The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 25, 1904, Page 2

2 WASHINGTON IS ASKED TO AID LONDON Moral Support of‘? United States | Desired. Slav Ships‘May Be| Stopped and | Sent Back., | The Call HOTEL BARTON Oct The firing | 1 trawling fleet by the squadron may develop us intident than was probable. The af- | brought before the | e AT W. C. Hamm, the Consul at Hull, | hich he Tonfirmed the press dis- s and told of the intense excite- ingland. Later in the day | ficial inquiry from the iment as to the American case and .an informal sug- | joint action under certain The Britith Government | it is a question for the | ecide whether, in the in- utral commerde and to pre- possibility of further slaugh- of neut it is not advisable for owers to Stop the progress of the d the incompetence and n condition of its officers. eertain, according to the n Washington, that even y from Russia, with | aration and a promise that the 1ot be repeated, will w of the case, for the rent is thoroughly anger of a continuance as was displayed by the North Sea. There cation that if England was support of other neutral uld hold the Russian r at Gibraltar or at the f the Suez canal, and com- return to Russian witers, v d be out of the way of harm | ure of the affair which ed to-night by the officials. They be- the question which has been brought up by England is to be raised officially and doubt as to just what an- | ns in w ¥y is worriéd by the fear t will tke a very se- i depressed by the danger s to localize the paught. If there is the Russian fear that t »e intercepted by Jap- abm. s, or torpedo boats long t reaches its destination, with for e s g far outside of the zone to it was agreed to confine hostili- es, there is no_ telling where the pread of the war will end, in the opin- f Hay e conditions which have re- he North Sea episode, Hay gard a general European rly so much of an iMipos- he 4id before. If England ssume an attitude ef open Russia, the Czar would im- ly call on France to join forces ia, under the terms of their and defensive treaty. This | probably would drag Germany into the conflict, for there seems to be a secret | und ding between the Czar and the r that is very complete { e DONATION. offensive Ka KING MAKF One Thousand Dollars for Families of Hull Vietims, | LONDON, Oct. 24.—King Edward has sent to the Mayor of Hull $1000 as his donation for the families of the victims of the North Sea firing incident Premier Balfour has telegraphed to the Mayor of Hull as follows: “Your telegrams received. You may ull confidence in the Govern- s action.” - )epartment to-day by a report | t, on account of its misman- | | | was greatly | cruiser } — TACKED BY LONDON ROWDIES. DIPLOMATS WHO HAVE CHARGE OF THE NEGOTIATIONS RESULTING FROM THE NORTH SEA AFFAIR, AND RUSSIAN EMBASSADOR WHO WAS AT- British Warships Receive Orders to H Themselves in Readiness to~Sail. - | — old 1 Continued From Page 1, Column 2. 11:30 o'clock to-night the ‘Admiraity announced that it had not yet received a report. At the same hour the Foreign Office issued a statement expressing the re- grets of the Government for the de- plorable incident, but explaining that no formal action was possible until Admiral Rojestvensky's official report of the affair had been received. The purpose of the Government to make amends, if Rojestvensky shall be found to have been in fdult, has been proclaimed in every Government de- partment. Emperor Nicholas himself aggrieved when he heard the news, while he was inspecting the reg at Kronstadt this after- noon, afld Foreign Minister Lamsdorff expressed to Embassador Hardinge his deepest personal regrets. The Russian embassy in London also has been directed to convey similar ex- | pressions to the Government of Great Britain. It is felt that this is all that can possibly be done, pending the re- ceipt of Admiral Rojestvensky’s state- ment. That a ,horrible blunder has been committed is recognized and deplored | everywhere, and nowhere has an at- ADVERTISEMENTS. Tee Economy Offers unpreceden ted opportunities. Dozens of articles of unquestioned merit at from one-fourth to one-third less their regular value. This is a department where all Odd Pieces and discontinued patterns are placed to make room for the $10.00 Ecamel Bed. $6.75 new goods. $19.50 Extension T#. $15.00 Parlor lel; . Hundreds of other articles at equally tempting prices. —_—— If you are looking for an odd piece to complete the furnishing of your home, something suitable for a Wedding or Aaniversary gift, this department of- fers opportunities to be found in no other store, — tendpt been made to justify the firing upop innocent fishermen. It is felt | that Rojestvensky is too good a man | and officer to be summarily condemned. { It is agreed that he is entitled to a ihflarlng‘ but even the Admiralty re- gretfully admits that it is at a loss to understand what explanation could | Justify such an apparently coldblooded act as the affair is made to appear by foreign reports. It developed during