The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 22, 1904, Page 3

THE! 'S FRANCISCO CALL, TUESPAY, MARCH 22, TAPAN'S LAND MOVEMENTS ARE STILL CON MIKADO'S FORCES MAKE NO ATTEMPT TO LAND ON MANCHURIAN COAST Armed Mongolians Disguised as Pil- grims Are Massing South of Lake Baikal. March 21.—The ) Simultaneously the fleet bombarded the fc T dispatch, dated Muk- | town and harbor. The action began at sen. B was, receivell to-8ay: |6 o'clock on the evening of March 19 ineky reports as follows: | 204 continued until 10 o'ciock on the T tronb e S morning of March 20. Sixteen ships | in good spirits and there | \ere engaged in the attack, and the re. According to reports re- | suit s reported to have been the occu- 1 from the frontier guards on the | pation of Port Arthur by the Japanese. n Chinese Railway everything is| No further details are given and the there. At Udyeni station Cap- | report remains so far unconfirmed. Uksemoff, with seventy caval ELDER STATESMEN OF JAPAN OPPOSED RECOURSE TO ARXN PARIS, March 22.—Baron de Rosen, sickness ath men, has driven off a band of 100 Chi- nese bandits. “The occupation of the towns of Anju | and P gyang by the enemy’s infantry llery is confirmed. An increased movement of troops and transports on | the road between Pingyang and Anju is noticeable. Thirteen of the enemy’s transports recently unloaded at Che- mulpo | arrived to-day at Marseilles, refused to be interviewed, but a correspondent of “According to reports there have been | the Journal who traveled with him from no preparations for a landing mnear i Port Said telegraphs a summary of nu- Kinchow. All reports appearing in for-| merous conversations he had with the «lgn newspapers of the landin, Baron aboard ship. According to this nese troops at different points correspondent, Baron de Rosen said coast are inventions.” that since October last the talk of war Official advices report the concentra- | had been general in Japan, the Chau- tion of armed Mongolians disguised as | vinist party heating public opinion by pilgrims at Vankuren, south of Lake | stating that Japan would defeat Russia al and a few miles from the Rus- | as she had defeated China, and would tier. be certain of thé support of Great Brit- William V. Judson, United | ain and the United States. The Mikado y attache to the embassy | and most of the Elder Statesmen were as arrived end will proceed to|opposed to the war, the Baron said, and Count Inouye said the country would be ruined, whether victor or vanquished. Count Matsukata, another of the Elder Statesmen, expressed the same view, and Baron Komura, the Japanese Foreign Minister, advised the continuance of friendly negotiations, but the Ministers of War and Marine were absolutely determined to fight. If the matter rested solely with the Cabinet and the Elder Statesmen, said the Baron to the correspondent, the conflict would have been avoided, but the Cabinet, with the object of embar- | rassing Parliament, which had refused to vote supplies, allowed the press to stir up the Chauvinist spirit until it h better than it was three |£0t bevond controi. Then the Ministry, The natives manifest a |finding that it had to choose between disposition than they did at | Satisfying the Chauvinists and resign- g of the war; but the Rus- | ing, chose the former course, and war t jental character as |Pecame inevitable, the Mikado and his yjpeans do. They know Irounsflnrs being dragged into the pop- is the hatred of for- | Ular movement. and that the only | The naval and military of Japa- on the here the front as soon as possible to observe itary operations for his Govern- In Government circles there exists a sirong belief that whether China will utrality understandings epend largely upon the result of heavy land fighting. A big the Russian army, it is be- 1 insure the acquiescence of celestial empire, but there are s as to what might occur in of a signal Japanese success es of the land opera- bserve her w the time being the situation ap- satisfactory, and it is cer- authorities, Russians is their strong | the Baron said, were fully prepared and the censorship began to work a = al guccess of the Jap- | fortnight before the rupture of rela- el vessed the | 1ions, the censors intercepting all tele- . ms should |Erams between the Russian Govern- s defeat on |ment and its representatives in Japan, wddenly be |finally, on February 6, stopping the Russian note transmitted by, Viceroy Alexieff to Baron de Rosen. That same day the Cabinet held a secret sit- ting. gnd a few minutes after the sit- based on | ting broke up the Japanese squadrons im- | PUt to sea | The Baron does not believe defeat lui]l cause a revolution in Japan, but | he says it will result in endless changes in the Cabinet. connivance or even ‘\ r of Japan,’ against s 1d, perhaps, against all for- resent plans are ' supreme land battle, and rge scale will take bly can averted, s feel morally certain deal the enemy a crush- | ey : | TOKIO MINISTRY < ‘veports that, the Rumian| ABANDONS PART OF TAX PROJECT ned Anju on the ap- cord with the Russian plan of| TOKIO, March 21.