HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1904-02-25, Page 7REPORT TIIAT THE RUSSIANS
WERE DEFEATED AT THE YALU.
Their Estimated Loss Said to
be 2,500.
The Two Armies are Slowly
Nearing Each Other.
London, Feb. 22. -Count Beiickendorff, Russian
Ambassador to the Court of St. James, is going to
St. Petersburg to personally assure the Czar regard-
ing the true state of British feeling on the subject of
the pending war. It is understood that King Edward
will intimate his readiness to act as mediator regard-
ing the war in the Far East if the Czar so desires,
and the Count will convey a personal message to that
effect from the King to the Emperor.
Russian Outposts Driven Back.
Landon, Feb, 22. -Tie St. Peters-
burg correspondent of the Telegraph
rnentt;ons a report that despite of-
ficial assurances that everything is
quiet, an outpost engagement has oc-
curred on the Yalu River, resulting
In' the Russian advance guards be-
ing driven back. The 'looses are es-
timated at 2,500. It is not clear
.whether this agars means those who
fell en the Yalu or the entire Rue.
elan losses since the commencement
of the war. •
There have been for days ugly ru-
more of Russian mishaps on land.
There are also rumors of the Czar's
extreme displeasure at the incidents
of the night torpddo attack on the
eeee-ships at Port Arthur, concerning
which. much futile abuse against
Japan has` been expended in • the
tiew,epapers and by the public. It
appears that the Czar has ordered
a full enquiry. It is believed in at.
Petersburg that on the night in
question the entire staff of fleet of -
Imre were celebrating the birthday
of Demo. Shoals, seetfe of Admiral
Stark. It is thought that the en-
quiry will result in many dismissals
and degradati,one.
The Nagasaki correspondent of the
Telegraph says that tveilo Mr. Sands,
who was adviser of the household
bf the Emperor of Corea, and who
Was formerly an official of the Am-
erican Legation, was entertaining
the officers ot the French cruiser
Pascal and a number of friends at
his oflielia residence In Seoul, some
graphical and statistical maps
were stdlen. The affair caused a
great scandal and necessitated Hr.
Sands' recall. Mr. Sands says that
Japitthese kindness to the Russians
and everybody exceeds international
usage. Perfect order and tranquil-
ity
ranquility prevail in Corea. The Emperor
Himself is calm, and acquiesces in
the cl)a.nge'in the situation. There
le no risk of a rising of the army
or populace: , The Americans who
were employed at the mining con-
cession in Northern Corea have
reached Anju on the way to Ping.
Tang, where they will remain un -
the river opens, unless develop-
mer.ts oompel all foreigners thereto
go to Seoul,
THE LAND CAMPAIGN.
being pursued. Almost all the oevil-
ian inhabitants of Harbin ihavo left,
and the remainder of the popula-
tion is (quiet. The movement of
troops is eausting heavy traffic on
tlio railroad. All the Japanese lab-
orers on the railroad have fled, and
the Chinese laborers have returned
to work after their New Year cel-
ebrations.t
APPEAL TO CHINESE.
Admiral Alexief Posts a Proclamation
in Manchuria.
Tion-Tsin, Feb. 21. -Admiral Ai-
exioif has issued a proclamation in
Chinese, whiten is posted in every
town and .village in -Manchuria and
the Liao -Tung Peninsula, explain-
ing the causes that led to the
treacherous beginning of the war
by Jelpan, and Balling for assist-
ance to maintain the railway in-
tact: Admiral AloxLeff says that
Russia has always been friendly to
the Cbinese, and that the railway
is necessary for the future agricul-
tural and commercial development
of the country,
Gen. ICondatoravitoh has been ap-
pointed to the command of the Rue -
elan forces in Southern Manchuria,
with headquarters at Liao -Yang.
LatBIIZZLI•D THE MONEY.