the day that the Admiralty had strong reason to believe that an attempt would bé made against the squadron during its passage through the Great Belt or the English Channel. So specific was the informa- tion that-even the present crisis has not diverted attention from the pos- sibility of such an attack yet occurring. The failure of the steam trawlers, with their nets out, to obey the signals from the Russian warships or the nervous- ness of some officer who imagined that fishermen working with their nets in | the water were laying mines may have | been responsible for the blunder. As soon as the facts are established t is certain that the Russian Govern- ment will voluntarily offer the fullest reparation. It is hinted that the Em- peror to-morrow will send a formal | message to King Edward conveying his profound sorrow for the incident and offering to make what reparation is possible as soon as the responsibility can be fixed. These advance assur- ances, it is hoped, will be. met in an | amjcable spirit by Great Britain. j e DEMANDS OF BRITISH PRESS. }’l{dilorluls Insist Upon Punishment of Russlan Officers. 5 LONDON, Oct. 24.—The feature of the editorial articles in the newspapers this morning is a practically unanimous de- mand that the Government insist upon the punishment of the Russian officers responsible for the Dogger Bank affair as the only possible assurance against a recurrence of the kind. Without this, it is argued, the seas will be unsafe for any peaceful vessel. King Edward’s telegram characteriz- ing the affair as “unwarrantable” is considered to reflect well the national temper and the fact that his Majesty hazs taken the unusual course to thus interfere in a diplomatic matter gives the greatest satisfaction, as emphasiz- ing the exceptionally grave nature of the crisis. Regret is expressed that there should have been any demonstration againat Count Benckendorff, the Russian Em- bassador, who personally is credited with friendly feelings toward Great Britain. The Standard declares that such a foolish demonstration is not worth talking about. The Daily News claims to have ob- tained the following statement from Count Benckendorff: “I am ill with the fatigue of a long Journey and anxiety, but I authorize you to say for me to the people of Eng- land that I am absolutely certain that what occurred was a deplorable acci- —+ Mob’s Action Complicates Situation LONDON, Oct. 24.—Count Bencken- dorff, the Russlan Embassador, re- turned to London to-night from cele- brating his silver wedding anniversary with his wife’s relatives in Silesia and barely escaped assault from a crowd at the Victoria station, which followed him almost into the embassy. Fortu- pately for the issue of peace or war nothing resulted; yet, throughout the night, a specfal force of police was compelled to guard the Russian em- bassy. Count Benckendorff has been always regarded in official circles here as a friend of peace and he was as much opposed as wag§ Count Lamsforff to t Russo-Japanese war.. Indeed, he islalmost an Anglophile in sentiment. There 18 no doubt that Count Benck- endorff was deeply hurt by to-night's demonstration. After escaping from the hostile crowd that met him at the station he drove at a gallop- to the embassy. Half a_dozen rowdies fol- lcwed, but the Embassador arrived un- harmed. ' His noisy pursuers encount- ered a cordon of police that had been hurriedly dispatched to guard the em- bassy. After singing “Rule Britannia” the disturbers dispersed, no arrests be- ing made, but the police continued to guard the embassy as if it were a British fortress. With such vigilance did they carry out their task that when Prince Sviato- polk-Mirsky, a cousin of the new Rus- sian Minister of the Interior and sec- ond secretary of the embassy, arrived he had hard work getting in. Count Benckendorff had telegraphed to him to come to the embassy to write a long cipher message to St. Petersburg de- scribing to-night's hostile demonstra- tion. In reply to a request for some statement to the press the Embassador sent word that he could say nothing, but it was gathered that he had sent a dispatch to St. Petersburg which may add to the existing delicacy of the situation. Prince Sviatopolk-Mirsky said: “The attack on the trawlers was ob- viously either an act of war or a great mistake. No sensible man can now think it was an act of war, and there- | fore it was a mistake, and when you have made a mistake all you can do is to apologize and pay for it. Neither the trawlers nor the affair of to-night is likely to produce a clash between two powers who have every reason, from a selfish point of view, to pre- serve peace between themselves.” § el it EXPECTED A NIGHT ATTACK. Rojestvensky Informed That Japanese Were Arming Fishing Boats. PARIS, Oct. 24.