The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 26, 1904, Page 5

THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1901 STRAINED RELATIONS BETW Subjects of the Czar Boycott Our | Goods. i Growing Hatred of| the United States. v be political to allow Mor- American > 0 to his post lely Dalny expressed that the arass Russia question of the - at this time. AMERICAN WOMEN TO SERVE AS NURSES IN JAPAN'S ARMY ¥ Feb. 25. — The Pt h of the Red Cross E of the national € nteer nurses to Anita McGee decided | > Philadelphia | ndence Hall e ' . was adopted g the o raise f s [ ary contribu- 1 the expedition § r ices of the e = selection of ses w Dr. McGee. | s seen active ser- mder the direc- Government, | cepted the service | the Red Cross Society. SAYS THIS NATION HAS NOT A FRIEND IN ALL OF EUROPE ! —Poultney Bige- | ¥ from Hamburg. said that since the begin etween Russia unfriendliness st this country people not for of Europe,” he Russia at all success. The | Government looks to Russia to | secause Russia and Germany rep- he last remaining of despotic} sents. If Russia i beaten both | s will have to change to more forms.” JAPANESE SEIZE | AND CARRY AWAY , KOREAN DIPLOMAT | Thursday, Feb. 25.—Russian nced south of Anjul telegraph wires between | Pingyang who was formerly Min- | ar and practically the dic- | a, and corsidered a friend & been seized by the Jap- Chemulpo and on the same on board of a warship, n to Japan. He went unr t dress. ONE THOUSAND DOLLAR { NOVEL, | MARIPOSA'S PATHETIC LOVE SCENE! GOLDEN GATE PARK, THRILL YOU WHEN + IN WILL O-MORROW ANGLE,” BY GERALDIN BONNER, | floating popula w |r IN THE NEXT SUNDAY CALL. L —- i | i | YOU READ | i l | | American Consuls to Manchuria Are Here. e James Wheeler Davidson of Austin. 1 appointed United anchu iing and the newl Consul fut his previous e consular he f a similar ca- an appoint- Cleveland. i har- > enter a talk count which he d he gave information that that he was thoroughly service, ng the fo! ou showed ted with the situation in Man- 1 understoc just how far sians had encroached on Chinese t and exactly what their occupation of that territory meant to the United States and other foreizn nations, from a commercial standpoint. “Antung is the most important ship- ping point on the Yalu River.,” said he. “It is situated on the banks of the Yalu directly opposite Wiju, Korea, which was recently made an open port under a treaty. The popula- tion of Antung is 15,000 and it has a n—that about 12,0 people who ). Its junk ats—of live in be and shipping business is so extensive that frequently you can find between 400 and 500 small boats along its water front. There have been stationed there for a long period many Russians, who own and operate a 1 lumber com- pany about eight miles below Antung, which is known as Yongampho. The latter place is the scene of Russian ac- tivity, they ing been cutting the fe al¢ he river banks. Steam- ships drawing from 6 to 8 feet of water can reach Antung at high tide and when I was last there there was a line of small ste ning between Antung and nother. from Antung to Pc There are no foreign 1 ings there, and in view { tha the Chinese Minister at Washi cently sent a communi- | cation flicials of the town tc a temple at my disposal until a sulate and other buildings necessary for the accommodation of myself, the Vice Consul and our staff cted. is Mr. can be constr by the way The Vice Consul. Clough of Iowa, | who has been attached to the United States legation at Peking intérpreter.” That the authorities in Washington long had jn view a position of respon- sibility for Davidson in Manchuria is plainly suggested in the fact that last August he was suddenly relieved from his consu post in Formosa and started immediately for Manchuria, where he proceeded to inspect all the towns, their connections and the roads nts then being Government. vidson returned umably to make a full , and the next heard of him was w n his appointment as Consul to An g was announced. In speaking of his four months’ trip through Man- churia Davidson said last evening: “When I journeyed through Manchu- as student \d other improve: Ru: I made After by the this tg shington, pres | ria the Russians were in occupation of all the towns on and off the Manchu- | rian branch of the trans-Siberian rail- road, but they had not at that time constructed