It Was Altrted for Vi'etualing Port
Arthur.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 21. -The off1-
oial classes are discussing reports of
the internal conditions of Russia,
which Is causing the Government
anxiety. It is staffed that the Czar
has summoned• the provincial gover-
nors to St. Petersburg to devise
strong measures for coping success-
ful:y in concert With thus ina.nifesta-
tions of discontent. There is feverfsa
activity in all departments, but
everywileere it is felt and regretted
ewe there Is no master mind at pres-
ent to conduct affairs. The despatch
of troops to the far east is being
oompLcated by the transportation of
medie,al applhanoes and war material,
none of whieh was ready at the out-
break of the war. The publication of
two news that some of the Imperial
.1•apa:.ese Princes were on board the
wpa,r gips at the attack on Port Ar-
tuur.fias profoundly impressed the
Russians. It 1s expected that Grand
Dukes )loris and Andrew, sons of
- Grand Duke 'Vladimir, will be deo-
_ patched to Manchuria. There are
Report of Russian Check tho Only alarming reports of rile embezzlement
Development. allotted
lasums of sumof money that were
allotted for the victualling of Port
London, Fob. 22, -Except the re- Arthur and for providing the troops
port from St: Petersburg of a Rus- with ammunition and materials.
.Elan olheck on the Yalu River, there The Raiser's Hospitals.
has been no development disclosed of Landon, Feb. 22.-Ttie"7'okio cort'e-
-
the land campaign. No strategic ex - &pendent of the Times says that at
portanoe Is attached to Admiral Alex
' ieff's journey to Harbin, which 1s the noon Sunday a direct message from
most natural pisco for the head -Emperor William to the Empress of
quarters of the Viceroy at a time Japan was received, placing the Ger-
when his main efforts aro directed man navalhe ittpltals at Yokohama
to organizing the military resources and Kha,o-Chau at the dipposalst the
with which the railway. from Rus- Japanese wounded. Tuo action at
sea's supplies him. It need not imply Emperor Whllialn is touch approci-
he retirement ot the army. If there aced in Japan.
has boon an extensive transport 21!1e Emperor has instructed Count
of Japanese troops byl acs above Inouye. to d soha,rgo the duties of ad-
Chemulpo, naval straists infer visor, thus giving him direct access
that the Japanese all along have had to 'two Sovereign,
• the Russian Via/livestock squadron
PORT ARTHUR BESIEGED.under observation, and aro so sure p
at it9 whereabouts as to be certain Can Withstand a Siegefor at Least
that it could not interfere with Ivo iT
their movement's.. • •
ode, although the people understand
that he is tat Harbin.
The adnilnlstratiee authorltles at
Port Arthur assert thuit ties Japan-
ese 'have landed in Corea only..
Russians Peet at Sea.
London., Feet, 21.-T153 Tokio corse..
spondont of the Dig patch says tbat
a telegram from alatsuye, a forti-
fied town of the Island of Hondo,
reports that cannonading was hnani
on Saturday morning off , Hintrmi
Saki, in the northern part of $111 -
mom Peninsula.
Tho crew of the Japanesa steamer
Tamagawa Mare, which arrived at
B1emonosekl, reports she was tole
lowed seven mile Cif Fusan, Corea,
bey four waritteps. The latter aban-
doned the chase near Teishima Is-
land midway between S'himenogeki
and Fugate
Four Russian warships that were
at Vladivostoek . when the war
started cut their way out of the
too there, and here previoubly leen
reported as threatening the north.
ern comet of Japsn. Once they wero
falsely reported stink by the Jap-
anese. If they are now off the south
coast of Japan, as indicated In the
obey() deep t•.h, are a menace
to the Japanose transports carrying
the big army to Corea. though the
latter are probably convoyed by a
strong tgnadron of warships. A na-
val engegement is therefore not un-
likely.
Cruisers Still Out.
Paris, Feb. 21.-A decentch to the
Petit Journal from Tokio says that
the Japanese warships Yakumo,
Iwato, Idzumo, Izum1 and Helens
have returned to Fusan atter re-
connoitring the Yel'ow Bea west of
Corea. They atxcertained that the
Russian Vladtvostot'k squadron has
returned to V1'divostosk minus the
Gromob/el and Khra'brl,
• Tokio Doubts it.
Tokio, Feb. 21. --Tire Russian 'r ladi-
vostock squadron was reported to be
on the west coast of the Island of
Hokkaido, attempting to cut the
cables. The Navy Department here
discredits tne.report, and believes the
squadron Is still at Vladivostook.
