The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 1, 1904, Page 2

THE- SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1904 KUROPATKIN’ S ARMY WILL ATTACK JAPANESE IN KOREA RARE. DARING OF THE NEN UNDER TOGO Vivid Aecount tempt to Block Port Arthur Harbor. — - Volunteers Take Ships Into an Inferno of Thundering Russian Guns. Marvelous Escape of Crews After Vessels Are Sunk in the Channel, S5 i i A correspondent LONDON, Apr the T tele- L sl SINKS IN TH¥ the officers and was a dull ftruck and which the pedo from thei there the defending de- vama Maru was yer and her of the »under but the of mind was 1 a rrible lee Maru and where she was hit b torpedo, of he shore trans- CHANNEL PARTLY BLOCKED. nterprise fa chanr led completely to ansports. 1 able the channe for been practi the that the able large is « ision which, running batteries from the main enterprise This vision remai tion until | a1l the crews were »d and just | Aaybreak was engaging a Rus- destroyer which remained at the nee, firing torpedocs during the The scream of eseaping steam proclaimed that the Russian boat had heer n her vitals ybreak the fiotilla drew off ver of the fleet which was n miles outside. In closing the correspondent de- seribes the Comn and the death of who had recently ADVBKTISEHENT& bravery @he Fuh Chas. Keilus & Co. B Rk LW s v b High-Grade Clothiers No Branch Stores. No Agents. GARMENTS WE SHOW ARE MOST PROGRESSIVE, EXCLUSIVE AND CORRECT. OUR SMART CLOTHES DISQUALIFIES TAILORS: EXCEPT A FEW GOOD ONES AND THEY SPEAK WELL OF US. 132 Kearny Street Thurlow Block of the At-| .| AGAINST SINKING ‘ OF HANYEL MARU ‘: TOKIO, March 31 -’;'hn action of AMERICANS DRCANIZE A { Contribute Thousands -for | Relief of Families of Jap- anese Soldiers. | Committees to Br‘ Appointed in Cities Throughout United States. [ Movement Regins at a Perry | Memorial Meeting in | City of Tokio. HeE T Sl 2, —At a meeting of apanese held in this in cor city fiftieth anniver the Perry treaty between Japan and the United States, an American war | charity, called the Perry Memorial Re- | jef Fund, was organized with much | enthusiasx The sum of 37,500 was| subsctibed at once t was decided | to_orgas committces in all of the| s of the United States. | will be turned over to a the Imperial household. | | be disbursed under the di- the Emperor of Japan, par- the ilie: purpose of aiding the | f soldiers and sail- | ticularly destitute ows Count Okur 2, at one time Japanese Premier, made the principal address commemoration exercises He | apanese be more | h the people of the United | tes they could not but admire them | ove of justice and humanity, were such prominent national | Bishop McKim, of the American Epis- suggested the organiz He said the mem- jon charity y would be graven not on | a ¥ but on the he of | » Charity was be- | the pale of politics, the speaker | continued, and this movement had no L ance except an appeal to those broad humanitarian sympathies | which mak a universal over all the earth. Bishop McKim's proposal was at once approved d acted upon. The Amer- ican A tic Society headed the sub- scription list with $5000. Baron Twa- saki and Baron Mitsui also gave $5000 each. Prince Shimazu, head of -the Satsuma clan, and Prince Mori, head | of the Choshu clan, subscribed $2500 each. J. W. Copmann and D. O. Blake gave $1000 each and Count Inouve, | > Matsugata, Count Okuma and States Minister Griscom sub- scribed $500 each | | N. F. Smith, president of the Ameri- | can Asiatic Society; J. W. Copmann. | the representative in Tokio of the Standard Oil Company; B. C. Howard, of the Pacific Mail Steamship Com- pany: D. O. Blake, of the American Trading Company; Professor J. O. Swift and Count Kabayama, president | Soyeda Industrial Bank, were nted a committee to take charge | Count Matsugata proposed cheers for the Pres t of the United States, and Minister Griscom replied by calling for cheers for the Emperor of Japan. There wére demonstrations of satisfaction when the total of the subscriptions was announced and the meeting was brought to a with the singing of the national anthems of the United tes and Japan. i i AS been promoted for sinking the Tokohu Maru farther up the entrance of Port Arthur in February and of whom, he isays, the Japanese are justly proud. | JAPAN PROTESTS Ruseian warships in sinking the Japa- nese coasting steamship Hanyei Maru |1ast Saturday is deeply resented by the Japanese. In official circles#he attack {upon and the sinking of this vessel near Taichin Island are pronounced to have | been a clear violation of the neutrality | of China, besides being an act of war- tonness against a defenseless craft. The sinking of the Japanese steamship Nakamura Maru by the Russian Vladi- | vostok s=quadron near the Tsugaro | Straits is recalled. * $ } The H ei Maru was an old steam- | ship of €ixty-four tons, and had been chartered by some correspondents of a Japanese newspaper. After transferring ten Japanese and seven Chinese from the Hanyei Maru the fire of two vessels was directed upon the steamship, and one of the Russian torpedo-boat de- stroyers