The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 12, 1904, Page 5

TH FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1904. GERMANY OPENS THE KIEL CANAL TO THE RUSSIAN BALTIC SEA SQUADRON FIFTEEN WAR VESSELS SAIL FOR FAR EAST| Kaiser Gives Proof of; His Friendship for the Slav. Great Britain May Take Offense at the Action of Berlin. — PARIS RECEIVES NEWS JAPANESE REPULSE | IN PORT ARTHUR BAY | Temps says it m official | Arthur | 1 to make | Arthur and | SE SPIE | JAPAN S MIKADO'S WAR " DECLARATION SCORES an Negotiations. A LSTER Feb. "DISGUISED AS CHINE Russia Accused of Perfidy in the Manchurian 11.—The following is . | SE COOLIES BLOWING UP THE BRIDGE ON THE MANCHURIAN RAILROAD. | 5 y B \ CZAR vicinity of Port THE CALL’'S SPECIAL SUMMARY OF THE DAY'S WAR NEWS Arthur for a land attack. | The only important changes in the relative positions of the Russian and Japanese forces reported in the special cablegrams to The Call up to 2 o'clock this morning were that the Russian Viadivostok squadron had salled southward, presumably to effect, if possible, a junction with the Russian fleet at Port Arthur, and that Japanese transports, under cover of warships, had attempted to land troops in the | Japan continues to pour troops into Korea, and the advance northward probably has been begun. | Russia tain to occur. e ¢ of the imperial rescript Ot Russla. which | ence to our will, so_that our relations ¥ y WAL WIS S witt he powers have been steadily 1 e in Japan yester grovw in cordiality. It was thus by the grace of heaven Em- of Japan, seated on the throne ainét our expectation that er <h perc we have unhappily come to open h g At occupled the asty since | tilities against Russia. The integrity f : t mmemorial, hereby make proc- | of Korea is a matter of gravest con- on to our loyal and brave sub- cern to this empire, not only because of our traditional relations with that p; s foilows > country, but hecause the arate ex- hereby declare war against|g.n.. 'of Korea is essential to the and we command our army |safety of our realm. Nevertheless, = vy . to carry on hostilities | Rus: in disregard of her solemn r, in obedience to their duty, treaty pledges to China and her re- | peated assurances to other powers, i o i 1 their strength; and we also A 5 i i still in occupation of Manchuria, has : and our competent authorities | SUIL T8 OCCUPA TR O 0 hened . her cruis engagement ke every effort, in pursuance of | ; 1476, "those provinces and is bent v Ipo. to attain the national’ y;5n their final annexation. And, here is somewhat the means within the | since the absorption of Manchuria by r rning the United States’ law of nations. Russia would render it Impossible to - s the subject of Iways deemed it essen- | maintain the integrity of China and 2 1 ity of Chi relations, and | would, in addition, compel the aban- s E ador consistent aim, to | donment of all hope of peace in the powers have a eping China neu- g Minister Delcasse evinces co-operate with ng as nothing ione | ments of the French | 1 the United States message of both | cific civilization, ties wi the rights or ers. ‘Our competent progress of our to strengthen th other states and e of things which nduring peace in the sure the future secur- nion without injury to interests of other authorities have performed their duties in obedi- | Far East, we were determined’ in these circumstances to settle the ques- tion by negotiations and to secure thereby permanent peace. With that object in view, our competent author- ities, by our order, made proposals to Russia and frequent conferences pow- | were held during the last six nfonths. “Russia, however, never met such also | proposals in a spirit of concillation, but by wanton delays put off a settle- Is strengthening her forces on the Yalu River, where the first important land battle seems cer- ment of the six questions, ostensibly advocating peace on one hand, while on the other extending her navy and military preparations, so as to accom- plish her own selfish designs. We cannot in the least admit that Russia had any serious or genuine desire for peace. She rejected the proposals of our Government. The safety of Ko- rea was in danger and the interests of the reported destruction of a rallroad bridge in Manchuria is posgibly the werk of an advance party of Boxers, izing for the invasion of Manchuria. It is said the representatives of sev- eral of the powers at Peking have in- formed their governments of China’s intention to send 200,000 Boxers to Man- our empire were menaced. The |churia. . guarantees for the future which we - R failed to secure by peaceful negotia- | BN T o tions can now be obtained only by an ENORMOUS SHIPMENT Appol. £ aEms, OF COAL PROBABLY “It is our earnest wish that by the loyalty and valor of our faithful sub- jects peace may soon be permanently restored and the glory of our empire preserved.” PITTSBURG, Pa., Feb. 10.