The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 19, 1904, Page 1

VOLUME USSIAN ARMY OF IN SAN___FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VAS ION CROSSES THE YALU AND SEIZES STRONG POSITION ON KOREAN SOIL Special Cable to The Call and New York Herald. Copyright, 1904, by the New York Herald Publishing Company. TOKIO, Feb. 18.---Reports received here from Korea to-night state that Russian troops have crossed the Yalu and are advancing toward Seoul, and that a strong position at Pingyang has been occupied by them. They have already scized Wiju, on the Korean side of the Yaiu. Their present movements, however, do not indicate any immediate intention of attacking the Korean capital. The Japanese Legation in Seoul has been greatly strengthened during the last few days. ; "l TELLS OF | REVERSE PR Official Report of| Battle. sl s Port Arthur . l | Viceroy Believes| Enemy’s Ships Were Hit. i ST. PETERSBURG Feb. 18 A long offici ¢ r Alexieff, re fight of Febry vas give Russian casu of our e under OF NAMES. g els took which damaged in ht before engaged the tor- | ¢ st and Second di- nder the divisional command- | Bezstrashni, | Besposhtchod- r: Grozo Lieutenant FE by Razyaschtchi, enant heltinga ain Simonof; Reyossitelni, Lieu- tenant ; E v, Lieutemant | Kodorovitch; guschtchi, Lieuten- | ant XKusmckaravayeff; Storchzevei, Captain Smyeli, Captain Schutz, and Serditi, Lieutenant Kus- menkaravayeff Jr. ‘ENEMY'S WARSHIPS HIT. “Throughout the fight the torpedo divirion lay to the right of the squad- ron, a distance of from ten to fifteen cabletari (a Russian sea measure), awaiting orders. “The land batteries were under the general direction of Major General | Baloff, commander of the Kwantung garrison of artillery. It is still, diffi- cult to ascertain the result of the bat- but according to observations made by our shipe it may be assumed that several vessels of the enemy’'s fleet sustained damage, which explains why they avoided further fighting, although they were much superior to us in strength. “According to the reports of the com- Continued on Page 4, Column 1, 2 | - Pal- | | lay | | “MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.” The Manchu gave no heed to war’s alarms, [ But drove his flocks afield, and pitched his tent; | Till Genghis Khan had called his hordes to arms, And by one blow the Middle Kingdom rent. Leaving a trail of blood and fire behind, | ; He neither stays his onward march, nor waits, | Till even Europe stands aghast to find { This Tartar Chieftain at her very g&tex Russia and Britain Drift Toward War and Kaiser Will Aid Czar, PARIS, Feb. 19. — The Figaro_this morning publishes a telegram, said to be from a high Russian official and sent from the frontier, saying that Colonel von Schenk, the commander of the Emperor Alexander Regiment of the German Guards, of which the Czar is honorary colonel in chief, was re- ceived by the Czar on Monday and handed to his Majesty an autograph letter from Emperor William on the war in the Far East and especially on the subject of Great Britain's attitude. Continuing, the Figaro's informant says official circles in Russia continue to count on Germany’s unreserved sup- port. and discuss openly the possible change of the equilibrium of Europe which might result from the grouping together of Russia, Germany and France, taken in connection with the anti-British feeling. The increasing possibility of war with Great Britain is discussed without reserve in Russi~~ military circles. Rear Admiral Rojestvenski, chief of the general staff of the navy, has said it was impossible, according to the Rus- sian official who telegraphs to the Figaro, to send to Port Arthur all the naval officers who want to go there, because they may be required in the|. Baltic. - In conclusion this official says By Lucius Harwood Foote. Let Celt and Gaul and Muscovite beware, Lest in their lawless lust and greed, some day They wake the sleeping tiger in his lair, And see the Yellow Peril turn at bay. Justice may drop the scales, and draw the sword; A Menace stands behind yvu one and hll; Then hear and heed the grave potential word Belshazzar saw upon his palace wall. the whereabouts of Viceroy Alexieff has been unknown for three days past and that the official telegrams are re- ceived without signatures. LONDON, Feb. 19.—The papers this morning comment -upon the activity which is seen at Woolwich and else- where in refitting the navy in prepara- tion for any emergency. It is admitted that the manufacturers of fixed ammu-~ in Checkmating Russia. Special Cablegram to The Call and the New York Herald nition have been. working night shifts| nmgux; Feb. 18.