The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 9, 1904, Page 6

FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 18 PRESIDENT WILL SOUND COMBATANTS Uncle Sam Propeses to Guard interests Carefully. i B Cassini in Conferencel | | With Secretary | of State. a e ¥ m | be war-stricken dis- | | 1 s were submitted to | | b esid revision, but will s they are agreeable t = which will be &C this sid ere prepared to- a pe i they would be sent b th w T the raining & for Rear N these - <n- Troops Are to Attcck the City of Seoul in Korea. e the ~'l)- ron to s= either IN COMMAND. adron consists of the e New Orleans, Ra- In case the squad-, lly expected ans will » the Albany and as- the ad ast after his regu- rve Continued From Page 1, Column 6. sq TR eRLE S ool expired to obs G sia, with the view of arriving at a friendly adjustmeént of their mu- interests in both Manchuria Korea, where their interests nas meet, communicated toward the nd | end of July last such desire to the “" | Russian Government and invited | -day for Lieu- now on the I« ant Command naval u u attache at ler Marsh and : Y Jpow s not | jts adherence. To this the Rus- th ' A5E Berminiatty sian Government expressed & Kt 3 s fully dete on | willing assent. Accordingly on I Ma that | Gon ernment proposed to Russia, Cher . e i;r through its representative at St. | o seiz f s a1 Petersburg, the basis of an agree- S el T Japan's | ment which was substantially as CASSINT CALLS ON HAY. follows: Russian Em JAPAN MAKES PROPOSAL. First—A mutual engagement to I'L'\]W‘L‘l ritorial Kc integrity of the rean empires. i——A mutual engagement and t strictest m t the coming v Seconc ; to maintain the principle of - u..u, equal opportunity for the com- ¥ 5 at her 3 3 | bre Btone ety '_,: mercial industry of all nations | 1 ssia was putting | with the nations of those coun- ne at | rve peac tries. | was ar er Third—A reciprocal recogni- Rus r Xpe . , . e St < s S ar, | tion of Japan's preponderating in- catch interests has special in railway enterprises in Manchuria, and mutual recognition of the respe tive rights of Japan and Russia a ion it was said here no further | thETEIN. :aticn to be giv Fourth—The recognition by an embassy no PR : : = booe. 2 Russia of the exclusive right of Japanese Ministers | Japan to give advice and a Department in from the seat of ana sist- ance to Korea in the interest of m and good government. —The engagement on the it ¥ settled that 5 X i the 1 ¥ shall be repre- | part of Russia to unimpede the sented as nilitary observer with the Susslan by Brigadier Gemeral H.| CVCHiU2 al extension of the Korean A A f the Philippine Con-| Railway into Southern Man-| stabulz r Oliver E. Wood will | ohyuria O as o SaREY Sl S TS o churia so as to connect with East [ the Japanes has been for|€rn China and the Shangha- | e r; ates military at-| Kywan Newchwang lands. ache s said A o be ¢ e Jap- It wa { enese ( k of war between Russia | ill, it is believed here, be | @ conference take plac ncl\\ een precipitate flight of the | thejr repreflm\utv' es at St. Peters- 3,'.“;.' prs . Pek w.; "i'.:;,mz',-,' burg and the Russian authorities, ;r\.l:a”:"fl hey Sook ':;?:‘gl‘_‘),',. 'L’f- so as to facilitate progress as partment se days ago indicatea | Much as possible in reaching a so- | lhs:‘lll:;‘“\""@ o :-.{ : Emwumi lution of the sitnation, but the embassy say that the flight of the court | RUSSIaN Government absolutely Jeave the Government without @ heaq | th€ Czar planned a trip abroad, 1“.‘ Pek .“:\rd c(;‘nlxlrlnu'r"l;:izxmll) close | and for other reasons it was un- - ernment. Several Buropers | avoidably decided to conduct the powers are extremely anxious that this | negotiations at Tokio. It was not menace to foreigners in China may be | averted and are inclined to bring pres- | 3 * sure to bear through thejr-representa- | to Russia, and Baron de Rosen, the tives at Peking to prevent it. Russian Minister at Tokio, have taken of direct negotiations with Rus-| | 12th of August the Japanese | the independence and ter- Chinese | an | terests in Korea, and that Russia | At the State Department to-day of- ficials declined to say how far the United States had gone or would go in this direction, but it is known to_be the desire of this Government that the Empress Dowager remain in Peking. It is believed that Mr. Conger will use his efforts in that direction. The State Department has been informed by the | observe complete neutrality. American embassy in St. Petersburg end the American legation at Tokia leave of the governments to which they are accredited, thus marking the for. mal severance of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Regarding the attitude of the United States, Assistant Secretary of State Loomis reiterated to the Russian Em- bassador that the United States would No dec- laration of neutrality will be made un- til actual hostilities, commence or war ®hat M. Kurino, the Japanese Minister | is declared W 7eorz70 722 i\~ = /4 R T SEL - CHITOSE T < TAPHITRAL SAAMAMOTE, [ HISTER I Ve SHVY | CRUISERS FLYING COLORS OF MIKADO IN READIN ISS TO MEET RUSSIAN FLEET. X | | of cruisers and gunboats, from which a lively showing is expected in ;-WARSHIPS IN READINESS i IN THE NAVY OF JAPAN | In the following table are the names of the vessels comprised in the Japancse navy. battiships of formidable size, with a total of 126 guns and nearly 5000 men on board, besides a great number the clash with Russia: There are scven NAME. Class. - 13mM0dasIo “moad) | ’ Main Battery. 