The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 1, 1905, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1905. CZAR'S DETERMINATION TO CONTINUE THE STRUGGLE NOT SHAKEN BY ROJESTVENSKY'S DEFEAT. S | Now that the full extent of the Russian naval disaster is known, interest turns to the situation in the fatherland. The Empe called into extraordinary council Admiral Alexieff and all of his Ministers of State and a series of conferences took place as to the course to be pursued. d he war. The Russian press, with few exceptions, is openly indignant and is attacking the bureaucracy, one paper saying that “those guilty for the Russian defeat should be overwhelmed with shame.” Throughout the empire the cause of the Liberals has been given impetus by the Japanese triumph and it is certain that the Czar will be forced to hasten reforms to still public clamor. F g I y p p . P VICTORIOUS TOCO SUMS UP LOSSES Reports That Only Three ofE His Torpedo-Boats Were | Sunk and That All of! His Big Vessels Are Intact; ROJESTVENSKY TAKEN | TO NAVAL HOSPITAL Russian Admiral Voelkersam | NumbBered Among Those | Who Perished During the Combat of the Fleets B S , fought from the af- to May 28 in the vicin- and extending to the Togo says, will lkersam s sup- during the battle. ered the naval Vice Admiral | to have misinter- proves ong, we hope that brave and secure a the | e Emperor issued st strategy and RUSSIAN OFFICERS PAROLED. Nebogatoff Is Permitted to Communi- cate With the Ozar. Jap- fol- ounced that in the e the damages sustain- were very slight and ir battleships, cruisers, de- or other ships was lost; ex- ree torpedo boats. wperial command Admiral worized to permit Admiral to submit to the Czar the st battle and a list of , wounded and prisoners. 1 also was authorized to re- role the surrendered officers ai I, the Orel, the Apraxine Admiral Rojestvensky was Sasebo naval hospital. No was captured from the the last report in this respect | £ been due to a clerical error.” Department received the egram from Tokio: s skull fractured, i serious, but not Total Japanese losses up | rpedo boats sunk, three about 200 men killed or re- Killed, sabled TWO MORE SSELS Torppdo-Boat Destroyers Make Way to Viadivostok. VLADIVOSTOK, May 31.—The torpedo a er Bra arrived here to- officers and }97 crew of the battleship Os- SAFE. | Their and b | men of the | protected cruisers Jemtchug, | A and Oleg are still unaccounted | —Another Russian | the Terostahty, | Russian Protected Cruiser Believed to Have Been TOKIO, Maj ing of k. the and the name of the been dropped from the list vessels. It is suspect- | d cruiser Aurora ! r Almaz were sunk, but confirmation is lacking. positive The Almaz has arrived at Viadivos- tok in a dam «d condition. M 426 ot Sunk. Cruiser Gromobol ST. PETERSBURG, May 31.—The Admiralty denies the report tele- graphed to the London Daily Express that the cruiser Gromoboi of the: Viadivestok scuadron had been sunk | with rearly 800 men on board. Vice ., Admiral Skydleff, who was reported to be on board the Gromoboi, is in St | T etersburg. { ——— DODGE CT .—At the Sol- diers’ Home, ear here, whot and kilied Herman Lutz and John Lee because the latter bad teken @ supply of whisky which Truax heZ broushi from the city. Truax, was Inoxicated at the time of the shooting, was brought to Dodge City and placed in fall, 0 WAR PARTY | the | coal when at Honkohe Bay. | senals. | occurred REMAINS IN | | HIGH FAVOR bt SR { | Emperor Nicholas Is Not Yet | Ready to Make Peace! on the Onerous Terms!| Mikado “Will Propose LINEVITCH SENDS GLOOMY — Fears the Effect of the| Sea Disaster Upon His Army Now on- the Eve| of Battle in Manchuria SR e | 8T. PETERSBURG, June 1, 3:30 a. m.— | | Whether peace or the continuance of the | war will be the result of yesterday's im- portant conference between tLe Empevor | and his Ministers at Tsarskce-Selo hangs in doubt, the .uinisters who returned to | St. Petersburg late at night preserving a cautious reticence over the pruceedings of the council as far as the attitude of the Emperor is concerned. ensky, who had an audience yesterday with his Majesty, found him resolutely determined on the'prosecution of 1he war. 3 rumors are afloat, all agreeing t question taken up, whereupon the ce party offered a strong line of argu- ment, which was supplemented, it is said, by a pressed a fear as to the effect of the naval disaster on the army, | the news of which had already reached the troops from Vladivostok and® was | y is tranqu??. Governor | Trepoff is continuing his pre- | cautionary measures. Two further Don- | Cossack regiments have arrived and the police and reserves are heid on duty. Dur- ing the night small patrols were seen, on Nevsky Prospect and other streets. Alarmist rumors are afloat as to the | affection among the sailors quartered | hére and the workmen are again mutter- ing about a general strike. Persistent but unconfirmed rumors are in circulation to the effect that the pro- tected cruiser Jemtchug has arrived at | | Viadivostok and private messages fromy that vessel are said to have been received | by the relatives of her officers here, but | the Admiralty does not yet include her in the list of vessels which escaped. Pogsnes THE VICTORY. LEARN OF Kurok!’. Men Quietly Recelve News of Togo’s Triumph. HEADQUARTERS OF GENERAL KUROKI'S ARMY, Tuesday, May 30.