The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 31, 1904, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1004 LONDON EDITORS COMPLAIN OF FAVORITISM SHOWN BY JAPAN TO WAR CORRESPONDENTS OF THE CALL AND NEW YORK HERALD SILLY RUMDR STIRS FRANCE IND RUSSIA America Is Declared to Hm‘ef Pledged Secret Aid to Japan. Tokio in Return Will Cede the Island of Formosa to This Nation. St. Petersburg Editors Busi- ly Advocating an Alliance With England. —_— s Dispateh to The Call PARIS rch 30.—As an indica- tior he restless, nervous state of here n be men- inion acceptance of a state- Petersburg to the has been the United States in i from Japan promised ipport by hang r the island of Formosa. emps credits to a certain x s 1 rumor, in spite of the € als of the Japanese le- » fury of the pr ems to be abating Gove | which killed him. mer ple of the United States for alleged desire to mix in the conflict. > Even Hanotaux, the former Foreig ster, believes the main nger of dening of the war cen- | | all that remained of the brave officer’s | ers gton. He points out, mation of this opinion, the series of pinpricks administered to Russ e opening of the war— s note, the incident of Mukden Consuls, the Mandjur's refusal to the protest against the s in the harbor of | glish and American gainst the declara law in Newchwang. HANOTAUX'S DEDUCTION | of the Fukui Maru was taken on board | All °this,” says Hanetaux, “points ¥ that on account of business e United States is willing peace of the world.” yreign critic of the Echo bear should show his | English and Americans w nk it best to be good. 1 wise cer that the day v when Russia will interpret | oe dgctrine as meaning not put their feet BURG, March 30.—The day executed a face- supporting the idea of understanding in an The Blindness of h the paper argues of Japan us 1o Great Britain than strongl ropean nation, and United States as the 1 both. It describes LIST OF GRIEVANCES. smember that that nation, in the T commander of one of ar at Chemulpo, refused the collective protest of foreign commanders before anese destroyed the Variag and € mber whose flag rishi Sngland y of er representative, of an the he commander ns wish to convert the American Mediter- Would that be to the ad- of England? . Does England w0t u retand in her blind policy and tred toward Russia that she is turn- ing this ocean into an American Medi- terranean? Sooner or later the Euro- pean countr will recognize that America is their mutual enemy. Why should not Russia and England, in view of their ions outside of EBurope. comt y one will do England a great by warning her of the econ- omical and pert political Sedan which will be effected by the Japanese and Americans. Russi: and Eng- lish do not clash. tussia does not want India, but only access to the open sea from Vladivostok and Port Arthur. They like two planets, which, by comb and supplementing each are ' other, could dominate the world.” * JAPAN'S ADVANCE COLTMNS 0CCUPY THE PORT OF HALJU SEOUL, March 30.—The Japanese ad- lumns occupied Haiju, a port south of Anju,“on the 27th inst. The Korean Progressionists claim to be disappointed at Marquis Ito’s action in discouraging radical government which in reality checks the alleged reformers’ speculative schemes. vanee co. changes, would be | sharpshooter” | t.take on board | To | Americans | | | by the Cabinet was approved, although | kerosene, sugar, molasses, syrup, crepe |and all alcoholic beverages containing | ufacturers will be a sum equal to the TOGO LAUDS THO HERDES OF IS FLEET tecounts the Bravery of Men Killed in Action at Port Arthur. —.—— Commander Hirose Struck by a Shell While Leaving Sinking Vessel. LSS R Movement Is Instituted to Erect a Monument to His Memory. o S M TOKIO, March 30. — Admiral Togo's report of the attempt to block the en- tranck to Port Arthur harbor last Sun- day gives the following additional de- tails: “Commander Hirose and Boatswain Sugino, who were killed, displayed re- markable courage. Boatswain Sugino was just going down to light the maga- zine on the Fukui Maru when the ship w struck by .an enemy's torpedo, “Commander Hirose, after causing his men to take to the boats and not finding Sugino, searched through the ship three times for him. Finding his | ship gradua Hirose was compelled to give up the| search and enter a hoat. As he was| rowing away under the enemy’s