The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 2, 1904, Page 5

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH RUSSIANS COMPLETE RAILROAD ACROSS THE ICE ON LAKE BAIKAL A Dalny Journal |\Long ‘Silence of Favors = Rus- ‘ Vladivostok ! 19041. 5 sian Retreat. Broken. Would- Surren- |Dispatch Makes der - Southern '| No Mention of h{anbflgrla Blockade. ~March 1 — Gen- returned to “St mie, ‘where . he |. avé of his family." His i AL : VLADIVOSTOK, March l~—Certain | Russian newspaper correspondents and | | residents of Vladivostok who left here a | | short time ago have returned. They i { say they found the conditions of living | \ his h S at Nikolsk and Harbin to be less favor- able than here. Everything is quiet in Vladivostok. The rise In the price of provisions has been slight and trade continues. The blizzard has ceased, and there are snowdrifts stretching for sixty or sevs | | enty miles from the fortresses. | | Schools have been started for the in- fal Port i ard at Che:- | struction of hospital nurses, who are ¢ | recruited from among the wives and f Dalny ,s,r)“ which Among s here,. ¢ ns a ¥ them is the wife of General von Senetz, i daughters of prominent ¢l nemer commandant at Viadivostok. g South varia nrd re- YINKOW, March 1.-—Liaoyang, Man- portion of the.| churia, is now. essentially a- military ¥ the - Daper contends city, as an area. comprising three and a third square miles adjoining the rail- road has .been inclosed for a militar camp and magazine purposes.. There'is y { | |also a military” camp at. Haichens, g Ar | | Manchuria, thirty milés from. New- PO, -k assigned § w’ chwang, which with its defenses covers Spates. for his fiot unit-| | | over 1000 acres. JAPANESE FORTIFY TOWN. LIAOYANG, Manchuria, March The Japanese have occupied Ichioyang, Korea, and are now fortifying the.walls naval ot the ; BITTER EELING n“lf.\rn 8 ot ¢ & i \ L / g | a detachment bf miounted Cossacks, as ;' ; [ S /Q’ T 7 = & e : Z | { announced yesterday, had reached. Ka- the = . = : : g . 3 | [ sanja, Korea, and was expected to ar- : : o e R | 85T T 1 rive at Ichioyang y rday. A detach- 3 o 14‘- % | ment_of Russian troops is in’ the nei : [ - | borhood of }f‘hm) ang, . The Koreans are -. in the Balkans and . \ | ClSSEs Causes I e g L A R G | Yuan Shih-Kai, the 000 are being reinforced Chinese. commander in-chief, has 1 ‘the Far East. | the War, Kept. beyond the range of all but-the : » men near Junjpinfu, ‘W hile 15,000 men E g : i e dighbe e S : are . with - General -Ma. * Fresh troops It : 39 SRR Bt “ AT are arriving n the provinée of Chihli. ADVANEE OF AN ‘TROOPS THROUGH STORM-SWEPT NORTHERN : \n'\uunn |+ NEW YORK, March i—Under. the st nhodogemaleiio - -, | title “Why. Japan Resists Russia” ¢ 4 - it % L5 Ry osd CHEFU, March 1A Russian offi | BERLIN, March 1.1 have had a con- Takah the Japanese Minister. at | cial dispatch says that the Japanese {Versation With thie Embassador af il _\\,asmng n. disgusses the causes of the | ronored the attack om Part Arthur on . 2 { ot the great powers; who has informed | rcacait. SonMiet < InC i ey CRRI | I s bl o€ BAbTImry. S TN, 8008 v e | 1 number -there are threats of further |. A{'f (hpA North _Ameflcan Re- “The en- Russians discovered- on ‘the shore of absorption of Korea.” After explaining | p complication-of -the situgtion- in Rus-| . view. | most powertul land battertes. | sid. . ‘By rpason of & rising.in the Cau--|- Takahira points out the grounds for | gagement ldstéd ‘oné .hour; the Jap- [ ¢asus the. Russian military. dutherities | - his Government’s belief that Russia's| aneSe: then-retiring. Their.loss is un- s was [ would -be réquired to take steps to re- ' - * {encroachments in the Far East were a [ known. -The: Russian ¢ ”“;“r ‘qk“:l reakers wefa | ir'mm e xarr'=wn< ‘order 'to be | menace ‘to Japan, inasmiuch ‘as the ab. |:had .one gun dismounted and two men AT RO b es Russian Government With Havin Del I-{EEE e s i : In segard fo the reported S obiRELts an'| evitable sequence of such action—the | At low. watéron Febriary 28 the f “the ‘Austrian -army his Excellency detall th hat led the ‘outer harbor a Japanese torpedo i e & & | m in some detall the events that led up to | 2 e orPen- . :m"hzm SR S Dren - SFENERELS. BFaIBlU FUI\BBU [ne ISlaHfl E DIFB In[[} War the war. he says: boat destroyer; -which. had been sunk. ghot. him | tion; .though ke ‘would ‘not have been | “There is no’ foundation for the bellef | Théy also found five ‘unexploded -tor- surprised "if the army of occiipation in | | that Japan, was prompted to war by | pedoes. : Hosbia ‘had. beers increased. Probably | WASHINGTON, March 1.