sent several shells through her hull. When she appeared to be sinking the Russian ships started at full speed in the direction of Port Arthur. Three of the crew of the Hanyei Maru | concealed themselves on board when the Russians came over to remove them and jater escaped in a junk from the sinking vessel. The Japanese generally pronounce this affair to be a barbarous breach of the laws of nations and of humanity. The account received from Chefu yes- terday of the sinking of the Hanyei Maru says she fell in with some Rus- sian warships on the morning of Sun- day, March 27, off the Miaotao Islands. between Port Arthur and Chefu, and was sunk by them after almost all her passengers had been removed. One pas- senger, however, and the captain and an oiler of the Hanyei Maru remained |on board. These three men are reporteq to have clung to floating wreckage un- til they were rescued by some Chinese fishermen. They eventually reached Tengchow. ————————— to-night. Loss §100,000, WAR CHARITY. memoration of the | | of the signing of | | brotherhood | MflN Y jflPflNEJ‘E flRE SLAIN IN FRONTIER ENGAGEMENTS % OVITE ARMY WILL R ~ \ THROWI UP INTRENCHMENTS s "P N§ NG HMENTS ON THE KOREAN FRONTIER SOUTH OF THE YALU RIVER, WHERE TH ST THE ATTEMPT OF THE JAPANESE FORCES T0 INVADE THE TERRITORY OF AN, =7 Skirmishing Is Continuous in the Korean District Between Pingyang and Wiju. LONDON, April 1.—The correspondent of the Daily Telegraph at Seoul reports that there is continuous skirmishing' between Pingyang and Wiju and that many Japanese have been killed. The correspondent adds that a Korean spy at Pingyang has been shot by the Japanese. The § tates military Seoul corres;mndput of the Daily Mail says the military authorities have re- quested Brigadier General Allen, United observer with the Japanese army, to return to Seoul from Pingyang until they are able to provide fitting accom- modations. 3 MAKAROFF (:l\ ES KRINIZKI CREDIT FOR THE VICTORY SEBASTOPOL, March 31.—Respond- ing to a dispatch from the commander of the Black Sea fleet congratulating him on the repulse of the last attempt of the Japanese to blockade Port Arthur, Vice Admiral Makaroff has tel- egraphed that the chief credit for the achievement is due to Lieutenant Krinizki, who commanded the torpedo- beat destroyer Silni. “A man who knows his business,” telegraphs Makaroff, in mention of Krinizki. “Through his gkill in dis- charging the torpedo the missile struck the prow of the first ship, deflecting the vessel from its course, and the other Japanese steamers followed in its wake.” WL ] Caring for Non-Combatants. WASHINGTON, March 31.—Japanese Minister Takahira was among the dip- lomats who called at the State Depart- ment to-day. He and Secretary Hay spent some time in conference upon the Far Eastern war. The Minister was anxious to know whether the Jap- anese non-combatants in Siberia had been started on their way to Berlin. American Embassador McCormick at St. Petersburg has been instructed to bring the matter to the attention of the Russian Government, and Secre- tary Hay and Takahira are now hope- ful that the Japanese will soon be safe in the hands of the Japanese Ministry at Berlin. sl s Ice Breaker at Kronstadt. KRONSTADT, March 31.—The breaker Ermak has arrived here. ice- RENEWS ALLEGATION THAT ATD WAS DENIED DROWNING SEAMEN ODESSA March 31—The Russian steamer Malaya has been quarantined at Constantinople. Consequently. the i survivors of the Variag and Koreitz, who are on board that vessel, will not arrive here until to-morrow. A letter from Chemulpo is printed here to-day describing the fight. It contains the following regarding the rescue of the crews of the Variag and Koreitz: “Before destroying their ships the Russians signaled to the forelgn war- ships to take the crews and wounded on board, yhich they readily agreed to. All of the ships sent boats to the Va- riag and Koreitz to transport the crews excepting the American cruiser Vicksburg. Although she did send a surgeon to dress the wounds, she did not take one member of the crews on board, explaining that no permis- sion to do so had been received from the American Government.” ST. PETERSBURG, March 31.—A correspondent of the Russ, who has just returned from Korea, writes that he knows from official sources that the commander of the Vicksburg did not join in the protest of the other com- manders against the Japanese entering the port to engage the Variag and Ko- reitz, and later, after the fight, when the Vicksburg sent a surgeon, his ser- vices were retused. The tone of the correspondent is very bitter, He adds that he saw the American denials of the incident when he arrived at Port Said, but that they are not convincing. He continues:’ “I saw the report of one of the cap- tains to his government, in which the HERD OF REINDEER IS WITHIN RANGE OF JAPAN'S GUNS VLADIVOSTOK, March 31.