fire a | sbell struck him on the head. His head | and part of his body were blown awa: Only a piece of flesh in the boat W body. Commander Hirose was always a model officer and he leaves a meri- torious example, the memory of which will be everlasting. “The crews aboard the Chiyo Maru | and the Yahiko Maru were taken on | board the destroyer Tsubame. The crew of the Yoneyama Maru escaped in three boats and were rescued by the destroy- | ers Misasagi and Karigane. | The crew | the Kasumi. “The following torpedo-boats and de- stroyers partitipated in the movement: The destroyers Shirakamo, Kasumi, Asashio, Akatsuki, Akebono, Oboro, Inazuma, Aodaka, Tsubame, Ikatouchi, Vsugumo, Sazanami and Shinonome; torpedo - boats Karigane, Misasagi, Manadguru and Hato.” The Emperor has conferred the order of Kyte and the order of the Rising Sun on Commander Hirose, who was killed during the attempt to “bottle up 'I the Russian fleet. A movement has been instituted to erect 2 monument to the memory ¢f Commander Hirase. WAR TAX BILLS PASSED. The special Diet concluded its labors vestergfay, finally passing the series ol ar tax and financial measures pro- posed by the Government. Almost the entire financial programme submitted several changes were made. The amouns o be raised by special taxation was reduced from $34,000,000 to $31,000,- 000. The Government plans to make up the deficit thereby created in the estimates by cutting down the ad- ministrative expenses. Another chaage in the programme_ was the refusal to sanction the creation of a salt mo- nopoly. An interesting feature of the financizl legislation is the passage of an act authorizing the banks to issue savings prize debentures. . The total issue of these debentures is limited to $15,000,000 per year. The rate of interest, the amount” of the prizes and a lottery drawing scheme are limited. The whcle plan ends when the war is over. Govermment has the right to borrow the money realized by the sale of the savings prize debentures, but the man- agement, sale and redemption of th debentures is entirely in the hands of the banks. The changes in the customs tariffs become effective dfter six monthe. The articles affected include confectioneries, preserves in sugar, silk fabrics, aleohol, The de chine, bacco, satins, manufactured to- Chinese spirits, ordinary sake more than 50 per cent of alcohol. Con- sumption taxes are levied on woolen fabrics and kerosene oil. ¢ The tobacco monopdly was passed. The compensation to be paid the man- amount of their sales for three years. RUSSIA LODGES PROTEST. going down, Commander | | The Russian Government, the French Minister here, has lodged a protest with the Japanese Govern- ment against the destruction of the quarantine station at SBanshantao dur- ing the fourth Japanese attack on Port Arthur. The protest is based on article twenty-five of The Hague international peace convention, a copy of which is submitted with it. Responding to the protest Baron Komura, Minister of Forelgn Affairs, | througn {izformed the French Minister that tne Jspanese Government has received no report from Vice Admiral Togo con- The Japanese legation retracts the|Cerning the destruction of the quaran- statement made that Marquis Ito was proceeding to Chemampho. They claim tine station: but, whether the station| had been destroyed or not, the article that when he departed he intended go- | 0f The Hague convention quoted re- ing there, but that the naval authori- ties did not approve of it, so he re- turned to Japan. P Secrecy Cloaks Sale of Ships, HAMBURG, March 30. -At the an- nual meeting to-day of the stockhold- ers of the Hamburg-American Steam- ship Company a plan was formed by a number of stockholders to :nterpellate lated only to land battles, the convei- tion having left the question of nava! bombardments unsettled. Japanese military and naval officers who are familiar with Sanshantao de- clared that the quarantine station there did not exist before the war. e ‘Whale Collides With a Mine. VLADIVOSTOK, March 30. — One of Herr Ballin, the director general of the | the mines in Possiet Bay has been ex- line, in regard to the raported sale to | ploded by a whale. The mangled car- Russia of vessels belonging to the com- | cass subsequently was washed ashore, pany, but it was explained to them |It bore cvidences of the destructive thet vpolitical reasons rendered such a | qualitics ot the mines 'aid oy the Rus- Guestion inexpedient. The iInterpella- |sians in expectation, of a Japanese tion therefore was withdrawn. landing at Possiet Bay. s ESS < -+ MAP OF KOREA FROM SEOUL TO THE YALU, NOW THE SCENE OF ACTIVE LAND OPERATION American Consul Protests Against Lowering of Flag e "in Newchwang and the Russian Officials Make a Prompt Apology. LONDON, March 31L.