—The fol-| At the same time plans were being had ceased to possess Valug, and to|-dmbition or that her success, if happlly | Port ‘Arthur was quiet yesterday. 1 t 1 i} ppily A = are the reinforcements wh re: | Jowimg authorized statement, received | made for sending, if necessary, more | Withdraw her’ legation. X he s ssful, implies any danger to PORT ARTHUR, Monday, Feb. & dn ed anxiety to the Italian]y ao' rrom is given | than 200,000 more men. { “The term ‘independent action™ natur-| 6ther nations. To thoughtful Japanese | The Russian. torpedo-boat. whic REMOVING NON-COMBATANTS. S the Toiaiean it NEW FORTS CONSTRUCTED. | &l included the opening of hostilitie re can be no greater cause for won- [ sought refuge in-Pigeon Bay on Febru prospect. of peace in Macedonia sefil Bty B h L $ 5 et { The fact that. Russid’ was unable‘to un-| der than the conjecturé whether. their | ary 2§ was subjected to a-terrific e d by ihe growing dis-| ~“The Russian.. Goverpment has. : qu!,ng ‘he‘ sn(m. 1‘“ r‘\nd t o_r:) “x‘d»rstand it in-that light is, of course, | countiy's success may not be the pre: | grom the Japanese cruisers. One. shot o e R com- | charged Y " havi tres | been the greatest activity possible af| Besbe; T e i e 2 i £ - o = Macéionian com- | charged Japan with' having tr Acap! vy)..r‘: Arthur and at \'hrngm-wk o | MO reason why. Japan -should -beyrte-|cursof of a nhew alignment of races; | pierced. her hull. The boat was beach- |ousiy obtained a -victory by a sudden | F Aty i 8 B N onsible - for the misinterpretation | Oriental on the one side, Caucasian on ok W w P %k upon Ru which was bent | WOrk bhas been carried on day and| A b Rtussin: 16 n the ) o ok 5 < 3 ed, the leak was stopped and she, was t attack upoi Ru which was bent | WORE D8 DECH COLT v Russia. It is the almost unan- |4Ke other. To them it ‘Seems no more [ oo o .4 a¢ high water, returning to e fortifications ! while forts have | it Is further mous cpinion of International Ju on maintaining peac | than a chimerical dream, a sugsestion Port" Arthur. . of those naval ports, : 3 | that.a declaration of war is not:an fn-1 of memories of the age of. Genghis % e serted that, since a rupture of diplo- it 8 o e inand | { of ‘memories. & 2 the. opinfon that feeling was. a | mati -| R ‘r gl ;'t| rS;fl Ggrl <ion -‘»;nm"‘{l-z'n l“‘“_um hostilitles, hdeed it has been the| these hetter days. of intimate inter-| -MUKDEN, -Manchuria, . March 1= one’ -The' temerity of Japan'in|upon as the opening of hostiliti FLISE (RSP RTINS NG RO : \ [ common practice in recent wars to dé- [ course .and mutual interdependence | The troops are in éxcellent spirits, ig ‘such a great power as Rus- | since n- did not issue a declara- | been sent to the Far East by the Si- . P ) i e K Wi ; 'r2 | berian Railway and the vessels of the | I War'atter hostilities have been [amone il nations. pecting. to meet the. Japanese soon. ing been inspired by | tion of war until Febfuary, 11, she has | 20 08 e - In the middle of Ocs | P°8UN: Japan's action. therefore, is. not | “Let me add also that those Who en- | The Japanese fleet has not attacked 5 | been guilty of a flagrant breach of the | Vo IECE Teft T toe Ko I0le o was | OPeR to the least criticism in this're- | geavor o attach some measure of re-| port Arthur since ~February 2%. The n S ointond principles of internafiondl law in mak- hurriedly sent from Russia, laden with | gard.. From the standpoint of interna- | proach.to Fapan by characterizing this | Japanese are greatly discouraged by n.N (,,n'.‘, de- | ing, as early as February 8, most un- | . equipment of a feld hospital. tional law it must be understood that|as a war between a Christian and &| {pcir fatiure to bloek the harbor. - 1d ‘remain jtable attacks on Russfan men-| +From these military and- naval| he l'hflrli;“ m]adf flzaflmt her” do not | non-Christian.‘tountry fail “utterly to| " pryrsK, Siberia, March 1.— The o however, the re- | of-war and merchant vessel preparations of every description, f“::":c‘;l' - 2‘;‘;‘;‘0\':!‘2 r:rln :u]mm In‘; appreéciate 'lhe efforts of T\ ('ounfir}- Sk ‘comblete trais traversed Lahs 2 1-be the beginning The answer to these char made during the progress of the ne-|? not only miany.|men’ to conform to the spirit as well as| o o 00 0 ihe jee raflroad at 11 o'clock t : ina the Imperial S A F 5 doubtedly would look BALFOFR DECLAR C A éaretally afer s awn ttefests: \ “ I‘P “ y \\. ‘ \‘:‘. 