The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 14, 1904, Page 26

26 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, FEBRRUJARY 14, 1904. RUSSIAN EMPIRE, LIKE A BEAR AT BAY, LASHED INTO FURY BY FIRST DEFEAT —_— Public Demonstrations of Patriotism Are in Marked Contrast to the Indiference Displayed Whie the Peace Negofiatons With Japan Were Being Carried On. PETERSBUR! Feb. 13.—For the t time since the beginning of hostili- n the Far East the Government ght gave the Russian newspapers rmission to publish the accounts re- from abroad of the naval en- gagement off Chemulpo, in which the hips Variag and Korutz were de- ved. The war fever which has been aroused and apparently throughout the e—or at jeast throughout Euro- ¢ demonstra- remarkable. Such patri s as have been ersburg since hos! en all the more astonishing because f the public difference during the period of negotiations and almost up to n struck the first But now, like a the h P rt the whole ¢ blow at flash f by defeat, and, is wounded and an- fight to the bitter aracter has resentment DISPLAYS OF PATRIOTISM. der strations here st continuous for three have been also entirely hem were ex- the city, To-day of the marched bare- down the g=, shout- d went where the > is very popular f. Later sur- X , in re- , the Czar and pearance. When which was Madame the regi- y played the crowds use pau- the extra d that itary shows n Russia—in a siAgle week is truly | st.| ST. PETERSBURG, e seems to have | They | ian chapel, where stands the sacred ] image of Our Lady of Iberia, before hich the Czar invokes blessings when | he goes to Moscow. Thousands of per- | sons kneit for hours in the snow in {fr{m( of the chapel, praying for vic- tory. i 3 e |RUSSIAN DEPRESSION , | GIVES WAY TO FEELING ‘ OF FIRM CONFIDENCE | | | w Feb. 13.—The press is authorized to deny the report | that. Japanese troops had landed at| i Port Arthur, with the loss of two regi- | ments. Nothing is known here official- |1y regarding the movements of the | V1adivostok squadron, but the report: | that.it had sunk Japanese transports off Wusan and destroyed Hakodate are | generally discredited, it being pointed | | out that it is impossible for the squad- | son to have been in two places almost | | simultaneously. A naval expert says| that if the Hakodate story is true Ad- | miral Stackelberg, in command of the| | Viadivostok squadron, will be able to| | 80 south by the eastern coast of Japan | |and cause emormous havoc along the | | shore and to shipping and ultimately | | effect a junction with Admiral Virenus’ | squadron, on its way to the Far East | from Europe. Viceroy Alexieff’s silence | about the Vlad uadron is ex-| | plained as follows For strategic reasons the Viceroy as | commander in chief is empowered to dispose of the shins and men without | consulting headquarters. The e tion of the Russian ships en Port Arthur was purposely omitted in | have A the official report, as it would given a valuable clew to the enemy. gram has been receivi dent of Port Arthur, in which the sender claims he saw one| Japenese warship sink. The fact that| ntion was made of this in the s does not disprove | e the Viceroy car ce anything outs blished facts. It is pointed out on hi uthority that the| Japanese are not y to admit such a | 1 and it is recalled that during the | Chinese war they were most secretive about the casualties. The telegraph | line between Port Arthur and the Yalu | | Riv ed to be broken, which | explains the absence of direct news re- | garding the naval engagement off Che- ulpo. anna of personally e ss, is bel However, little doubt is enter- | tained here as to the fate of the Variag | rutz. The blowing up of the Russian tor-! | pedo transport Yenisei as a result of | striking a mine at Port telegraphed here yester- . but the news was not given out il the names of the officers killed | k s to avoid needle: nxicty by the relatives of the surviv- ur own, SC ing office | According to the Novoe Vremya, the | Yenisci waz laying mines at the en-| trance of Talienwan ' Bay, with Lhe object of closing it against attack| j from the Observing that one of | | there during the war in the East. It | Government wishes to station troops the mines had risen to the surface, the Yenisei approached for the purpose of lifting it up, when the vessel came in contact with another mine, which ex~| ploded and caused the disaster. The first feeling of depression is dis- appearing and entire confidence is ex- pressed in the ultimate success of the