permanent buildings at any point off the railroad line. They had done a great deal of improvement in the different towns, especially in the way of sanitation, lighting the streets and building roads. There have been frequent reports circulated in this country regarding the flimsy condition of the Manchurian railroad, but these stories are not correct. The Russians laid 82-pound rails, constructed their bridges of steel and threw up a roadbed that is equal to many of the roadbeds of the Western roads in this country. The road is capable of handling heavy traffic, and when I was in Manchuria thirty trains were daily running in and out of Harbin. The passenger traffic was so large that the railroad company could hardiy handle it. It is very prob- able that the frequent reports regard- ing the pogr condition of the main line of the trans-Siberian road have con- fused people, who think that the Man- churian branch is in a similar condi- tion.” Consul Davidson, while comparative- ly a young man, has*had many varied experiences abroad. He is a graduate of the Northwestern Military Academy of Highland, Tll. In 1803-4 he was a member of the Peary Arctic expedition to North Greenland, and later served as a war correspondent in the Japanese- Chinese war. He was also connected with the Botel Tobago exploring party. ‘While in Formosa, where he first served as a special correspondent, he received the decoration of the Rising Sun from the Emveror of Japan for services ren- hip China to-; to| RUSSIAN * FOR THE SCENE OF WAR IN THE FAR EAST. 2+ Landing of JabéhéSe at Possiet Bay N\ayml_\/\ean a Attack Upon Vladivostok. LONDON, Feb War correspond- ents and Europeans in Japan; com- menting in amazement upon the suc- of Japanese officials in preserving secrecy regarding all the operations of war, declare that this ‘“conspiracy of silence” is not only confined to Gov- ernment and service circles, but that it extends to every section of the com- munity. All classes of people are sub- mitting with marvelous patience to be- ing deprived of news, which they rec- ognize as imperative to the success of the cause. It is undoubtediy suance of this policy that no Japanese account of the Port Arthur attacks has yet been published, and none is ex- pected until Admiral Togo has com- pleted his designs there In the meantime, if the report from Yinkow of a Japanese landing near Vladivostok, which at present is based on missionary and native statements, should prove correct, a most important and new development in the Japanese operations will have been revealed, as it points to an attack on Vladivostok, | from which Possiet Bay is only. a little more than seventy miles distant. The report that the rallroad has been cut between Harbin and Vladivostok may possibly be connected with these ope- rations, but until rellable information is forthcoming this report must be re- ceived with reserve. It has already | been reported from Tokio that certain Russian forces were concentrating at Possiet Bay. | _No further details of the attack on | Port Arthur, after the engagement in which the Japanese attempted to sink vessels in such a manner as to block the harbor entrance, has reached Lon- don. Almost all the English news- ! papers in discussing Viceroy's Alex- ieff’s reports incline to the belief that Admiral Togo succeeded, insofar as to make the channel impassable for large battleships, even if it smaller craft, reported second attack, if it did oc- cur, was devoted to an attempt to sink further obstacles to navigation. The Morning Post to-day devotes a | long editorial article to a historical record of the rapid growth of Amer- ican activity in Far Eastern affairs, comparing the present attitude of the | United States with her passive interest {in the Chino-Japanese war. The | paper remarks on the notable friend- ship with Russia and contends that | American friendship for the empire | was always artificial. Admiral Dewey's | guns, the paper says, literally shat- | tered the superstition that Russia was | the appointed friend and Great Brit- | ain the foe of the United States. | “We believe,” the Morning Post con- cludes, “that the appearance of Amer- ica as a working element in Far East- ern affairs and her attitude are des- g - 2 dered to the Japanese army during its occupation of Formosa. was also United States Consul to the | Loochoo