The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 21, 1904, Page 3

THE ‘SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, /MARCH 21, 1904 RUSSIA HURRIEDLY MOBILIZING AN ARMY —¢ GREATER WAR IS IN PROSPECT Czar Prepares for a Clash With Britain. tersburg correspondent of the & member of the Rusian im- family has declared that the mo- bilizatton troops i proceeeding ectively in Turkestan. The concentra- tion of troops is being effected on the railway from Merv to Kushka, a fron- ress overlooking the Pamirs. It ved that Grand Duke Nicholas evitch, general-in-chief of the 1 command of the assume rg correspondent of had an interview ene, the Rus- who said it e condition deplorable, .with an en e Vice-Admiral Makaroff, jed that the Admiral Makaroft uropatkin affected posi- « Alexieff, adding that roft’s telegrams fo would pass through the ands. r sald he did not expect would be any further t to the peror’'s tative at the seat of = entire period of dura- fes vallene said he hoped that an and Cesare- Pallada would be ce in a fortnight. epa ion of the a proved to be or ee from ice. ent says he learns are fortifying the and Wiju, as well yor March 21.—According to the) ment. ican crulser Cincinnati. | lengthy period of tranquillity. Two Jewish merchants, formerly of Viadivostok, have arrived at They claim that at the outbreak of the war they were given twenty-four hours’ notice to leave the Russian strong- hold and were compelled to sell their property at a sacrifice. After undergoing ereat hardships they reached a Korean scaport and fin- ally got to Japan. being constantly “shadowed” by J'nznese secret service' men, who regarded them as spies. The place has been heavily fortified and there is a network of mines at the approaches to the harbor. | Japan’s Emperor has opened the special session of the Diet | In the speech from the throne Russia is accused of duplicity and the Parllament is urgéd to pass the meas- ures presented by the Government to provide funds for carrying on Victoria, B. C. Viadivostok is impregnable. with ancient ceremonial. the war. It is claimed by Russia that the Japanese, during the latest bom- | bardment of Port Arthur, shelled the quarantinc station. the French Minister in Tokio the Russian Government will protest to Japan against this alleged violation of the rules of war. The attention of the representatives of the powers has been | drawn to wholesaie executions of prisoners in Seoul, | capital, and a nrotest may be made. were decapitated and thirty-cicht hanged. FEATURES OF THE CALL'S WAR NEWS. No confirmation has come from the Far East of the report that a battle of some magnitude had cccurred on the Yalu River. Ad- vices from St. Petersburg make no mention of an engagement, and it is the belief there that the main lines of the opposing armies in Northwestern Korea are still too far apart for a gencral engage- It s Nkely that the report had some connection with the news of a fight given out at Shanghal by the crew of the Amer- In the latter combat only 200 Japanese and 300 Russians were engaged, the smaller force bei~~ znnihilated. Admiral Toge's fleet is still engaged. apparently, in covering the transportation of troops, and Port Arthur is having ~uite a These men say that Throuzh the Korean In three nights six prisoners Storm Prevents Landing of Japanese| Army at Helena Bay. LONDON, March 21.—Nothing has|centration of troops at Foochow, twen- reached here to confirm the report that a battle has taken place on the Yalu, | in which the Russians are alleged to claim that they captured 1800 prisoners. A dispatch from St. Petersbhurg to a news agency, dated yesterday, sa) yang to the Yalu River and the Japa- nese line to Gensan there have been slight skirmishes between scouts, but no battle has taken place, as the di tance between the oppoeing armies — ty-two miles south of Helena Bay. In cabling the fact that all British | and American residents at Newchwang must remain within the walls, the cor- respondent of the Daily Chronicle at Newchwang say “I was arrest leave yesterday.” while attempting to day night and landea a party which, after reconnoitering, re-embarked. A correspondent of the Times at | Newchwang cables as follows: | JAPANESE MAJOR IS CAPTURED Taken Prisoner by Cossacks Near Wiju. Epecial Cable to The Call and New York Herald. Copyright, 1804, by the New York Herald Publishing Company. KOBE, March 20.—Cossacks have captured a Japanese major, five other officers and two civilians near Wiju. All of the prisoners were =ent to Ir- kutsk, Siberia. The Russians near the Yalu River have informed the Korean authorities that any one caught supplying fodder or any military provisions to the Jap- anese will be considered an enemv to Russia and will be liable to be shot. SHANGHAI, March 20.