Russian arms. A distinguished Rus- | sian eaid: “The slight reverses which' we sus- tained at the outset have had a good effect. The Russians no longer de- spise the enemy. That was a mistake which we made. The Japanese certain- ly are cxcellent fighters, who will be treated with the respect they deserve.” Colonel Van Scheck, commanding the Emperor Alexander Regiment of the German Guards, of which the Czar is honorary colonel in chief, arrived here to-day from Berlin. He .will pre- sent to the Czar an autograph letter from Emperor William. Admiral Ro- jesvenski, chief of the general staff of the navy. leaves here for the Far East February 16, S g BRITAIN WILL SEND SEVEN REGIMENTS TO CANADIAN GARRISONS HALIFAX, N.'S., Feb. 13.—The British Government is making inqui- ries concerning the facilities for quar- tering in Canada seven regiments of troops in addition to those already is proposed to send two regiments to this city, two to Esquimalt, B. C., and one each to Quebec, Montreal and Toronto. It is understood that the at these points in order to have them nearer the scene of hostilities between Japan and Russia in case complica- tions involving British interests should develop. While the. Government has forces in India, it is said that it would | not move them because of the dan- ger that soldiers of Afghanistan or Thibet would quietly cross the Indian frontier and become a serious men- ace. P b e J LINER AMERICA MARU REACHES YOKOHAMA WITHOUT A MISHAP The Japanese liner America-Maru, Captain Philip Going, arrived at Yo- kohama on February 11, two days ahead of schedule time. The America was the last of the Toyo Kisen Kaisha boats to leave this port. She carried only about 400 tons of cargo, which | included large shipment of arms and .ammunition. She carried an ex- tra supply of coal and Cantain Going was prepared for a race with any- ian flag which might dispute the liner's way. The three Japanese steamships that | have been running between here and the Orient are now in the hands of the Javanese Government. They are ready for any service in which they may be needed. a rchrchrebefechojrofrch serhrelech ADVERTISEMENTS. SICKLY PEOPLE; NEED THE BITTERS. 4 sarir shaehrsirefenhrnfrefachrnirds s e s e e ehanfr oo ehr e afe s e s oot o i ol s i ela e 9 run down. I believe it in tife-world. & srefrerefr b er e fr o rh el e efo e {rLetnlolnlnlelntelnlninle] R. S. 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Nearly one-third of the immense SOROSIS product. is sold abroad. if the women of this comntry only knew how good SOROSIS Shoes are, we could never supply the demand. ONLY TO BE HAD AT SOROSIS SHOE PARLOR Send for iatest catatogue 216 Post St ROYAL SHOE cCo. 50 Third St. OFFICIAL AND PUBLIC SENTIMENT IN FRANCE FAVORS GIVING EVERY POSSIBLE AID TO THE RUSSIAN CAUSE PARIS, Feb. 14.—One of the most notable features of the first week of the war has been the steady increase | of sentiment favorable to giving Rus- sia every possible' moral and sympa- thetic support. At the outset the French offi¢ials and the public gen- erally maintained that the interests of France demanded that she keep clear | entan- | of the possibility of any glements growing out af the Franco- Russian alllance. This led some newspapers to assert that France was placing self-interest before duty and deserting her best friend in-the hour of greatest need. A graduai reaction has occurred. until to-day official and public feeling runs strongly in favor of strengthening Russia in every way war short of actual parngpaflon in the was thought that the large!’ war. It i Dreyfus element would antagonize i Russia. owing to the latter's attitude toward the Jews; but, on the con, i trary. Josenh Reinach, the friend and bilographer of Dreyfus. has published a letter declaring that the honor and to affirm her sympathy for Russia and to | loyally hold up the alliance. However, Prench feeling, which is usually demonstrative, has not shown any wild enthusiasm in behalf of Rus- gia. This is in rather marked con- trast with the uproarious manifesta- tions at the time of the Czar's visit to Paris and other recent events. SUBSCRIPTION LISTS OPENED. Two popular subscriptions have been opened for the wounded, one by the Russo-Chinese Bank and the other by French newspapers. The Russian Embassador, Nelidoff, heads the for- mer with a subscription of $100. Many individualg are showing personal sym- pathy and are offering their services, Much interest is. manifested here in the part Prince Louis Napoleon and Prince; Jaime