The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 15, 1904, Page 3

AN FRANCISCO ALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 15 1904. VAL|ANT JAPANESE SEAMAN BOARDS RUSSIAN DESTROYER AND HURLS ITS COMMANDER INTO THE SEA DlPLOMATIST BITTERLY SCORES RUSSIA'S JANUS-FACED POLICY Eli T. Sheppard Says the Czar’s Embassadors Study Treachery and His Sol- diers Brutality. ansion in Asia” was noteworthy paper read Chat Club by 1 n the United | rvice in China and rs the adv matters of interna- srace Davis, president of and pearly 100 mem- ened to the address with the interest. Mr. Sheppard's life- of Oriental questions gave 1lew. ¥ b, presided deepest long study his utterances the weight of authority, his care in citing established his- torical facts as the basis of his deduc- | tions marked him as a trustworthy and guide in a field that is| just now much obscured by prejudice. | rtheless the speaker showed lover of Russia. While pay- | ing due ention to the overmastering 3 f Russian diplomacy and the un- ation h which the great White Czar have der for chaos in their sts, he pointed out the conservative Neve uted ng course nats have tightened Russia's grip these dominions, first established less murder and rapine. Accord- > this expert in international law ere is no crime so foul that Russia s not committed it in her progress to Southern and Eastern Asia, no edge she has not repeatedly broken, falsehood so base that she has not laimed it the truth, until osed her treéachery to all her familiar excuse | “honesty is merely rela- | that all is fair in al game. RUSSIAN ADVANCE. THE rurk~ and w ns in the dominio: xamples cited a had of- to g the sea of pirates. shed on its waters, ed sea, not all the rest began to use n of the as a sur- and is now at the with treaties which give f railway and banking ah’s realm and an ab- of the Persian customs aest BARBAROUS DUPLICITY. continued Mr. e conquests, ADVEBTISEKENTI. MILK CONDENSINGL?J o, ORIGIATOR S ¥ “Poryted © - Evaporated Gream bears the above cap label. Contains fully 2as much food substance per can as the watery imitations in larger cans. It is smooth and perfect because skillfully pre- pared. Its purity is guaranteed. All over this Coast Schilling’s Best is in every one’s mouth: baking-powder flavoring extracts tes coflee rrices soda They go far to make living comfortable. A your grocer's; moncybuchh iser of the Japa- | f duplicity by which her | she had | Persia | of the | had two strings to her | | Sheppard; “soft words and smooth dip- | lomatic assurances at St. Petersburg; | aggressive and resistless action at the | If these aggressions succeed, | | front | then the Czar's ministers tell the world | that they are now accomplished facts honor of Russia wiil not per- to recede. If they fail, then Government disavows and dishon- the offending officers as evidence ors | to the world of the immaculate purity jof Russia’s intentions. “The two great factors in the Rus- sian national life to-day are the Greek church and the army. The latter is the real autocrat of all the Russias. The current war in the East is the | work of the army officers, men who are really Asiatics in blood and spirit. | It was not desired by the Czar. These | soldlers have shown themselves the )most brutal murderers now masquerad- ing under the name of Christians. They have disregarded the treaty faith of their nation and the dlplomatic pledges of the ( s Government. “Just as General Cherniev was about to advance on Tshkent, the capital of Turkestan, he received an order from St. Petersburg to withdraw his expe- dition. Quietly pocketing the order, he stormed the fortifications, looted the city and massacred the inhabitants. He then hastened to St. Petersburg and, presenting himself to the Czar, he thus addressed him: “ *Sire, your Majesty’s order reached me in the heart of that city which I now have the honor to place at your Majesty’s feet.'