Again Left Port.
London, Feb. • 22. -The
stook squadron is believed
again left port. , ,
Vladivo-
to Have
ity of long delay before extensive mili-
tary operations will be possible, owing
to the immense area to be defended and
the rigors of the climate,
Rushing Troop' to the Front. -
Cho Foo, Feb, 22. --The. captain of the
German steamer Pronto, just arrived
from 1)alney, says positively that hes
sides the torpedo gunboat Yenisi, acci-
dentally destroyed by one of her own
mines, the Ittissiana have just lost an-
other ship by accident an the 12th inst.
This was a small cuiaer, whose name
was not learned. In avoiding some ,
mines aharan upon rocks, which she
eventually slipped sir lato deep water and
sank, Thera was no loss of life attached
to the casualty. The Russian author-
ities insist that there is no truth in the
stony that a force of one thousand Jap-
anese, landed at Pigeon or Dove Bay,
had been annihilated. Port Arthur is
'Said to be entirely out of beef and Togo.
tables, and drawing upon Dalny for a
alien supply. Troops are beng rushed
towards- the Yalu with all expedition
possible.
The Pronto was sent from Port Ar-
thur to Dalny for refugees chiefly Jap-
anese women. While leaving Port Ar-
thur with all lights out she was fired
upon by a Russian cruiser, fifteen shots
striking her upper works. It was sub-
sequently explained that she was taken
for a Japanese torpedo boat. Tho en-
tance to Dalny is honeycombed with
mines. Nothing was seen on the pas-
sage to this port of either the Russian
or Japanese fleets.
The small Russian cruiser reported
destroyed in the above despatch was
probably the Boyarin, previously an-
nounced to have been blown up by a
mine at Port Arthur, Feb. 13 and which
another account said ran on the rocks
while endeavoring to pick up a number
of mines which had been brought to the
surface during a violent storm. It was
'stated in the St. Petersburg report of
the disaster that the entire crew of the
Boyarin, 197 in number, were lost.
silideeessilreiriellisreesdrerJsreeil
THE I'IANDJUR MUST LEAVE.
Cannot Remain at Shanghai Until
Atter the War.
Shanglhaf, Feb. 21.-I1 1s reported
tbat the Japanese and also the Chin-
ese authorities have refused to sanc-
tion the agreement made by the Jap-
anese lepnsul here and the com-
mander of . the Russian gunboat
Mandjur, for the dismantling of
that vessel and, allowing her to re-
main lucre until the end of the war..
'Dim Japanese Consul has received
orders to demand the expulsion of
the vessel from the port, armed or
disarmed. Her commander has refus-
ed point blank to leave. Zihe Russians
aboard true gunboat are deacr,bed as
being In a state of abject terror. Tee
Chinese here openly deride them, and
are much excited over the lnetdent.
Tibe Japanese cruiser Akitsushima re-
mains at Wu -Bung, cleared for ac-
tion, waiting for the Mandjur to
leave port.
Tee Taotai ordered the Russian
gunboat Mandjur to leave the har-
ber before 6 o'clock this afternoon,
hut the order w,as ignored. It Is re-
ported that te.Chinese squadron has
been ordered here to enforce the Tat -
tai's demand and to enable Japanese
steamship companies to resume ser-
vice between Japan and Shanghai.
Looking for Japanese Vessels.
Aden, Feb. 21. -The. Penepsul,a and
Oriental Companies' steamer Mon-
golia encountered at noon) on Satur-
day, 460 miles north of Aden, a, Rus-
sian battleship and four torpedo-boat
destroyers. After the vain attempt
of a destroyer to cut off the Mon-
golia, all the warships gave chase,
but being unable to overtake. her,
they signaled her to stop. Tile Mon-
golia obeyed, and a destroyer, af-
ter a close seruting, signalled, 'Bog
to be excused."
Tho fleet is evidently hoping to
capture Japanese ships.
New York, Feb. 22. -The Chinese Min-
ister here' says a cable to the World
from Berlin, with an ostentation that
has been entirely foreign to hien, has
proclaimed that China's neutrality is
only temporary; that no ono, oven tlhe
astutcst diplomats, can tell what a
single day will bring forth in China's
attitude. Says the Chinese Minister in
a public interview: "It should never bo
forgotten that the war will be fought
out in Manchuria, on Chinese territory,
and the excitement or the Chinese peo-
ple will increase as the war progresses.
