The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 20, 1904, Page 26

> = THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY MARCH 1904. Togo May Have a Call’s Special Correspondent Describes Japanese Ovation to Britons Who Took Tokio’s New Warships to Far East. Convenient Coal- ing Base. Never Cruises Farj From Waters of Port Arthur. . March 19.—|) into CRSBURG, continue to pour They trooy are in excel- d here that ) mong the Jap- | hern Korea. of the United | Japan, Griscom, n interests affected f the Japanese to- | will, the Novoe sharpen American- | It considers the absolytely neces- | representations to s the com- the Americans more than eat up the income e monopoly in the first years, reating for Japan a situation, meaning of which it is prob- te appreciated at Washing- The Government's private informa- is t reassuring as regards| & sincerity observing a neu- | je. Secret advices indicate | east a pe ul party in the | se Governm is abetting the Although at first reluctant | s, the Russian e to receive evi- the Japanese contemplate on Chinese neutral territory, River, and 17,000 held especially to await n that direction. (Uh ING BASE FOR TOGO. the E these ties peror’s naval ex- n studying care- | where Vice Ad- | go's feat 19 coaling and pro- its appearnces off | becoming more and that it is using as a " spot on the Chinese ter each disappearance not a heard of the fleet’s where- | appears. A calcula- nd distance shows it is| »ssible for the fleet to steam between vinced to Nogas - Hiroshima, take on| . ammunition and come | It is also certain the Japan- ese warshiy ould not take on coal, heavy projectiles, at sea in € the prevailing rough idea that they are using | or some other place | for this purpose is ved that if such numerous secret I = ents and secret agents of Korea would certain- reed the fact. ess of elimination, the velled to arrive at 1 that must refilling their inlet on the Chinese the gulf of Liaotung Shantung Peninsula, so far from nh ited centers that the ndents are unable to get wind it RUSSIA PROFITS BY DELAY. The dwindling number of Japanese pearing off Port Arthur is ADVERTIZEMENTS, | TOOK A STRAW VOTE. Experiment ip a Restau- rant. sing agent, representing a t New York magagine, while Western trip, was dining g in a Pittsburg restaurant, iting for his order hd his newspaper and no- vertisement of a well- ia preparation, Stuart's ablets. 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Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets contain the natural digestives, pepsin, dias- tase, which every weak stomach lacks, as well as nux, hydrastin and yeliow parilla, and can be safely relied on as a radieal cure for every form of poor digestion. Sold by druggists -every- “-'ne're ; Weak Men and Women SHOLLD USE . wfiu& 'I.“H: m-«:ulm Depot, 323 Market. | the cheering. | they are properly | there were | there | considered its willingness to let them | go. | got her anchor and started out. TOKIO, Japan, Feb. 23.—It took n-.el naval victories at Port Arthur to rouse Japan from the awesome quiet \\xth couple more firemen who could speak | a parade and a great garden party in which she watched the fighting prepa- | a little' English, and with those three jthe public park, with addresses and rations at the outbreak of the war, but | }it was the arrival of the two cruisers, | Visshin and Kasuga, that really started In the reception of (he; men who brought out the two new | fighting ships the Japanese have shown | how enthusiastic they can be when | stirred up. It was a fine run, and no doubt about it, and some exciting incldents during it, but in the main it was only | a plain case of good sailor work with | a fortunate ending. As Captain Lea, who commanded the Nisshin, says “We only did our duty.” You wouldn't exactly pick Captain Lea out for a farmer, but he declares | he was actually following the plow about his place in England when he got the word that started him here. He had only half an hour to catch his | train and as he ran for it he shouted | to the foreman to sell the twenty-eight heifers and the bull calf, and now, after all this time and excitement, he has no idea whether the man did it or not. He is the sort of man in ap- | pearance whom you would be most | likely to choose for such an under-| taking, short and stocky, with twink- | ling blue eyes and a ready smile, a neck that rises like a column out of a pair of solid shoulders and is crowned by a head half an inch longer from the point of the lower jaw to the back than from the top of the forehead to the back. It is that jaw which makes you love him on sight. When he starts out to do anvthing be careful not -to get in his way