* | RUSSIA AND CHINA. In view of the present war, a large part of Mr. Sheppard’s able paper was | naturally given to the story of Rus- sia’s relations with China and the steps by which she has gradually astened her hold upon Manchuria. His narrative began with Peter the Great's treaty with China, reserving the Amur | provinces to the latter nation. “The influence of his name was so powerful,” | said the speaker, “that for a century and a half Russitn statesmen kept | their hands off these regions, but the Crimean War was followed by their | seizure in deflance of the faith of na- tions, at the very moment when China was in the throes of the Taiping re- bellion and unable to defend herself. “The results of the war between | China and Japan in 1594 took the Rus- slans by surprise. They realized that if Japan got herself firmly established in the Liaotung peninsula, the Russian advance into Manchuria and their de- sign of Oriental dominion would bé indefinitely postponed. But Russia was then unprepared to attack Japan. So she entered upon a course of consum- mate duplicity without parallel in mod- ern history. She took the lead in pro- testing against the occupation of Korea and the Liaotung peninsula by Japan, on the ground that it would disturb the integrity of China and the | Asiatic balance of power. THE CASSINI TREATY. ““There was no disputing the plaus- ibility and even the correctness of this | contention. Russia was only setting up the lesson the Western pbwers had imposed upon her at the Congress of Berlin in 1879. But it took the world | two vears to find out that she played her game with a ‘joker’ up her sleeve. { It knows now that at the very moment the Russian diplomatists were protest- | ing so righteously against the dismem- berment of China, they were actually in possession of the Cassini secret con- | vention, by which China had practi- | cally given to Russia a free hand in | the whole of Manchuria. “The official text of this convention has never been published and never | will be, for the reason that the whole episode is tainted with a moral oblig- uity and conscious dupliclty that even | 2 Russlan diplomatist would be asham- |ed to confess. It is known, however, | that Russia undertook to obtain th= | receseion from Japan of the Liaotung | peninsula and to support China againct further aggressions in consideration of | certain exclusive treaty rlshts in Man- | churia. | *“The scope of the Cassini convention | has since been enlarged, notably by the which were conducted In secret. and both of which were repeatedly denied | officially by Russia after they had been | signed. The remarkable feature of all | these conventions is that in addition to | the exclusive railway, banking and | mining privileges secured by Russia, a palpable injustice is inflicted- on all | other nations. It was provided, among | other things, that all goods and mer- | chandise imported from Russia over | the Siberlan railway should pay one- | third less duty than that imposed at | the open treaty ports. This introduced | the principle of differential tariffs into | Chinese commerce in direct violation | of the treaty rights of Japan and all | the other treaty powers. Yet on six pseparate occasions since 1901 the Rus- | sian Government has officially and sol- | emnly declared that Manchuria would | be entirely restored to China and that | Russia had no intention to acquire an |actual or virtual protectorate over Manchuria or Korea or to annex any | part of their territories. In the face of | these facts, Russia is now asking the | sympathy of the western nations on | the ground that hers is a Christian | Government, forced to defend herself against a pagan power.” | D ! Japanese War Loan Subscriptions. | WASHINGTON, March 14.—The Jap- anese legation has received a dispatch from the Government saying that the total subscriptions for the treasury loan of 100,000,000 yen aggregated 452,225,775 ven, of which 33,523,400 ven represent subscriptions above the issue price for the bonds to be issued on account of the loan and 49,833,825 yen represent small subscriptions below 200 yen. ———— Supplies for Russian Wounded. PARIS, March 14.—M. Nolidoff, son of the Russian Embassador to France, has gone to St. Petersburg, taking large supplies for the Russian wounded pre- sented by the French women's organi- zation. conventions of 1896 and 1898, both of SUMMARY OF THE CALL'S SPECIAL WAR DISPATCHES. An official statement that none of the Japanese warships was seriously damaged in the recent bat- —_— tle off Port Arthur has been issued in Tokio. e Twenty thousand additional Chinese troops are on the way to guard the Manchurian border, accord- Preparations to hold Newchwang continue, but the opinion is held that the Russians will abandon the town on the approach of the Japanese and wait until 300,000 men are mobilized before beginning an active campaign. Japanese rumors that the Russians had abandoned ing to a dispatch from Newchwang. Port Arthur were officially denied. It is reported by a Bl'n'dah