The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 13, 1904, Page 2

NCISCO 'CALL, SATURDA ARY 13, 1904, HAY'S COURSE || S AIMED AT | HIGH PURPOSE Prominent Official Lauds ] i | | \ i | CANNON ARE NOT BEHIND f . c TARATESE. the Policy of the FrEET Secretary ARG TE Says Motives of America | Are Misrepresented ] in Europe. | HAY'S ACTION DE have been pub- Petersburg are Am has ica hat hostilities wherever possi- d States and all use an armed force tions to 14 it be necessary to going tc wat & nial can be made that this y such thought or| | ds the United nation to such re- 1t action is not con- e than suggested taken practicaliy rover term. It is | he mcral effect | rid. | SAVE CHINA. | k behind it. The re- | United States, of Great Britain, | ia-Hungary will sent | action RUSSTA. Killed ...... 130 Wounded... &6 Captured. ..*2000 4 54 the | i CASUALTIEST0 DATE JAPAN. to be desire ns to p: *Not confirmed. treaty rights and ests will be no gres gh having this concurrent action of powers. The possibility of - g afawn into the war with] ENGLAND PREDICTS | i sia or will fapan on the| THAT THE WAR WILL brought to a minimum. e TERMINATE BY JULY| and be other h: ——— | SATLORS OF RUSSIAN [ SHIPS RECEIVED ON | AN ITALIAN CRUISER LONDON, Feb. 12 (6 p. m.).| { The British Government has in- formation which leads to the be-| lief that Japan is likely to be| Port Arthur In the best ROME, Feb. 13.—The Governme: hs a| in-| in possession of week from now. 1ese circles here it is ught that the warj - by July. British ant of the extraordin- with 1885 clined to share the Japanese view breach of . 2 the duration of the regarding he is able to say, | Strugele. { RUSSIA NEEDS MONEY. PARIS. Feb. 13.—The Berlin correspondent of the Gaulois says | he learns from a reliable source that Emperor William, profiting by his influence over the Sultan, { has obtained from the Turkish ruler a formal promise to take no steps which would create com- plications in the Balkans so long as the war in the Far East lasts. It is alleged. the correspondent continues, that Bulgaria has given ;a similar pledge to St. Peters- of th s life is w ou 80 GREENBFERG & GREENBERG. Greenbere & Greenberg ADVANCED SHOWING OF NEW SPRING AND SUMMER.... LACES ards of NEW NET TGP , including all the new pat- One 'Iz-rn\ for Spring and Summer. lmrg', . rices IR ’ ; 2Be 3Be BOc The The Gil Blas this morning de- clares that the Russian Govern- ment is negotiating with several banks which are to undertake to float a new Russian loan in France, to be issued at 92 and to bear interest at 5 per cent. 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B0g* = MOVEMENTS OF ARMIES AND FLEETS OF COMBATANTS -+ | | | | i | | | | | | | ! + The positions occapied by the Japanese and Russian troops have not changed appreciably, so far as the reports of the operations indicate, but these are extremely meager and clearly show the rigidity of the censorship. The maneuvering of the fleets of the two nations is likewise shrouded, but it is known that the Russians are hovering about the northern end of the principal island of Japan, and heavy firing has been heard off Tientsin. | g 3 VARIAG'S CREW FIND REFUGE ON FOREIGN WARSHIPS IN HARBOR IFeb. _ NEW YORK, Abeut 200 of the Variag's crew 12! lost their lives when the vessel was destroyed on Monday by the Japanese off Chemulpo, according to a World dispatch from Tokio. The crew of the Russian cruiser numbered 570. Many lost their lives under fire, but a large num- ber drowned in attempting to es- cape. The then loyally aided their officers, and it is said not one of the latter was drowned in getting ashore. Many swam not to the shore, but to the foreign men-of-war in the harbor, which promptiy lowered boats and went to their rescue. Besides the French cruiser Pascal, the Italian cruiser Elba and the British cruiser Talbot aided the refugees. One hundred and fifty, many of them wound- ed, reached the Talbot." Sir Cyprian Bridge, the British admiral in command of the sta- tion, has ordered that the wound- ed Russians shall not be ‘handed over to the Japanese unless they so desire. The Japanese did not man. known to have been in over- whelming force, was damaged. The engagement was watched by four foreign warships, includ- ing the United States gunboat Vicksburg. They all saluted the Japanese flag Thursday, it being lose a None of the fleet, which is | I'STORY OF ATTEMPT OF JAPAN T0O LAND TROOPS IS DOUBTED I.LONDON, Feb. 12.