—A correspond- ent of the Times at Newchwang, ca- bling yesterday, says: y “The Russian police have apologized and have rehoisted the United States flag over the correspondents’ mess.” NEWCHWANG, March 30.—Under a strong representation made by United States Consul Henry B. Miller that the | civil administrator had invaded neutral rights when he ordered the lowefing of the American flag from buildings be- longing to American citizens, even though it was done through the.ap- prehension that the flag was illegally used by Chinese for the purpose of‘re- sisting police inspection, the civil ad- ministrator has promised to duly and | in proper form, through the military, raise the flag over the building from which it was removed. The British flag which also was taken down will be al- lowed to remain flying. Protasieff, Viceroy Alexieff’s financial | agent, says that it is not Russia’s in- tention to strangle the shipping trade at Newchwang, and he consents to ne- gotiate terms which will facilitate com- merce. Five merchant ships which arrived on Sunday last, but were not admitted into the harbor until to-day, report that they saw a Russian, fleet of nine warships cruising off Port Arthur at a distance of twelve miles out to sea. The protected cruiser Askold was farther out, acting as scout, while the forts ashore were making experimental shots under directions of the ships. A fleet of torpedo-baats also were seen close in- shore. The police were in force throughout the shipping district here when these® ships arrived and were active in en- forcing their authority, established by the recent order promulgated by Viceroy Alexieff. BRITAIN NOT TO INTERFERE. Sir Ernest Satow, the British Min- ister at Peking, has informed the resi- dents of that nationality in Newchwang that Great Britain will not interfere to keep a warship here and he advises them to accept the' situation as it is. The British residents regard Minister Satow’s letter as inadequate to the situation and severely criticize him. Viceroy Alexieff has approved a plan permitting cargoes to leave New- chwang. 2 A reliable report from the vicinity of the Yalu River states that everything i quiet in the interior cities. Na’lve theaters are running and the Chinese are undisturbed, except at Antung, where all the large shops have been | closed. The natives have been forbidden to crpss or recross the Yalu River. The natives believe that the Russian troops on the Yalu River do not exceed 40,000. Travelers report having seen troops under strenuous march along the Feng- huangcheng road, footsore and weary. The bridges, which are largely tem- porary, are partly inundated, owing to the melting snows and rains. The commander of the Russian fleet has issued the following notification: “Every vessel of war or commerce discovered within the sphere of war without lights or flags, and failing to hoist lights or flags after being warned to do so by a cannon shot, will be con- sidered an enemy and will be sunk.” The United States gunboat Helena has received orders to proceed to Shanghai. She will take away all Americans who desire to leave New- chwang. . ST. PETERSBURG'S VIEW. ST. PETERSBURG, March 30.— The diplomatists here cannot under- stand why there should be a protest against such military massacres as | the Russians may care to take at New- chwang, which is clearly within the sphere of operations as laid down in Russia’s reply to Secretary Hay's note. Manchuria also being excepted by the other powers in their replies, Russia censiders that she is acting entirely within her rights. In this connection it is pointed out that l.!apan. in reply to Secretary Hay, agreed to observe the neutrality of China so far as Russia did. Inas- much as Russia has publicly declared ! her intention not to extend the war west of the Liao River into the por- tion of Manchuria previously evacu- ated by her, a Japanese landing on | the west coast of Liaotung Gulf would make her responsible for an exten- sion of the war into Chinese territory which Russia considers neutral. FAMINE. THREATENS SIBERIA AS RESULT OF THE ORIENT WAR LONDON, Marech 31.