— A detailed report showing the extent of the Japanese naval victory reached the army to-day. The soldiers received ; the news as quietly as they always hear tidings of victory. There were no celebrations or demonstrations, but the deepest satisfaction prevails. Since it | was known that the Russian fleet had started north the officers feared tist | some ships might succeed in reaching | Viadivostok, from which base they would prove troublesome. It, is evident to all observers that General Kuroki’s army has attained a higher degree of efficiency than at any time since the beginning of the war. R v CRy SLAV CREWS UNDISCIPLINED. German Mariners Say Officers Were Unfitted for Command. VICTORIA, B. C, May 31.—Advices re- ceived by the steamship Empress of Japan include interviews with the Ger- | man masters of colliers which had been | supplying Rojestvensky's fleet with The Ger- m sald that only on one or two of the Russian ships was there such dis- cipline as onc¢ would expect on a. war- ship. The officers seemed fine men, but disciplined to work. g s JAPAN LETS BIG CONTRACTS. American Material to Be Used fn Shi yards and Arsenals. NEW YORK, May 31.—Contracts amounting to fully $5,000,000 -calling for the shipment with all dispatch of electrical equipment, machines and tools have been placed in this marketl on Japanese account. The orders were | mostly closed by the New York repre- | sentatives of Japanese firms. | chinery is for installation in the prin- cipal Government shipyards and ar- — . > Cossacks Kill Two Strikers. LODZ, Russian Poland, May 3L—A | conflict between strikers and Cossacks | here to-day. The soldiers were stoned by a mob @f men, who were trying to bring out some weavers who were at work, whereupon troops fired, killing two men and wounding six. OUSTED OFFICIALS WITHDRAW ACTIONS IN PHILADELPHIA Indications That the Organization Has | Decided to Yield to Mayor om i All Poin PHILADELPHIA, May 31.—Counsel for former Director of Public Safety , Smyth and former Director of Public DISPATCH ! Prince Obel- | | dispatch from Lieutenant General | Linevitch, in which that commander ex- | demoralizing | The ma- | ST PErERSPYRG "BIOODY e o JHE CYAR o AND CIZIREVIZCH & ooo FrRON L ILITSTRATION <o . RUSSIAN PRESS AND PEOPLE CLAMOR AGAINST AUTOCRACY Government Hastily Summons Troops From Their Summer Camps to Guard the Czar’s Capital. ST. PETERSBURG, May 81.—With each fresh disaster in the Far East, the trou- bles of the Romanoff dynasty multiply at home. An incident revealing the Govern- ment’s fear of a popular rising was the hurried summons to St. Petersburg of three regiments which weré in summer eamp sixteen miles southeast of the city. Other troops will be brought to the city if the growing clamor against the autoc- racy should threaten to develop into open demonstrations. It i said that some of the members of the imperial family are urging the Czar to take common cause with the people against the autocracy and thus retrieve the situation. It is argued that Nicholas has only to give the word, showing that he is ready to heed the voice of the masses, and the result would be a wave of patriotism that would have its immediate effect and make possible a victorfous cam- paign on land against the Japanese foe, The catastrophe that has overtaken the Russian fleet as given a tremendous impetus E\o the de- mand upon Emperor Nicholas for the immediate convocation' of a national assembly, without awaliting action upon the report of tie Bouligan rescript com- mission. With the single exception o. the reactionary Sviet, the press pours out in- dignaticn and wrath upon the bur- eaucracy, which 18 held responsible for all the misfortunes of the war. Only the Novosti and the Bourse Gazette, however, declare that peace should be concluded. The RussS now the most widely read paper in Russia, says: “Those guilty of Russia's disgrace should be overwhelmed with shame. The death of a half-million men and the loss of millions of money is the price of the rejection of progress and Western civiliza- tion. Sebastopol struck the shackles from the serfs and Port Arthur, Mukden and Tsu lsland should free Russia from the slavery of the bureaucracy.” The Slovo, another popular paper, is even more bitter. It says: “Enough! Blindfolded for two years, the Russian people have been marching to the brink of destruction, but the ban- dages are now torn from the eyes of 130,000,000 of Russians and they will neither be led nor driven over the precipice. Let the people speak. Thet bureaucracy has had its say and has crowned its work of national shame and humiliation. Let it now listen to what those who have suf- fered in silence and who have supported it in luxury have to.eay. : “From this moment a convocation of the people has become as necessary as the air we ‘breathe. If the bureaucracy this time stands between the Emperor and the nation, let it beware. . Let it re- member the lessons of Russian history— Works Costello, who were deposed by | Mayor Weaver, to-day withdrew the, papers in the injunction proceedings brought against Potter and Acker, their successors. This formally ended the legal fight that had been begun at the instigation of the organization leaders against the appointees of May- or Weaver. The withdrawal of the papers means that the organization forces have de- cided to discontinue, for the present at least, their fight on Mavor Weaver. the history of the Zemsky Sobor of 1649. The Japanese are not fighting the Rus- sian people, but the Russian bureaucracy, which has rejected with energy the talent | of the nation for a hust of sycophants and time-serving courtiers. Our only con- solation in this bitter hour {s the con- sciousness that it is not the people, but the Government, which has feat. Enough!” % 3 The Syn