The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 13, 1904, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY. MAY 13, 1904, 3 WARSHIPS GUARD VESSELS LANDI Close to Port | Arthur. * Japanese Amazed at Foe’s Poor Fighting. s T R Ca 'he Daily the fol- Chefu date: eastern coast the dispatch | i to port this| of the coast in Arthur is carefull e fleet. Tor- | ing the landing th was stopped three times 1 cers were patch boat's | he boarding | h the great- ROUTE FOR SIBERIAN MAIL. Changes Are sia to Made at Request of Rus« Avoid Capture. has NG TAPAN'S SECOND ARMY -+ v ordar lowir for neral stal emploves v, was issued | e Departmer nd until further ord a and Man- | or- | ST. PET BU May 12—A my tery which most skilled military experts have been baffled to solve is how it was that the Japanese cut off Port Arthur and how soon after com- h e evion | munication was again opened. The S thence via | matter has been explained to me by ce ports to a Sibe-|an officer of the intelligence depart- | ment who said it was simple. P | The raiiw was never cut by the RULING PROVES WRONG. Japanese. All the force were O d y' completing operations for Tin Plate and Tea Lead Are Not Con- nding under adverse cir- difficuit umstances in & typhoon at Pitzewo. Meanwhile Hunchuses, who appeared raid to cut traband of War. 12.—Several a se Government he damage they o5 3 onge do was slight and was - wonderful Journal, 1s that a muni- The i | view of th T & brisk rally. gorc a point nusually chee e of the knowledge that ision is nearing Hai- Japane: cheng, and heavy artillery is being | & A Janded by the Japanese with a view to S Depar hombardmen Port Arthur, fre i ssian is being rap- to = idly noved from ewchwang and o | Yinkow 5 of the Ar-| A general attached to the head- . firs and | quarters’ staff, whom 1 asked to-day Yo of & -MER | what another defeat for the Russian troops would mean, replied “Merely The prolongation of the war.’ Emperor will go to Moscow Sat- y_for victory at the Trin- Monastery, and thence, ADVERTISEMENTS. »well to the Tenth and Seventeenth Army Corps, previous to their depart- ure for the Far East. It is learned from the highest source | that the Emperor is exceedin anx- jous to go to the front. To his inti- mates recently he has spoken much on | the subject, but he realized that condi- tions of state demand his presence at home. Nevertheles not con- dered impossible follow e example of all th ff dynas- ¥ during this last and un- | dergo his baptism of fire. To fight with t rmy is « £ traditions of his Sy wvould have an imperial headquarters, taking with him all the members of bis military cabinet. Being on the spot the Emperor would more easily advise Did you ever play with |General Kuropatkin in the event of P It any question of great military moment g burning glass which he might desire to submit to his doesn’t make the sun Majesty. el Ay any hotter. It just brings REPORTS ARE DISCREDITED. the rays to a point, soO they sizzle. Same with thinking. Weak, spread-out thoughts get nothing Story of Battle at Wufungtien Not Believed in Shanhaikwan. SHANHAIKWAN, May 12.—A report been fighting at Wufungtien is dis- credited here. It is reported that there is only a small Japanese force in that done. | vicinity. The main force of the Japan- “ ” kes your ese is said to be concentrating near FORCE” ma " Port Arthur, with siege guns, and thoughts come sharp to a point——and burn a hole in things. | their intention is believed to be to at- | tempt a repetition of the strategy of {the naval and military forces of the | United States before Santiago, and to drive the Russian fleet out to battle. . | There is no news here of the where- {abouts of the first Japanese army | corps Three hundred and fifty Russian sol- | diers are at Newchwang and that city |is quiet. Most of the white women who 'rkfl]dfid at Newchwang have gone to Tientsin, but the white men remain | there. . t The censorship at Newchwang is se- vere. United States Censul Miller has not been allowed to answer Minister What makes the world, gc round in business; almost the Conger’'s request for a statement as to the local rituation. Firing is reported tc have been heard to-day south of Newchwang. AT TROOPS ARE IDENTIFIED. Russian Forces in Battle of Spoken of in Dispatches. SEOUL, Korea, May 12, 1:30 p. m. According to the latest official reports received here the Russian force which attacked Anju was part of General Mandaritoff’s fiving column’ of 600 Transbaikal and 100 Ussuri Cossacks. most serious work of man ic