—News has been received from Port Arthur that several officers of the garrison, under | the strain caused by the bombardment and by reverses, have committed sui- cide. Fifty soldiers have bheen shot for attempted desertion in the past fortnight. - The total number of casualties in the town to date are 285. The population is demoralized. The weather is in- tensely cold. An elaborate system of barbed wire barricades, based on the South African plan, has been constructed around the land approaches to the town, where dynamite mines also have been laid. Guns from the disabled battleships have been mounted behind new earth- works. A cargo of cattle has been landed and three more cargoes are anxiously expected. These advices state that the Russians are not making elaborate preparations to hold Newchwang. The pian is to withdraw and burn the town if the| first firm stand at Liaoyang, where re- | inforcements are arfiving nightly. SUPREME COURT g B SLAe S IN TURKESTAN i | | o Mikado Opens a | Special Session ally confirmed the | there has been no change in the situ o “orrespondent says it is' rumored | Japanese attack. A few temporary | 1 he = Mediterrancan | tion and that all is quiet on land and mfle;fo;apfi’:;e’squafimn e rHived ot | forts have been erected back of the Qf the Dlet. 1 d return to Libau when sea. Along the Russian line from Ping- | ;30" 1001 of the Liao River on Sun- | toWn. The Russians will make their TOKIO, March 20.—With stately cer- emony the special session of Parlia- Imfffioze/f ~TAPA N o oo oo S % “According to Information received Mt CibvensG: onryids fhe eyt o — too great. The bulk of the Russlan!here, the reason the Viadivostok forts| OF KOREA ORDERS pesuoa W WasE: ile Juar agatust Rup Ty | \ \I’}'(’\V ]“\'(\-\PF forces, the dispatch adds, has not vet| 3ij3 not reply to the bombardment by A ‘_‘ sia, was opened this morning. The Em- | | s ey g passed the Yala the Japanese was because the batteries | MANY HANGINGS | peror, clad in the uniform of a gener- | | OF FOUR SAILORS Xhe BL. Feteosbungy Mrr""_""“d’"'ff“"“‘9 not provided with guns. Since | i S + alissimo, rode in the great state coach | | H < e the Daily Telegraph says that the mili- | tha hombardment parties have been | —_— froth-~the's Paikda. th- the Phrifament | OF A DESTROYER ! tary horities werg startled by the working night and day to place the |Special Cable to The Cdll and New York | i 0 " i & o attempt of the Japanese to land in|guns in position. The bombardment | Heraid. Copyright, 1904, by the New York | House and personally read his address | | s Helena Bay, as the nearest Russian | jestroyed the Linievitch battery. The | Herald Publishing’ Company. to the Peers and Commoners. For the| | | < TF 3 force that could have heen used again 2ussian losses were slight because the s s = . first time, the Crown Prince attended | " them consisted of three rifle regiments | batteries there are deserted. The same | SPOUL. March 18 —The Supreme | ) " o on 0= Trovel oS (8o | 4 at Newchwang. A storm having hin- | conditions prevail at Viadivostok as at | COUTt here is clearing the locak prison | (€ (¥PN0RE €0 P PO (0 Bl S0 | | dered the Japanese landing, energetic | Port Arthur. The supply of provisions |y Wholesale executions nightly. Tn | o b W00 HORE (& Lo FELC] | ' measures are now being adopted to| there is running short and the popula- | the last three nights six prisoners have | 221 and Staady slose by Vi nis | o - - —— devices adopted has been the con- | sidered the only real protection.” hanged. Many of these victims have | BiS Subjects. | STRY. o THE L r I E ENING ; 3 L | been in jail for years without trial. | AThe Emperor left the palace at 10:30 | N o4 -” Now they have been hurriedly con- |9'clock, accompanied by a group of wer ~ < ]. domnoddm flxncurtiom Some were for- i tr‘!‘lvfrial Prllrlwus. flhidla; urfiix members of | . F 1 . t e mer students in Japan and others wer. e imperial household. His escort con- | D V d k E o s (’HlLEl S HA\ E \VILL FlGHT thieves, highwaymen, embezzlers neH sisted .of two troops of lancers, one‘JeWS rlven rom adivos O n Ju 1 jpul;lic funds, political offenders and‘Pgeuedmgh&h(‘ other. I-‘uli«;‘wixiz rame1 A f 1 H d h- { traitors. All suffer the same penalty, | the coaches carrying the Emperor, d T mn 7 ‘ TAT and as the bodies are carried out | Princes and staff. The brilliant uni- | ure wiu aras IpS. /W | strings of ten or twenty condemned | forms, the splendid coaches and the | 3 e 1 ; men bound together refill the cells|pennants of red and white silk car-| i vacated. | ried by each lancer made the imperial| VICTORIA, B. C., March 20.