Otetchestva and Nasha Shism, two constitutional bitter. papers, are equally The Novoe Vremya, while milder, de- fending the Russian nation against the | charge of rottenness and insisting that there is plenty of patriotism, as evi- | denced by the fact that more. young offi- cers volunteered to go out with Admiral Rojestvensky than were needed, never- theless joins in the cry for an immediate summoning of the people. & “Delay will be fatal,” the paper adds. “All Russia’s intelligence and all her abil- ity are needed to meet the advancing crisls.” The Listok says: ‘“The war has taught the lesson that education, good govern- ment and freedom are always victorious jover ignorance, misrule and despotism.” The Sviet remarks: *“We must not yield an inch, but fight on, if not on the sea, then on land. An ignominious peace would reduce Russia to a second-class power.” g T FRANCE LOOKS FOR PEACE. Suspects Germany of Inciting the Czar to Further Efforts. PARIS, May 3l.—Governmental quar- ters here for the first time entertain a distinct hope for peace. This hope is not strong, but it is something more than a deduction from the result of the recent naval battle. What it is based upon is not known outside of those intimately | cenversant with Russia’s intentions, but it is significant that hope now prevalls in high quarters that the peace efforts may not be futile. It Is ‘said, however, that everything depends upon a small circle very closely identified with Emperor Nicholas, who, it is recognized, must Lave the final word despite any other in- fluences favorable to peace. Concerning the reports of the possible intervention of the powers, it is said that the time has not yet arrived for such a movement, which might embarrass the pacific tendencies already developing in Russia. At the same time the view pre- vails that moral influences in France, Great Britain and the United States stand for peace, while the interests of Germany incline toward a prolongation of the war, | peace. Premier- Rouvier has publicly asserted that Russia's defeat at Mukden led Ger- many to embark on her ambitious pro- gramme in Morocco, and the same senti- ment prevails here now, namely, that Russia’s defeat in the straits of Korea German ‘ambitions. of such influences. —————e NEUTRALS PREPARING TO ACT. Effort to End the War Is Soon to Be Made. W. 'ON, May 31.—While the President has discussed informally the sibject of peace negotiatiogs swith members of his Cabinet and with some uture représentatives of 10“"’8!,“.'0!’9#! better at this capital and i: :.‘:: will take u :Mm% can be said. | that no definite steps looking toward near . { /i i ’;’ l‘!//’// //‘ sl been taken yet by this peace have That such steps may be Government. taken is regarded as quite likely, but| the action will depend upon informa-; tion not yet in hand. That a concerted effort on the part of several important powers, including the United States, to bring about a cessation of hostilities in the Far East may be made very soon is reasonably certain. The result of such an effort is quite dnother matter. It is regarded as too soon yet, after the great naval battle, for Russla todetermine upon a definite course of action. At least until the St. Petersburg Governmeat shall have indicated what its desires may be, the probablilities are regarded as favor- able only to an informal discussion of —_— L WHY CZAR MAY FIGHT ON. Vital Parts of Empire in No Danger of Invasion. BERLIN, May 3lL—Efforts are being made in Government quarters to meas- ure the changed situation of the belliger- ents in the Far East and the consequent possibilities of peace. The view at pres- et is that the Russian Government will not ask for peace and that the war will go on, bringing with it probably fresh humiliations, but not at once the su- preme humiliation of asking for mercy. The considerations that hold the Rus- sian Government to enduring whatever may yet come are the reasons which kept the Emperor from ylelding after the former great reverses, namely: that the vital parts of the Russian empire are not yet touched; that the war so far has only been a colonial war, and that Russia may yet attain superiority on land and thus save the dynasty and Rus- Bia from a final and historic humiliation. Althoogh it is impossible for military men here.to believe tha ussia can win on land. it is equally difficult for those following the higher political lines of thought in Russia to beliéve that Em- peror Nicholas will ask for peace. The cenyiction at the Berlin court Is that the Russian Emperor believes in the right- ecusness of his cause and his unlimited powers of passive resistance. ——————— NOT AFTER THE PHILIPPINES. qum-mmumm‘ £ His Government. spondent of the k the to Al there was con lest Japan shot undertake the seizure of the Philippine Islands. He replied that 1 dispatches alleging that here was not the slightest justification t for such a view. in' the United States ror yesterday summoned to the palace at Tsarkoe-Selo all the members of the imperial family and It is believed that the Emperor is determined on a prosecution EMPEROR OF THE RUSSIAS AND HIS HEIR, WHO ARE THRBA' DISASTER bi NAVY IN THE FAR EAST. liberalism and activity and have always maintained the best relations with them. “Japan will never pursue a policy of ex- pansion, and they are fanatic politiclans who attribute to us such intentions. We began the war with Russta In self-da- fense. What we need is a permanent peace, which will give us the possibility would be at Viadivestok. 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