if you wish to avoid trouble. OUTWITS ITALIAN OFFICIAL. When the ships cleared from Genoa was @& little delay before they The Italian Government re- | got away. The Russians had been protesting. and an officer came aboard the Nisshin to get the bill of health that had been given to-Captain Lea. The captain knew that without that document he could not get by Suez. It was in his coat pocket. He buttoned up the coat and politely assured the Italian offi- cial that he was very sorry that had been lost. He could not possibly find it. The Italian was very sorry, too, but he went away without the precious document. Then the Nissnin it It happened, however, that one of the Italian stokers had found a com- | | fortahle placegto snooze behind one of | the condensers. The first revolution | of the engines sent a jet of steam out | of the condenser that burned the hands | of the siceping stoker and woke him | with a yell. In a secord the entire engine-room force was piling up the ladders and not a man was left at his post. The captain had set his indi-| cators on the bridge, one at full| steam ahead and the other at full speed astern, in order to swing around the Kasuga, which was still at apchor. | But he got no response and saw his ship drifting rapidly down on her mate. 8o he had t: let go the ancl\or‘l again and send down to find out what was the matter. The deck force was all English, the engine-room hands all Italians, none of whom spoke Eng- lish. None of the Englishmen spoke Italian. The bridge indicators were in English, but the corresponding sig- nals in the engine-room were in Ital- ian,. It was a poor means of holding the sort of conversation needed to ex- | plain the difficulty. In fact, the cap- tain did not get it explained’ until he | . |at Hongkong, By Oscar King Davis. had found an Englishman who could speak a little Ttalian. Also he got a interpreters he came on. It was coal and run all the way out, and there was no incident to furnish further excitement, although they were a little nervous when they were pass- ing the Russian squadron, which is now slowly going home agaln because it couldn’t run as fast as they could. DAYS OF SUSPENSE. The most interesting part of their voyage was that from Singapore up. The situation was so critical when they left Singapore, in the early days of | this month, that they were ordered to g0 outside of Formosa’and not to stop but to come straight away to Yokosuka, the big naval sta- tion near Yokohama.' The captain did not know how much coal they had. The limits of conversation with the chief engineer prevented him from finding out exactly what the coal con- sumption per day was, and he had the stiff winds of the northwest monsaon to meet in the China Sea. So he came along with only a part of the boilers steaming, and just fire enough under the others to keep the water warm, ready in case of an emergency. They had no desire whatever to meet any of the Russian squadron, and they knew how easy it would be for the Russians to figure out exactly where they were at any time. The only thing to do was to run the best they could. As soon as they got out of the rough water Captain Lea sent for his chief engineer and made signals to him which that gentleman could not help understand- ing. “We had something to lose,” said the captain in telling about it. “Our -Gov- ernment had cut us adrift. They can- celed our commissions before we left Genoa because they were afrald we | might get them inte some international | complications, (He and Captain Payn- ter of the Kasuga were on the retired list of the British navy.) If the Rus- sians got us our Government wouldn’t do a thing for us, and it meant at least | a long time in Siberia before the Japa- nese could get to us. I didn’t want any of that. So I just told the old chief to jam her, and I made him a picture of a Russian prison. good, and instead of thundering in at eighteen knots, which we ought to have doue, we came thumping in at fif- teen."” SERIES OF CELEBRATIONS. From the time they reached the lim- its of the Yokosuka station, however, things changed. Their troubles were over. A guard of torpedo-hoats escorted the two ships up to the station and there were bands and banners. Since that it has been a grand round of en- tertainments, banquets and receptions. Committees had been busy for weeks making arrangements, ;nd all Japan was- waiting eagerly to see the men who brought out the two ships. - The fact that the navy, crippled as it was | by the loss of the big first-class battle- | ship Shikishima, which is still in dock | at Sagebo repairing the damage done in maneuvering, had already done up the Russian fleet, did not in the least impair the