The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 23, 1904, Page 3

* THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY FEBRUARY 23, 1904. RUSSIAN SQUADRON WILL ATTACK HAKODATE; | BOMBARDMENT OF PORT ARTHUR IS RENEWED : I+ l'ext of Russian and| [ Japanese Replies || to Hay’s Note. —_——— Both Powers P!ace]j Manchuria in the || War Zone. | Bty | WASHINGTON, Feb. 22—The State| | Department has made public the text of | | the notes exchanged with the \\’ors‘ | respecting Far Eastern war. The| | United States’ note has already been| | published. The text of the remaining| | v { tes follows: | On February 13 the following answer was recetved from the Japanese Govern- | | me addressed to the American Min- ister I nse to your note of the 12th | | inst. on the subject of the neutrality of | China @uring the existing war, I beg to| | £ Gov 'nmem.L [ £ nent of the | | id as far now prevai respect the neutrality ty of China out- nistrative ent s occupied by F ng a s s in good th the tions of such engage- 19 the following answer s m the Russian Govern- The Imperial Government, sharing ompletely the desire to re the tran- ty of China, is ready to adhere to r tand vith other powers for engagements . s, as well as cognized by vy AND ' GUARANTEED £ Y NG MILK CONDENSING.CS 0 ok ““‘onuf_v L ', ORICIYRTTRS Pet Brand Evaporated Gream bears the above cap label. Contai fully as much food substance per can as the watery imitations in larger cans. It is smooth and perfect because skilifully pre- pared. Its purity is guaranteed. 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SUMMARY OF WAR NEWS.- _ Four Russian torpedo-boats have been captured by the Japan- ese squadron off Port Arthur by means of imitating Russian sig- and another action off that harbor is reported from several | Japan is reported to be taking steps to compel the Chinese to | maintain neutrality, Shanghai officials having been bribed to allow the Russian gunboat The Russian Embassador in Paris has stated that land opera- tions would not in Korea. Viceroy Alexieff, with his full staff, has reached Harbin and es- tablished headquarters there. | | | Mandjur to remain there. ‘ | | begin for some weeks, and advices from Japanese sources say that the Japanese are not eager to press the campaign | | | | | | GREAT DIFFICULTY [ IN TRANSPORTATION OF RU BERLIN, Feb. 22.—The Militar Woch- enblatt, the organ of the German gen- eral staff, has published an article dis- cussing Russia’s prospects of reinforc- ing her army in East Asia. The paper takes a pessimistic view of the capacity | ot Trans-Siberian - Railroad, and specially of the section crossing Lake | Baikal, where, it says, the difficulties | te The lim- | ited capacity of the line is said to be a much more serious matter than the threatened damage to it by natives. The paper estimates the present troop- | nioving capacity of the railroad from | Russia’s experience of last summer In moving two brigades to Tschita, east |of Lake Baikal, which was accom- plished at the rate of only eight and a hzif miles an hour. At this rate It would take thirty-six days to convey 25,000 men from the Ural Mountains to Mukden Viadivostok. | The paper assumes the present | strength of the Russian army in East- |ern Asia to be 158,761 men, and upon | the foregoing estimate of time required to move troops it declares it will take until April 20 for Russia to raise the strength of her East Asiatic army to ,000 men. The paper is of the opinion that the | easiest thing for Japan to do to com- pel Russia to abandon Manchuria is to strike at the center of the country; in other words, to concentrate her forces against Harbin. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 22.