correspondent that the Russian admiral, Makaroff, has himself blockaded the entrance to the harbor at Port Arthur, with the Russian fleet on the outside, and that he will assume the aggressive against the Japanese fleet. Russian private advices admit that Port Arthur was badly damaged in the recent bombardment. It is added that a state of siege is to be proclaimed in Russian seaports as a precautionary measure during the movements of troops and ships. From Seoul comes confirmation of the report received previously from several sources that the Japanese lost a cruiser in the battle with the Russian warships Variag and Koreitz at the outbreak of the A sunken warship lies in the mud flats near the entrance to the harbor of Chemulpo and not far distant is the hulk of a transport that was driven ashore by a gale during the transportation of the Japan- war. ese army. — Aol Kuropatkin Says That Czar Will Rule Korea. S S PARIS, March 15. — The St. Peters- burg correspondent of the Echo de Paris says that the Czar's refusal, fol- lowing General Kuropatkin’s advice, to permit Prince Louis Napoleon to go to the Far East, is much commented upon. The correspondent says that six new torpedo-boats have been sent out of the Newski yards and that ten others, modeled after the French torpedo-boat Cyclone, are being completed and prob- ably will be sent by railway to Port Arthur. In the course of his conversations in the train, while traveling from Moscow, according to this correspondent, Gen- eral Kuropatkin repeated his desire that peace should be signed only in| Tokio. The general said that France, Germany and Austria had agreed with Russia to prevent Great Britain inter- vening with another Berlin treaty, add- ing: “We will never permit Great Britain to interfere for the purpose of depriving us of the fruits of a dearly-bought vic- tory. Korea shall be Russian.” RUSSTANS WATCH LOADING OF SHIPS IN COAST PORTS TACOMA, March 14.—Little doubt exists that the ‘contents of every cargo being shipped across the Pacific from Puget Sound ports are being carefully ascertained by Russian secret agents stationed in Tacoma, Seattle and Van- couver. A mysterious person who speaks a foreign accent when he speaks at all has been carefully watching the | 1oading of Oriental steamships here for six weeks past. Shipping men say that Oriental liners are similarly Inspected in other ports. An officer of the steam- ship Olympia says that her officers were informed in Yokohama that the Russian Government had several agents on Puget Sound. Three Russians visited United States Consul Smith in Victoria about two months ago. They told a “hard luck” story and wanted tickets to Seattle. Later they called and sald that they had met friends who had helped them out of their difficulty. The loading of the steamships Peleus, Lyra and Hyades was carefully watched by a man who to-day observed the unloading of the steamship Ping Suey. To-morrow this vessel will be- gin reloading for the Orient. In this manner Russian headquarters some- where, probably in New York, is in- formed of exactly how much flour, lead and other contraband goods are shipped to Chinese and Japanese ports. GIVE ASSURANCE ¢ OF THE PACIFIC AIMS OF CHINA PARIS, March 15.—The correspondent of the Journal at Tientsin says that Colonel Munthe, aid-de-camp, and Dr. Lavelle, Counselor for Foreign Affairs to the Viceroy of Pechill, who are starting on a mission to Viceroy Alex- ieff, made to him the following state- ment: 5 “We sincerely believe that China will not interfere in the conflict. Doubtless certain agitators at court are in favor of Japan, but General Yuan Shi Kali, who is the Empress’ confidential man, the most powerful Viceroy in China and virtual chief of the Chinese army, is too prudent to expose his country to the consequence of such an adventure. The dispatch of reinforcements to the frontier is genuine, from which we con- clude that China is determined to re- main neutral.” The correspondent adds: “I confess that m#ny symptoms are not in accord with this authoritative declaration.” SEVEN MERCHANT SHIPS CAPTURED BY JAPANESE PARIS, March 14.