would immediately -throw 30,000 troops into Korea to safeguard her interests there. Some twenty com- mercial freighters were known to have been chartered by the Government, those of the Toyo Kisen Kaisha having been converted into fast cruisers, as have also some of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha boats, including the Nikko. The second reserves of the Kokura division were called out. Various military ap- pointments were made, including that move- | | t toward the United States by the whole Japanese people. #This was manifested by the attention showered on leading representatives. United States Minister Lloyd C. Griscom, who has won great credit among his colleagues for hi: quiet, non-committal bearing through- out the cri of co in any demonstration personally, but a military attache of the legation was one of the special guests of honor at a banguet given on the 14th ultimo at Tokio by representatives of the bank- ing and commercial interests in honor of the special correspondents of the foreign press. The entertainment proper comprised a modern masque and some speeches. Sonoda Kokichi, presi- dent of the Nobles Bank, made an elo- quent speech, indicating Japan’s re- solve and readiness to act and the in- spiration afforded by the moral support of the United States. Lieutenant Trow- bridge, United States military attache, then spoke and his remarks were warmly applauded. The Empress of China brought specie valued at 4,000,000 yen and landed it at Victoria. While nothing definite could be found to account for such an im- mense sum being sent the general im- pression is that it is to purchase war | supplies in British Columbia. The press censorship in Japan has been somewhat relieved and this tends to show an easier feeling in Govern- ment circles. —_— MAY SEND AN ULTIMATUM. Japan to Make Final Move Before Declaring Hostilities. TOKIO, Feb. 2—The Russian note s still undelivered and the Government and people of Japan do not possess any definite information concerning the time of its arrival or its contents. Rus- sia’s delay, coupled with the announce- ment of continued movement of rein- forcements into Manchuria, increases the strain of the tension, while it di- minishes the already slim prospects for peace. The Government has been urged to dispatch a peremptory note to St. rse, has not figured | Copyright, 1904, by the New York Herald Publishing Co. Petersburg, threatening to declare war if refused immediate satisfaction in the way cf a reply to its previous note; but still the Government s patiently wait- ing, although it is manifest if the de- lay be much prolonged it will act en- ergetically. Events will move rapidly when the note is finally received, if it is mate- rially unsatisfactory and the prospect for additional negotiation is slight, al- though Japan may dispatch an ulti- matum before striking. The Japanese show a remarkable outward calm and no scenes similar to those in America and England before recent wars are witnessed. There aer occasional dem- onstrations and outcroppings of pop- ular feeling, but the casual visitor to the larger cities can see but little out of the ordinary in the disposition and behavior of the people. There is, how- ever, an undercurrent of desperate de- ermination running the nation's length and breadth. The pecple have counted the cost and made final preparations, so that if forced to fight they are ca- pable of waging and sustaining war in a manner that will surprise the world. S b PLACING ONUS UPON JAPAN. French Press Busy Creating Sympa- thy for Muscovite Ally. PARIS, Feb. 2.—The Havas Agency has circulated a dispatch to the effect that Russia’s renly to Japan, the sub- stance of which has been communicat- ed to the foreign chancellories every- where, has created an impression that war will be averted. The concessions go beyond general expectation and il- lustrate the sentiments of equity and loyalty actuating the Czar. “If, in spite of the very large satis- faction Japan will receive,” continues the dispatch, ‘“the issue of the crisis should be war, Japan will incur the whole responsibility and find herself morally isolated.” The reoly, the Havas Agency says, only awaits its final drafting and will be presented on February 5. The French Foreign Office authorized a denidl of the report, printed in New York and emanating from Paris, to the effect that the French and British Gov- ernments had agreed to exert pressure upon Japan for the acceptance of the coming Russian reply. Motono, the Japanese Minister, in the course of an interview published in the Temps to-day, is quoted as saying: “They know nothing in Tokio con- cerning the contents of the Russian answer, and Baron Komura, the Ja- panese Foreign Minister, will know its contents only whep he