'I_"" feeling of Germa in Yegard to | ts £ { Government traditionally war nimous, the r fram un nd -upper c friendy to Russia, . IS FOR OFFENS} n ‘the urse. of 4 Hig Excellency apan. was e f.the naval estimates in-|ts deybt the fact that the Emperor had the ¥ f.Commons to-night, Pre- |'antered int® defi engagements with e Titting: the mag- | ia whereby the latter was placed natef, said the House | in a_-position to. withdraw her troops ¥ sider athount; | from the -German frontier. - It m e Eeneral E n ‘opean | however, be pointed out that this state: ent s | potorionsly enjoy Government inspira- and also that it-néver has been | contradicted. B ‘be in- |‘Balkahs. Roumanid, Servia and Bul- which | zaria have given fresh assurances that i said he Was.re-| the delay in the signature of the pro- he possibilify - of | posed agreement: between Turkey and k such.a dreadful | Bulgatia. This. it is said, does not which- they at |‘show any ad any reason-to apprehiend,| Porté to take advantage of talking the navy- they| preoccupation in the Far East. always be falking ofthe pessibil- | denied that Austria is-mobilizing troops and he was forced when in-| or that such steps are homz taken by e general outline of the tea: | vhe Balkdn states. : v h compelled the Govirnment{ This.satisfactory condition has been T this:sacrifice.to indicate pos- [ brought-about, it clk . did not exist twenty-| resuli. of the attitude of Germany, 0. There WAs Ro" possible| whosa influende was exercised on Tur- ; between the dependence | key: 6f Austria, which reported the in- ( t ritain -placed " -on- .her navy,| ady eabifity of a beliigerent attitude, fensivé, amd, the Bepend-| and ' of Roumania and Russia, which by . America or any Euro- on fts. nayy: which was ia. ~ Russia and ‘Austria afe under- steed to be lovally acfing together to bring-about the enforcement of finan- cial ¢ well & other reforms m Mace- donia. " . Regarding Great Britain,. there seems to be some doubt about her at- n's policy had been to other nations weré doing in’ laying down ships, ant to 2ke a reply. So long as was ‘careful not to an- e of force: o - i 2 for >3 !h_."r countries in.{ titude, for 2 war .in the Balkans pat- PRy %o o :“ _ Fulte insuring| yrally svould further embarrass Rus- countries did not outstrip | ¢j4° but it is pointed out that British ¢ B naval | the i the ‘race’ for Baifour believed support Parljament inflience is not as strong in that part of the “nrld as formerly and that Russia. Austria and Germany, acting together, can overcome a meddlesome policy on the part of any other- power. The Turkigh embassy to-day reit- t Volinteer Contingent.” officers and .men. for service ih the Far m now being enrolled. Address applical to Major J. Ross-Cormack, 1422 Pén lL' sue a policy of pegce and that if war occurred I wonld he begun by Bul- nlfh. 3 s bfl.rK as.-made in nv\\<paparc which | two great |- .PARIS, March lL—Authoritative ad- ould ‘hardly | vices have - béen received_ in Parls t both the | which-show thé emiinently satisfactory | Wwhich | condition of affairs existing’ in- the | they purpose to maintain peace;.despite | intention on the part of the Russia’s | Tt is is .understood, as a applied pressure .on Bulgaria and Ser-! erated that the Porte purposed to pur-. | duct. 1 | | failed to carry be found in tlie action of Russ self. That her Government never en- tertained any sincere desire for peace can- be <1n arly seen from jts own con- Throughbut the whole course of egotiations Russia persistently re- fused io meet the proposals muade b; Japan in a moderate and conciliatory pirit. These delays could not be con- trued as otherwise than Wwanton and uninecessary. She put off the settle- ment of the <uestions af issup, while at'the same time busily extending hér naval and military preparations. NAVAL FORCE INCREASED. “Her warlike -preparations in the r Bast began last April, when she out her treaty engage- ments. * * * During that time the imcrease made in her naval strength in the Far East wi s follows: “Three battleships, tonnage 38488; one armored cruiser, tonnage 7727 criisers, tonnage 26,417; seven destroy- ers 1344; two vessels for laying mines, ton- nage 6000; total number of vessels nineteen, with a total tonnage:of 82,415. In addition to these vessels, the Rus- slan Govgrnment sent torpedo destroy- ers in sections by rail to Port Arthur, where the work of putting them to- gether has been hastened and seven of them have already been completed. Farthermore, two