—Prince Khilkoff, Minister of Railroad Com- munication, has proceeded for Man- churia from Irkutsk, after having seen that the railroad on the ice across Lake Baikal was laid. He was personally en- trusted with $250,000 to effect the expe- ditious termination of this work. Prince Khilkoff reports that the Siberian raflroad is able to move 30,000 men a day to their destination, but that the transit from western points to the Far East will require six weeks. Hearty manifestations of patriotism are reported from Helsingfors, Finland. It is said that several hundred persons carrying Russian flags paraded there on Sunday night and sang Russian na- ticnal hymns before the residences of the Governor General and other au- thorities and the French consulate. In the Russian theater the audience re- the » be overcome are enormous. Russian national hymn. I | % | lead him to ¥ — FLEET MAY PASS THE l]AHBANELLEg Continued From Page 1, Column 6. been notified that she has been cap- tured by the Russians at Vladivostok. The latest advices of Baron Hayashi, the Japanese inister to Great Britain, lieve that the Japanese troops may now wait possibly two or three months before undertaking ag- gressive operations in Manchuria. He said: ‘eWe have found that Russia is so unexpectedly unprepared that I should not be surorised if the Japanese land forces contented themsel!ves with tablishing a thorough orga ation and advancing the struction of the railroad toward the M River pro- gress Russia appears to be less prepa than was China in 1895. I con Y d ! believe that only three trains a day can | be run through Manchuria. | | 2 | peatedly demanded the playing of the|been killed in an outpost engagement A consider- |at the Yalu River. | our. troons will take their Supposing these are equally divided between troops and supplies, as would be neces- sa Russia could not perceptibly | strengthen her land forces before April. Japan's naval coup has been so unex- pectedly successful that I rather think time. The shallow inlets are now frozen over, re- tarding the disembarkation of our forces. This is especially true at Port Arthur, where another landing of troops is impossible, owing to the ice.” Baron Hayashi does not credit the report that 2500 Russian soldiers have He says there is | % able sum has been subscribed in vari- | no Japanese force in that vicinity large | | i | | | TAN TROOPS | ous cities for Red Cross work. —_— RUSSIA DENOUNCES CONDUCT OF JAPAN | enough to inflict such a loss ¢ The only naval development Baron Hayashi expects in the near future is an attack on the Japanese fleet by the powerful Russian torpedo flotilla at IN NOTE TO POWERS | Port Arthur, hitherto unused. On the WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.—Russia addressing to the powers, through their Petersburg, the Emperor’'s envoys, or | probably through both, a vigorous com- munication charging Japan with re- peated violation of the laws of nations, first, as the note alleges, in threatening to attack a neutral port, Chemulpo, un- less the Russian ships within come out to face an overwhelming force, and second, it states, in attacking Port Ar- thur before war had been declared and while the Japanese Minister at St. Petersburg was still enjoying the pro- tection and the courtesies of the Rus- sian Government, to which, it claimed, he had just previously ad- dressed a communication expressing his belief that the interruption of dip- lomatic relations between the two coun- tries would be brief. In the diplomatic corps the news of | Russia’s intended address to the powers has caused great interest. A diplomat whose Government is inclined to sym- pathize with Russia said that the Rus- is | | broker in Pomona, took his family out lagainst is | squadron, the Japanese Minister does either | not look for developments at present, representatives in St.!| believing Admiral Togo w:ll be satisfied Japanese side, except possible actions the Russian Vladivostok to keen the disabled Rus prisoners at Port Arthur. The Minister credits the Russians with having barely 100,000 troops in Manchuria. e B i SIS BOY USES GUN AND ACCIDENT FOLLOWS ian squadron LITTLE | Lad Swings Weapon as a Club and It Is Discharged and He Is Badly Hurt. POMONA, Feb. 22.—Charles E. Greaser, a prominent real estate for a pgicnic in Live Oak Canyon, in the foothills north of this city, to-day. Greaser and his eldest son spent some time in shooting at a target with a small .22-caliber rifle. Then he and the son threw the weapon down and went for a walk up the canyon. : A little later a second son, whois but 8 years old, picked up the rifle sian Government did not expect other|and while trying to kill a lizard with nations to pass upon the attack at Port Arthur, but as to the threatened attack on Chemulpo this diplomat said the Russian Government expected that the powers, in the interest of international law, would give this subject their earnest