The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 14, 1904, Page 23

TH VCISCO CALL, SUNDAY FEBRUARY 14, 1904 WASHINGTON'S NAVAL EXPERTS: ARE DISPOSED T0 MINIMIE THE IMPORTANCE OF JAPANESE VICTORY AT PORT ARTHUR bermany Tears Japanese Victory Woul Mean Belef That the Mikado Wil Encountr Great the Exclusion of the White Race From Asia, T o iy of y adopted a Chinese exclusion law, and if Great Britain i disturbed lest the | Chinese get 2 footing in South Africa, t | how much more, as German thinkers | often aver, should Russia and all Eu- rope fear this economic invasion. Chi- miners are now excluded from Government ese v nance there. in Minister 4 The a simple | go » Korea or Man- combat of “yellow peril” is accepted in rmany as a substantial fact, and it is believed that Japanese imitation has already resulted in injuring Ger- a als, and if one | many’s trade in the Far East. between the white and = 3 —_— ny stends by the| FRENCH EMBASSADOR ‘ HAY OF ACCEPTANCE SHINGTON, Feb. 13.—M. Jus. | serand, the French Embassador, call- ed upon Secretary Hay at his resi- , | dence to-day under instructions from ‘nl(!‘,c French Government to | place. that other is also, inform | him that France accepted gladly the invitation of the United States to ex: press to Russia and Japan concurrent with the other powers the hope hat the neutrality of China and her | administrative entity would be re respected during the war and the ho: tilities be contained within as small ea as possible. It is known inferentially that Rus- 0 W gree to the sug¥estion. d that Count Cassini will form Secretary Hay of this fact to- morrow. { 1y |t Der Washington. FEARS JAPAN'S POWER. there | an gh German states- | ny to n and to van- uggest . so-Americans Not for War. HAYS CITY, K .. Feb. 13.—As a sult of the war in the Orient thel ’[HFlX’h‘l Court here is besieged by ap- licants for citizenship. There are hundreds of Russians in this county now seek naturalization papers g compelled to return to | ence the , terri land to be drafted into They are not posted on | hat cquld be done such cases, but determined to arrange so that a there will not be the slightest doubt - fut d thought AGAINST THE “YELLOW PE Japanese re for Russian Wounded. | WASHINGTON, A cable- | received at the Japanese lega- | tion from Tokio states that a request je through the British Consul | mulpo that thirty-four of' the | s ouwmded in the recent naval | 2 be placed in charge ofl itutions. and they | es” ho: ing treat- | readily given n the Japanese Chemulpo and a e Japanes NOTIFIES SECRETARY ‘,expedmon even into Korea while so j would be able to inaugurate any land | ron which has left Viadivostok prob- { smaller Japanese | less {1000 men. | make a very long string and would 1 { / CALL BUREAU, HOTEL BARTON, WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.—Now that of- | ficial reports show that fewer Russian ships at Port Arthur have been put out } of commission than was believed on the | day after the torpedo attack and the {fleet fight, naval and military experts in making their estimates of the im- portance of these engagements are no longer ireclined to say that Japan has control of the sea. Becauyse of the dan- ger and difficulty of sending a military many Russian ships are in Eastern waters it is doubted here if Japan fighting before there naval engagement. The powerful Russian cruiser squad- is another big ably will successfully combat any fleet. That Japan would attempt to land a large army at Port Arthur, or near there, is consid-| red higl improbable by officers of | he War Department. | JAPAN FACES DIFFICULTIES. A high officer of the navy, skilled in naval strate; said to The Call corre- spondent to-night that it would be a foolish effort at this time. Although the Jjapanese might have the Port Ar- thur branch of the Siberian railway be- hind them as they advanced northward into Manchuria in an effort to attack | the Russian force on the Yalu from the rear, it would not be possible to con- duct effective operations with much than 100,000 troops. To put this immense force over the sea from Naga- saki or Sasebo would require at’least 100 transports, each carrying at-least "Po put such a force across the Straits of Korea to Fusan or Ma- sampho or to send it to Chemulpo| would be a sufficiently hazardous un- dertaking with the -cruiser squadron from Vladivostok hovering to the northward. fo send an army to Port Arthur would be far more difficult,” said the : “Troopships are hard to One hundred of them would require almost as strong a force as Japan is now holding at Port Arthur. The cony of the fleet must be -large enough to successfully repel an attack- ing fleet and at the same time defend the troopships from attdck by torpedo craft and small gunboats, one ,shot from “which would sink an ordinary transport. DANGER TO TRANSPORTS. “The Russians undoubtedi- would be Diffculty in Landing Big Force in Korea Special Dispatch to The Call. P willing to lose a battleship or a swift cruiser if by making a dash at a well- defended military expedition on the sea it could, before being sunk, get' into the transport fleet and sink & half | dozen or more ships. A Russian fight- | ing ship, if it could get past the first line of defense of the transports, cauld ram, torpedo and work all its guns' with fatal effect before going to the bottom itself. A six-inch shell through | a transport would send it and its hu- man cargo to the bottom. “If the main squadron off Port Ar- thur were withdrawn to convoy trans- ports either to Korea or Manchuria, the Russian fleet undoubtedly” would | come out and walt for it, or intercept it at an advantageous moment. Japan cannot weaken her force at Port Ar- thur to any marked extent to provide convoy for military expeditions else- where. 