Islands, an appointment he re- | ceived from President McKinley. Fleming D. Cheshire, the new United States Consul to Mukden, who arrived from the East a day in advance of Con- sul Davidson, was the guest yesterday at a luncheon given by the officers and trustees of the Chamber of Commerce at the Merchants’ Club. The officers of other local commercial bodies also were guests. The luncheon was followed by a general discussion on the present con- dition of affairs in the Orient and of their future bearing on commercial matters. Among those present were Hon. Fleming D. Cheshire; George A. Newhall, president, and the following trustees of the Chamber of Commerce: Frank L. Brown, W. J. Dutton, Rufus P. Jennings, H. D. Loveland, William H. Marston, James Rolph Jr., James B. Smith, Willlam R. Wheeler and E. Scott, secretary; A. Sharboro, president of -the Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Association of California; A. A. Wat- kins, presidept of the Board of Trade of San Francisfo; Frank J. Symmes, pres- cef ident of the Merchants’ Association, and N. P. Chipman, president of the California State Board of Trade. in pur- | is still free to | and presume that the For a time he | tined to be epoch-marking, if mot epoch-making.” 7S FRANCE AND GREAT BRITAIN ADJUSTING i ALL DIFFERENCES LONDON, Feb. 25.—Premier Bal- four had sufficiently recovered his health to come from Brighton to this city to-day to preside at a meeting at noon. Prior to the meet- ing French Embassador Cambon call- | ed at the Foreign Office and had an hour's talk with Foreign Secretary Lansdowne. The Embassador return- ed here from Paris yesterday evening and apart from an exchange of views in regard to the most recent develop- ments of the war, on which subject closest touch with each other, there is good reason to believe that a settle- ment of all matters in dispfute between France and Great Britain is on the eve of being arranged. Such questions as Egypt, Morocco, Newfoundland, ef: have been fully discussed by the two Governments for some monhts and the difficulties are being gradually | eliminated, until practically nothing | remains to prevent an early signature of a treaty removing all outstanding obstacles to a complete accord between the two powers. Asked in the House of Commons to- day by what authority it was proposed to detain at Ceylon the 325 Russian sailors rescued after the fight off Chemulpo, Premier Balfour said the | sailors had sought refuge on a British warship. Under the circumstances and until other arrangements had been agreed upon the Government thought it would be best fulfilling the obliga- tions of neutrality by holding the men in British territory until the close of the war. The Japanese Government, however, had given intimation that it was willing that the sailors should re- {turn to Russia on giving their parole not to participate during the rest of the war. The British Government was now in correspondence with Russia with the view of settling the question on_this basis. b Replying to a question in the House of Commons to-day the Foreign Under Secretary, Earl Percy, said the Gov- ernment was not aware of any nego- tiations between Germany and Rus- sia whereby, as announced in some newspapers, in return for Germany affording Russia certain advantages during the war, Russia would support Germany in regard to the Bagdad Railroad question and a general ex- tension of German predmoninance in Asia Minor. A special dispatch from Hohgkong says the British Admirality officials are serving out clothing to the Russian sailors rescued at Chemulpo, Korea, and that the crews of the vessels form- ing part of the British squadron have given half a day's pay to provide lux- uries for the Russian wounded. The British Foreign Office has re- ceived an official dispatch saying that not one of the Japanese torpedo-boats was injured in the attack on Port Arthur on the morning of Wednesday, February 24. The War Office says that there is no truth whatever in the rumor published vesterddy by the Manchester Dispatch that the First (British) Army Crops had been ordered to, hold itself in readiness to depart for India within a few days. JAPANESE ON THIS COAST CONTRIBUTE TO TOKIO’S WAR FUND SALINAS, Feb. 25.