—The from the south, owing to fear of Japan- ¥ ———ee i P !I‘l is tm’l:]lmble that the represen- ) prucesfiiun an (i‘lttruc!ive picture. Lines | Boston Steamship Company’'s steam- | €Se commerc dll:st;oyers. “The Rul& - = . y . - atives of the powers will investigate, | Of policc and gendarmes kept the ship Shgwmut arriv this morning | Slans appeargd to be greatly ammoye Anti-American Sentiment Is|Camp of Confederate Veter-|ana. ir justified, will take action. The | streets clear and walled back the popu- | gracn an i oy e e A Sanie| when it was learned that the raflway — e JUSSTAN ADMIRAL SATLS ON BATTLESHIP FROM PORT OF CAXNA 1 i CANA h 20.—The p « th Ad- w a board, iled at 11:30 X ng an unknown on. torpedo boats fol- Th D Russian ar- skoi arrived re this Shortage in Tea Supply. Ow to the e trip the ships no tea by y of water. route in Man- at a nominal t for the use > of the - -diffi- > merchants rt to return caravan route 1 will petition the 1 them facilities. ADVERTISEMENTS. y excellent work tracting favor- attention ver the coast. all . ..3e to 6e Loading Films, in all r sizes, at my usual low Order by matl if you're out STREET, above Powell St., Ban Francisco. There is no other such deal- ing in - baling.powder e coffee flavering extracts. toda as Schilling’s Best; no other such goods; the goods account for the dealing. | date the Journals of OUR Withdrawal of Republic’s St. Louis Fair Exhibit Is Prompted by Bitterness R ntiago City DISLIKE POLICY Spe: He He: ALPARAISO, Chile, March 20.—The Chilean Times reports the consensus of native opinion as growing in bitterness toward the United States. The semi- official journals of Santiago, by their attitude on the Panama question, have encouraged the anti-American senti- ment, which became go pronounced as to force an abandonment of the project- ed Chilean exhibit at St. Louis, “for reasons of economy,” but on the same The Call and New York 1904, by the New York any announced that in 1910 the South American Exposition will be held in the capital, “to celebrate Chile’s independ- ence and demonstrate the advancement of the republics of Latin America dur- ing the hundred years since it was ob- tained.” The leading Valparaiso papers com- pliment the administration upon its ac- tion in holding off from the Louisiana | Purchase Fair as commemorating the beginning of the American imperialis- tic policy of expansion—“which can only be looked upon with distrust by Latin republics of the continent and a menace to their future political exist- ence.” It tempt the formation of an anti-impe- rialistic league by repubtics which ac- cept an invitation to take part in her projected exposition in 1910, with a well defined anti-Yankee programme, —_— e | WELSH SOLDIERS DEFY DISCIPLINE AND MUTINY Battalion of Welchmen With Arms Run Wild in Streets of Howick, Natal. Special Cable to The Call and New York Herald. Copyright, 190 by the New York Herald Publishing Company. LONDON, March 21.—A dispatch to !the Express from Johannesburg says {ing bars and stores - | a battalion of a Welsh regiment, num- in open mutiny | bering 600 men, v vesterday at Howick, Natal. The bat- alion w on the way from Pretoria 0 Durban for embarkation. The officers had tried vainly to | maintain discipline, but the men got| | entirely out of hand. They carrfed their arms into Howick, raided drink- and drove the town folk before them, There were wild scenes of rioting and soon there were forty-one casualties. The mutineers spread over a circuit of two miles, taking possession of houses and pillaging and terrorizing people. A telegram was sent to Pietermar- itzburg for help and the commander there dispatched a battalion of troops with two maxim guns to restore or- der. ¢ The War Office here says it has no information on the subject. A practical working laboratory for assaying rhinerals will be an exhibit of the Colorado School of Mines at the world's fair. It will be operated by students. ‘The Colorado commission has appropriated $3000 for the ex-|Unjon which produces raisins, resolution was taken it was | is intimated that Chile will at-| | | | | | ! Strong Mob Punishment ADOPTED Appeal Is Made]| for Moral Influence Against Illegal Executions e MEMPHIS, March to the Commercial Grande, Miss., says: An anti-lynching crusade has been inaugurated by the W. R. Barksdale Camp, United Confederate Veterans, of this city. The following significant resolutions were unanimously adopted at a largely attended meeting of the camp: “First—That we are unalterably op-~ posed to the lynching of a humén being, save, perhaps, for the one un- mentionable crime. “Second—That as Confederate vet- erans and law-abiding citizens of Mis- sissippi, and of the United States, we are violently, vehemently and etern- ally opposed to the practice of burn- Abolish RESOLUTIONS 