—The Times’ Russian correspondents quote an ar- ticle in the St. Petersburg Viedomosti, which reports considerable distress in €iberia in onequence of the war. In Transbaikalia the calling out of reserves has deprived the rural dis- tricts of most of their laborers. Resi- dents of Irkutsk are without domestic servants, as numbers of women have returned to the country to take the STRANGE WORK Bald Mountain in Northern Part of Maine Sinks Out of Sight After a Temblor CARIBOU, Me., March 30.—Evidence that the New England earthquake of March 21 touched Northern Maine was furnished to-day when a guide came up from Tibique and affirmed that where old Bald Mountain had reared its rounded head for centuries only a new- born lake exists to mark the spot. Bald Mountaid rose from the Tibique Valley a few miles from the New Brunswick i line. At its base were boiling springs, g0 warm that one could not put his hand in them even in winter. A party of woodsmen came in to say that the guide’s story is true and that where the mountain formerly stood there is now only a muddy looking lake. ——— Stanford Beaten at Baseball. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, March 80.—St. Mary’s baseball team won the last preliminary game of the season to-day, defeating the Stm‘!brd team by the score of 4 to 3, 0F EARTHOUAKE places of the men who have gone to the front. - In the Kusnetz district, where all men capable of bearing arms have been called to the service and no one is left to till the soil, there is serious danger of a famine. The stores of pro- visions are diminishing and prices are advancing. In the Cossack settlements the position is even more serious, as each Cossack is compelled to provide his own uniform and take his best horse to war. The Bishevuja Viedomosti says the municipalities and zemstvos of Russia are suffering seriously, owing to the financial strain caused by the war. - WILL LOOK AFTER THE FAMILIES OF BATTLE VICTIMS ST. PETERSBURG, March 50.—The Dowager Empress has telegraphed to Viceroy Alexieff, asking for the names of the killed, wounded and missing, in order that she may look after their families. The Grand Duke Michael, heir pre- sumptive to the throne, has sent a re- script of thanks to’ the 13-year-old Count Mordvinoff, who subscribed $12,- @00 to the navy fund. ° Captain William V. Judson of the En- gineer Corps, U. S. A, and Lieutenant Newton McCully, the naval attache, will proceed to the front on Friday. The former will be attached to General Kuropatkin's headquarters and the lat- ter will go to Port Arthur, where he will join Vice Admiral Makaroff. PEACE OUTLOOK IN THE BALKANS IS NOT BRIGHT Spectal Cable to_The in and New - York Herald. Copyrifht, 1 by the New York Herald Publishing Col ny. ST. PETERSBURG, March 30.—Gen- eral Kuropatkin is now at Liaoyang. News reaching here from the Balkans indicates that in spite of Russia’'s great efforts to avoid complications there the situation is most serious. Professor Ziminoff has completed |plnns for drydocks for the accommoda- tion of battleships which are capable of being rapidly constructed. The plans will be sent to Viceroy Alexieff for his action. Bollers are being installed ig the Jemtchug and the Izumrad, which are now building at the Nevsky works, and the . authorities expect that in a few weeks they will be able to remove these ships to Kronstadt, where they will receive their armament. £ ————— P . ‘War Nurse Il in Hospital. SEATTLE. March 30.—Alice M Kemmler cannot accompany thz party of war nurses headed by Dr. Anity Me- Gee to Japan because she is in a lacal hospital suffering with the measles, Miss Kemmler served with the troops in Cuba and was on the farmous march to Peking, without being sick a day. Dr. McGee and the other nurses leave to-morrow on the steamer Shawmur, —————— Tranks and Valises, Everything that is new, good and mod- erate priced in trunks and valises, dress suit cases and traveling sets now in stock. A d free of chai Atorn, Vall & Co."T41 Market streets il FALT - WITH TOKIOS WAR EAPERTS British Naval and Military Writers Criticize Japa- nese Tacticians. Assert That by Delay They Have Lost Advantage Gained Earlier. Russia Enabled .to Make Stronger Her Defenses While Foe Tarries. SR Cable to The Call and New York Spectal Herald. Herald Publishing Company. LONDON, March 31.