—As a result of the The Russian skirmishing | series of conferences between the party nced outposts, thrown forward | leaders, it seems certain that the Gov- \e purpose of harassing and | ernment will abandon its attempt to ¥ e Japanese outposts, will fall | create a salt monopoly and to place a ck @s the main body of the enemy | tax on silk and will make a smaller in- es forward until the strong posi- | cease in the land tax than was origi- ns at the Yalu River are reached.|nally proposed. The fifty miles of country between| The members of the Cabinet are u and the Yalu is very difficult for | holding a series of conferences with the e movement of a large force. There | Party leaders, who have been explain- may be some lively skirmishing as the | {8 how the interests of the people Japanese advance progresses, but the | theY represent are affected by the war Russians are resolved to avold a deci- | 128Xes. The Cabinet is endeavoring to eive engagement until certain of vic :frame measures which will prove sat- s isfactory to the people. ” There is a.growing feeling that the Government should not attempt the immediate payment of a large part of TOKIO JOURNAL HEARS TH.\T PflRT ‘the cost of the war by taxation, but ARTHUR IS TAKEN | the payincnts over s serics of vesser - A vote of thanks to the navy for its Epecial Cable to The Cali and New York | Victories off Port Arthur, which will be Herald. Copsright, 1904, by the New York ‘moved in the House of Representatives Herald P\lb?l]h!n‘-(‘u?mn), ‘lo-morrow. will praise the valor and TOKIO, March 21.—A Tokio newspa- | heroism of the officers and men and ex- per published a report this afternoon A Press the gratitude of the nation. the a nd adva former Russian Minister to Japan, who | e H a landing. ice will permit. Chinese regulars. e 1904. SUMMARY OF THE SPECIAL WAR DISPATCHES TO THE CALL. ZAVY cannonading was heard off the western coast of Liaotung Peninsula yesterday morning, and it was the belief at Newchwang that the Port Arthur fleet had made a dash out of the harbor to engage Japanese warships guarding transports. Japan, apparently, is at- tempting a landing in force below Yinkow for the investment of Newchwang. So effective is the Japanese censorship that not in two weeks has definite news of land movements been permitted to leak out. All of the Japanese forces advancing toward the Yalu must have reached the main position north of Pingyang, and the fact that war correspondents | were recalled from the Japanese base some days ago indicated that the time had come for the advance to the river, where the Russians will make their first stand in force; but since then the censor has succeeded in suppressing all information relating to the movement. No reliable news of Japanese land operations in other directions has been received, although it is known that transport® have been constantly conveying troops to the groups of islands near the shores | of Liaotung Peninsula, which the Japanese have made their base while massing their forces for British experts claiming to be conversant with the Japanese plan of campaign say that the Mikado's generals will avoid direct frontal attacks. Should the Russians desperately contest the passage of the Yalu, the Japanese will abandon the attempt and assume the defensive on the Korean frontier. If a Muscovite invasion of Korea be attempted Japan Will endeavor to land an army by sea in the rear of the invaders. Having the command of the sea, the Japanese will be enabled to choose the pointrof least resistance for their land advance.: It is their belief, however, that the Russians will fall back into the interior of Manchuria, leaving the Mikado's forces in possession of the southern portion of the province. Persistent reports that a battle has been fought on the Korean frontier ‘drift in from vari- ous sources, but they must be taken with reserve. It is asserted in a Seoul dispatch that these rumors have no foundation, and that, with the exception of a brush of outposts ten days ago, | there has been no land fighting. Despite China’s renewed assurances to Secretary Hay, the attitude of the Peking Govern- ment is causing much uneasiness in Europe. It is feared that China only awaits a favorable op- pm'funit_\' to take part in the war as an ally of Japan. It is reported that a Chinese squadrbn. which has just arrived at Chefu, is to be sent to Newchwang as soon as the breaking of the Inasmuch as Newchwang is now a fortified Russian stronghold, from which | the great powers have decided to withdraw their naval representation, such an attempt on the part of the Chinese would be likely to provoke hostilities with Russia. That Russia regards war with China as altogether probable is apparent from the fact that nearly one-third of Kuro- patkin's great army is so disposed as to protect the Manchurian frontier against an invasion by i | Japanese May Not Poisonous Attempt Passage of the Yalu. Special Dispatch to The Call. LONDON, March 21.