—Japanese in this vicinity, numbering more than 200, aug- mented by numbers from Monterey, Castroville and other towns, held a meeting here this afternoon and re- solved after many patriotic speeches to raise a fund to aid their country Cabinet | the two Cabinets are keeping in the | in its war against Russia. Nearly one- half of those present also volunteered, in.case their services should be needed, to enlist. After a large sum had been subscribed and more promised the meeting adjourned with three cheers for Japan and America. VANCOUVER, B. C., Feb. 25.—The Japanese of Vancouver have contrib- uted $10,000 to the war fund. The Jap- anese of San Francisco, Seattle and Vancouver have now raised inclusive of Chinese contributions $235,000. In Vancouver the contributions were from laboring men earning from 80 cents to ¥y, the average contribution be- a man. The Japanese Con- “A large sum will go for- ward from here on every vessel from now until the end of the war.” PORT ARTHUR ACCOUNT OF FUTILE ATTEMPT TO BLOCK CHANNEL | PORT ARTHUR, Feb. 25.—At about 1 o'clock yesterday morning the Jap- anese made a desperate attempt to block the entrance of the inner harbor and dock. With this object four mer- chant steamships, accompanied by tor- pedo vessels, were sent from two sides toward the entrance of the channel. The movement was perceived by the Retvizan, which was lying in the chan- nel, and which opened fire upen them. At the same time the guns of the forts on the Tiger Peninsula, and Electric Gulf were turned upon the efiemy and a furious cannonade en- sued, lasting until o’'clock in the morning. Then the firing slackened and became desultory. The Japanese had failed to effect their purpose. All four steamships were sunk. They are lying in the following position: One behind Gelden Hill, one near the Retvizan and two between the entrance of the channel and Laothieshan Penin- sula. Two of the vessels are still burn- ing. The cruisers Bayan and Novik pur- sued the Japanese torpedo flotilla. It is said that one of the torpedo-boats was sunk. About 9 a. m. on February 24 a Jap- anese squadron of considerable size ap- proached Port Arthur and the Bayan and Novik were ordered to engage the Japanese ships, which, however, did not open fire, and afterward steamed away in the direction of Port Dalny. The cruiser Pallada has entered the dock here. POWERS MAY AGREE WITH RUSSIAN VIEW AS TO KOREA'S STATUS PARIS, Feb. 25.—It is the belief in the highest official quarters that the powers will support the Russian view of the invalidity of the Japanese treaty with Korea as far as it creates a Japa- nese protectorate over Korea, owing to | the Emperor being under duress. But it is said that no immediate action on the part of the powers is required, as the question of the recognition of the protectorate will definitely arise when the terms of peace are considered. In the meantime official opinion is strongly sympathetic with Russia’s po- sition, and it is considered that Rus- sia’'s. note to the powers protesting against Japan's violation of Korean neutrality fully protects international rights, as the protest antedates the official announcement of the conclusion of the treaty. The Foreign Office con- siders the announcement confirmatory of the view that Russia’s protest to the powers was designed to reserve all her rights and to prevent international ac- ceptance of the treaty establishing a protectorate. JACKSON, Mis Feb. 25.—The Lower House of the Mississippl Legislature to-day voted down almost unanimously a_resolution :4: invite W. J. Bryan to address the Legisla- ure. Golden Hilk T : | t{Russians lat also niv | | I | BARON SUYEMATSU | the Iyo Maru, being en route to London | of any other mation it will be a death Retiring From Northern Korea. TOKIO, Feb. 25.—The question of the stay of the Russian gunboat Mandjur Shanghai remains unsettled. Paul Lessar, Russian Minister to China, is| said to be trying to intimidate the Chi- nese Government, declaring emphat- ically that Japan has little chance of victory against a Russian army 500,000 strong. The court at Peking Is illating on this question. Russia | pressipg China to declare the | neutrality of that portion of the em- which Russia already occupies. Japanese Government the famous white whisky claim handing to United States Minister Griscom a draft for $115000 in favor | of the American Trading Company The claim arose from a customs de- cision rendered in 1900 holding an im- portation