business; and business aver- ages rather crooked. There i no straighter thing in the world than Schilling’s Best; a your grocer’s. Anjn in Czar’s Army Sheds Light o a Port Arthur Mystery. off | days, to Kharkoff, to bid | Shou finally conclude .to e Emperor. would not assume command of troops, but | received from London that there has | | nl 2 ! | Thege troops came from Liaoyang an were covering twenty-five miles a day | Prisoners say that the force had pro- | vistons for only twelve days and that half the men refused to fight. During the engagement Japanese sharpshooters picked off several Rus- sian officers. | | | | | Lol | FACE SLOW STARVATION. Foreigners in the Vicinity of Viadivos- § tok Are Short of Supplies. | PORTLAND, May 12.—A special to the Telegram from Victoria, B. C,, says: Increasing hardships and very real distress are the portion of the unfor- | tunate foreigners who elected to remaln in the vicinity of Viadivostok, accord- ing to P. Crompton of that city, who | was among the passengers on the Em- | Al gners were requested to | : outbreak of the war unless thoroughly well provisioned. Quite a number, including many Japanese, re- | mained rather than sacrifice their busi- | ness interests, but quickly learned that | their proven possession of sufficient | supplies to meet the governmental re- | quirement was but regarded as an in- | vitation to the Russian troops to plun- ;dPr them wantonl | | Virtually all the Japanese, with many others, were forced to flee to Hab- orovsk, the manager of the Russo- Chinese Bank of Vladivostok leading {the exodus. There the little colony of refugees is facing slow starvation, such feod supplies as are available being held for military uses and only secur- able by civillans at fabulous prices. The Haborovsk unfortunates have re- !cently sent representations of their | condition to the Japanese and British | consular representatives, with requests | for immediate aid. ek SO £ REPORT HEAVY EXPLOSIONS. Junk Brings in News to Chemulpo of Sounds at Sea. SEOUL, Korea, May 12, | A jurk that has arrived at Chemulpo brings a report that heavy explosions were heard at sea early this morning. | It is believed here that these explo- | sions occurred either at Port Arthur | or Dalny. An American miner who left Anju on May 8 hassarrived here and re-| ports that a force of 2900 Russians re- cently spent the night at Unsan. He says also that large bodies of Russian troops were reported to be in that vi- cinity. Reports of fighting were received here to-day, but they lack confirma- tion, 8:30 p. m.— — PORT ARTHUR NOT OPEN. ’\'lcemy Alexiefi’s Report Regarding | Situation Is Denied From Tokio. TOKIO, May 12—Officlal inquiry shows that Viceroy Alexieff’s report | that railroad communication with Port Arthur has been restored since Monday is untrue. According to an official report the { Russian casualties in the fighting at | Anju on May 10 amounted to over fifty { m One officer and twelve men were killed; the others were wounded. The Russians engaged numbered 700 and were from the Fifteenth Cossack Regi- ment. They reached Liaoyang by train and marched thence to Anju. “A ma- Jority of the enemy disliked fighting the Japanese,” the official report says, “and their morale is low.” b 288 L L IS OVER-SUBSCRIBED. New York Banks Extend Time for Getting Japanese Bonds. NEW YORK, May 12.—Kuhn, Loeb & Co., the National City Bank and the National Bank of Commerce announce that the Imperial Japanese Govern- ment 6 per cent sterling loan has al- ready been heavily over-subscribed, but that, to accommodate out of town subscribers the subscription list will be kept open until 11 o’'clock to-mor- row morning. LONDON, May 12.—Subscriptions to the Japanese loan of $50,000,000 closed at 4 p. m. It was estimated that the loan was Over-subscribed twenty times. There was a great rush to subscribe, there being an enormous number of applications for small amounta, LOAN | one battalion of infantry | mountain type, | sea | force of the enemy )F_DALNY, NEAR TI BY 'ADVANCI STERN TERMINAL PORT ARTHUR, WHICH HAS BEEN DESTROYED BY THE RUSSIANS TO G JAPANESE COLUMNS. THE ILLUSTRATION SHOWS THE SHORE FRONT OF THE TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY. PRE- AND '|One Hundred Thousand Japanese With Fifty Gun Reported on ST. PETERSBUR May 12.