Naturally, therefore, the Chinese Gov-
ernment may be expected on any one.
day to decide that its continued neu-
r Russians Beyond the Yalu. Xing -Kau, Fob. 21. -By; means of traity is neither possible nor desirable.
London, Feb. 22.-A despatch to a special permission obtained from Thirty thousand well -drilled Chinese
.eel the Times 'says ; There are indica- Maj. -Gen. Pflug, Viceroy( Alexicff's troops aro stationed m the Province of
tions that the Russians aro beyond chief of staff, a newspaper oorres- Chili, ready at a moment's notice from
the Yalu River. They apparently do pendent succecded in passing the Pekin to enter Mancn aria. Our nation
not Lntond to make an immediate of- Lanes under official escort, and vis- adinires the Japanese and sympathizes
!weave movement into Corea , but )ted Port Arthur, which is closed to decidedly with their efforts:'
rather adopt scouting precautions. all civilians: The correspondent
Russian Scouts at 1Viju. gives the following account of con- The Powers and China.
cations: New York Feb. 22. -Although no one
Tokio, Fob. ec Throe hundred Ruin Only SO per cont. of the population
teen scouts reconnoitred Friday p in authority will say that tut Asiatic
%Vlju and v1 Inity. They crossed the
remains at Port Arthur, and uranyl squadron is being organized, says the
Yalu River, entered the town and rinses ate leaving there. The Washington correspondent of the Her -
Wonted through the surrounding trains are still crawd'ed with re- ald, because of the report that a Chinese
country. They then recrossed the fugees. Radioed conditions aro ex- squadron is going to drive the Russian
river and rsjulnrtl their main fol'cea schedule time, t, and trains are running on cruiser Maidout of the harbor, it is
schedule
W tju Port Not Open. Adequate guards are maintained at understood this may have something to
(Washington ,p.o., 'Fob. 21. -The an- all culverts and bridges, and pro- do with the direction of American naval
nouncement several days ago fromactivity in the far cast. It is believed
for
offieiat sources that the Corean Gov- iterations. Thou hoe•ities are
beingmiti- there by some that the action of China,
Orrnmentnds
ehad opened theiert of its gated war conditions at Port Ar- witltd she- denutwal vill have to bethe sianl supported to 1r/ewers tiler by fixing the prices of food-
to have boon premature. It is stuffs. The rices ot other comms -t the powers, most of whom have war-
loarnod authoritively that no such dlties, however, have advanced. Tea .ships at Shanghai.
action has yet been taken by Corea. authorities have taken possession of It is claimed that other nations are
Army or Only 70,000. all food memos in the stores, whish bound to help China maintain her nen-
Warts, Feb, C1. --Tito St. Peters- wore deserted by Chinese and other trality if She finds she gannet do so her -
burg correspoticlent of the Temps - merchants. They are providing tor a self. .
claims to have definite informa- siege by sending wheat milling ma•, Fasting and Prayer.
tion that the ?Russian army in the cbiners' to Port Arthur, and say St. Petersburg, Feb. 22. -Carnival
Par Eant floes not exceed 70,1)00. than -there is a sufficient food sup- vvicelt closed on Saturday night, and all
Feverish efforts are being made pity there for a reeistaance of two classes of the populace from the highest
to draft heavy rt:lnforeomente to - ,/sears, to the lowest began the observance of
1 •
r the front, but neon the War Office Although the, harbors en the Liao- Lent with even more than the custom -
does not expect to get there be- Tung (Peninsula have been reoponed, dry vigor, doing penance and praying for
fore twp menthe, - , the authorities do not expect fur- the success of the Russian army.
tiler arrivals. The Japanese fleet, The eels will pass the week fasting
,l'A.I'ANE'S11 HANGED. tvltielt is sighted at Intervals front at the winter pakten and immediately
/rill,completely ntrols tlhc
Gulf, a It1 er afterward the court will remove to
Sults W1io'rrlyd to Blew It i a Man- . gulf, and under •tho tame rtect pollee aftoisliti Selo 17 tri south o St
INowar
sharia llridge. sy'steln all incomers are treated as I>etersburg, Itis Majesty's favorite abode.