of $000 barrels of whisky to be aleohol and increasing the duty from 40 per cent to 250 per cent. Japan at | first rejected the claim for repayment of the amount alleged to have been overcharged by the customs depart- ment, but Minister Griscom, on arriv- ing in Tokio, renewed it and pressed | the case with firmness. His success in obtaining payment is very gratify- | ing to American commercial men, and | the settlement of the case is regarded | as another mark of the friendliness of Japan for America. Three weeks ago it was thought in some quarters here that the opening | of the war would be quickly followed by a movement of the Russian forces | toward the south, Pingyang being | picked as their objective point. Th»{ appearance later of Russian scouts in | the vicinity of Wiju tended to confirm: | this opinion and created the impres- | sion that there would be a conflict in | that vicinity. | If the Russians ever intended to make this movement they apparently have been beaten by the rapidly moving Japanese. The latter are said to have a sufficient force to check the Rus- sians, thus insuring the possession of Korea as soon as they are capable of making_ an aggressive northern move- ment themselves. The small bodies of | mounted Russians who were scouting south of the Yalu River speedily with- drew to the north. Storms are interfering with naval operations he Yellow Sea is being swept by gales, hes snow is falling and the weather is bitterly cold. The forces of Japan are going to the front | splendidly equipped to withstand the cold, but, despite their preparations, both sides will suffer much during the next sixty day: | men SAYS JAPAN'S FIGHT FOR EXISTENCE | SEATTLE, Feb. 25.—Baron Suyemat- su arrived here to-day, a passenger of on an important diplomatic mission. Discussing the war the Baron said: “It is for us a gigantic struggle and one which we tried to avoid. But Japan will send her-last man and will expend her last dollar in order to win. We have no aspirations for aggrandize- ment, but at the same time we must | look out to maintain our existence as a | nation. “We have large political and commer- cial interests as well as a sacred his- torical connection with the Korean pen- insula. If Korea falls into the hands blow to the existence of our empire. We respect the integrity and sovereignty of Korea; we fought China ten years ago solely for the independence of the Korean kingdom. Now we are fighting Russia for the same principle, and more | —for the integrity of China as well. If Manchuria falls to Russia the question of the existence of Korea would be one of but a few days. She would take Ko- rea, and that would be a constant menace to our empire.” s M. INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE MANCHURIAN ARMY IS APPOINTED ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 25.—Major; General Blagoeschensky, quartermas- ter general of the Kieff military dis- trict, has been appointed to the im- portant post of inspector general of the Manchurian arpy. General Blagoe- schensky fought in the Russo-Turkish ‘war. | The Czar has conferred upon General Kuropatkin the diamond insignia of the Order of St. Alexander Nevski. Lieutenant General Fulton, assistant governor general of Warsaw, has been appointed prefect at St. Petersburg. The government of Warsaw has long been held up at a model to St. Pet burg and Moscow, nevertheless this ap- polntment was wholly unexpected. to-day | ! N AMERICA AND RUSSIA Kaiser and Czar Have a Secret Compact. Russia May Block Great Britain in Tibet. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 25.—It 18 now said the Russian Baltic squadron, comprising eight battleships, two arm- ored cruisers, three protected cruisers, two large transports and thirty tor- pedo-boats, will leave for the Far East at the end of June. It is added that it will be commanded by Rear Admiral Rojestvensky. There is a growing belief here that an understanding exists between Russia and Germany relative to the develop- ments from the war, and the diplomats are giving more attention to the like- lihood of other powers becoming in= volved. France's enormous financial in- vestments in Russian funds and enter- prises are estimated at close to $2.000,- 000,000, and it is feared that in case of Russian reverses, which might threaten the empire, France might be compelled to