—The Temps’ cor- respondent at Newchwang telegraphs: “I have just returned from a tour along the Manchurian frontier., The trains are crowded with Chinese sol- diers, numbering upward of 21,000, on their way to garrison the border. A Japanese attack is expected here as soon as a thaw occurs, which will be in about ten days.” The correspondent of the Temps at St. Petersburg says: ‘“The Japanese thus far have cap- tured seven Russian merchant ships, whose commanders did not know war had begun. It is considered that the naval strength of Russia still equals that of Japan, including in the estimate the fortresses of Port Arthur and Viad- ivostok and the Baltic fleet.” s Chinese Commissioner §ails. SHANGHAIL, March 14.—Prince Pu Lun, Chinese commissioner to the St. Louis Exposition, sailed for Japan to- day, en route to the United States. ————————— BOY IN CUSTODY.—Charles H. Faragher, a 17-year-old apprentice, who deserted from the Britich ehip Bir Robert. Fetrle, s in cus. tody at the Cily Hall awaiting action by the British Consul. Japanese Cavalry Pa- trol Falls Into an Ambuscade. ST. PETERSBURG, March 14.—Gen- eral Zelinsky telegraphed as follows, | under yesterday’s date: “On March 7 our patrol discovered | four of the enemy’s posts on the Chong- chengani River and a troop of cavalry acting as scouts near Patetchen, noth- | west of Anju. A Japanese cavalry pa- trol fell into an ambuscade prepared by our patrol and were dispersed, losing one killed. The Japanese left behind them a quantity of guncotton and some swords and blankets. “The population of Manchuria Is quiet. On the night of March 11 the lenemy’s ships explored Helena Bay and | the shore opposite Senutchino with searchlights. According to information | which has been verified, the Japanese have not made any attacks north of Gensan. The population along the Tu- men River is favorable to us.” JAPAN'S TORPEDO CRAFT SUSTAIN LITTLE DAMAGE TOKIO, March 14.—Viceroy Alexieff's report stating that a Japanese torpedo- | boat destroyer was sunk and the cruis- er Takasago heavily damaged by the | shell fire of the Russians during the | fourth attack on Port Arthur is offi- clally pronounced untrue. The dam- aged Japanese torpedo-boat destroyers | can be repaired in one week and it will not be necesgary to dock them. Salvers working on the Variag at Chemulpo found the bodies of two Rus- sian sailors. They were taken ashore and the captains of the Hatsuse and the Asama conducted burial services | to-day. The Japanese Consul was pres- ent. Eight of the twenty-three wounded Russlans who were taken to the Mat- suyama Red Cross Hospital are in a serious condition. Three of them had both legs amputated by a French sur- | geon, but reamputation is now neces- sary. One Russian has 165 wounds, steel splinters being scattered over his body. Japanese surgeons are locating them with Roentgen rays and extract- ing them. A supplementary report from Vice | Admiral Togo concerning the effort made by the crews of the Japanese tor- pedo-boat destroyers in action off Port | Arthur on the 10th inst. to rescue the | crew of a disabled Russian torpedo- boat destroyer reached here to-day. Captain Shojiro Asai, commanding the flotilla of torpedo-boat destroyers, says that the Japanese would have been able to rescue many more of the enemy but for the deadly fire of the shore bat- terles and the close approach of the explains that four men rescued were not part of the crew of the Stere- guschtchi, as originally reported. When the Japanese rescuers reached the Stereguschtchi only the dead re- mained on board, and it is believed that the living members of the crew jumped overboard and perished in the sea. Three of the rescued Russians are engineers and the fourth is a torpedo operator. Two of the captives were slightly wounded. They were all placed on board a Japanese battleship and | were given food and medicine. Engineer Minamisawa, the heroic of- ficer of the torpedo-boat destroyer Ka- sumi, has been signally honored for his gallantry. He has been given the Or- der of the Kyte and the Order of the Rising Sun and promoted from engi- neer to chief engineer. The Order of the Kyte is the Japanese equivalent of the British Victoria Cross and the American medal of honor. Chief Engi- neer Minamisawa is the first to whom the Kyte has been awarded for hero- ism in war. It is improbable that he will survive his wounds. - AT SRS L Late Shipping Intelligence. ARRIVED. Monday, March 14. U 8 stmr Thomas, Lynam, 28 days 22 hours 21 min. from Manila, via Nagasaki 22 days 10 hours. Homolulu 11 fii)’u 1 hour. Stmr North Fork, Nelson, 61 hours from Eureka. Fr bark Marechal Davout, Ropart, 141 days from Rotterdam, via Cherbourg 133 days. OUTSIDE BOUND IN, 12 p. m.