St. Pertorsburg, Feb. 21,--A de- The ropalrs to the Russian fleet The Novoe Vroniya, commenting upon
ttr xtclt roceiveci here from Ilarbin;aro procoodi•ng. Tho ornlsor Nevik hail the report of 11f. 1 avloir, who was Rus -
dated Feb. e^0. naytt the railroad le boon docked, but the condition of sign Minister at Seoul, of the
iight at
10 Working order, and that the Jai» the battleships Ciarevitah and Rat- Chennnlpo, declares that ,Tapas s ttetion
snow Who attentl)ted to 'blow'ui vitae nemaline unchanged. 1':nl ittoers there nae taken her from the list of riv
the bridge ever the Sungari River may that the Ilotyizan will be float- hired powers. and predieta a revival of
ver
habeen hanged. Banda of elms, odytn a, few days. Stitope:1n solidarity against the ''tt•ild
elms (bandits) have been observed The ett,yt ie darktyned every night, Asiatic enemy."
under d'apaneso leadership, and aro but 'Viceroy? Alestleff''i house 16 light- The paper onmbire zes the inevitabil-
NEWS IN BRIEF
sa+re.ea-°,aiiiaZ,naf
Tho fiour mill at Morden, Man., was
'burned yesterday. Loss $11,000 or
$12,000.
Robert J. Hill, a C.P.R. brakeman,
was killed at Drumbo yesterday. He
avail i InLondon.
The Toronto Exhibition directors
will .ask the Toronto City Council for
$33,000 for building purposes.
Four Toronto firemen aro most
dangerously ill from the affects of
inhaling nitric acid fumes 'et a fire.
At a'peace meeting of tht! Toronto
Mr. George Y. Chown, Registrar of
Queen's (Jniversity, has also been ap-
pointed Treasurer.
The Dominion Government have ask-
od the Admiralty for a warship to
convey missionaries in Corea to a
place of safety.
The American Newspaper Publish-
ers- Association has decided to agi-
tato for the removal of the duty on
wood pulp from Canada.
Mr. James Bath, a traveller, living
at 22 Gerrard street west, Toronto,
was struck Ny a car on( Yonge street,
Toronto, yesterday. His skull was
tactured.
Correspondent members in other
countrlos will bo secured by the Can-
adian Manufacturers' Association to
do the work done by, the UnLted
States Consuls.
Rev. Dr. Pitblado, of Winnipeg, has
been presented with a retiring al-
lowance of $500 a year for three
years and a purse of $250 by the
Wostminister Church.
Tho Kaiser will leave for the Medi-
terranean on the fourth of next-
next
extnext month. The Empress will not
accompany him, owing, it is report-
od, to indisposition.
Dir. Allan Bristol Aylesworth, K.C.,
of Toronto, was in Buffalo yesterday
as the guest of the Lawyers' Club,
and addrousodthe club at a banquet
in the Gone -see Hotel.
In an Ottawa case in which plain-
tiff sought an; injunction to restrain
the noise in a music teacher's room.
Mr. Justice Britton. has decided that
defendant was making a reasonable
use of the property.
Presbytery, which was held last even-
ing, the call from Georgetown to Rev.
R. ,el. Cameron, of North Easthope,
wan considered and sustained, and
will be sent on to the FsLratfond
Presbytery for consideration.
Thomas Gt•eon dropped dead yes -
yesterday morning at 156 Front
street east. Toronto. Green worked
the feed mill owned by his step -son,
Joseph E. )Dunham, and arrived at
tho office at the usual time yesterday
morning.
ARM TORN FROM SOCKET.
Baby, Loughead, of Toronto, injured
at Philadelphia.
Philadelphia„ Pa., Feb. 22,e. An ele-
vator alt Broad street station was
tate scene 01 a sad accident yesterday
afternoon, which may cost the life
of nineteen -month-old John Lough-
ead. While laughing and orowing in
his mother's arms, the baby put his
arm through the steel bars of the
elevator wit le it was descending, and
was caught. Tho child's arm was
torn from the socket. The mother's
aereams were mangled with. those of
the 1 the one. and the elevator was
quickly stopped, but it was too late.