—Un- 3 + z confirmed reports were current to- CHINA ORGANIZING day that Pittsburg river coal was . e being rushed to New Orleans to be | HOST OF BOXERS TO loaded on colliers for shipment to ! % T - Russia. - An official of the River INVADE MANCHURIA Combine, when asked about it to-| day, said: “The contract is not with the Rus- sian Government, but is made through a third party, and therefore*we have no knowledge of its ultimate destina- tion.” A shipment of 1,500,000 bushels of coal was started south to-day. VIENNA. Feb. 12.—Disquieting re- ports have been received here from Pe- king regarding the attitude of China in the Russo-Japanese conflict. The Neue Weiner Tageblatt says it is believed in well informed circles that who it is understood China is organ- | FOR USE OF RUSSIANS| | ; i | UNCONFIRMED TALE OF PORT ARTHUR'S FALL ' |London Commercial House Gives Out Wild Story | of Battle. LONDON, Feb. 11.—One' of the most conservative commercial houses in this city, with immense interests in the Orient, has received a message in cipher from Its representative in Chefu that the Japanese have cap- tured Port Arthur and destroyed the entire Russian fleet. It was stated | that the Japanese army first blew up the raflroad fifty miles from the coast | to cut off relief and then carried by ault the promontory overlooking the city and harbor. Mounting heavy artillery here, they | shelled: the and harbor, driving | the Rus: fleet into the sea, where | the Japanese battleships and cruisers met them. In the resulting fight the ! Russian ships were all either cap- | d or destroyed. Japanese then attacked and | Jtured Port Arthur, taking posses- sion of the immense stores of coal and | provisions. It was also reported that the Jap. anese had plann plosions all along the line of the berian rallway and that thus the Czar's army in the Far | East was _isol While this artling message is giv- | en only on the authority of the Lon- don merchants, it s in measure cor- | roborated by Reuter dispatches. | e g 2 | Telegraph Lines Cut. ST..PETERSBURG, Feb. 11.—The general staff announces the receipt of a telegram from the Russian military | agent in China saying that the cable | from Vladivostok to Nagasaki, the tele- graph line from Seoul to Masampho and the telegraph line from ‘Seoul to Wonsan are broken. ¥ LS X Neutrality of Austria. VIEN Feb. 11.—Count Goluchows- ki, the Austrian-Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs announced at yester- day’'s session of the Hungarian Diet that Austria-Hungary had resolved to observe strict neutrality in the Far East. ———— Death Calls Celebrated Critic. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 11.—T. K. Michaelovskl, the celebrated critic and publisher, Is dead from heart disease. ce | | Dardanelles | cided on | Here they lay 1 Hawali to immedia CZAR'S SHIPS MUST REMAIN IN BLACK SEA British - Foreign Office Gives Warning Through the Press. ——e Would Consider Move- ment of_FIeet as Breach of Treaty. s Yiriiegese LONDON, Feb. 12.—The question of the passage®of the Dardanelles by the Russian Black Sea fleet has not been raised at the Foreign Office here, where the following statement was made to the press last night “Russia has not asked permission for the passage of warships through the If Russia any such thing without askin sion it would constitute a gra of the treaty on the subject.” Vice Admiral Sir Gerard Henry Noet, who commands t British 4 squadron in succession to Admiral S Cyprian Bridge, will sail from Mas seilles to-day the Far st It was said at th reign Office here yesterday afternoon that the assertion of the Novoe Vremya of St. Petersburg that the Japanese fleet used Wei-hai- wel as a base ts attack on Port Arthur is absolut untrue. Statements of ail kinds concerning the Port Arthur fight published here this morning ording to the Chefu correspondent of the Daily Mail the lack of preparation on the part of the Russians at Port Arthur was due to the fact that all the naval and m tary ‘officers were attending a cire v performance at Port Art which did not terminate until early Tuesday morning. A