20 —A special Appeal from ing a human being for any crime whatsoever. “Third—That we appeal in thun- dering tones to all Confederate vet- erans, to their wives and daughters and to the great and glorious organi- zation, the Daughters of the Confed- eracy, one and all, to arise in their might and by precept and example, | voice and pen, moral force and in- fluence, help put a stop to this dia- bolical, barbaric, unlawful, inhuman and ungodly crime of burning human beings. “Fourth—That we heartily approve of and applaud the action of Governor Vardaman in his recent successful ef- forts to save a criminal from a mob bent on burning. R e PLAGUE BREAKS OUT IN SOUTH AFRICA Thirty Deaths Occur at Johannesburg and Camp Is Established at Reitfontein. JOHANNESBURG, March 20.— An outbreak of the bubonic plague has oc- curred in the Indian coolie section. Thirty deaths have occurred since Thursday. It was at first supposed the outbreak was one of pneumonia, but the natyre of the disease now is officlal- ly admitted and the section has been cordoned. A plague camp at Reitfon- tein has been opened. It s rumored that Dr. Marlas, who was attending patients, died on Friday. | Millmen Accent Reduction. MUNCIE, Ind., March 20.—The Mid- 1and mill, the local lant of the Ameri- | can Sheet Steel Company, which has been closed since August last, will probably resume within two weeks. The 600 idle employes met to-night and ac- cepted temporarily the reduction of 20| per cent which the steel company has | demanded of its employes. —_———— Former Mayor Grace T NEW YORK, March 20.—Former Mayor William Grace is seriously ill at his home -in this city. His condition has been superinduced by pneumonia, from which he suffered last December. It was sald to-night at Grace’s home that his condition is critical. ——— California is the only State in the I | prisoners are heavily guarded, as it is Fostered by Semi-Official! ans Starts Crusade to| feared the Pedlars Guild, which is | principally composed of the city's rougher element, may force an en- trance and liberate the prisoners. o= VESSEL STARTS IN SEARCH OF QUEEN CITY Missing Boat Is Four Days Over- due and Much Alarm Is Felt. VICTORIA, B. C., March 20.—Cap- tain Troup, manager of the Canadian Pacific Navigation Company, to-da: <+ | asked Captain Gaudin, representative of the Department of Marine and Fisheries, to send out the Dominion Government steamer Quadra to look after the steamer Queen City of the company’s line, which is now more than four days overdue from the west coast ports of Vancouver Island. Cap- tain Gaudin immediately ordered the crew of the Quadra summoned and steam raised on the vessel, which sail- ed to-night on her quest, taking with her a couple of newspaper men. She will carefully search all the coves and inlets from Race Rocks northward in the endeavor to locate the missing steamer. Serious alarm is felt here because no word has come from Clayoquot, Bam- field Creek or Cape Beale about the | Queen City, all those points being con- neeted with Victoria by telegraph. The officials this morning held a consulta- tion as to what should be done, and it was decided best to apply to the Do- minion Government authorities for as- sistance. 3 The Queen City is a low-speed boat, and it is feared that in the gales which have been raging all along the west coast north of Cape Flattery she was driven ashore, as the wind has fre- quently reached a velocity of sixty miles an hour. The Queen City left Victoria the week befcre last on her usual trip and has not been spoken or reported since. She was due Thursday, but no anxiety was felt until Sunday morning. The Queen City goes as far north as Cape Scott and Quatsino Sound. / Some-of the roughest waters of the coast lie be- tween these points and the Strait of Fuca. The Queen City is about four hundred tons. EARTHQUAKE GIVES NEW ENGLANDERS A SHOCK Many Cities Feel Force of Temblor and in Some Places Damage Results. BOSTON, March 20.—An earthquake shock this morning caused a tremor throughout the eastern part of New England. Beginning at St. John, N. B., the vibration traversed the State of Maine, causing slight damage to buildings in Augusta, Bangor and Port- land. The shock was felt plainly as far south as Taunton, in this State. Reports from Manchester, N. H., and Springfield, Mass., state that the vi- brations were felt distinctly in those cities. ¢ > Observers at the Harvard University astronomical observatory in Cambridge felt the shock. At Augusta, Me, lamp chimneys were shaken down and croc! was | smashed, The vibrations lasted several seconds, and in nearly every instance occurred about 1:04 o'clock. —_——— Alleged Murderer Arrested. PERRY, Kans., March 20.