—There is a marked lull in war news. No | confirmation has been received of the reported attempts of the Jap- anese to land troops near Port A1- thur. Captain Tamari, a Japanese naval attache, discredits the ru- mors. He said: “The Japanese will never at- tempt to take Port Arthur from the sea alone.” The captain attaches the great- est importance to the seizure of Masampho as giving Japan com- mand of the straits of Korea and preventing a junction of the Rus- sian squadrons. ————— RUSSIAN SQUADRON WAITS AT JIBUTIL FOR THE WARSHIPS ISLAND OF PERIM, Feb. 12.—Mail advices received here from Jibutil, French Somaliland, day that the Russian squadron which passed Perim on January 27 has coaled at Jibutil and will wait there until February 18 for the Russian warships due at Jibutil from Suez. e e s TR TR the great national festival of Kig- enetsu—the anniversary of the accession of the Emperor Jimmu to the throne and the foundation of the present imperial line, 2564 AP R T R AN ] 25 years ago, - . i — PORT ARTHUR BATTLE NOT SO DISASTROUS AS AT FIRST STATED CHEFU, Feb. 12.—The Jap- anese fleet has not been seen since noon on Tuesday. The injured battleships Czarewich and Ret-| vizan have been floated. The cruis- er Pallada is still on the beach. Tt has been ascertained that the Japanese shells did not injure the forts at Port Arthur in Tuesday’s engagement. The shells directed at the forts struck houses cn the hill. e e LITTLE NEWS ABOUT MOVEMENTS OF JAPAN'S TROOPS AT PORT ARTHUR LONDON, Feb. 12.—The Jap- anese Minister here received a dispatch from the Government it Tokio announcing that the latier had not yet received an official re- port of the battie fought off I’ Arthur, adding that apparently the disembarkation of the Japan- ese troops is proceeding satisfac- torily and without disorder at Chemulpo, Port Seoul and else- where. sy ENGLAND WARNS ALL HER RETIRED NAVAL MEN TO BE PREPARED LONDON, Feb. 13.—The Daily Tele- graph this morning says the British Admiralty has sent letters of warning to all retired naval officers who are eli- gible for 1 tendency to do fool things, WAR EXPERTS BELIEVE | ONLY TWO CONFLICTS | HAVE TAKEN PLACE NEW YORK, Feb. 12.—Careful study of reports that have reached America and Europe from the East, including press dispatches and communications through officlal channels, would indi- cate but two actual conflicts of any moment have so far occurred. These are the Japanese naval attack on Port | Arthur Monday night and Tuesday morning and the affair at Chemulpo on Monday and Tuesday. 2 Various reports of other engagements | are considered but echoes of these two fights, News travels slowly in North China. Cable and telegraph facilities are limited, and when reports at Port Arthur and Chemulpo of .affairs reach various points they are promptly cabled by resident correspondents, resulting | in a natural confusion of dates. The | i report cabled by the Tientsin corre- | spondent at London stating that the| Russian fleet had bombarded Hako- | date is entirely discredited. Naval men | in this city say that so far as known | the enly Russian vessels in position to | move are at Vladivostok, and that it | cannot for a moment be thought that they would be withdrawn from the de- fense of an important depot, even if they are free of ice and not blocked by | the Japanese squadron as has been re- | | ported. In view of the fact that there | is no cable communication between ! Japan and China, except by the way of Shanghai, it is improbable that'such | important news would be first heard in an inland town such as Tientsin. i, R RUSSIA’S EMBASSADOR AT PARIS TELLS OF HEROISM OF SAILORS ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 12.