go to the support of her ally. There are suspicions of the motives of Great Britain here of a charac to cause complications in that direciion. It is strongly intimated that ths re- turn of the Russian Embassador to Great Britain, Count Benckendorff, to St. Petersburg was not solely to bid farewell to his son previous to the lat- ter’s departure for the Far East with his regiment, but that it was also to consult with the Russian Foreign Office relative to the British expedition to Tibet. — ANGERED BY LANSDOWNE. The Government is angry at the Jan- guage used by Foreign Minister Lans- downe as printed in the recent British Blue Book on the subject of Tibet, and Embassador Benckendorfl may receive instructions to reply in kind ex- changes on the subject continue. The conditions in the Balkaans also are considered extremely eritical, and altogether the diplomatic feeling is th if the danger of a general conflagr i# to be avoided every energy sh directed not only to limiting th of operations, but toward an al | at mediation. The diplomatic co s discussing the subject with griat se- not believed that Russia will be disposed, while smarting unc | humiliation of but deteat, to adopt once a decisive v i, the diplomats are believe, owing to the Czar aversion to war, he will wei offices. The Vremya d Britain’s failure to protest z violation of the n whos inviolability the Anglo-Japanese treaty. the treaty was directed sc Russia. VAST SUM FOR WAR CH Some old_believe matics of 300 years a the wealthiest Russians sition to place a vast sum Novoe at the posal of the Government if the occa- sion requires. Among them are scores of millionaires at Moscow enjoy valuable concessions Catherine the Great. A believers in banks have to come out of boxes. A special dispatch says Peking and T rom Port Art ntsin repe there is consid ble dissatisf certain Chinese circles at the ity of China, and that ister Ouchida is t to side with Japan. It i Yuan Shih Kal, the Chir N in chief, is 1e rfiuence and that he secret ied an alliance between China and Japan. on the ground that if Japan gets Korea she would not take Ru: s views as to ot war will shortly be laid befo e pow- ers. The technical committee of 2 Foreign Office is now considering the subject. REJOICING OVER VICTORY. Details of the unsucc 1 of the Japanese to “bottle up sian fleet at Port Arthur by sini big merchantmen at the mouth of harbor indicate that the coup planned, according to the usual anese tactics, to take place night; that it was desp and backed by eight which continued fighting until daylight Russian Great praise is given to the battleship Retvizan, n lay outside the harbor entranc w gallant nwk in beating off the enemy. H n the action shows that the f the injuries which she is said to have ained in the attac February % grossly exaggerated The ne of the Japane repulsa was received here with great joicing and was looked upon as partially wip= t the score against the enemy. ing « The Czar Has telegraphed w on- gratulations to C Alexie and the entire Russian juadron at Port Arthur on the able manner in which they repulsed the latest attack of the Japanese. MUST DOCK BATTLESHI The battleships Retvizan and ( >sare- vitch will be temporarily employed at Pert Arthur as guardshios, in which capacity, it has been decided, their formidable guns can be utilized to good advantage. It has been found that the necessary repairs to these ships can be fully made only in the dock at els will be tem- Viadivostok, so the porarily patched up an Arthur until circumstances will permit of their being sent to Viadivestok The rumors that the savings banks will not meet the demands for paymer of deposits in consequence of the are emphatically denied by the Ofcial Messenger. There is no truth in the cur- rent here that the Russian sy at Washington will be entrusted to a Charge d'Affaires as a sign of the dis pleasure over the conduct of the com- mander of the United Stat gunboat Vicksburg at Chemulpo in refusing t join with the commanders of the other foreign warships in the protest against the attack by the Japanese fleet on th2 Russian cruisers Variag and Koreltz The Foreign Office declares that noth- ing of the sort is contemplated. - = * ONE THOUSAND DOLLAR NOVEL. MARRIAGE IN THE BLIZ- ZARD, IN GERALDINE BONNER'S NEW CALIFORNIA NOVEL, “TO-MORROW'S TANGLE,” WHICH BEGINS IN THE i - '