consideration. Several foreign naval commanders at emulpo, he said, were reported to have protested against the action of the Japanese commander at the time, and if it were true that the American commander re- fused to jojn with the other foreign commanders In protesting to the Japa- nese commander against his action in threatening the town, he thought it likely the action of the commander of the Vicksburg would be the subject of an exchange of views between the St. Petersburg and Washington govern- jments. —_—— Only one-third of the world’s pop- ulation use bread as a dalily article of food. Nearly one-half of the people of the world subsist chiefly on rice, the butt end of the gun the weapon was discharged and a bullet was fired into his abdomen. The boy was brought to the city immediately; but it is a long, rough road and when the sufferer reached the hospital here he was exhausted from the loss of blood. The physicians say that he cannot sur- vive. . Secretary Hay an Example. NEW YORK, Feb. 22.—President Benjamin Ide Wheeler of the Univer- sity of California addressed the mem- bers of the Theta Delta fraternity at their annual convention here to-day and advised them to emulate the ex- ample of Secretary Hay, a fellow member, in doing their utmost in the service of the state. —_———— St. Michael's church at Coventry is said to have the widest nave of any English church. It is 125 feet wide, That of York Minster is 1041% feet in width. < ADVERTISEMENTS. ! AFTER YEARS OF Constant Headache an Vladivostok Fleet Threatens Ports ! of Japan. 5 Storm Saves a City; From the Guns | of Cruisers. | NAGASAKI, Feb. 22.—The steamship | Stolberg has arrived here from| Viadi- vostok with twenty white foreigners, 1500 Chinese and fifty Japanese. Shfl[ brings in addition forty survivors of | the Japanese steamship Nakamura | Maru, which was sunk by the Rus-| sian cruiser squadron from Vladivostok | on February 11. 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They wer= later transferred, on the 15th, to the steamship Stolberg for Vladivostok, but the Stolberg, after proceeding five miles, was stopped by the Russians and detained until the 19th. The Vladivostok squadron intended to bombard Hakodate, but a snowstorm prevented the vessels entering the straits of Tsugaru. They intend to make another attempt to reach Hako- date in March with the cruisers, five torpedo-boats and an armed transport. The civilians in Vladivestok have been ordered to leave, owing to the searcity of food, as the Government is taking everything available. A panic has seized the Chinese, who are leav- ing by hundreds. ATTACK ON PORT ARTHUR. TOKIO, Feb. 22.—It is reported here to-day that Vice Admiral Togo has again attacked Port Arthur. It is im- possible to confirm the statement, and the Navy Department says it received no news from Tcgo to-day. It is con- sidered very probable that the vice ad- miral has made another attack on the Russians, as he is engaged in blockad- ing Port Arthur. The news of the escape from death of the crew of the Nakamura Maru was received in Tokio tion and perceptibly lessens the feeling of bitterness toward the Russians on account of the sinking cf the ship. A prisoners’ intelligence bureau has been created and regulations regarding the treatment of prisoners of war have been published. The Tokio Govern- ment, it is understood, has anticipated the necessity of soon providing for the care of Russian prisoners. Baron Kaneko, who, as already an- nounced, will sail for the United States on Thursday, is charged with a diplo- matic mission concerning the neutral relations of the two countries. Vicé Governor Takahashi of the Bank of land, will investigate the financial sit- uation generally, with a view of float- ing a loan later if one should be needed. FRENCH COURSE SATISFACTORY. The assurances of France that the Russian flotilla, except two torpedo- boat destroyers which have been dis- armed and will be detained until the war ends, have left Jibutil, French So- maliland, reached Tokio to-day and produced a feeling of general satisfac- tion. The Government is confident of the intention of France to refrain from permitting the Russians to use her ports as bases for naval operations, but was concerned over the long delay of the flotilla at Jibutil, and had made representations to France on the sub- ject. The reaffirmation of French neu- trality is highly reassuring to the pres- ent diplomatic situation. It is -the opinion here that the maintenance of the neutrality of Oriental ports is ex- tremely advantageous to Japan, as it insures her mastery of the naval sit- uation, and limits the Russian source of supply to the trans-Siberian rail- way. Kehachiro Okura, a milllonaire of Tokio, offers his private museum for sale in America and England for $1,- 000,000. 