—The tone of the articles in to-day’s London papers is further evidence of the change that has come over the spjrit of the London press. . “Either through bad luck or bad management, Japan has not taken fuli advantage of hér initial success,” Rear Admiral Inglis writes. “People are talk, ing as though the Russians are win- ning; but, on the contrary, it is only that Japan has not been making as much progress as she did at first.” Another expert says: “With every day’s delay the Russians are bringing up men and they have had time to recover from their first demoralizing surprise, to revise their plans and strengthen mapy of the weak points in their position. They were in con- siderably numerical inferiority when the war began. They have something like equal forces now.” The Daily Chronicle points out that the war has entered upon the second phasa and say “Japan's command of the sea is not now quite so certain as it seemed a little time ago. The ar- rival of Admiral Makaroff dn the scene has, as the Minister of Marine admit- ted in the Japanese Diet, infused new spirit into the Russian.defense, and the Jananese command of the sea is now perceived to be comparative and precarious, rather. than absolute and certain. “Time is on Russia’s side. Later in the year the Russians may send out a second fleet and it is all important to the ‘Japanese to defeat the existing fleet first. Admiral Togo will thus do all he can either to shut Admiral Makaroff off or entice him out. Ad- miral Makaroff, on his side, will en-i deavor to entice the ememy to an en- gagement against the Russian forts, plus the Russian ships. “In such maneuvers personal in- itiatlve and resource may count for much and the advantage here seems }no longer to be all on the Japanese side. “In such conditions no prediction about the war seems safe, excent that it will be long and obstinate. Many newspapers were very much too pre- vious in treating the onmening of the first phase of the war as if it yere the beginning of the end. Even if exery- thing should go favorably with the Jap- anese arms, it will take them a year or so to catch up to the forecasts made after the first attacks on Port Arthur.” SQUADRON BACK * IN VLADIVOSTOK WITHOUT PRIZES N PARIS, March 31l.—According to the St. Petersburg.correspondent of the Echo de Paris it is rumored in Russian official quarters that Captain Reitzenstein's Viadivestok squadron had returned to port, but the officials ignored the statement that the squad- ron had captured any Japanese war- ships or training vessels. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Echo de Paris says it has been finally decided that the Emperor and Empress will remain there until fine weather, when they will go to the pal- ace at Peterhof. . VLADIVOSTOK, March 30.—In or- der to allay the apprehension of the people the authorities have instructed a search for mines alleged to have been planted by the Japanese, whick were to be exploded at an opportune moment. Borings have been made in the mountain upon which is located the “No Name"” Battery, but nothing suspicious was found. e STEAMSHIP SUNK AFTER PASSENGERS ARE TAKEN OFF CHEFU, March 30.—The captain, an oiler and one passenger of the Japan- ese coasting steamship Hanyei arrived at Tengchow this morning and report- ed that the Hanyei had been fired upon and sunk by the Russian fleet near the Miaotao Islands on the morning of March 27. They also reported that the remainder of the crew and passengers, Chinese and Japanese, seventeen in number, were taken prisoners by the Russians. The captain of the Hanyei ar- rived here to-night. He says he mis- took the Russian warships fop= the Japanese fleet until he had approached to within one mile of them. Then the Russians boarded the Hanyel in small boats and removed the passengers. The captain, the oller and one passenger were in bed in the hold when the Rus- sians came aboard, and were not taken off. The Russians then sank the steamship and the three men clung to floating wreckage until they were res- cued by Chinese flshermen. The Han- yei was a small vessel. —_————— POLICE FIND PHILLIP KLASS —Phillip Klass who disaj his Copyright, 19C4, by the New York I last | Lady Minto, OLLS W NEWS CAUSE IF PROTEST British Journals Denounce Japan for Her Alleged Partiality. Only Correspondents North of Seoul Are Those of This Paper. Corps of Writers Now at Tokio Will Be Detained There Indefinitely. Special Cable to The Call and New York Her- ald. Copyright, 1904, Ly the New York Her- ‘ld Pubiishing ‘.l,n,"‘h‘. LONDON, March 30.