correspondent of the Standard at Tokio sends in is morning an en- tirely new accou c¢f the Port Arthur encounter. He says Admiral Togo's | fleet arrived on Monday night and found the Russian in battle format and under th destroyers be tance of five r a nig juadron drawn n outside the har shadow of the forts, ng spread out over a d es. Admiral Togo de- attack and opened fire at 11 While the cannon- ading was going on a number of Jap- anese boats crept to the foot of the clif and succeeded in getting in be- tween the Rus ps and thé land d until the Rus- up sians began to give way befors the Japanese fire and sought to re-enter the harbor. Tie torpedo boats then opened fire at comparatively close range and sank two battleships and one crulser cl to the entrance | the harbor. The effect of this coup was the retreat of the remainder of the squadron into the harbor. All was safe on board the Japanese ships at noon on Tuesday. The correspondent concludes that the engagement was then still in progress. In a dispatch from Tokio a corre- spondent of the Times comments upon the grim determination of the Japanese people, as evinced by the expeditious and absolutely undemonstrative man- ner in which the mobilization of troops has everywhere been carried out. The correspondent is of the opinion that Major General Baron Kodania will be in command of the Japanese land ope- rations. e ' HONOLULU JAPANESE ' EDITOR STARTS FUND FOR RED CROSS WORK Feb. HONOLULU, Hotel-keeper: soci half the expenses of the Japanese army are desirous of re for their coun The edi Japanese newspaper in this started a subscription f fund and says that he $100,000. The Central Japanese League, on thes advice of the Japanese Miki Saitow, has caused the following man ifesto to Japanese subjects in Hawaii to be distributed on all the islands “All subiects of the in Ha- waii are tb regulate thei due regard to the 11.—The Japanese n offars to pay all members of reserve force who rning home to figh the reserves are cz the high privilege special care to make prep: be ready to return to Japan and calm a manner as peace.” in time of saatCigs SE WORK TO BE HURRIED ON RUSSIAN RAILROAD ACROSS LAKE BAIKAL ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 11.—A dis- patch from Irkutsk, Siberia, says or- ders have been issued to have the rail- road across the,ice-covered lake Baikal completed by February The con- tractors have been promised a bonus of $1500 for each day's earlier compie- tion. It was announced from St. Petersburg on February 9 that as the passage of Lake Baikal by train across the lce appeared toq dangerous the Russian | reinforcements would cross the ice on foot and the war material would be transported over a temporary line, which is probably the undertaking re- ferred to in the dispatch from IrKutsk. Lake Baikal is frozen over from Jan- uary to May. pMENT S Russia’s War Fund Is Ample. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 11.—There is no truth in the report from Brussels yesterday that Russia is negotiating a loan of $200,000,000. The Russian re- sources, it is added, are ample without having recourse to any loan. IVE LLONDON, Feb. 12.—The Tientsin correspondent of Standard cables that it is rumored that five Russian vostok bombarded Hakodate, Japan the on Tuesday. In a dispatch from N respondent of the Daily Telegraph savs: been a renewed attack on Port Arthur. gasaki dated February 10 a cor- “There has’ The Japanese captured seven Russian ships and chased others.” canal.” This miral ordered the squadron through the Kaiser Wilhelm 'RUSSIAN WARSHIPS BOMBARD JAPANESE SEAPORT CHEFU, Feb. 11, 9 a. m—The Japanese fleet has probably refers to the Tuesday battle. In a dispatch from Copenhagen a correspondent - of the Daily Mail says: “The Russian Baltic squadron of fif- teen warships passed through Danish - waters to-day en route for the Far East, around Cape Skagen; but a fierce storm was raging in the North Sea and the Russian ad- At Lloyds to-day 30 per cent was paid to insure against the risk of war between France and Great Britain within six months. Yesterday the rate was 20 per cent. The Nippon Yusen Kaisha announces that the Inaba Maru arrived safely at Hongkong to-day. not been seen since noon on Tuesday. It has beer ascer- tained that the Japanese shells did not injure the forts at Port Arthur in Tuesday’s engagement. Shells directed toward-the disabled battleships went over them and en- tered the town. Shells directed at the forts struck houses on the hill. s