—Gen, eral Karkevitch, in a dispatch to the general staff, s that on May 8 part of the Japanese vanguard appeared in | the valley of the Sedzo River and that ! a copsiderable body of the enemy con- | tinues to occupy D¢uanmyo. Another apparently of and half a squadron of cavalry, is situated about five miles north of Takushan. Other information May 10 a Japanese force of 100,000 in- fantry and fifty guns, chiefly of the halted for the day at Hungkiapuszo and advanced on May 11 toward Siuyen. Another telegram received by the general staff from Gen- eral Karkevitch says: “On May 4 some sixty Japanese ransports and warships. appeared a between Pitzewo and Cape Termin- al. Detachments of sharpshooters were sent to reconncitre and a small detach- ment of infantry was sent. The troops sent to reconnoitre announced that the Japanese were landing in Kinchau Bay near the mouth of the Tchengyu River and were posting a division of 10,000 men in the neighboring villages. The Russian population was withdrawn from Pitzewo. “Having fulfilled its task our small detachment, composed t | detachment retired on the evening of | May but met en route a superior and took another The detachment was pursued by 5, road. | the Japanese for a distance of six miles and our casualties were one sharp- shooter wounded. “The Japanese on the evening of May 5 sent two regiments toward Tansia- fang and also two detachments south and west of the points of disembarka- tion. “Japanese scouts appeared at 8 o'clock on the morning of May 6 at Polandien and then Japanese infantry came up and opened fire on a mail train bound north, but without result, “The Japanese evacuated Polandien May 7, probably because a great storm began to gather and also because they feared being cut off. “A small detachment of Russian cav- alry effected a reconnoissance toward Sanchilipu, Pitzewo and Wufungtien, covering sixty-five miles. The railway is still free of the enemy. “Japanese detachments consisting of one to one and a half companies each indicates, that on | S| e the March to Town of Siuyen. kept watch and passed the night east the railway. They then proceeded | southwest. “Our detachment having covered seven miles northwest of Pitzewo, ad- vanced to within three-quarters of a mile of a fortification under con- struction, which was occupied by a Japaneese infantry company. During a fusillade one of the guards was killed. “According to Chinese information | 20,000 Japanese landed east of Pitzewo with field artillery and siege guns and { Pitzewo was occupied by 1500 men. “A Javanese detachment of four or five comparmies on May 9 attacked our posts near Shihei, killing four of our frontier guards and wounding eight. “‘On May 8 the Japanese left the railway line and communication with Port Arthur was re-established. “On May 9 a squadron of the | enemy’s cavalry approached within | fifteen miles of Wufungtien, but turned back on meeting our scouts. “The village of Tantsiafang was found occupied by a detachment con- sisting of cavalry, artillery and infan- try. Cannon fire was opened by the Japanese on coming into contact with our small detachment, which had penetrated within three miles of Pitzewo.” 100,000,000 rubles, but in order to avoid expending the effective capital at the risk of a disturbance of the money in | circulation and, as the Government | wishes to see Russia at the end of the | war in the same financial position as| before the outbreak of hostilities, the | Finance Minister has considered it | necessary to have recourse to an ex- ternal loan. “By imperial order of May 12 for an | increased war fund the issue of a 5| per cent external loan for a short term | kas been decided upon with a nominal | capital of 300,000,000 rubles, or $00,000,- €60 francs, under the title of 5 per cent | stated exchequer bonds of 1904, free forever from Russian taxes. On May | 14, 1909, these bonds will be redeem- | able at the issue price and must be presented for redemption in Paris. ““The flotation of the loan is entrust- ed to The Netherlands Bank, the Credit Lyonaise and Hottinger & Co. of Paris.” The statement published in the for- | eign press that after this loan another will be issued in Germany is officially declared to be without foundation. A 2 ANARCHIST PLOT. DENY VIENNA, May 12.—Nothing is known here of the reports, published in the United States yesterday, of an alleged anarchist conspiracy to blow up Rus- sian fortresses and military depots, a plot against the life of M. von Plehwe, the Russian Minister of the Interior, of a plot against the life.of the Russian Emperor. Possibly the reports originated in the vague rumors of anarchist plots which were circulat- ed here last week and which have since been contradicted e e o ide | Official Statement Petersburg Regarding Amount. ST. PETERSBURG, May 12.