—Military ex- perts in touch with Japanese authori- tative circles predict that Japan's for- ward movement will be in full swing by the end of this month. They say | that the ice is now leaving the harbors at all favorable landing points and that the Mikado's army is eager to get to work. In a conversation with an ad- viser of the Tokio Government he gave the following forecast of Japanese ope- rations: In the first place, wherever possible frontal attacks on intrenched positiens will be avoided, If the Russians, con- trary to the expectations of the Tokio authorities, determine stubbornly to contest the passage of the Yalu River the Japanese will not assail the Mus- covite line there, but will simply for- tify and intrench their own position against an invasion of Korea. Should the Russians assemble at the Yalu in such numbers as to render the Japan- ese positions untenable the forces thus ousted will fall back on the line be- tween Pingyang and Wonsan, where a desperate stand will be made. As a matter of fact, the Mikado's generals expect that the enemy not only will never reach Pingyang in large numbers, but also that the Russians will never serlously undertake a cam- paign south of the Yalu. They declare that if the unexpegted occur they will land their forces by sea in the rear of the Russians, by which means they hope to give the invaders all the en- tertainment they could possibly desire. It can be seen from this outline that the plans of the islanders for the rean campaign are primarily defensive. They will begin their offensive cam- paign elsewhere, possibly at New- chwang or a point farther west, on the Chinese side of Liao River, or possi- bly on the coast of Korea Bay. They hope in any case to be able to turn back the Muscovite forces. They think it highly probable that they can afford to push on to Harbin. S L JAPANESE TURN to the effect that a Japanese division | was landed o.. the Liaotung Peninsula on March 19 and engaged the Russian troops in the rear of Port Arthur. Prince Pu Lun, the Commissioner of | China to the St. Louis Exposition, who | left Shanghai for Great Britain on his way to the United States on March 14, BACK AMERICAN ARMY ATTACHE |arrived in Tokio to-day. He was ac- | corded an official welcome and was es- corted to one of the palaces, where he will be entertained as the guest of the | Japanese Government during his stay fhera ]| Gt TO ANNEX KOREA | IS THE AMBITION OF THE MIKADO ADVERTISEMENTS. | ST. PETERSBURG, March 21.— | Viadivostok papers, which have just {arrived here, say that a member of |the Japanese consulate declared on jthe eve of his departure that it was B'T Rs |Japan's ambition to drive the Rus- TE | sians across the Amur, restore Man- churia to China and annex Korea. In the Spring your health needs at-| The Viadivostok editors find it al- on. The system is overloaded | MOSt impossible to issue their papers. th impurities which inust be got rid | The SUPDIY of paper i practically ex- of at once or you're going to be sick ‘ ? n I'hen the Bitters is needed. It will the Stoss Pepersystanwe the hifush s : which carted lhg cure General Debility, Spring Fever, 7 s taken: most of the reporters and com- Nervousness, §!§°m:Ch Tils, Insomnia | | itors have either been called to the and Maleria. Try it. colors or have boited, and no adver- tisements are being received. PO T MR Smugglers Rout Chinese o SHANGHAI, March 21.—The Chi- nese Government troops have been de- feated by a band of about 1000 opium smugglers, under a leader named Yuan, seventy miles south of Chung- king, province of Szechuan. The troops lost sixteen men and the remainder fled. The officials at Chungking are sending reinforcements to the scene of the disturbance STOMACH ten Money goes further in Schilling’s Best, a great deal further ; besides the comfort of feeling safe; you knew you are safe. water have been I SEOUL, March 21.—The Japanese have stopped Brigadier General Henry T. Allen, formerly chief of the Philin- pine Constabulary and now United States military observer with the Jap- anese army at Pingyang. requesting him not to proceed nearer their out- posts. Marquis Ito has been decorated with the order of the Plum Blossom, usually given only to royalties. United States Minister Allen and Japanese Minister Hayashi have received decorations of the first class of Paikuk. Minister Allen’s decoration was conferred in recognition of his valuable counsel and long intimacy with the Emperor. Marquis Ito, in an audience with the Emperor, urged the gradual adoption of Korean reform measures, thus avoiding the confusion due to the pre- cipitate measures of 1895. e g ‘Vladivostok Squadron’s Movements. KRONSTADT, March 21. — The Vestnik, the leading service organ here, surmises that the Russian Vlad- ivostok squadron has gone to attack Mororan (in Volcano Bay) and Otar- unai (in Ishikari Bay), both in the Japanese island of Yorseo, where an excellent quality of coal from the Yorseo Mountains is supplied to the Japanese warships. pretiis S G Troop Trains Crowd Railway. IRKUTSK,Siberia,March 21.