—Schrs Luzon and Maria a ship. DOMESTIC PORTS, ABERDEEN—Arrived Mar 14—Stmr tralia, hence Mar 11. EUREKA—Sailed Mar Mar 14, E. Smith; Cen- 14—Stmr Pomona, . for Redondo. SEATTLE—Sailed Mar 14—Stmr Cottage City. for Skagway: stmr Senator passed Port Townsend, hence Mar 11, will arrive here at midnight. OCEAN STEAMERS, NEW YORK—Arrived Mar 14—Stmr Kroon- land, from Antwero. March 14--Stmr_Noordam, from Rotterdam and Boulogne for New York.' passed Nantucket lightship at 12:15 p. m.; stmr Blucher, from | Hamburg, Southampton "and Cherbourg, for New York. In communication with Nanticket lightship at 3 p. m. REMEN—Arrived Mar 14—Stmr Kaiser Withotn Ger Groase, trom New York, vie Ply- | mouth_and Cherbourg (not as before). ROTTERDAM—Arrived March 14—Stmr Am- sterdam, from New York. praad a2 oL L TR Draperies and Lace Curtains at a Bargain. 1t is generally admitted that Draperies and Lace Curtains are sold at 40 per cent less than regular prices at PATTO- SIEN'S RETIRING SALE, corner Six- teenth and Mission irosts . BILL TOO LARGE.—Judge Murasky yester- day refused to approve the final account of former Public Administrator .Yohn Farnham ::' lulmlnumm' of the estate of Thomas Far- | Russian cruiser Nqvik. The report also” Daring Deed of One of the Men on Togo’s Fleet. TOKIO, Tuesday, March 15.—A steamship bearing the ten wounded men and the bodies of nine of the sea- men who were killed in the battle off Port Arthur on the 10th inst. has reached Sasebo. The wounded and dead were chiefly participants in the battle between the Japanese and Rus- slan torpedo-boat destroyers. The sur- ! vivors unite in praising the desperately heroic attack on the Russlans and tell a story of a personal encounter be- tween a Japanese sailor and the cap- tain of the Russian destroyer Stere- gusthchi. When the Japanese closed on the Russians the sailor sprang aboard the enemy’s vessel and met her comman- der emerging from the cabin. Sallor and captain sprang at one another, but the Japanese was the quicker of the two and felled the Russian officer by striking him on the head with a cut- lass. The Russian endeavored to rise, but the Japanese sailor kicked him overboard and he was drowned. The Japanese say there were twenty- two dead on the two Russlan destroy- ers. The report of the death of Engineer Minamisawa was premature, but he can scarcely recover. The Japanese dead were landed at Sasebo and received with full military honors. They were borne on gun car- riages to the naval brigade headquar- ters. —_—————— SHOOTING SCRAPE BETWEEN COLORED MEN AT EMERYVILLE Sam Davis Puts Two Bullet Holes in Steve Washington and Then Makes Escape. OAKLAND, March 14.— Steve Washington, a colored groom at the race track, was shot to-night by Sam Davis and now lies in a precarious candition at the Receiving Hospital. The shooting took place in the Old England saloon at Emeryville. Wash- ington and a colored man named Bance Powell were having a heated discussion, when Davis engaged in the | row and brought it to a close by firing two shots at ‘Washington. Both took effect, one bullet making an ugly | wound in his liver and the other en- tering his left breast. Jesse Hill tried to arrest Davis, but Davis turned the gun on him and then started to run away. Deputy Town Marshal T. Brown ap- peared upon the scene at this junc- ture and the whole crowd joined in a hot chase after the murderous negro, Brown firing five shots after him. Davis escaped and it is not known whether he was hit or not. — - — The Irish Joke. A large percentage of Irish jokes, when they are analyzed, depend upon a speaker's ignorance or disregard of the proper meaning of a word, or upon the foolhardiness of using a word not correctly understood. As an instance of this trait of the'Irish character there is the following story of a witness. He was asked by counsel: “Now, my good man, is not all this you have been say- ing merely an hypothesis?” “Well,” said the witness, “If your honor says so, I suppose it was.” “Come, now,” persisted counsel; “on your oath, do you know what an hy- pothesis is?"” “Well, I think I do; it's some part of the inside of a pig, but I'm not exactly sure what part it is.” He was probably thinking of the aesophagus, but none but an Irishman would have been so blind to its incom- patibility with the matter in hand. The haunting thought comes in again here as in the consideration of all Irish hu- mor. Was the man really as incongru- ous a fool as he seemed? To assist in solving, or still further complicating, this question two interesting anecdotes might be set down here on