— The following statement has been officlally communicated to the press: “The war which broke out in spite of the peaceful intentions of = Russia Issues From St. found the finances of the empire in a satisfactory position. The effective capital of the exchequer, which at the beginning of the year amounted to 182,000,000 rubles, has been more than doubled up to the present by reason of the diminution of the budget ex- penses. Now the whole sum at the dis- posal of the exchequer exceeds 300,000, 000 rubles. & “Despite this, the war expenditure must be very considerable, and on this account it has been thought prudent to digcover a new method for providing most careful treatment. His cure, the ) funds. These funds might be borrowed | doctors say. will be a difficult and from the state bank to the extent of tedious process. ST. PETERSBURG, May 12.—Grand | Duke Cyril's nervous system and his heart are somewhat seriously affected as the result cf his experiences at the | time of the blowing up of the battle- ship Petropaviovsk off Port Arthur on | April 13. The official report of his med- ical attendants says the Grand Duke will require the closest attention and {General | was in excellent spirits and confid | of being able to hold for nine months |a year against any GRAND DUKE CYRIL ILL. | \ of the Declines Offer of More Troops. Stoessel Thinks Fortress Is Im- pregnable. ST. PETERSBURG, May 12, 9:50 p. m.—It is evident from a private letter written by an artillery officer at Port Arthur, dated April 20, that Gemera Stoessel, the Russian commander there, was then daily expecting the cut- | ting off of his communications. The officer reported that everything was { ready to withstand a siege, and ex | pressed surprise that the enemy had delayed so long. He said the fortress was practicaily impregnable, adding that there was a triple row of forts around the Port Ar- | thur glacis, each position being fronted by a moat, with a hedge of barbed wire beyond, with bomb-proofs beb al the batteries. The officer furt - clared that they had plenty of suppl and ammunition and that the garrison number of enemy, even if they possessed siege guns. General Kuropatkin offered General Stoessel reinforcements, but the latter declined them, saying he had enough men and did not care to run the risk of an epidemic as the result o overcrowding. Information reaching the general staff indicates that there is much si ness among the enemy’s troops in Ko- th rea; typhus, especially, is said to be rampant. The Ministry of War has received the following dispateh from Major General Pflung, dated May 11: ‘According to information receive: May 10 from Fengwangcheng, or of the guards divisions advanced along the Haicheng road and about a divi- sion and 2500 cavalry were to advanc by the Fengwangcheng road to Sa- matra “Up to the present time there has been discovered at Kwan Tien Sien ad- | vance guards consisting of a battali of infantry and three squadrons of cavalry with a mounted battery. “According to reports received, the Japanese troops who before May 7 were in the neighborhood of Fengw cheng were disposed of in two sections, the first a day’'s march to the south west of Fengwangcheng road and the second on the lower course of tb | Tayang Rlver. The latter commenced to cross on the same day “There i8 no precise information to hand regarding the enemy’s f which have landed at Pitzewo.” i et TIBETANS USE SOLID SHOT 1 British Mission Camp of Gwangtse Is Bombarded From Distance. GYANGTSE, Tibet, May 10 (de- layed in transmission.)—The Tibetans th have taken the offensive against British mission camp here. From fort about six furiongs away they steadily bombarding the camp with a half dozen guns carrying solid cannon balls of a pound weight | Another large gathering of Tibetans is reported from the Rong Valley, an although the British communications in the rear are still open, the mission !is practically besieged. —o TO FORTIFY SESTOBETZ. BERLIN, May 12.—According to advices from reliable sources Russia will in a short time strongly fortify the town of Sestobetz, on the Gulf o Finland, eighte miles from St. Pet- ersburg and opposite Kronstadt. One hundred and twenty guns will be mounted. Sappers are at Sestobetz preparing this work for the protection Neva and the capital. ADVERTISEMENTS. Here are two garments for sum- mer wear. On warm days there is comfort in a two-piece suit of homespun or flannel. 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