--Eight- een trains bearing goods of the Red Cross Society have been held up to allow military trains to go through. It is estimated that 4000 men are reaching Manchuria daily. !in the forthcoming Gases Given Off by Missiles. — e Special Cable to The Call and New York Herald. Copyright, 1904, by the New York Herald Publishing Company. ST. PETERSBURG, March 21.—Tt | appears that during the bombardment of the islands in front of Dalny the Japanese seriously damaged the Red Cross building. The Russian Govern- ment protests against this as a breach of civilized methods of warfare. One of the highest officials of the Foreign Office to-day said: “Without any doubt, according to re- ports received, the Japanese have made {use of missiles giving off poisonous gases. It is not an idle assertion.” He also expressed the satisfaction felt at the more favorable turn in American sentiment toward Russia. As a sign of the times, Savourine, proprietor of the Novoe Vremya, was sent for by Minister of the Interior Plehwe and asked to moderate the tone of articles in his newspaper con- cerning England. NOR)IAI\’—DE(‘LARES DAY OF RECKONING AWATITS ENGLAND NEW YORK, March 21.—Under the title “The War and After” Henry Nor- man, M. P, discussed the probable after-effects of the Russo-Japanese war number of the ‘World’s Work. He says that it is most important that one fact should be clearly realized—that “it is a fight for the control of China. Korea and Man- churia are subordinate issues. The real object is predominance in Peking, bringing with it the ultimate domina- tion of the Far East, and in the future headship of all the Asiatic lands.” He points out the probability of war in the Near East, and says: “Already the flames of hostility to England are visible almost everywhere in Europe—a manifestation which is not at all surprising in view of the lan- guage of so much of the London press. From the highest to the lowest modera- tion of language, respect for the feel- ings of other nations and a sense of re- sponsibility appear to have vanished from many newspaperse Denunciation of Russia is as extravagant as lauda- tion of Japan is exaggerated, and Is making England a host of fresh cne- mies every week. For all this a day of reckoning will surely come, for the pas- sion aroused against England will have reached its climax when, If this hap- pens, Russia having evacuated Man- churia, Japan requests the powers to recognize the retrocession of Manchuria to China and to decree the end of the war. Then England is likely to learn the result of her Asiatic conduct. “In conclusion 1 will venture upon one prophecy, namely, that the result of this war will be for Russia a bless- ing in disguise. The policy of expan- sion everywhere, at any cost and any method, whether of arms or diplomacy, together with its upholders, will be dis- credited. The canker at the heart of Russia—the corruption of her beauro- cracy—will be cut out. The statesmen who desire to curtail military expendi- ture and to encourage Russian produc- tion and commerce will come back to power. The Czar will push aside oppo- sition to the ideals of humanity and peace that he cherishes.” CHINA TO*SEND ‘NAVAL SQUADRON TO NEWCHWANG CHEFU, March 2L—A Chinese equadron, consisting of the cruisers Haichi, Hiying, Hitien and Haishew, under command of Admiral Tsah, has arrived here. It is understood that it will proceed to Newchwang as soon as the ice is cleared from that port. Japanese Traitor Buried Alive at Tientsin. ' Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, March 21.—The World has the following from Tientsin: Ka- taoka, a Japanese merchant here, who was a Russian spy, has been assassin- ated by being buried alive. The Jap- anese residents show great joy at the fate of this traitor. The Japanese of- ficials disclaim all knowledge of the authors of the crime. American and British residents of Newchwang, fearing the landing of a Japanese force and a conflict, are flee- ing from the town. Outrages by ban- dits outside the walls of Newchwang have spread consternation among the Chinese, thousands of whom seek refuge here daily. By the favor of Viceroy Yuan Shi Kai, 5000 bags of flour have been sent tp Newchwang for famishing European residents. JAPANESE DARING SHOWN IN FIBST PORT ARTHUR COUP TACOMA, March 21 —A vivid de- scription