vessels 6f the volun- teer fleet were armed at Viadivostok and hoisted the Russlan naval énsign. The Russian Government also ordered the ¥ to the Far East one battleship, three | cruisers, three destroyers and four tor-; pedo-boats, of a total tonnage of about ; 20,740, which would have joined’ the Russian squadron in the Far East had not circumstances subsequently com- pelled _Russia to' recall them. These vessels. if added to the others brought to the Far East during the progress of the negotiations, would have made a total increase in Russia’s naval strength of ‘about 113,000 fons. “During the same period the increase of Russia’s land forces in the Far East has“been equally marked. Since the 29th of last June, when, under the pre- text of trial transportation on the Si- berian ‘Railway, the.Russian Govern- ment sent to China two infantry brig- ades, two artillery battalions and a large force ‘of cavalry, troops have been constantly sent by military train from Russia to the Far East until the Russian forces were more than 40,000 4 BSR4 £ five tonnage 2450; one gunboat, tonnage gotiations, it sia, was not inclined to a friendiySset- tlement -of the questions then under discussion between Japan and her- self, but sought, solely by her mili tary preponderance, to.force -Japar into. submission. ““During the latter part of January and up to the beginning of February Russian military activity was still further intensified. On January 21 about two -baftalions of infantry and a detachment of .cavalry were sent -from Port Arthur and Dalny.to the northern’ frontier -of Korea and on January 28 a formal order-to prepare for war was given by Admiral Alex- ieff to the forces which were stationed in the vicinity of the Yalu.. On Feb- ruary 1 the -military commandant at Vladivostok. under. the orders of his Governmernt, requested- the .Japanese commercial agent at that port to noti- | : h | from clubs. and the explapation- was that ‘they had been summoned during’ fv his countrymen. that ‘a state of siege might be proclaimed at any mo- ment and they must take immediate preparations to. withdraw to Hab- rovsk. About the same date all of the warships at Port Arthur, except a bat- tleship then under repairs, made a naval ‘demonstration by leaving port, ! while troops were advanced in large numbers from Liaoyang toward the Yalu. > “In view of these facts, who can say that Russia had no warlike intentions or that she was unprepared for war? Seeing that the situation had become so critical that’it admitted of no fur- ther delay. the Japanese Government was compelled to break off negotia tions that had proved abortive and to take the necessary steps for self-pro- tection. é challenge to war rests not with Japan, but solely with Russia. SEVERANCE OF RELATIONS, *'On the 6th of February Japan an- nounced to Russia her decision to ter- minate the pending negotiations and to | take such independent action as .she! might deem best to defend her position, menaced by Russia, and to protect’ her established rights and legitimate inter- ests. At the same time the Government of Japan informed the Russian Govern- ment that a§ its moderate and un- selfish proposals in the interests of a firm and lasting peace in the Far East had not received the consideration which was their due Japan had resolved to sever her diplomatic relations with Russia, which for the reason named Nbadiss, quite evident that Rus- | . PR o | resorting -to histilities | ration of But the responsibility for the | historical war, it on she hegan war before there.had. everi been a rupture of diplomatic relations.” JAPAN TO PLACE 200,000 SOLDIERS ON THE MAINLAND, ———. VICTORIA. B. March- 1.—The Royal ‘Mdil steamer Empress of India arrived to-night from-Japan. The most inlermtlng portion of her news from ‘the Orient was that Japan- was ship- ping vast numbers of trobps. by night across to Korea. No troops moved by | day, and no man knew when he wold | be called away. Officers were missed the - night, shipped aboard the trans- ports and dest{ned. for Korea. : It- is estimated ‘by passengers who |. have beeén observing that Japan hag.at least 80,000 troops landed on the Korean |. shore before the Empress of India ‘sailed, and they. were going nver night- [ 1¥ many- thousands at a time.. Tt is un- derstood that the dispatch of troops is o continue until 200,000 men are at’the disposal of the Japanese generals at the front, ‘The' Empress of India brought 100,000 gold yen in boxes for trans-shipment to San Francisco by regular s;eaméhlp. This money is in payment for supplies ;. bought from United States merchants. . Kaiser's Sympathy Touches Czar. BERLIN; March 1.