—Concern is felt here lest the herd of 3000 rein- deer, the last specimens of that animal’ now on Askold Island, which is within range of the Japanese guns, shall be destroyed. The herd is valued at half a million dollars. The horns of the ani- mals are very valuable. They are used by the Chinese as medicine. The members of the graduating class of the Oriental Institute have volun- teered to act as interpreters.in Jap- anese, Korean and Chinese for the army and navy service. RS BBy Port Arthur’s Precautions. PORT ARTHUR, March 31.—The proclamation of Lieutenant General Stoessel, commanding here, declaring all the territory lying between and in- cluded in Port Arthur and Tsichou in a state of siege, forbids all unauthor- ized persons to approach the fortifica- tions and batteries and announces that the sentries have been ordered to shoot any one who falls to obey the order. The police measures adopted at Port Arthur are excellent and perfect order is maintained. PSSR R Will Give Warship to Czar. KIEFF, Russia, March 31.—A society has been formed here for the purpose of collecting money for the construc- tion of a torpedo cruiser, to be named the Klieff, which will be presented to the Governjent. action of the Americans was set forth clearly and categorically in its true color.” MAIN EVENTS OF WAR DURING MARCH MARCH 6.—Vladivostok was bombarded at long range by a Japanese squadrm the forts making no reply. Little damage was done in the town. MARCH 7.—Admiral Togo's fleet bombarded Port Arthur and Dalny. MARCH 10.—One Japanese and one Russian torpedo-boat were sunk in an engagement off the entrance to the harbor at Port Arthur. the forts and the town. Afterward there was a short bombardment of MARCH 21.—Admiral Togo reappeared before Port Arthur, bombarding at intervals from midnight until 11 o’clock in the forenoon. Japanese troops suppressed a rising of Koreans near Gensan, killing five natives and wounding twenty-five. MARCH 27.—The Russian authorities at Newchwang proclaim martial law. MARCH 28.—A second attempt by the Japanese to block the channel at Port Arthur by sinking merchant steamships ended in failure, the Russians destroying four vesSels before they reached the harbor entrance. In a land engagement at Chongju, Korea, the Russians lost three killed and fifteen wounded and the Japanese five kxlled and thirteen wounded. The Russian force retired. fi——-——wv—————-——-—-——————-—-—-———-—-—————————-——-——* with the local authorities. i The correspondent TROUPS POUR INTO RUSSIAN WAR' CAMIPS Four Thousand Men Are Ar- riving Daily at the Town of Harbin. i Proceqd at Once to the Men- aced Stations on the Frontier. Czar Has Not Yet Ceased Sending Reinforcements to Manchuria. PARIS, April 1.—The Matin’s corre- spondent at Harbin says troops are ar- riving continuously, each day seeing 4000 decsend toward E irbin and farther south in Manchuria by road and rail. says that more sotnias of Cossacks are expected. The Journal this morning vrints an | interview which its correspondent in St. Petersburg has had with Secretary Ou of the Chinese legation there, who is in daily communication with Peking. The secretary said that China was de- | termined to remain neutral so long as the Chinese frontiers were respected. Considerable excitement, the secretary | said, had been caused by Chinese who | were creating disturbances within 'hef area of military operations. All was | quiet in Southern China, where the re- lations between the Chinese and the European residents continued to be| good. The secretary added that the re-| ports to the effect that the Japanese were enlisting Chinese were untrue. | The St. Petersburg correspondent of | the Echo de Paris says that the wife nf\ one of General Kuropatkin's nrderl)\ officers hag received a telegram from her husband saying that the general‘ staff does not believe that there will be | great battle before September. The Russian troops in Manchuria, in- | cluding Port Arthur and Viadivostok, now number 245,000, and the total may be 300,000 by the end of April and 500,000 by September, when, if the Japanese | have not crossed the Yalu, General| Kuropatkin - will advance and drive | them out of Korea. The only fear in high quarters, ac-} cording to the writer, is the inability | of China to restrain the mass of her\ troops or to prevent troops I&nding in | a Chinese port in the event of Japanese | successes. General Kuropatkin has telegraphed General Mishtchenko to aveid any en-| gagements in Which the gecurity of the Russian side would be uncertain. ST s MANCHURIA ABLE TO FEED ENTIRE RUSSIAN ARMY ST. PETERSBURG, March/31.