Snatching the child from the
mother, who fainted, Mr. Loughead
disappeared through tbe crowd,
which opened for him, jumped into a
on.b, which eulokly convoyed him to
the la,hneman 1losptal, where the
mangled stump was amputated to-
day Ttie baby is doing well, and
there is a possibility of its recovery.
Mr. and We. Loughead, with their
throe cleldren, live in Toronto,. Can-
ute, and wore on their way to Hot
Springs, Ark.
The Tohacco Industry.
Ottawa., Feb. 2.. -Nothing has born
more remarkable than the growth
of the Canadian tobacco industry
under the present Government.
When the Liberals came into /sewer
there was not, according to the of-
ficial returns, a single tobao 0 fac-
tory using Canadian leaf only. To-
day there are 44, and 1f to this be
ad led the number of combination fat•
thrice the aggregate stands at 65.
The gna,ntity of Canadian tobacco
taken for conaumptton has gone up
leaps and bousids since the present
Government treated tll.) Industry
with consideration.
RUSSIA UNPREPRAED FOR WAR.
CZAR ANGRY WITH KROUPATKIN.
Three Russian Regiments
feet Watery Grdves.
Japan Troops' Movements
Shrouded in Mystery.
London cable: Again there are
no naval or military movements re-
ported. Tile correspondents at To-`
kip intimate that the censorship,
width appeared to have been par-
tially relaxed, has been again Im-
posed in a stricter form than ever.
Nothing comes from the Russian side
except brief and colorless state-
ments. It is declared that all is
quiet at Port Arthur.
Reports from Russian and Gorman
sources of intense feeling against
the British In Russia, welch is ap-
parently as pronounced as the pro-
jape/lose feeling in London, are be-
ginning to fix attention upon the pos-
sible effects of the war upon inter-
national relations in Europe.
Tho morning Post declares that Ja-
pan's action already in a fort-
night bee altered the political ewe
aliens of the world. It must com•
-
pel several of the great pewees to re-
censiaer and perihaps rev:so their poi -
'cies, and may well result in a re-
arrangement of in lernational groups.
Tho great charge consists in prick-
ing the ltussia.n bubble. The super-
stition that possessed the people re-
garding Russia has been dissipated.
It be stated in Berlin that Baron
Ilichthofon, the Foreign Secretary,
prior to announcing to the j3nidgot
Committee that there would be no
reduction in the German forces in
the Par F,Aet, made a confidential
statement regarding the political
situation in the Far East. Ile re-
quested the members of the commit-
tee not to divulge what the told them.
Tho wear has already begun to af-
fect Rueso-German couimerciat rela-
tions. Russian torn Imports at
Koenigsberg are reported to have
stopped. German importers eLse-
wlhcre are unable to get their orders
executed, the Russian Government
leaving diverted the railway to mili-
tary transport purposes. Gorman
exports are also suffering.
WHIII$E ARE THE JAPS?
Russian Scouts Apparently Cannot
Find Them.
- St. Petersburg cable : Major-
Gon. Pflug, Admiral Alexietf's chief
of staff, telegraphs that scouts of
the Tehita regiment report from
Teerchu that they have not encoun-
tered any Japanese. It is also stated
that there are side Japanese at Ping -
Yang. The Lorean populace ie in-
different towards the Russians. The
ice in the middle of the Yalu River
is less strong than that near the
banks. The natives say that it will
begin to drift if a high tide occurs
within five days. The sea to the
west of the Liao -Tung Peninsula is
covered with ice for a distance of
two versts. Tlio enemy's vesseLL
have not been seen lately. There
have been no further attempts to de-
stroy the railway.
TORONTO BALLOT STUFFING
Toronto, Feb. i l.•• -••The civic investi-
gation was not resumed this morning.
ponding the argument of the suit
brought by Controller Ilicllnre bane to
prohibit further proceedings. Thomas
Thompson, brother of Sant, pleaded not
guilty in the police court, in answer to
the charges of perjury arising out of the
evidence given by him on Saturday. The
case was remanded for a week.