—William Gordon, colored, has been arrested here for an alleged murder said to have been committed in Denver about eight years ago. He is being held in Topeka await- ing the arrival of an officer from Den- ver to take him back. lace, which received its ruler in abso lute gilence—the | spect. Long before the Emperor reached the Peers’ chamber the members were in their places. The Peers, all uniformed, occupled the right side of the chamber. and the Commoners, all in evening dress, fllled the left. The seats, whici occupy rising tiers, had been removed, and the members stood in semi-circles, with the presidents and vice presidents of each house in advance of each main group. The members of the Cabinet, headed by Premier Katsura, occupied a posi- tion on the right platform, close to the ! throne. The diplomatic gallery was | filled, nearly every legation and staff being present. Sir Claude Macdonald, the British Minister; General Hamil- ton and Colonel Hume represented | Great Britain. Minister Griscom, Col- onel Wood, Commander Marsh and Secretaries Ferguson and Laughlin of the United States legation were offi- cially present. The other galleries were filled with Japanese civil officials and military and naval officers. No women were present. SPEECH FROM THE THRONE. When the Emperor entéred the mem- bers of Parliament bowed low. The Em- peror, advancing to the front of the platform, bowed to them and imme- diately ascended the throne. Premier Katsura advanced to the throne and handed the address to the Emperor. The latter read it in a voice low but firm, which carried to every corner of the chamber. It was as follows: “We hereby open the Imperial Diet and address each and all of the members of the House of Peers and the House of Represedtatives. We an- nounce with high’satisfaction that our relations with the treaty powers are steadily growing in cordiality and good understanding. Prompted by an earn- est desire to maintain a permanent peace in the extreme East, our Govern- ment, by our command, entered into negotiations with Russia, but we re- gret that owiong to an absence of sin- cerity on the part of Russia in her peaceful professions we have been com- pelled to appeal to arms, and having taken that step we cannot hesitate un- til the object of the war is attained. “Qur forces, in the presence of un- wonted hardships and privations, are now displaying their steadfast loyalty and valor, and we hope that all our subject will co-operate in perfect unity for the enhancement of the glory of the empire. “We trust that you will, in compli- ance with our will, fulfill the duty In- cumbent upon you and give cordial con- sent to those budgets and bills which are especially urgent in connection with the situation and which we have or- dered the Ministers of state to lay be- fore you.” The members remained with bowed heads until the reading was concluded. The president of the House of Peers then ascended the platform, advanced to the throne and received the address from the Emperor. The -Emperor stepped to the front of the platform, bowed, left the chamber and returned to the palace. REPLY TO THE ADDRESS. In view of the extraordinary reply to the throne passed at the opening fof the last session, in mber, wherein the House of Representatives condemned the policy of the Cabinet, highest mark of re | which was declared to be incompat- ;| ible with the progress of the empire and fo be temvorizing, the House of Representatives to-day appointed a committee to prepare a response. After the joint session the committee met and prepared and presented the following: 3 “We, your Majesty's humble servants of the House of Representatives, re- spectfully express our gratitude for your Majesty's gracious action in open- Among her passengers were: Augustus | Libby and Cornelius Hoff, Jewigh mer- chants of Vladivostok, who received twenty-four hours’ notice from the! Russian military authorities to leave | | the country. They had to abandon | their business and sell out at a heavy | sacrifice, and as egress by sea was | bloeked and the railway between Vlad- fvostok and Harbin destroved for a | considerable distance, they were com- pelled to travel by sledge more than 1000 miles to the nearest port on the | Korean coast. They were arrested at the Siberian-Korean frontier. where there was great troubje about their | passports, and where they were in dan- | | ger of being thrown into prison as| spies. No sooner had they got into Ko- | rea than they encountered the special | service officers of the Japanese War De- partment and were in more trouble, | thelr story that they were refugees fleeing from Russia by order of the! military not being accepted. After en-| during many hardships and much an- | noyance they joined the Shawmut