has the reply itself before him. For the present we are in a state of expectancy and un- certainty. It is said that the Russian EXTENDS RIGHTS. T0 PORTO RICO By Special Resolution Commis- | sioner Degetau Is Granted | Privileges of a ' Delegate MINORITY FAVORS ACTION | Legislation Is Noy Pending in House Providing Repre- sentation for the Island | PR T WASHINGTON, Feb. 2—By unani- | mously agreeing to a resolution amend- | ing_the rules of the House to-day the | resident Commissioner to Congress | from Porto Rico was given additional | authority equal in all essential respects to that of a delegate from a Territory, | the action not requiring the concur- rence of the Senate. | A bill which provided for a “delegate | from Porto Rico” passed the House during the last Congress, but was amended by the Senate to such an ex- | tent that it failed. A bill duplicating the action of the House at the last session is now pending, but meanwhile | Porto Rico will receive under the ac- | tion taken to-day practically all of | the benefits extended in the measure. A lively parliamentary debate pre- ceded the adoption of the resolution, | which was reported from the Commit- | tee on Rules as a privileged matter. The minority members of the commit- | tee wished to set a date in the resolu- | tions for the consideration of the bill in question, and to extend in the mean- | time all the privileges of a ‘“delegate” | to Degetau, the resident Commissioner. Failing in this, the minority members, after criticizing the majority, and also | the Senate for its action of the last session, supported the resolution. + note has a most conciliatory tone. heartily hope this | I | CZAR PASSING UPON REPLY. May Require scu-nl Days for Its Full ‘Consideration. | ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 2.—The Czar now has before him the report of the special council on the Russian re- sponse. All of the papers relating thereto were .ubmitted to him yester- day by the Grand Duke Alexis and the | Czar is giving them earnest considera- tion. He had not rendered his decision up to 6 o'clock this evening, and it is authoritatively said that it may be several days before the response is for- | warded to Tokio. | Prices on the Bourse are again weak, | 4 per cents falling a point. Prince Khilkoff, the Minister of Com- | munications, started to-day on a tour of inspection of thé Siberian and Trans-Baikal Railway. | The announcement of the Russian | mobilization precedes the Russian re- ! sponse as a warning to Japan, says the | Bourse Gazette to-day. gl g e | Must Retain His Office. | PEKING, Feb. 2.—An imperial edict | issued to-day refuses to grant the re- quest made by Yuan Shi Kai for per- mission ‘te resign his position on the Army Board and orders him to con- tinue his efforts to increase the effi- ciency of the army, with the co-opera- tion of Prince Ching. —_————— POPE PIUS MAY GIVE BRAZIL A CARDINAL Pontif May Increase Representa- tion by Promoting Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro. ROME, Feb. 2 —It seems more and more likely that the Pope will meet the wishes of the Brazilian Govern- ment by creating the Archbishop of | Rio de Janeiro a Cardinal, the Pontiff | remarking in this connection that Brazil contains over 15,000,000 Catho- lics. It is further asserted that Emperor William of Germany has also ex- pressed a desire to have another Ger- | man Cardinal, as Germany now- has only two, Cardinals Fischer and Kopp, while the empire contains 20,000,000 | Catholics, or 2,000,000 more than | Spain, which has five Cardinals. —_—e——————— PRINCESS 1S ACQUITTED ON FRAUD CHARGE Attorney for Prosecution Finds Little Evidence to Support the Accusation. BERLIN, Feb. 2.—The Princess Alexandra of Isenberg - Budin- gen, whose trial on the charge of fraud and breach of faith toward numerous firms with whom she con- tracted debts recklessly without hav- ing the ability to pay, began yester- day at Frankfort-on-the-Main, was ac- quitted to-day upon a motion of the State's Attorney, who said the evi- dence of fraud was not sufficient to convict her. HEBREW IMMIGRATION ' FROM RUSSIA INCREASES Three Hundred Families, Among Them Householders and Artisans, Are Coming to America. } ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 2.—A dis- patch from Gomet, government of Moghilev, says: “Jewish immigra- tion to America steadily increasing. Artisans as well as wealthy house- holders are leaving. Three hundred‘ families have just departed.” B WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.—The Senate to-day confirmed John Fowler of Massa. 'usetts as Consul General at Chefu, China. A Guarantee With Every Garment The wearing of a suit depends principally upon the material. 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