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Included among the|g' .y oiock and will do so daily many rare curios are more than 1000 | L o0 " oo i ine evening t Tibetan, Chinese , Siamese, Korean | i/ 1 ' 1 (o vor Empress at the and Japanese idols, covering a period | Lo o by o) of thirteen centuri The most inter- | o "o ) ary will go to esting ngle piece is the shrine of the Fifth Shogun. The offer includes tho museum building, into which are built confession and vi in the fortre: | Paul, and a many parts of temples, old ceilings, | F2uh 2o - e or & ouse of Peter the Great. panels and ancient woodwork. Okura | Y17 In the wouse of FEIee he SrL | hopes that some municipality or mu- | Thelr Majesties on FeETHAry 0 o se 3! rchase and preserve the |'2%¢ “1€ 7 5 t kecuig Wik piteehase, ud pEv | servance of Lent will t be some- e is willi o meet | He is willing tc ©* | what relaxed until Passion week, when | similar rites will be observed Heavy snows and blizzards over the Siberian Railwa ally east 14 Baikal, are largely ing the difl- culties of transporting troops, besides enabling Chinese brigands to collection intact. any condition, providing the $1,000,000 reaches the war fund. GRATEFUL TO ENGLAND. | The British naval officers | brought the Japanese armored eru Nisshin and Kasaga from Genoa, Ital who better | to Japan, will be received in audience | operate. Japanese agents are reported by the Mikado to-morrow. The noble- | north of Vladivostok, inciting the bri- men’s club banqueted them to-day. | gands to action Gratitude toward Great Britain here | The Novoe Vremya, commenting | is intense and the announcement that | upon the report of Pavloff, who was | Japanese fugitives from Manchuria had been saved from further Russian cruelty by the good offices of Conger, Russian Minister at Seoul, of the fight at Chemulpo, declares that Japan's ac- ion there has stricken her from the the United States Minister in Peking. was received here with the highest evi- dences of appreciation. Japanese convertible war notes have been placed in circulation in Seoul and Chemulpe. They are of six denomina- tions, the highest being 10 yen. It is reported that the panic at New- chwang is increasing. owing to the ap- prehension of a Japanese attack. Rus- sian financial credit there is complete- ly destroyed. — RUSSIANS OBSERVE LENT WITH PRAYERS ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. val week closed on Saturday night and vesterday all classes of the populace, from the highest to the lowest, began the observance of Lent with even more than the customary rigor, doing pen- ance and praying for the success of the Russian arms. The Czar will pass the week fasting at the Winter Pal- FOR WAR TRIUMPHS| 22.—Carni- | list of civilized powers and predicts a revival of European solidarity against the “wild Asiatic enemy.” The paper re-emphasizes the inevitability of long delay befcre extensive military opera- tions will be possible, owing to the im- mense area to be defended and the rigors of the climate. RS A T EDWARD IS NOT SERIOUSLY HURT PORTSMOUTH, England, Feb. King Edward yester- | KING The mishap to day, when he stumbled and fell while inspecting the cruiser Cumberland, was insignificant. He was not in- jured and to-day he was early as visiting the naval gunnery school : Whale Island, inspecting the officers’ and men’s quarters and witnessing a land attack by a naval brigade. The King afterward proceeded to Port Sea Island and was present at torpedo practice and submarine experiments. Last night he presided at a dinner party. H buy some models ADVERTISEMENTS. AVE you been thinking of your new spring Suit or Overcoat? OU may or may not be ready to HAT makes no difference to us —-we want you to see our hand- invite you to call and see these goods. They tell their own story. BROS. ROOS KEARNY AT POST R, A BRI I RS