of the first attack on the Russian fleet at Port Arthur and the remarkable dash made into the inner harbor by the Japanese torpedo-boats is given in a Jetter to the Tacoma News from Allen Fairweather, purser of the steamship Pleiades of Tacoma, which had arrived at Port Arthur with a cargo of flour a few days be- fore the attack was made. He says: *‘On Monday night at about 11 o'clock we heard heavy firing, which continued until about 2:30 a. m. Every one thought the forts were en- gaged in some kind of night target practice, but in the morning, when we saw two of the largest and best of the Russian warships aground on the low spit, we knew that something more than practice had been going on. “It develoned that a fleet of Jap- anese torpedo-boats had come along quitd close inshore, flying the Russian flag and giving the Russian signal. They had passed right under the forts along the spit side of the har- bor and had passed by the patrol boat at the entrance, giving the counter- sign. - “They passed through the entrance to the harbor proper, turned around and passed out, going up to the other coast until directly behind the largest and best of the warships lying outside, when ‘they turned and fired their tor- pedoes into three of them. “The remarkable part of it was the dash of the torpedo-boats through the 100-yard wide mouth of the harbor and their turning around inside. “The Russlans fired upon the tor- pedo-boats, but apparently did no harm. They then attempted to get their warships into the harbor, but two of the worst disabled ran aground on the spit and were in a sinking con- dition.. “The next morning at 11 o’clock the Japanese fleet moved in to within firing distance and fired shells for forty-five minutes. The Pleiades was behind the spit, but in direct line, and the shells fell all around us. Our deck was covered with pieces. “Later the Russians got their grounded warships off the spit and inside the harbor, where they now lie on the bottom, practically submerged. By working hard they succeeded in bringing in a five-funneled cruiser, which sank in the harbor the next day. “We had great difficulty in getting away. We were obliged to take 300 Chinese women away with us.” — g WASHINGTON, March 21 Jewell, who has been stationed of the naval to-day was the Caribbean Atlantic fleet to relieve who is to be ‘Rear Admiral in this city as ibition and FINED TO KOREA quent the guns of the Japanese fleet on ‘the morning of February 9 did little dam- could hardly have been greater on the noncombatants had the Mikado's shells turned the Manchurian city upside- down. So says C. H. Browning, an of- ficer of the British Royal Artillery, who arrived yesterday on the liner Coptic and who was at Port Arthur on the night the Japanese fleet made the torpedo attack which opened hostil- itles, and the following day, during which the port was bombarded. Browning was on leave and “just happened” in Port Arthur ‘at the in- teresting moment. Of the torpedo boat attack he knows nothing from his own observation, for all night long he slept soundly on board the British ship Wenchow. When he reached Port Ar- thur, which he did on the morning of the attack, he found the hotels crowd- ters ashore, he accepted the hospital- ity of Wenchow's commander and was sleeping while the Japanese torpedoes sels. “The torpedoes exploded several hun- dred yards from where the Wenchow lay, but if they made any noise I did not hear it,” said he. ' “I was asleep, but am a light sleeper and had the noise been great it certainly would have aroused me. The next morning I saw the two battleships Retvizan and Cesarevitch aground. It seemed then that neither vessel would ever go into dommission as a warship again, al- though as long as the Russians held Port Arthur the Retvizan would be valuable as a fortress. She was jammed on the rocks just as solidly as if built there, and was well above water at high tide. As she lav, her batteries had a wide scope, and, al- though seemingly a hopeless wreck, she was still in a position to give a good account of herself should the enemy come within range of her guns. The hole in her bow. I could not see it when 1 passed her.” FLEET BOMBARDS FORTS. “The following morning I went ashore and at 11:30 o'clock the forts opened fire, followed by a bombard- ment from the Japanese fleet. The bombardment lasted enly a half hour, but it seemed an age. Shells flew thick and fast and panic reigned among the inhabitants. Chinese laborers packed their little belongings and in scared droves fled from the city. The scare they received will not be forgotten and while the war lasts Russia will have a lively time inducing Chinese labor- ers to accept employment at Port Ar- thur. “After the engagement I saw one ments of many others. As far as I could learn only one man, a Finlander pilot, who was struck by a fragment of a