15,000 | 14,000 % ttleship 14,000 . |Armored Cruiser . 19,000 Crulser . Cruiser . Cruiser . uiser Cruiser Cruiser ast Defen . |Protected Protected Protected |Protected Protected Cruiser Protected Cruiser I 4 Cru C C Cruiser Cruiser “ruiser .|Protected Ci Protected Cruiser Protected Cruiscr Protected Cruizer |Protected Sal-Yen Suma Takac hmu ? unboat . unboat 1boat Gunboat Gunboat Gunboat 'Im'pvllo 76 Gunboat 613 615 | T00 05 | 630 ; i | 14 6-inch g-inch. | HOME FLEET. SHIPS maaD| ++33M0d09310] st - ‘qouy-g- Armored Crutsers. .. Coast Deferse. .. .. | | Battleships i | Armored | 216, Total 136,000 16,847 Taes RECP 'T PURCHASES BY K\ln! | |&rew and_16 guns; torpedo gun! power, 507 crew and 15 guns. 107 toms, horsepower, 560 horsepowe Total 189,597 h 19,055 crew and 374 toms, & until the 3d of October that the integrity of China, and stipulated Russian Government presented | for the amendments of the prin- counter proposals, and in them|cipals of the equal opportunities she declined to engage in respect | for the commerce and industry of to the sovereignty and territorial' all nations in China and request- . 11:0 crew and 37 guns PRy a o {3 oy | & g (B e Ry NAME. Ciass. 3 : 3 : i | ¢ Mam Battery. H 68 2 | i s > ; H : A% - £ l i ' L - - e 1890 6,900 12,150 18.8 | 485 40.4-inch, § 4.7-inch el Armored Cruiser . 1903 7.7 | 13500 2 | w0 |110;0n. 25 in. 14 6.in; Kasaga [Atmored. Crutser © 1903 7700 | 13500 o | 5. a5 -inch, 14 6k Nisnia - bty S S 1900 4100 | 15,500 400 2 S-inch. 10 4.7-inch. Wit the above additions the total strength of the navy of Japan will consist of: Battleships. 7. of 91070 tons, 100150 horse- horsepower, 4658 crew and 149 guns; coast defense, 5, of > ps, 21, of 185,733 tons, 265,900 horsepower 10,912 crew and 304 Protected crulsers, 16, of 59,007 m-'mm horsey W!r 5620 crew and 155 guns; crulsers, 4, of 6524 t tons, 1 gunboats, 5, orsepower, 143 crew ‘and 223 guns. Total navy, &, of 263, ed that Japan declare Manchuria and its littoral as being entirely outside of her sphere and interest. She further put several re- strictions upon Japan’s freedom of TORTEPO PAZ Zs/RIMA . i | King of Italy Confers WIth His Ministers of State. ARAGL | not too late. RS ROME, Feb. 8.—King Victor Em- | manuel had a long interview with Premier Giolitti and Marine Minister Mirabelli to-day as result of the severance of dinlomatic relations be- tween ¥ \ and Japan, and ended in expre hope that war still may be ted. e King the Premier to keep Foreign Minister Tit- toni, who is new in Napies, informed all Minister Far East. cabled of the on that transpired in the Mirabelli has the commander Italian squadron in the Far F send the Italian third-c} Piemonte from Shanghai to J: keep the third-class - in Korean waters to protect Italian in- terests, and the cruiser Vittore Pisani communicate be- structions to cruis have tween them. The third-class cruiser Pugha, now at San Francisco, has been ordered to Japan. Two other warships are ready to start for the Far East. An exchange lof views on the sub- ject is taking place beiween the coun- tries whose rulers, like the King of have received letters from the peror of Korea announcing his i tention to abstain from any act which might be interpreted as a breach of neutrality. ’ Although not unexpécted, the latest news from the Far East deeply af- fected the Pope, whose mind immedi- ately turned to the faithful and mis- sionaries exposed to the horrors of The Pontiff said; 1 shall have hope in the peaceful disposition of the Czar. Let us pr that God may guide him.” s armored | | ehanc ISIATIC SQUADAON OF THE UNITED STATES WILL CRUISE NEAR PORT ARTHUR DIPLOMATISTS HAVE A FEAR FOR JAPANESE French Officials Think Russia Will Crush Her Enemy. Powers May Combine to Make Early End of the Conflict. Feb. 8$.