That disea.ses are net eatnintinie
cable to human beings by oysters
was the tSO•arte'ting anllounceinent
'elide 10 a delighted audfenee at the
*Varsity Chemical Melding, 'lloronto,
010 13aturdityi 14'10110011 by )'ref.
ft invoaiyT Wright! t i ,
break lin Russia. It recog-
nizes, however, that the present
moment is not propitious, put the
nerve of a decisive Russian defeat will
be the signal for tt, 'general up-
heaval.
ftI3SS1A ALiOTJSED.
Straining Every Nerve:to Offset Inn16
Disasters.
London cable: Advices from St.
Petersburg, chiefly mailed, indicate
that true Government is aroused to
strenuous energy for the purpose of
offsetting the initial disasters and
securing ultimate success. A large
part cif Its efforts aro apparently di-
rected to making more efficient the
Siberian Railway for the forwarding
of men, grins and equipments, but If
reports from Russian sources aro re-
liable the cast of making the 111 -fated
railroad effective Ls enough to bank-
rupt a moderately prosperous coun-
try. Work on the w,a.rshlps building
at Russian dockyards is said to be
Lemming with feverish haste. Among
the indications of Russia's alleged
unpreparedness to meet such an inva-
sion as the Japanese threaten is one
that can be quoted from a Konigs-
berg corespondent, wee received his
information from what he claims is
an unimpeachable Russian a,urco. He
says that Gen. ICroupatkin, Minister
of War, has presented a report to
the Czar respecting the need of artil-
lery in tL'o fax east. Heavy guns are
urgently required, but aro difficul
to proctor owing to the world's de-
clarations of neutrality. Tee Cear ob-
jected, saying -that lien. Vanoffsky
had assured hint that artillery had
boon amply provided. Gen. leroupat-
kin replied that no matter what lien.
Vanoffsky had said the facts were as
to (Gen. fir.upatk'n) elate;], wire rc-
upon Ills Majesty upbraided tho Min-
ister, but Gen. ICroupietkin a:leaded
that rill had regarded war as not
merely Improbable, but impossible.
Isis Majesty then gave utterance tc:
his extreme displeasure and Wimp -
Other reports declare that tbe Czar
eye -Witness Tells Story of the Clue, Toronto,
'Feb. 22. -There vPair
Ls bitterly incensed because he was v
reapplied with wrong infornnatiou con- n 11113te Battle. sadness in many a Toronto hone
St. Petersburg Cable : A Russian yesterday when the news was
oerning the attitude and prepared- untie known that Mrs. T. P. Col -
Theof Ja'pan.' correspondent who .witncsso:l the fee, wife of the manager of the
The victims cif his diseloastire in- ,naval engagement au, mu' fee, on
Aai the Varian and Korletz steamed
Kee the foreign war vtilssets, the
crews manned the sides and ensured
eontinuouely, and the strains of the
Russian National Anthem acoeml)an-
icd the Russian outliers as they wont
kite battle.
As soon as the Russian aiilpilpthe
aaapaneee poara d outtbe month ef t tiheir fire
upon them. !Every gun tools part
in the terrine we/mope-de, w,elgh
meted for one hour, At one 04)los)t
in the afternoon the Vitrlag, Reverter
aamaiged, and the Koriets rebernei be
their anchorage.
• The limn/Ian oftloers and crew)1ee-
&laved epiendidly, Three times Menses
broke out on hoard the Verlag, while
.1110 was under fire, and each time
they were extinguished as eosins as
if the men had been at drill. The
tvouf,ded men were carried below, and
the member,/ of the creta who beet
.their lithe were replsoed by others.
Dile Tholes made hi the Verlag were
tot ,/topped up. Both starboard And
i.rort bulwarks on the Verlag were
Destroyed, her guns were crippled,
.and Ler hu11 well riddled with shot.
t'lthty-three men on board of her
were killed, including IILsdshipmee
.ount Nirod. Tim captain of the
iarlag was bruised. The 'Corlett
suffered no injury.
The Japanese squadron lost many
,nen. Twlo Japanese oruisere were
wevorely damaged, and one torptede
coat was sunk.