the plea that if they do not help the reader to the solution of this subtle question, they will at least arouse his suspicion. Judge Burton, a very old and infirm stipendiary, was engaged in trying a case, when an equally old and infirm witness came into court to give wit- ness. By mistake he took the passage leading to the bench, whereupon coun- sel cried: “Come back, sir. Where are you go- ing? Do you think you're a judge?” “Indeed, sir,” said the aged one, glancing toward Judge Burton, “I fear I am fit for little else.” The other runs im the following way, and seems to hint that when you puz- zle an Irishman he can be as puzzling as you are. Sheridan Le Fanu once asked an Irishman what was the Eng- lish of “Carrigtuohil.” 5 “I never heard any English or Irish name upon it, only ‘Carrigtuohil’ alone,” was the reply. “1 know,” said Le Fanu, “it has no other name; but I want to know the ‘meaning of the name.” ‘“Well, now, your honor,” he replied, “I never heard any meaning for it, only ‘Carrigtuohil’ alone.” “I know ‘carrig’ means a dock,” per- sisted Le Fanu; “but what does ‘tuohil® ‘mean?” i can’t tell you why it's called ‘Carrig- tuohil,” unless it's because Mr. Coppin- ger lives below there in Barry’s court.” —Landen Globe, T, e I S A SRR | PRESIDENT'S NEUTRALITY ORDER PUTS END TO RUSSIAN DISTRUST Press and Officials Are Nov; Convinced That the United States Will Not Interfere. s ST. PETERSBURG, March l4.— There is no truth in the rumors that the Russians have abandoned Port Ar- thur. Admiral Abaza, Secretary of the Commission on Far Eastern Affairs, authorizes the press to deny the story. He says the situation at Port Arthur is unchanged and that. nothing of im- portance has occurred there in the past twenty-four hours. President Roosevelt's recent procla- ‘mation regarding the observance of neutrality by all officials and the absti- nence from either action or speech which might cause irritation to either Japan or Russia has produced a great impression here. The newspapers this morning print prominently articles commending the substance and spirit of the proclamation in the highest terms. The Official Gazette accepts it unreservedly as a complete answer to the charges that the American Govern- ment is hostile to Russia;, and declares that hereafter, despite any seemingly untoward incident which may arise, it will be considered settled once and for all, “that the American Government has taken a friendly attitude toward our aims and policies in the Far East,” adding: “This undoubtedly marks a change in American sentiment, the people there realizing the danger of supporting Ja- pan.” - MORE FRIENDLY FEELING. The Novosti hails the auspicious ini- tiative of President Roosevelt in the interest of universal peace and good relationship between Russia and the United States, saying: “He wields practically unlimited authority with respect to the foreign policy of the country, Secretary Hay submitting to the will of the Presi- dent.” - The Russ welcomes the proclamation as convincing evidence of a more friendly feeling on the part of the Americans for Russia. The Boerse Gazette remarks: “Theo- dore Roosevelt was the first ruler to respond to the warning cry Issued many years ago by Emperor William against the ‘yellow peril.’ " The St. Petersburg Zeitung asserts that the proclamation leaves no fur- ther doubt that the United States has a firm intention to observe strict neu- trality, and adds: “It bears the stamp of strong and most distinguished personality.” The other papers also make a display this morning of the denials of the Newchwang reports that the United States intended to support the protest of the commander of the United States gunboat Helena against the plan of the Russian authorities to sink junks at the entrance of the Lao Rlver, evi- dently considering that this puts an end to the statement which caused a flurry here yesterday, and that further comment is unnecessary. The Alexander committee announces that, in addition to the regular army pensions, a supplementary pension of $25 a year will be given to the widows and orphans of the non-commissioned officers, and $24 to those of soldiers and sailors killed in the face of the enemy. SIBERIAN WAR SCENES. A Russian correspondent proceeding to the front writes to the St. Peters- burg Telegraph Bureau from Irkutsk, Siberia, as follows: “Our express train travels slower than the slowest train in European Russia. The seat of war is still re- mote, but its presence is