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As to Manechuria, the question is left open purposely as to whether or not China's administration | is or is not in force in that war-swept territory. That is why the term ‘admin- istrative entity’ was used in Secretary Hay’s note. It is a question of fact, to| be determined later on, whether or not China does possess administrative en- in Manchuria. ¢ “The suspicion engendered by the is- e of the note is inexplicable to the authorities here. It is declared that the Government has been anjmated by the most simple and direct purposes, and has tried to express that faet in its note. “There from Pekin: | is not speedily proved that there is no | danger of any invasion of China by lone or the other of the belligerents. | The State Department has been warned by China itself that the Chinese court’s flight would lead to a general rising against foreigners that might resuit in { massacres. And the end would be per- haps the disruption of China. In this event, it believed here, the neutral powers would make off with the llon‘{s | share, the belligerents being too much occupied to prevent them. This convic- tion on the part of the officials here causes them to freely exvress the opin- lion that Russia will be guilty of a | grave mistake if she reject Secretary | Hay's propesals. But if she does do so, it is said, there will be mno attempt made on our part to secure N{:}ugh force of arms the purposes siat in !thc note. In other words, the United | States is not to be dragged into hos- tilities in the ¥ar East.” ARA T PEKING GOVERNMENT ISSUES PROCLAMATION OF CHINA'S NEUTRALITY eat danger of the flight | ; TOKIO, Feb. 13.~-The Chinese Gov- ernment has proclaimed the neutrality of China during the war between Rus- sia and Japan. WASHINGTON, Feb.13.—Sir Cheng- tung Liang Cheng, the Chinese Min- ister here, called at the State Depart- ment to-day and formally notified Sec- retary Hay that the Emperor of China had issued a proclamation of neu- trality. The Minister’s cablegram con- tained the further information that in jr~uing this proclamation the Emperor ihad in the strongest terms enjoined the Viceroys and the Governors of the for the protection of foreign life and property in their respective territories. The Minister feels that there is n danger of attacks upon foreigners on | Chinese soil in view of the strong lan- guage of the proclamation and‘ its speedy distribution. oS g ik Takahira, the Japanese Minister, @lso calied. He brought with him a of the Chinese court if it Minister of Foreign Affairs, dated to- day, and reading as follows: ‘His Majesty the Emperor, having been greatly affected to learn of the great conflagration which recently oc- curred in Baltimore, commands me to convey to the President his expres- sion of deep condolence and sympathy with the people of that city.” The Minister had no news touching upon the progress of the situation in the East and rather looked for a lull for the next few da FEd P RN AMERICA DEMANDS AN EXPLANATION OF RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.—The State Department has instructed Em- bassador MeCormick to ask the Rus- sian Government at St. Petersburg for an explanation of the compulsory de- tention in the harbor of Port Arthur of the American steamship Pleiades, which conveyed a cargo of flour to that place from Honolulu before the outbreak of hostilities. The ship is owned by the Boston Towboat Com- pany, which has made formal com- plaint to the State Department, hence the instructions to Minister McCor- mick. By some of the officials here the opinion is exoressed that the detain- ing of the ship is not in violation of international law, provide adequate demurrage is paid to the owners of the vessel. It is assumed that the vessel is detained for strategjéal pur- poses and naval officers point out that her departure at this time might ena- ble the Japanese to learn important facts about the condition of aaffirs at Port Arthur. It is roughly estimated that ample demurrage would be from $100 to $200 per.day, depending upon the value of the vessel's return cargo. LONDON, Feb. 13.—The owners of the British steamer Foxton Hall (from Barry December 11, via Port Said, for Port Arthur), coal laden, have been advised that the vessel has been detained by the Russian authori- ties at Port Arthur., Russian soldiers have been placegd on board the vessel and her British captain and crew have been sont to Chefu, whence it is re- ported that several other neutral ves- sels are detained at Port Arthur. e ta DANISH GOVERNMENT ORDERS RESERVES IN READINESS FOR CALL . COPENHAG Feb. 13.—The British Government has inquired if the’Danish Government is prepared to | defend Denmark’s neutrality, especial- ly the impoftant seaports. Denmark replied: “We will defend ourselves.” X The construction placed on this in- quiry here is that Great Britain ap- prehends the danger of Russia oecu- pying Danish possessions in the event of complications between Great Brit- provinces to adopt every precaution |ain and Russia over the Far Eastern question. 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