—The action of the Russian second Pacific squadron in firing on and sinking British fishing boats has roused intense interest in official circles and among the public generally here. The officials say that Russia will undoubtedly make an im- mediate explanation and apology and pay an ample indemnity. While it is sald that this will probably relieve the affair from grave international results, yet, the officials say, it will further strain the relations between Great Britain and Russia and emphasize the growing animosity of the British peo- ple inst Russia. At the Russian embassy it is ex- plained that the squadron at Port Arthur has been reproached for lack of diligence, resulting in the initial disaster. This led to the adoption of measures of extreme precgution. The Russian authorities recently were in- formed“that the Japanese spy service was organizing, particularly at Stock- holm, plans for arming merchantmen and fishing boats for the purpose of torpedoing the Russian ships. The Russlan officers fully expected such attacks and therefore were constant- ‘ly_looking out for floating mines and other destructive agencies. It is also declared that Japanese were detected prowling near the Russian hospital ship Orel at Toulon. 5 T NEL TR dent and nothing else. My regret and my country’s regret it is, I am sure, unnecessary to speak of.” ' phaibosie e ACTIVITY AT ESQUIMALT. England’s Pacific Squadron Is Ordered to Concentrate. VICTORIA, . B. C.,, Oct. 24—It f{s learned from officlals at Esquimalt to- night that orders have been received from Admiralty headquarters directing the immediate tion of the tire Pacific squadron at uE.lguh&nu, s waters, has been ordered to rn at once instead of - < proceeding to Val- paraiso. There is much activity at the imperial barracks. naval station and A Guaranteed Cure for B ' & RUSSIAN LOSSES INCREASE. | TOKIO, Oct. 24—The Jupaness headquarters to-day published fol- lowing report, received yesterday: nce the last telegram referring the enemy’s dead, the bodies left 0‘: ;.:fi fleld h;‘u been lner-‘::% to the lowing: Found by the it i 5200; found by the left army, a‘r'uo;'v: found by capture: ST. official The number of totals 709.” returns of 000. The Russians anese at Lone Tree Hil the center army, 2530; total, prisoners RSBURG, Oct. 24.—The the Russian losses recefved up to date do not exceed 30,- hurlde 1500 Jap- THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1904. BRITAIN ASKS AMERICA 70 JOIN IN COMPELLINC RUSSIAN FLEET 70 RETURN HOME! KUROPATKIN IS ORDERED TO ADVANCE Czar Again Spurs |Rider of Donkey Killed by the General .to Action. Port Arthur Must ~ Be Relieved at Any Cost. Special Cable to The Call and New York Herald. Copyright, 1904, By the New York Herald Publishing Company. ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 24—The Czar has again given General Kuropat- kin the order that Port Arthur must be reached at any price. The coming struggle, when word _to advance is given, is sure to be far more obstinate and bloodthirsty than the last. The Harbin hospitals are being again cleared and the cccupants sent forth. A correspondent from the front says the enemy is so close that if even a head is shown it is a signal for a hun- dred rifle shots. The order for mobilization in March calls for 300,000 troops, alsa all the re- serve officers in the empire. I am told that Kaulbars has refused to command the first army. k. Both armies are heavily entrenching along the Shdkhe River, although it Is believed General Kuropatkin will order the forward movement at an early mo- ment, unless heavy Japanese reinforce- ments compel him to resume the defen- sive. Reports that Japanese reinforce- ments are arriving, taken in connection with the enforced inactivity of the Russian forces on account of the weather, are felt to be a grave factor in the situation. There is reason to believe that the Japanese are drawing heavily on'the Port Arthur army, as well as upon Japan, in the hope of ob- taining a numerical superiority that will enable Field Marshal Oyama to in- flict a crushing blow upon Genegal Ku- ropatkin when hostilities are resumed. Emperor Nicholas has received the following dispatch from General Kuro- patkin, dated October 23: “The night of October 22-23 passed quietly. At 9 o’clock this morning the whole of our volunteer sharpshooters harassed the enemy, while the Japan- ese tried to attack our outPosts, but were evervwhere repulsed by the Rus- eian fire.” e RUSSIAN ARMY ADVANCING. Karopatkin’s Left Columns Again Cross the Shakhe River. MUKDEN, Oct. 24—The Russian forces on the left again crossed the Shakhe River on October 21, and are now pushing forward toward the Jap- anese positions, entrenching as they advance. At the same time Russian batteries are continually bombarding the Japanese, who can be plainly seen busily engaged fin the making of trenches. * This plan of the Russians, to en- trench as they advance, was adopted because it was found in the recent big battle that it was impossible to ad- vance without some protection in the face of the Japanese shrapnel fire. The Russian batteries are now bet- ter screened than.they were in former engagements, but the troops on both sides, apparently, make no great ef- forts to conceal themselves. The Russian and J-panese armies are now separated by less than four miles and the whole field of operations of both armies can be plainly seen. The question of fuel is becoming a serious one. The greater part of the Chinese corn has already been used for fuel and for fodder, while most of the houses in the Chinese villages have been destroyed and their wood used for fuel. Without fuel and without shelter beyond that provided by tents, it seems impossible for the armies to re- main in the fleld during the increasing cold weather. SioF SRR ¢ RUSSIAN WRITER IS BOLD. Attributes Russian Reverses to Re- strictions Upon Liberty. ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 24.—A re- markable study of the war and its problems by M. Petrousskevitch, a well known writer, appears in the Pravo, a weekly paper, and is attract- ing a good deal of attention. He bold- ly maintains that Russia's reverses are due to the restrictions placed on the liberties of the nation, declaring that, whatever the outcome of the struggle with Japan, Russia will win a victory for jconstitutionalism. He adds: 3 The war has glaringly revealed the cause of the evil and has showed the hopeless condi- tion to which a great nation, may be brought by the devrivation of all fuéedom of thought, feeling and action. The bureaucracy, possess- ing all the strings of irresponsible power, keeps the l¢ under a tutelage which has mever Arbitrary methods flon \aw. and_ never made the country feel its powef so painfully, as during the past few years, Such outspoken criticism would never have been permitted under the Von Plehwe regime. The newspapers which . publish the article have not a word in defense of the bureaucracy, but they do indorse the prospects of a constitution, the Sviet pointing out that Emperor Nicholas’ manifesto for- mally declared his intention of up- holding ultngmy and that Interior Minister Mirsky is pledged to the manifesto. e CAUSES JAPAN TO SMILE. PRACTICAL JOKE “ENDS IN-DEATH Men Who Fired at Animal to See if It Would Scare LIQUOR CAUSES CRIME! Coroner Holds Inquest and Shooters Are in Jail as a Result .of Jury’s Verdiet HOLLISTER, Oct. 24.—Estevan Her- nagdez was killed yesterday morning near New Idria, while riding his don- key along the road leading to the mines, by Juan Garcia and three com- panions, who fired in in thé direction | of Hernandez to frighten his . mule. Fvnrcla. and his friends had been drink- ng. Sheriff J. J. Croxon, District Anun: ney H. W. Scott and Coroner W. W. Black left yesterday for the scene of the crime. The inquest was held to- | day and it resulted in the arrest of Garela and his friends. — RESPOND TO OQUNTRY'S OCALL. Japanese to Sail for Native Land To- | Day to Joln Army. Between thirty and forty Japanese will sail on the China to-day, bound for their native land to take up arms in the war with Russia. When they left Japdn friends and relatives vouched for their return should the country ever need their services in the army and in obedience to notifica- tions this delegation from the Pacific Coast has prepared for its long trip to perform the duty of patriotism. “No particular significance attaches to the departure of these thirty or forty Japanese,” said Consul Uyeno last night. “It does not mean that| Japan is running short of men at| home, On the contrary, the number | of men available for arms is many times that of the present number in | the fleld. Owing to the arrangemgnt | of divisions in‘the reserve forces these | men who will sail to-morroy are en- titled to go to the war before others | at home and the Government is giving | them the opportunity of service they | are so eagerly seeking. There are | about 80,000 Japanese on the Pacific| Coast and to a man they are feverish- ly wishing for the chance to return to Japan and go to the front. + “The total number of Japaness who have left San Francisco to fight for their country is not more than 200. Several small delegations have gone forward.” * R BODIES TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED | LONDON, Oct. 24.—In order that there should be no possible error re- garding the peaceful occupatjon of the fishermen killed by the fire from the Russlan warships in the North Sea, the Foreign - Office has communicated to the Hull Coroner a request that “the bodies from the Crane should be photo- graphed and unimpeachable medical testimony called to show that the grasp of articles in the dead men’'s hands was due to rigor mortis and not to being subsequently placed there.” The articles referred to are a fish and a knife found in the hands of the dead captain of the Crane. It is understood that the Government | also has invited the Russian Embassy | to send medical men to examine the | bodies. ———— Snow Falling at Harbin. HARBIN, Oct. 24.—A number of Japanese prisoners have been brdught | to this place. The Japanese are heav- ily fortifying the village of Lamunt- ing. It is snowing to-day. ADVERTISEMENTS. 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