—The Chief of the Commissariat, Rostkovsky, says that not a pound of meat or bread is being sent to Manchuria, as the cat- | tle and grain available there are more than sufficient for the demand. Enormous herds and stores of flour are being concentrated at Harbin. About 500,000 boxes of tinned meats will be kept at Irkutsk for the out- going troops and railroad men. All the tinned meats are being put up in St. Petersburg and Riga according to a German process, by which the con- tents can be served hot without the use of fire, the tin being placed in another filled with hot water and hav- ing a false bottom containing a car- bide mixture, which is forced into the water when it is desired to do so and brings the contents of the inner can to a boiling point. For sinking Japanese merchantmen in Sungari Straits at the opening of the war $75,000 has been distributed in prize money to the crews of the four cruisers of the Vladivostok squadron. The Invaild Russ, the army organ, concludes from General Mishtchenko's reports that the Javanese are contin- uing their concentration and gradually advancing on their way to Wiju, their advance guard being at Kahsan and their outposts ten miles farther north. The paper declines to predict the fu- ture phases of the Japanese advance upon the Yalu. In connection with the activity of the Chinese along the Shanhaikwan Railroad, the Bourse Gazette warns the powers of the unreliability of Chi- nese neutrality, and says it believes they are making a serious mistake, de- claring that the Celestials are going to astonish the world when the world least expects it. The Gazette further declares it to be the duty of the powers to take col- lective action to strengthen the pressure at Peking in ‘order to compel the non-participation of China in the war, and concludes: g “Russia cannot forever play the soli- tary watchdog of civilization in the Far East.” The Novoe Vremya advises the Gov- ernment to protest against the viola- | in the} tion of the Geneva convention hoisting of Red Cross flags to protect the Japanese troops in the fight at Chongju. The Russ thinks Marine Minister Yamamoto's speech on Tuesday last before the Japanese Parliament about the difficulties encountered at Port Ar- thur was designed to throw the Rus- sians off their guard, and believeg the Japanese will do evervthing in their power to take Port Arthur, because: if they fail, the Japanese will be feduced solely to a land campaign in Korea. PRTERRT RS Mandju Incident Is Closed. SHANGHAI March 31.—The Japan- ese cruiser Akitsushima left here to- day, the dismantlement of the Russian gunboat Mandjur, which was fn Chi- nese waters when the war broke out and which remained here, having been completed in accordance with the agreement arrived at on the subject | causes. SLAV FORCE WILL STRIKE FIRST BLOW Russian Commander Is Ex- pected to Attack Below the Yaiu. Wiil Not Wait for the Japa- nese to Advance to the River. St. Petershurg Hears of Plot to Overthrow the Ko- i rean Dynasty. ——— and New York by the New York Cable to The Call Copyright, 1064, He:ald Publishing Compans ST. PE Thi‘\ll R(, March 31.—The prompt departure of General Kuropat- kin for Liaoyang int reted here as confirming the opinion of those who believed that, instead of waiting for | the Japanese to advance, as popularly believed, he will at once proceed to attack the enemy in Korea. To-day St. Petersburg is full of re- ports. One is that the Mikado is go- ing to Seoul to head his staff. is | Another tells of the discovery of & | plot to overthrow the Korean dynasty, while a third reports the arrival of 100,000 Japanese at inkan. Finally comes the most unnecessary assertion that Sweden has no aggressive inten- tlon, her modest warlike demonstra- tions being merely what she deems | necessary for the preservation of her rights of neutrality and not in any way meant as pin pricks for Russia. CHEFU, March 31 (from Chemulpo, March 28).—The lull in operations of the Japanese land forces, which, except for slight skirmishes in the vicinity of the Yalu River, have not yet come into touch with the enemy, is due to two First, the weather, which by the breaking up of the ice and the melt- ing snows has caused a state of affairs which is seriously hampering the Japa- | nese movements. Naturally this condi- tion was foreseen by the Japanese; nev< ertheless it is much worse than was an- ticipated. The landing of troops has been a tedious and dangerous proceed- ing, which has not progressed with the dispatch expected. Secondly, the Mi- kado's forces are advancing in most circumspect and methodical fashion. Each step is carefully taken. They leave behind them bases of stores, pro- visions and ammunition, While at the same time ingratiating themselves as far as possible with the natives and overcoming oppésition wherever it is manifested. CASSINT NOTIFIES WASHINGTON OF MAKAROFF'S ORDER WASHINGTON, March 31.—Rus- sian Embassador Cassini to-day ad- dressed the following communication to Secretary Hay: “By order of my Government I have to inform your excellency that the following announcement has just been made by the commander in chief of the Russian fleet in the Pacific Ocean: “ ‘Any public or private vessel navi- gating waters in which military operations are carried on and detected at night without stopping. and which, after warning by the firing of a gun, will not show its colors, will be con< sidered as an enemy and sunk.”” e Japan May Buy More ‘Warships. BERLIN, March 31.—That Japan already is planning for a rapid re- newal of her fleet as soon as the con- flict with Russia is ended Is inferred from a journey made by the Japanese naval attache, Count Takikawa, and a number of higher Japanese officers to the Stettin shipyards to-day. 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