de Bourbon are taking in the military service of Russia. The reports that Prince Louis, who is an officer of high rank in the Russian cavalry, who was in France recently to attend the obsequies of Princess Mathilde and who left hurriedly for St. Petersburg at the outbreak of the war, is to be given command of the entire cavalry force operating in Man- churia, are sald to be well founded. Prince Jaime, 'who is an officer of Russian volunteers under thé Gov- ernor General of Russian Poland, wrote on the outbreak of the war re- questing an assignment to the first de- tachment of volunteers to be sent to the theater of operations and he has since telegraphed an earnest request to be assigned to immediate duty al' the front. AS TO FRENCH NEUTRALITY. It is not intended by the French Government for the present to issue a formal proclamation. of ne\flralily | similar to that of the‘United States and Great Britain. The officers here | say usage does not require such a| | proclamation and it is held that the | [ neutral course of the Government has | | been sufficiently defined by the instruc- | nt by the French Foreign, Co- lor and Marine Ministers to repre- sentatives abroad. It is especially stated that the absence of a proclama- tien has not the slightest significance | as showing a desire to raise Russian suspicions. It is merely compliance | with the French custom regarding the | obsertance of neutrality. | Germany's reported efforts to create | ill-feeling between Russia and France jare receiving the serious attention of | i the French officials, who do not hesi- tate to express the belief that Ger- many wiil seek to make the most of the opportunity to strengthen her po- sition with Russia and wedken that of France. The the fullest confi- dence that this will not succeed and that the Franco-Russian alliance will remain unshaken. Strong hopes were expressed to-day in official® quarters that the sentiment in Great Britain and the United States would not sympathize with the aims | of Germany to disrupt the existing un- derstanding. — e JAPANESE OF NOTE EXPECTS TO SEE THIS NATION DRAWN IN| tions CHICAGO, Feb. 13.—"It is extreme- Iy probable that the United States and | each of the great powers will do ae- tual fighting before this war is over. The United States has taken a slrong" and. courageous position.” Dr. Tokyichi Yénaga, formerly a secretary in the Foreign Department of thé Japanese Government, made i this prediction to-day. Dr. Yenaga has just completed a series of lec- tures in Chicago under the auspices of the University of Chicago. Dr. Yen- aga said: “‘All along I have been saying that the United States and England should | join with Japan in settling this Far Eastern question in the interests of modern progressive civilization. The United States has done. just. what Japan wanted. President Roosevelt and Secretary Hay, by proposing to limit the question, have taken a very strong stand. The only way to pre- also of Germans residing abroad, to observe in all their relations the strict- vent a general war in which all the nations would be fighting would be to carry out the proposal which has been | est neutrality.” made by the United States.” | The details and prohibitions con- —— | tained in the British and some of the GERMAN NEUTRALITY | other declarations of neutrality are % IS PROCLATMED IN omitted. The officers of the crown OFFICIAL JOURNAL| ™ | are charged to see that neutrality is orced. ——— Russians Depart From Seoul. LONDON, Feb. 13.—The official ad- vices from Tokio to the Japanese le- gation say that, in addition to Pavioff, BERLIN, Feb. 13.—Chancellor von Bulow in the Reichsanzeiger, the Gov- ernment’s official organ, to-day issued the following proclamation: “In consequence of the official dec- larations of war. befween the govern- ments of Russia and Japan it becomes the duty of every one in the German ire and in the empire's coloni &l | the Russian Minister, the staff of the ; legation and the Russian legation guard, all of the other Russians at Seoul left the Korean capital on the |'same train yesterday, bound for Chi- na, via Chemulpo, guarded by Japan- ADVERTISEMENTS. Oft on We have just received the largest and most complete line of TRUNKS SUIT VALISES BAGS And Traveling Goods generally for Men + and Women to be found in San Francisco. Ladies’ Dress and Hat Trunks a Specialty. Sole Agents for INNOVATION TRUNKS. ROOS KEARNY If so you must have a trunk or a suit case. a Trpr CASES BROS. 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