—The Prussian Ga- | agree, being unwilling to make any E K declaration or in any way definite since Christmas and’that all the sur- | Zette, which is generally considered a Government organ, - Yo pledge herself in such a contingency. plus obsolete war material on vessels | at home and abroad is being i as rapidly as possible. Especial est attaches to the equipment of battleships with the new tw +* JAPANESE CELEBRATE VICTORY {Admiral Togo Re- ports Success of ( Torpedoes. S ——— Tokio Denies Tales of Losses to Her Forces. Special Dispatch to The Call. TOKIO, Feb. 18.—There was great rejoicing here last night over Admiral Togo's official report of the successful | attack on Port Arthur on Sunday, Feb- { ruary 14. All of the Japanese news- papers issued extras, giving the fuil text of the report. The Japanese torpedo flotilla, which | was ordered to make the attack, got separated in a severe smowstorm on the way to Port Arthur. Oniy two | boats, the Hayatory and the Asagiri, | managed to” reach their destination | early on Sunday morning. The giri, under the guidance of Commander | Ishikawa, reconnoitered the waters i about the entrance to the harber. and, Asa- paying . no attention to the vigorous fire directed upon it by the forts and | | scout boats. succeeded in . torpedoing Secretary Hay Asks Powers to Join clogsed without waiting Russia’s for- | response came as a surprise to of- one warship. When the Hayatory in charge- of Commander Takencuchi arrived it steamed close enough to the Russian vessels to recognize two warships. Discharging a torpedo at ome of these ships, Commander Takenouchi waited until he saw the Russian ship blow up. He then returned safely, without slightest damage. LONDON, Feb. 18.—The Japanese le- gation here received an official dispatch from Tokio to-night, saying it was not true that any Japanese vessels had been destroyed so far in any of the various naval engagements and that all necessary repairs had already been made. The Japanesé fleet remains in- tact. This message also _denies the report | that the Japanese were driven from the neighborhood of Kinchow after a skirm- ish in which 150 Japanese were taken prisoners, and declares that the Jap- anese made no attempt to land at Pigeon Bay. It says the Japanese forces up to the present time have made no attempt to land at any point | where they would come in contact with the Russians, and that consequently all reports of land actions and Japanese | losses are untrue. NEW YORK. Feb. 18.—G. Uchida, the Japanese Consul General here, re- eived to-night from the Japanese lega- tion in Washington the following ca- | blegram from the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Tokio: “The London Times’ Peking corre- spondent reports that Viceroy Alexieff. on February 14, sent the following ‘Disabled—Warships Cesarevitch, Pal- lada, Retvizan, Askold, Novik, Sevas- topol, Petropolavsk. Japanese driven from near Kinchow." Japanese driven about seventy killed on land and claim 150 Japanese prisoners. Russians have eleven ships out of action and declare fifteen Japanese ships are disabled. Boyarin slightly damaged. The Jap- anese surveying party reported to have landed at Pigeon Bay destroyed. “So far as the Japanese are con- cerned, the above informatiom is un- true. No attempt to land has been made, hence no prisoners are possible. Japanese ships disabled, absolutely none.” DECLARE JAPANESE ATTACK PRECEDED KURINO'S NOTICE and New Yorl S arald " Copyriant. 1904, by the New York Merald Publishing Company. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 18.—Gen- eral Kuropatkin is going to the front to take command of the land forces. A significant fact that it is much desired should be known to all for- eign nations is that, according to care- ful calculations made, allowing for difference in time, the torpedo attack upon the ships at Port Arthur took place one hour before Japanese Min- ister Kurino called at the foreign of- fice to announce that diplomatic re- lations had been broken off. Grand Duke Boris and Grand Duke Cyril will soon leave for the seat of war. Grand Duke Andrew will not go. The statement that W. M. Kokov- zoff, Secretary of the Empire, has been appointed Minister of Finance, is con- firmed. A telegram received here from Port Arthur says that the Japanese have captured the steamships Kolik and Bobrik.