—The Echo de Paris attributed to PARIS, publishes the following, a person of high official standing: “Opinion at the Foreign Office is very pessimistic, but I can assure you that French diplomacy will be equal to the | task of striving to effect a conclusion and sparing Japan the crushing defeat which threatens her. The final crush- ing of Japan is certain and under the conditions France considers it to be to the interest of Great PEritain, Japan's ally, to eXercise decisive pressure iu order to avert war. There is no doubt that France is ready, if the Japanese Government is willing, to offer her me- diation to Japan and Russia, if it is Lord Lansdowne has of- | fered Japan Great Britain's good offices | and King Edward has sent a long tele- | gram to the Mikado, begging him to reflect. s “At the present time China is remain- | ing neutral. The intervention of a third power being unlikely a general confla- gration in the Far East is not to be feared. NATIONS APPREHENSIVE. “At the first decisive defeat sustained by Japan France and at Britain will renew the offer of th good offices, should these have been declined the first time. The Foreign Office expects long telegrams from the diplomatic representatives at Tokio and St. Petersburg.” The Gaulois, maintgining that war has been fc n Russia by the “vain glorious folly of Japan, t parvenue of civilization,” declares that Russia is about to shed her blood for Europe, whom she vellow peril. that th. alized rament has give Delcasse formal assur- ances on this subject Continuing, the Gaulors says that French diplomatic circles consider that Great Britain, in spite of her antipath for Russia, will find it to her interest to conciliate that power, especially account of her prejects in Thibet. and that she will immediately inform Japan that not having heeded her pacifi ounsels Japan cannot count on the support of the British Cabinet ATTITUDE OF THE FRENCH. It is probable that a collective note signed by the British, French and Ger- man and, it is hoped, the American yries. will shortly be addressed to Japan notifying her of the neutrality f these four powers l.. whatever may happen. Eventual French intervention, the Gau concludes, will thus oe avoided and this is something the Quai d'Orsay considers a vital point. Of the papers published here the Gil Blas alone does not express sympathy for Russia, but declares that the power which not help France at the time | of the Fashoda incident cannot expect | Frenchmen to risk their skins for Rus- | sian interests in Manchuria. The Ma- tin is strongly pro-Russian and accuses Japan of aggressive brutality. The correspondent of the Matin in London telegraphs -another interview | ister with Baron Hayashi, the Japanese Min- there, who toid him that Japan | has already notified Ching that in the o o Za action in Korea. For instance, while recognizing Japan's right to | dispatch troops when the integrity of The Ministe: ovent of her victory China will be respected. necessary | hinted that one of the principal obects of the Japanese in the beginning of for the protection of her interests | ipe campaign would be the destructio: in Korea, Russia refused to low her to use any portion of Ko- | rean terntor_\' for \!mtegic’ll purA} poses. In fact, Russia went So | al-fot the raliroad from Harbin to Por: | Arthur and that Japan hoped for much from the Manchurian brigands, who detest, the Russians. | - - necessary amendments in the far as to propose to establish a mu- | tual zone in Korean territory north of the thirty-ninth parallel. The Japanese Government ut- terly failed to see why Russia, who protests no intention of ab- sorbing Manchuria, should be disinclined to insert in the con- vention a clause in complete har- mony with her own repeatedly declared principle respecting the sovereignty and territorial integ- rity of China. Furthermore, this | refusal of the Russian Govern- ment impgessed the ]apanese Government all the more with| the necessity of the insertion of a | clause to the effect that Japan has important commercial inter- ests in Manchuria and entertains | no small hopes of their jurther there by reason of its relations to Korea, so that she could not pos- sibly recognize Manchuria as be- ing entirely outside her sphere of i development, and that politicaily et Russian counter proposals. They further proposed with re- gard to a neutral zone that if one was to be created it should be es- tablished on both sides of the boundary lines between Man- churia and Korea, with equal width, say 50 kilometers. After repeated discussions at Tokio the Japanese Government presented the Russian Government with their final - amendment on the 3oth of October. LAST EFFORT FAILS. The Japanese Gevernnient then frequently urged the Russian Gov- ernment for a reply, which was again delayed, and only delivered on the 11th of December. In reply Russia suppressed . S T 1 3 Japan has even greater mterests}da"S“ elating to Manchuria so as to make the proposed conven- tion apply entirely to Korea, and maintained its original demands in regard to the non-employment of Korean territory for strategi- cal purposes, as well as a neutral zone, but the exclusion of Man- churia from the proposed con- vention being contrary to the original object of the negotia- tions, which -were to remove interests. These reasons. decided Japan to reject absolutely the Russian proposal in this report and ac- cordingly the Japanese Govern- ment explained the above views to the Russian Government and at the same time introduced otherl Continued on Page 7, Column 3,