—While the San | Francisco Call and the New York Her ald have received lengthy and detailed | dispatches from their corre- | spondents at Chenampho and Pingyan | London papers are swallowing with what grace they can the bitter pill fur nished them the Japanese military | authorities in refusing to allow corre spondents to accompany the Japanese forces in the field For the last two weeks The Call and | the Herald have been the only news- papers having correspon@ents north of Seoul, and, as the Daily Telegr | editorially points out this mogning, | “the” other special correspondents and | even “the military attaches at Tokic | have been told that they cannot be ai- lowed to go to the front and muse con tinue for another indefinite period cool their heels in the isiand capital.” From Seoul also comes a dispatch be- wailing the severity of the Japanese cen€orship. This is from Major F. Mackgnzle to the Daily Mail> Tt ss “The Japanese press censorship rapidly tightening. It now extends be yond military movements and even in- cludes feferences to local disturbane This censorship appliés t8 private let special | ters in addition to telegrams. The Jap | anese authorities are striving to pr | vent nbws and messages leavi )} | country in any way. even on board pri | vate ships. | “The attitude of the Japanese au- | thorities toward corre: lents, in cor jgnction with the delays that have |arisen and the contradictory orders that hase been issued, is exciting th deep resentment of many correspc ents, who, their arrival at See from Tokio, were strongly pro-Japa ese. They are jow foclishly allowi their personal grievances to obscu their vision and have completeiy changed their attitude.” Editorially the Daily Mail finds some excuse for Japan, which, it says fighting for its life agd can give chance away | on 18 n and the Datly Telegrapa also, while declaring that “unique In conyenience is caused newsplpers throughout the world,” agrees tha Japan cannot afford to run the risk of losing a single trick in the war game. ‘The Seoul correspondent of, the Mail describes Korea, outside the districts occupied by the Japanese, as being in a state of anarchy and in readiness for rebellion. The correspondent asserts that the censorship prevents any ref- erence to local urbances. ONLY SIX MEN OF THE BOYARIN'S CREW ARE LOST KRONSTADT, March 30.<The ice- breaker Ermak is here to cut a channel for the warships which are awaiting their armor at the St. Petersburg vards. Lights will be burned to help the Ermak steer a straight through the ice at night. A correspondent of the Russky Vie- domosti writes from Port Dalny that the Russian cruiser Boyarin sank two hours after striking the mine there, and that six of her crew were lost. It had been reported previously that all on board—197 officers and men—per- ished. course P MAKAROFF REPORTS STRENUOUS TIMES AT PORT ARTHUR KRONSTADT, March 30.—The War Relief Society has received a cable- gram from . Vice Admiral Makaroff, dated at Port Arthur, March 29, which say! “Last night was a very hot one, but we cannot hope for a very quiet time either now or in §pe near future. I sleep without undressing, in order that I may be ready for any emergeney. Consequently 1 cannot observe your medical advice to take care of myself; nevertheless, I feel splendid.” sy 2 ‘Would Rechristen Port Arthur. MOSCOW, March 30.—The Gazette urges the rechristening of Port thur to Port Nicholas, as the Englis name sounds badly to Russian cars. —_——— Getting Ready to Lay Cable. BERLIN, March 30.—~The Gérman Atlantic Cable Company announces that the Fayal-New York section of its second cable is nearly completed and that the cable-ship Stephan will begin laying it about April 15. The section from Borkum to Fayal, which* was completed in October last, oper- ates more rapidly than the present cable. The company intends to exercise an option and acquire the Vigo cable by the end of the year. —_——— Lady Minto Meets With Accident. OTTAWA, Ontario, March 30.— wife of the Governor General, while skating to-day fel and broke one of her legs.