at| Yokohama. SLEUTHS ON THEIR TRAIL. ! During all the time the two Jewish | merchants were in Japan they were | “shadowed” by special service men. | who also kept a watchful eye on one or two others of the Shawmut's pas- sengers, one passenger having two men mounting suard at his stateroom door on the suspicion that he was a Rus-| sian spy. Libby and Hoff say that the winter at Viadivostok has been exceptionally mild. The sea has been frozen only | six miles out from the harbor entrance |and the Ice-breakers go out every| morning, returning at noon, clearing a | channel. Coasting vessels were running in and out of the harbor without dif-| ficulty. Libby says that before he left| the-€ntire Vladivostok squadron of the | Russian fleet was anchored in the har- bor and had not stirred out of it for| quite a long period. The Russians. just | before the war. had strong forces at work on the fortifications, making new | entrenchments, building bomb-proof | storehouses and placing big guns. The | place is immensely strong by nature, | but has been rendered impregnable b,\'“ the fortifications which command the | entrance and channel to the harbor. ; | | 3 HAS A LARGE GARRISON. The garrison in January amounted to | 15,000 or 20,000 men, of all arms, mostly artillery. When the news of the war| came martial law was immediately proclalmed and strict survelllance of everybody in the place was maintained. The whole seacoast around Vladivo- stok is a network of submarine mine: Since the outbreak of the war very few vessels have entered the harbor — - ing the Imperial Diet and for the words addressed to us by your Majesty. i “This empire has invariably endeav- ored to maintain the peace of the Far East, but Russia, which lacks the sin- cerity to respect the peace, has violat- | ed its treaty with China and its re- | peated deaslarations to the powers. . “We are exremely impressed with the fact that your Majesty has declared war. The executive arms at the front are repeatedly obtaining victories. This is solely due to your Majesty's impe- rial influence. “Tt shall be our constant endeavor to | bring to the dl{chm of our legisla- tive functions the utmost care and cir- { cumspection, so that your Majesty's august instructions may be obeyed and the important trust imposed in us by | the nation may be complied with. “With profound respect and humili- ty the President of the House of Rep- resentatives, Masahisa Matsuda, pre- sents this.” The Peers will meet to-morrow to prepare a response to the speech from the throne. between Vladivostok and Harbin had been torn up and the bridges dymam- Apvparently no attempt w. be- ing made to repair the damage. The Sfhawmut encountered Japanede tor- pedo boats and destroyers hundreds of miles out at sea, and these vessels are evidently keeping a-strict watch on commerce in those waters. The first flush of the war fever has passed in Japan and business is going n quietly again. One hundred war correspondents left for the front the | day before the Shawmut sailed from Yokohama. i FRANCE TO MAKE PROTEST AGAINST JAPANESE ACTION PARIS, March 20.—The Russian em- bassy has received from St. Petersburg and has handed to Foreign Minister Deicasse, for transmission to the French Minister at Tokio, who is intrusted with the protection of Rus- sian interests in Japan, a protest against an alleged Infraction of the laws of war. It appears that during the attack on Port Arthur om March 10 the Japanese fired more than fifty projectiles ‘at the quarantine station on the island of Sanshantao, resulting in the injury of nymerous persons. Count Lamscorff, the Russian For- eign Minister, considers this to be a violation of the laws of war. notably of the twenty-fifth clause of the Hague convention, to which Japan was a sig- natory. The Ministér, therefore. asks France to call Japan’'s attention to the matter, apart from the general protests contained in the recent Russian note to the powers. The French Government has already transmitted to Tokio Russia’s protests against the seizure of Russian whaling vessels wintering at Nagasaki before the expiration of the date fixed for the departure of Russian vessels from Jap- anese ports. To this Japan replied that, a prize court having passed upon the question, it was no longer a diplo- matic one, but that the owners had a right to appeal to a superior court. Russia refuses to take this view. and asks France to renew the protest. —_———— Russia bought from - the United States in 1902 nearly $20,000,000 worth of goods, which is double the average for previous years., and sold the United States nearly $11,000,000 worth, which is an increase of 50 per cent over previous years. ADVERTISEMENTS. 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