—With additional information the authorities have obtained from Russian embas- sles abroad, the Embassador of Rus- sia at Paris has sent a full story of the battle off Chemulpo, in which he praises the heroic conduct of the Rus- sian sailors. Newspapers here to-day printed bare foreign telegrams telling | what happened in Korea. Large crowds of people are con- stantly at the Admiralty seeking in- formation in regard to the fate of rel- | coast proceeded with great pre l(‘onumu-d From Page 1, Column | forty minutes. ’ | | | I | | | | \ atives in the fleet. The movement of Russian troops eastward is being pushed from all directions. Notice has been given that immigration is- sues are suspended. The Siberian Railrdnd is being monopolized nyl troops and war munitions to the com- plete exclusion of commercial traffic. —_————————— It seems to us that sick people here tely “give up” easier than they for- Ly dide - NEUTRALITY EFFORTS OF THE UNITED STATES JAPAN'S FLAG OVER TROOPS NEAR SEOUL —_— Operations of the Army Portend a Terrible Land Fight. —_—— Foemen of the Muscovite Are Congregated Rapidly. e Qg NEW YORK, Feb. 12.—The Japanese troops landed at Gensan are intended to operaté with troops that have now been saccessfully landed at Pingyang onthe opposite - side of the Korean peninsula, says a dispatch from Kobe, Japan. These two forces censtitute Japan's second line of defense against the Russians who are marching over the Yalu into Korea. A first line of de- fense has been arranged. It is com- | posed of picked troops who are lined up along the south bank of the Yalu. It is, however. considered most une likely that this army will reach its deéstination in time to intercept the in- | vading Russians. The second,.line may fail ¢o hold the invaders, in which case it is expected that a land battle would take place not far from Seoul. In any case the Japan- | ese preparations are made with a view | to closing in on any body of Russian troops that succeeds in forcing its way | into the interior of Korea Mobilization of the army has been ef- fected without hitch. The transporta- tion of soldiers and supplies by means of the railway from the interior to the Rdmiralfflggnns_\iiciurg vance squadron was, for the most part, outside of Port Arthur. Of the advance squadron at least the battleship Poltava, the pro- tected cruiser Askold and two others appeared to hLave been | struck by our torpedoes. “On February 9, at noon, cur fleet advanced into the offing of Port Artiiur Bay and attacked the | rest of the enemy's fleet for about The result of the attack is not yet known, but con- siderable damage was inflicted on the enemy, and | believe that they were greatly demoralized. They stopped fighting about 1 o'clock and appeared to retreat into the harbor. In this action the damage to our fleet was very slight, and our fighting strength is not in the least decreased. JAPANESE ARE KILLED. “The number of killed and wounded was fifty-eight. Of these four were killed and fifty-four wounded. A report of the en- gagement of the detached squad- ron at Chemulpo has probably been sent you directly by Admiral Uriu. Our advance squadron bore the brunt of the enemy's fire, and after the*attack for -the most part rejoined the main fleet. All the imperial Princes on board the ships are unharmed. The conduct of all our officers during action was - cool, not unlike that dur- ing ordinary maneuvers. Since the battle their spirits have been high, but their conduct was very calm. This morning, owing to a heavy south wind, there has been no communication between ships, and no detailed report has been received from ‘each vessel, so I repcrt merely the above facts, “TOGO.” ————— Marry After a Short Courtship. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 12.—After a courtship of but one day Miss Agnes Babbahan, a young actress of San Francisco, known on the stage as Ag- nes Williams, was married to-day to Stanley Johns, who is playing a lead- ing part in the “Little Outcast” com- pany at the Grand Opera-house. ADVERTISEMENTS. "A Bad Stomach Lessens the usefulness and mars the hap- piness of lie. 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