—The Schlesische Zeitung publishes a statement, said to have been received from court circles in St.-Pepersburg, that the Czar was overcome with emotion at the friendly spirit shown in Emperor William's ‘re- cent letter to him on the war in the Far East, and that when he read it he burst into tea: LA, T e Spain Reiniforces Garrison. TENERIFFE, Canary Islands, March 1.—A detachment of 1000 Spanish troops arrived here to reinforce - -the garrison, in accordance with the plans of the Spanish Government to protect Spain’s neutrality during the war in the Far East. instances of -Russia. herself vithout, a decla- | ¢ case—that . of | | her invasien of Finnland in 1805—when fo .the practices of madern civilization. Freedom of religions belief is as fully guaranteed in Japan as it.is in any country in the world, and I'speak with no thought of. vidious ‘comparison when I express the belief” -that rectitude of thought and [ conduct. would be- as fully exemplified by the actions of my countrymen dur- ing the present struggle as by those of their gdversaries. - Assured of the jus- tice of our -cause, yet not desirous of | escaping judgment founded on knowl- | edge, we do feel that we have the right |.to_expect exemption from narrow mind- 'ed eriticism based on the prs‘judlcfls of ‘race or of cregd.” ’ ‘GENERAL ELEC TIO\ OCCURS IN JAPA W ITHOI‘T INCIDENT TOK10. Vlauh 1.—The general election was held to-day in Japan and was without disturbance of any kind. Ari -imperial - rescript - convening the Diet in special session at Tokio on March 18 will. be issued on March 2. “This session will last ten days and the most. important bill to be presented is one* which increases .the land tax by 1% per cent. This increase will re- sult in duub«lmg the income from this :ourte‘ ‘According to the stipulations of the protoéol, the Japanese Minister .in Seoul has notified the Korean Govern- j mént that the building of a railroad from® Seoul to Wiju for military use ['would be commenced forthwith. Engi- neers and surveyors have already.left Seoul: RUSSIAN ADVANCE " FORCES LOCATING ~ FOE - POSITIONS SEOUL, March 1.—Advices from the north.report that 1400 Russians are at Chongo, 500 at Kusong and 50 at Anju.’ These forces probably are only feelers sent out to locate the po- sition of the Japanese. All Americans formerly at Sunchun, with the exception of one family, have arrived in Pingyang. The Emperor of Korea has dissolv- ed the Peddlers’ Guild, which has been a disturbing factor. 5 elf-laudation or of in- \dater this week. this morning. It cénsisted of twenty- five cars. Prince Khilkoff, Minister of Public Works and Railroads, was pres- ent when the start was made. BEZOBRAZOFF GOES 7 TO. TAKE COMMAND o OF BALTIC SHIPS SEBASTOPOL, Russia, March 1.— Vice Admiral Bezobrazoff has left hers for Cronstadt to take command of the second division of the Baltic fleet. Admiral Bezobrazoff is greatly beloved by. the sailors, many of whom gath- Fered at the railroad station to bid him farewell. KIEFF, Russia, March 1.—The Governor of Kieff has instructed the jocal police not to interfere with the ‘| families - of servants of Jewish sure geons who have gone to the Far East, although the law forbids them to rés main outside the pale. ODESSA, Russia, March 1.—About 1000- dock laborers are out of employ- ment here on account of the stoppage -of sea business. Gnln: Home to EI!‘[!!. RIVERSIDE, March 1.—Forty-two Japanese laid down their orange sacks thie afternoon and departed for Japan. They. paraded the streets, carrying the United States and Japanese flags and singing national songs. N New York Slavs to Raise Fund. NEW YORK, March 1.—A committee of Slavonic citizens of this city to-day announced its intention ef raising $200,- 000 as a war fund in aid of Russia. —— s DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION ENDS IN ‘A BIG ROW ST. LOUIS, March 1.—The Demo- cratic County Convention, which met to-day at Clayton to select delegates to the State convention for the nomina- tion of candidates for Governor and other State officers, ended in a row and a split. The Folk delegates, to escape their. opponents, jumped from the win- dows of the Courthouse, where the convention was held. The turmoil stopped the Barrington murder trial. Eventually the Hawes faction met and elected delegates, while the ad- herents of Josph Folk decided to mest