enthusiasm of the Japanese about the new arrivals. The new ships were not neeled, but they might have been, and the people were just as glad to see them, or rather the men who brought them, as if they had come just in tle nick of time. The people will have no chance to see the ships them- | selves for some time, and no one ex- | cept the naval authorities has been per- mitted to get a rlimpse of them. increasing the conviction that many of | them have had to put back to Japan | for a thorough refitting. A high naval | officer said: | “We probably shall never know how | many of their ships were crippled or | sunk—at least until the war is over."” | The failure of the Japanese to rush their operations evokes agreeable dis- | appointment here, as it gives the Rus- sians the time necessary to complete | their preparations. A Japanese land- ing on the Liaotung Peninsula to be- ge Port Arthur would rather be wel- comed now, as it would not be a large force, yet would weaken the frontal at- tack from Korea. It was reported soon after the Jap- anese began their operations against Port Arthur that they had seized one of the Elliott Islands, situated in the | Kcrean Gulf, less than 100 miles east | by morth of Port Arthur, for use as a | base, and the Tokio correspondent of | the London Times on March 7 cabled that a Japanese squadron took posses- sion of Haiyangtao, one of the Elliott group, on February 20. The corre- spondent added that the Japanese found there only stores of coal and signaling flags, the Russlans having evacuated the island on February 23. WABNING TO THE ARMY. The army organ publishes an order of the day, issued by Viceroy Alexieff, threatening the most severe penalties against scldiers damaging private property or officers permitting - the game. The order says: “Such offenses not only beslur Rus- sian honoer, but are subversive to dis- cipline. Every officer permitting ex- cesses will thus be guilty of a griev- ous offense against the Emperor and the country.” A special flag has been ordered by the Emperor for Viceroy Alexieff—white, with a blue St. Andrew’s cross, in the center a black double Russian cagle. It will be saluted by ninetéen guns. The daughter of Admiral Taube, who commanded the wooden Retvizan, pre- decessor of the present battleship, has written to Admiral Makaroff, saying that nearly fifty vears ago, while the old Retvizan was moored in the Neva, | her father noticed an object floating toward him and found it to be a1 image of the Savior, which has re- mained in the "aube family since the dismantling ‘of the old ship. The deughter of Admiral Taube now sends the image to Admiral Makaroff, con- vinced that it will keep the battleship from harm in the fyture. During the last bombardment of Port Arthur two Japanese shells fell ‘in the || works - of the drydock, but failed to | receivead explode and did not damage the dock. The hole in the Russian ~ protected | cruiser Pallada, the repairs on which | will soon be completed, was seventeen feet in diameter. DEFINES THE WAR AREA. The text of a staff order published at Harbin, Manchuria, has just been in St. Petersburg. It says Vicercy Alexleff defines and limits the | military operations as follows: “The line of the Mongolian frontier to the intersection of the Liao River, thence to Hsinmintung, thence south- west along the railroad to Koupangtse, | thence soytheast along the raflroad. to Yinkow."” Count Kapnist, the Russian Embas- sador to Austria-Hungary, who is now here, in an interview on the Macedo- nian question says he is convinced the Slav races and state. will not' move | while Russia is busy in the Far East. AMERICAN TRADE WITH MANCHURIA FAST INCREASING YINKOW, March 19.—Official re- ports .dealing with the Manchurian trade up to the beginning of the war show a continuous increase, independ- ent of foreign investments, and also the commercial influence of Russia, even before the raillway was com- pleted. The growth of American trade is shown to. be greater in Manchuria than elsewhere in China, making Newchwang third in importance of Chinese ports. It is reported that the Russian of- ficials have approached Germany with the object{ of engaging German pro- tection of Russian property at New- POSTUM CEREAL. IS COFFEE a friend realiy ? If a supposed friend was dlent: ly ‘working against you, ynu would like to know it. Quit Coffee 10 days, use POSTUM IT MAY PROVE SOMETHING TO YOU. But it didn't do much | Yokohama had the first chance at the crews of the two cruisers. There was fireworks and a banquet in the evening. The city was decorated with banners and flags and streamers, and at night there were flocks of lanterns. DECORATED BY EMPEROR. The next day the