shell, sustained any injury. After the bombardment all of the women and nearly all the remaining Chinese left Port Arthur. affair, was full of excitement and little imagination was necessary to get out of it all the thrills I was looking for. The flying shells interested me at first, but I scon awoke to the fact that the fight was not mine and I took refuge behind the hill. “I returned to the Wenchow and re- mained there until February 12, when I got away on the German cruiser Hansa. The Russian fleet went out- side the harbor each day afterward, but saw nothing of the enemy. “The Russians were really caught .napping. All the harbor lights were burning and every aid to navigation was in place. There was some kind of affair going on ashore and most of the fleet officers were attending it. “It did not strike me that Port Ar- ADVER' The bombardment of Port Arthur by age to property, but its moral effect | ed. Unable to find comfortable quar- | were busy wrecking Russlan war ves- Cesarevitch, T understand, had a huge | unexploded shell in a garden and frag- | “That bombardment, while a short | — PANIC IN PORT ARTHUR - FOLLOWS BOMBARDMENT BY JAPANESE WARSHIPS Eye-Witness Describes First Tor- pedo Attack and the Subse- Battle. thur was especially well prepared for war. Of that, however, I should not speak, as it is largely supposition on my part. Nobeody is allowed near the forts and there may be'concealed re- sources ample for Port Arthur's neces- sities. I saw no more of war after leav- ing on the Hansa. ALL JAPAN IS TRANQUIL. M. Bechaere, another of the Coptic's passengers, was at Port Arthur on February 10. Bechaere was the repre- sentative in Manchuria of a Belgian syndicate and was ordered out of the country shortly before hostilities com- menced. The vessel upon which he took passage called at Port Arthur and | was detained in the harbor for several | hours. Bechaere saw the sunken Rus- sian ships, but was not ashore and did not learn until some time later just I | what had occurred at Port Arthur. { Japan, according to Bechaere, is the most ‘peaceful place he ever visited. Although at war with a mighty foe, | she is making no display at home of i her military strength. Bechaere visit- ed a number of Japanese ports, but not in one of them, he says, did he see a | single soldier, an army transport or a ‘war vessel. | Captain J. F. Lea, the British navy officer who took the cruiser Nisshin from Genoa to Yokohama for the Ja- Ppanese Government, also was a passen- ger on the Coptic. He is on his way back to England, where he is engaged in farming. Captain Lea was decorat- {ed by the Japanese Emperor and brings with him many presents re- ceived from the people of Japan as part of their patriotic “thank you" for his services In safely navigating the Nis- shin from the Old World port at which | she was built. Captain Paynter, who | commanded the Kasuga, the other cruiser, purchased by Japan from the | Argentine republic, came back on the Siberia and is now well on his way to England. AN FRANCISCANS EXPRESS SYMPATHY WITH CZAR’S CAUSE | At a meeting of Russian sympathizers | held in this city on Sunday evening an | executive committee was appointed to | arrange for a mass-meeting and the | following resolution was unanimousiy | adopted: ‘Whereas. there is now waging between Rus- |sia and Japan a war was begun by | Japan; and whereas, this war was without | provocation from Russia and has been pre | cipitated by Japanese ambition for foreign con quest; and whereas there has existed for a long number of years the warmest friendship and sympathy between the United States and Russia. a friendship that Russia was prompt roclaim both during the war of the Re on and ihe war with Spain: Resolved, That as citizens of the United | States we deprecate Japan's unprovoked at tack upon Russia, we extend to Russia our | sympathy and friendship and we assure her of our perfect and unwavering confidence im her ultimate success and glorious victory. prat by a o Returning Home to Fight. VANCQUVER, B. C, March 21.— The steamship Empress of Japan sail- ed this evening for Yokohama, having on board twenty-four military and Inaval Japanese officers returning home for the war, including Prince Nashimoto, who has been traveling incognito as “Mr. Nagi.” He is a member of one of the nine branches of the roval family of Japan and is a cousin of the Mikado. Another pas- isenger is Colomel Absley Smith, who goes to the campaign in the interest of the British Government as an ex- pert on explosives. o i SRS Britons Send Field Hospital. MOSCOW, March 21.—Altogether 5,500,000 rubles have been subscribed here for patriotic purposes. The Brit- ish colony is sending to the seat of war a field hospital with fifty beds. Additional War News on Page 4. Special Sale of Dollar Neckties ready to wear. 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