felt. The long rows of cars filled with soldiers, the caravans and “the primitive sleighs drawn by shaggy horses which we pass along the way at the crowded stations break the monotony of the snow-bound wastes and endless forests, and the stillness is broken by the songs of the jolly reservists and the bells of the vil- lage churches sounding clear through the frosty air. This bustle and activ- ity amidst the Siberian desolation strik- ingly illustrate the Russian giant stretching his limbs preparatory to punishing the foe. General Rennen- kampf, who is to lead the Cossack di- vision, is traveling on the same train. He tells me that all these reservists will become splendid hardened soldiers a fortnight after reaching the front. “At Irkutsk we met the victims of the war—children and women trying to get back to European Russia. On our | entrance into the semi-darkness of ths station we were greeted by the wailing of children issuing from the dirt heaps and baggage incumbering the floor. Their waxen faces and bloodshot, sleepless eyes would melt a heart of stcne. The wild, panic stricken flight of their mothers from Manchuria after the startling outbreak of the war led to great sufferings. They reached this place after untold hardships, only to find that they will have to walt weeks more until there is sufficlent train ac- commodation to enable them to pro- ceed farther. So the children have been pining, sleepless and motionless, in this fetid atmosphere, because outside reigns deathly frost.” —_—— PAYING THE SHIP'S DOCTOR FOR SER"ICES AT SEA Uncertainty About the Proper Usage at Last Cleared Away. A correspondent of a recent edition of Lloyd's Weekly has expressed his views of a shio doctor in the following words: “Many travelers are in doubt as to the position of the ship’s doctor in regard to his remuneration from passengers for services rendered. The merchant shipping act enacts that every foreign-going vessed having one hundred persons aboard or up- ward shall carry on board as part of her complement a duly qualified med- cal practitioner. Furthermore, an emigrant ship—i. e., a foreign-going vessel which carries fifty or more steerage passengers—must have a medical man irrespective of the num- ber of the crew or of other paseigers carried. The salary of the doctor on board is commensurate with those duties to his ship. To any passengers who are suffering from ordinary forms of seasickness and its concomi- tant evils or who receive injuries which are in any way due to the ship, the doctor’s services are free. For any sickness contracted before salling or during a voyage which is not connect- ed, with the above named conditions he' is entitled to a remunration at the same rate as he would be on shore. Obviously it would be as unfair to ex- pect that the services to passengers should be rendered gratis as it wouid be for any visitor in a hotel.or trav- eler on a railway to expect to have medical attendance free in any illness for which the hotel or railway au- thorities could not be held respon- sible.” The writer of a letter to the Lancet says that the case of the ship’s sur- geon is stated with accuracy in the above sentences, and adds that ship’s surgeons are of two kinds—(1) those who after they have qualifled take such a position either for health or for pleasure, and (2) those who elect to make sea life a permanency. The pay of the ship's doctor varies from $30 to $50 a month. That is for duties to officers and crew. As regards | passengers in relation to the surgeon, the following groups will include all: (1) The passenger who takes the in- itiative by remunerating the surgeon perhaps handsomely for any service rendered; (2) the passenger who asks for his bill and pays it if reason- able; (3) the passenger who, travel- ing for the first time, does not know whether to ask for his bill or wait for it to be delivered, but is pleased to be enlightened on the matter: (4) the passenger who clings to the old-iime notion that the surgeon is there solely for the benefit of passengers, and (5) the passenger who never intends to pay the surgeon.—Medical Record. ADVERTISEMENTS. One Dollar, That’s “All. Don’t judge these hats by their price. They are better than you think. You will find them all right for every-day wear where a hat is subjected to hard usage. Don’t wear an expensive hat and spoil it. These are just the hats for mechanics, team- sters and all working men. 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