men came up to Toklo. Here it was all done over again. But, more than that, they were re- celved—that is, the captains were—by the Emperor himself, who expressed his personal appreciation of their service to his country and gave them the or- der of the Rising Sun. For the men of ings In Hibiya Park. There was a big wrestling bout, at which the most cele- brated wrestlers in Japan did stunts, and there was juggling of the most wonderful kind, with very gay daylight the crews there were all kinds of do-lthey represent. Hales therefore will be fireworks during the afternoon. At night the park was ablaze with lan- terns and there was a gorgeous dis- play of fireworks. That evening there was a banquet given by the Mayor of Tokio. In the gladness of his heart he had invited the men of.the crews as well as the officers, but the captains had indi- cated their disapproval of that, so another entertainment was pro- vided for the sailormen. The Mayors of many other Japanese cities were present at the banquet, and’ invita- tions to the officers of the two ships to visit other places in Japan came in in showers. Every city sent some sort of token of recognition of the service ren- dered to Japan. Fortunately for the officers they are all under contract to go back home in a few days, so that they will escape the hard penalty of too much generous hospitality. From Tokio they all went up to Nikko, and there they did have a time. The road from the station to their ho- tel was lined with a double rank of waving lanterns and bands played and crowds cheered and shouted "Banzai!” Then a remarkable thing happened. The two captains were taken to the great temple, where the high priest took them into the most sacred cham- bers, into some of which only the Em- peror himself may go. No other for- eigner has ever been in them, and most of the priests themselves are not per- mitted to enter these sacred rooms. GIFTS FROM THEIR RULER. From Nikko they came back to Tokio, where to-day they all had audience with the Emperor again and he dis- tributed among all the officers most magnificent gifts. Those to the two captains included a pair of beautiful gilver vases, executed by the royal workmen, and of a pattern which has never been sent out of Japan. Both. bear the royal erést in-gold. There was aiso for each captain a beautiful old gold lacquer box of great value. Meantime gifts of all sorts have been | pouring in for them from cities to | which they cannot go, accompanied by vards of addresses setting forth in Japanese eloquence the great things they have done for Dai Nippon. “Why," said Captain Lea, “I've enough to fill the baggage-room of the hotel already and there’s no tell- ing when it will stop. If we'd been emperors fourteen times over we {couldn't have had a finer reception, and all we did was our duty. We're not half through yet, either,” and he read off a list of places where they have promised to go. There surely is no doubt about the gratitude of Japan to the men of the Nisshin and Kasuga. _— chwan(.\ particularly the Russo-Chi- nese Bank. It is thought unlikely that Germany will undertake the task, which, it is reported, France recently declined. There are no Chinese laborers in the vicinity of Newchwang construct- ing defenses, though Russian infantry is conducting evolutions, on the plain about the fort. The Liao River is open for a considerable distance from | its mouth. A branch of the Chinese Red Cross Society was organized here to-day upon instructions from Dr. Rlchards of Shanghai. NEW YORK'S SLAV ELEMENT PLEDGE NEW YORK, March 19.—Resolu- tions pledging support and extending sympathy to the Russian people in thefr struggle with the Japanese were adopted at a meéting here of Amer- ican citizens of Slavonic origin. While deploring the necessity of taking up arms, the resolutions declare: “We are firmly convinced that the Russian people are waging a war of’ b SUPPORT TO CZAR [ RUSSIANS CHARGE THAT CHINA IS SECRETLY AIDING THE MIKADO'S FORCES War-Tax Problem Worries Tokio Statesmen. —_— Results May Not Come Up to Ex- pectations. TOKIO; March 19.—The British Min- ister refuses to indorse the a,xmllcauon of Hales, the crorespondent of the Daily News, to accompany the Japa- nese army, giving as his reason that Hales’ reports from the Transvaal dur- Ing the Boer war were slanderous of the British army. The Japanese Gov- ernment requires that all correspond- ents should have the indorsements of the resident Minister of the country excluded from all connection with the army movements. The Government has not yet fully disclosed the proposal concerning the war taxes to be submitted to the spe- cial Diet, about to meet next week, but it now appears .as though it will not propose any change in the tariff on sugar, but will instead recommend a domestic tax on thc basis previously stated. It now seems probable that the only change effected in the customs tariff will be an increased duty on kerosene and spirits. No discrimination will be made against Russian kerosene, be- cause that trade is chiefly in the hands of British merchants. It is expected that there will be se- rious contention in the Diet over the taxes on sugar and silk, and dealers in the former commodity are strongly agi- tating for a reduction in the rate which it is thought the Government will pro- pose. Party committees are meeting daily to discuss the tax proposals, and the belief is expressed that the Government will be forced to modify several fea- tures of its plans and that it will fail to realize the total amount originally estimated. If the tobacco monopoly is enacted it is estimated that it will be ten years before it is finally completed, although the Government counts upon earnings from it in 1904 amounting to 24,000,000 yen, gradually increasing until 1914, when, it is estimated, they will amount of 40,000,000 yen. It is estimated that it will cost the Government 8,000,000 yen to purchase the plants and stock required to con- summate the combine and fully 9,000,000 yen to compensate the owners. PADEREWSKI SAY POLICE OF RUSSIA ARE ULTRA-ACTIVE PARIS, A March 19.—Paderewski, who arrived here to-day to play at the symphony concert to-morrow, in speaking of the spy system in Russia, sald that no one dared to open his mouth now except to praise the Czar ADVERTISEMENTS. HOTEL ST FRANCIS COMPLETELY W.& J.SLOANE & CO *FURNITURE - CARPETS - RUGS - DRAPERIES-, 114-122 POST STREET and execrate Japan. Tho s‘lghtest sug- | Nicholas took no notice, but some kind gestion of free and fair discussion has | friends did not fail to spread broad- disappeared. cast the report that I was snubbed for “If a man even vaguely implies that | indiscretion in the imperial presenc there is a possibility that Russia will . not win he is regarded with suspicion :::o'\"'s“: gr“'" o Bagtieships. by the police and closely watched,” LR GRS SRS S sald he. “In Poland conditions are‘tommander in chief here, Admiral still worse. In Warsaw the jails are‘ Baririeff, to-day inspected the battle- erowded with innocent citizens who | ships Alexander III, Navarin and Sis- long s=ince ceased to represent the | sol Veliky, the cruiser Sveitlana and slightest menace to the empire, but | | the torpedo-boats, which are preparing whom the present situation causes to | for a long crulse. Chief Constructor be punished for a wag of the head or a | Skervortzoff promises to have all the glance of the eye. There are thou- | warships building en the Neva ready sands of Russians throughout the em- | i, jyne to proceed for the Far East, pire who, if they could speak, would | j¢ (he authorities decide to send them utter bitter regrets over the opening | | there. of the present epoch in Russian his- | tory, about lhe end of which they are none too sure.” Paderewski denies that he was given | twenty-four hours in which to leave L Accepts Servian Volunteers. BELGRADE, Servia, March 19— lThe Servian Foreign Office having asked Russia whether she would dc- the country. “The incldent,” he said, “is largely | cept volunteers from Servia, the Em- exaggerated. It seems it would have | peror replied that he would accept been delicate courtesy for me to have | the voluntary service of 500 Servians referred to myself as a Rissian when |and $00 Bulgarians. in the Czar's presence, whereas I in- | —_— cidentally called myself a Pole. War News Continued on Page 27. ADVERTISEMENTS. self-defense and not one of conquest. We recognize that the Russian nation must have an outlet to an ice-free sea- board. We maintain that there is less to féar from the peaceful aggression of the Russian people than there is to dread from the industrial and com- mercial domination of the ‘Pacific Ocean by 500,000,000 yellow mem."” 3 ¥ Russia Orders Railroad Cars. BERLIN, March 19.—The Frank- furter Zeitung to-day says the Rus- sian Goyvernment has just ordered 3000 railway cars in Russian Poland for delivery within the next six months. —_—— Ovation Awaits Gallant Seamen. ODESSA, March 19.—A great re- ception and patriotic demonstration is being prepared for the sailors of the Variag and Koreitz, who are expected here shortly. P S S Troops Pouring Into Linoyang. LIAOYANG, Manchuria, March 19. Troops continue to arrive here in in- creasing numbers. The health of the soldiers is good. A . Flour Fifty Cents a Po-nd.’ 1 CHITA, Eastern Siberia, March 19. 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