Ilor four hour', the correspondent
continued, they remained in the har-
bor, expecting the Japanew to enter
and renew the attack. The injuries
,,f the Variag made It impossible
for her to fight any longer, and is
ardor to prevent the Japanese from
betting the vessels as spoils of viase
.x►th the Variag and he Korieta were
ru,lk, and the tender Sungari was
burned. • ,
41.1 the Russian snrviveme of the
engagement were taken on board the
foreign waraltips present, excepting
.ho Vicksburg. The Japanese ad-
.airal demanded the surreneev of
:.hese then as prisoners o2 war, but
the foreign oaptains chivalrouslyire-
. used to do eo.
People here are eloquent to their
praise of Captain Rroudnef, of the
Verlag, who, atter i•nflicting alt the
lamage possible on the enemdy monk
RUSSIA SAVkle GUNBOAT.
Consented to Dismantle the eVarshti
lilannjur.
Ladnon oable: The duly inter-
est In the incident respecting the
Russian gunboat Mandjur, which was
in port at Shanghai, regards the
questlan of the neutrality `of th.
ship Itself. She 1s An old eiget-
knot vessel, hnd a sister ship of th•
Koaietz, which was sunk at Chemu:
pa. Tho 'Shanghai correspondent el
the Express says that the Mandjuh
was preparing to comply with tht
peremptory orders of he Chinese au-
thorities to leave, when her captain
learned that a big Japanese cruis-
er was outside waiting for him. He
thereupon moored the Mandjur
Meanwhile • the Japanese cruises
Akitsieshinta came up and anchored
opposite the customs house at Woo
sung. The captain of tho Mandjui
then landed, and accompanied by M
Pavloff, 'the Russian Minister at
Seoul, who had arrived on the French
miser Pascal, visited the Japarese
Consul and offered to guarantee
that the Mandjur would remain in
port until the war was over. The
Consul accepted on condition that
the vessel's gene should be d1s-
mantled. Tho Russians concurred 018 ai9'n sh11u.
and the dismantling immediately' be- There is no question of Maisie.
The Mandjur Is thus saved. It making a protest against the Jap-
ls expected that the Akitsushima anese admiral's attack as a break
will •naw leave, i . i oQ Corean neutrality!, as Corea be
ing occupied byt Japane.e troops,
RUSSIA WAS UNPREPARED, has lost her neutral eheaaetap,
Rear -Admiral Jessen has been a.l1-
Viedomosti of St. Petersburg Decid- pointed to succeed Rear-,ldm;ir4
edly Prank.Ewald Von Eitackelburg, ooutuandee
London cable: A Rettssian cos- of the Vlm.divostok aquadran. Reau-
L
respondent of the Times says; The Admiral Jeasnn has the reputation of
recent oftiuial communication about being a bold sailor. Be will Way*
the war s thus commented upon by St. Peteisbut+g intimation
t immediately. tyl.
Vise -
the St. Petersburg Viedomosti : ivyheAlexieff no willim note re that i he
Judging by f=it. Petersburgg, we Vise -royalty in the far east. It in
fear there is much nervousness and possible, however, that the asters
instability among the general pub- direction of field niiovsments sage
when we should like to see pass out ot his hand',
greater calmness and optimism,which
would prevent the public losing its
BRITAIN PREPARES.
head over small reverses, when much
greater ones may well be expected. incessant Activity in Beating the
Wo must realize that a railway, 2,-
000 miles long, cannot be guarded : Navy.
by the few: troops at the disposal . London pule: 1L1p. paQeraa cam.
the Commander -in -Chief. meat. upon the activity, wh,su is seen
of
:was not possible to have sent ' ut li cptwlelh and elsewhere, in refit-
t
1
a million -Soldiers to the !rant sing the navy in preparation for any
when the outbreak of war was still • emergency. It is admitted that the
doubtful without the risk of tat- ; manufacturers of fixed ammunition
ally ruining the finances of the nave bean working night shifts sine
country. Tho ,small number of • en rhstmas, and that all the surpltu
troops at the front, tlierefore,can_ obaetete war material on vessel's at
not bre considered due to want of !home and abroad is being rapeseed
preparations and proper instruc- , as rapidley: as possible. lJspeeial }m -
tions. It would have been much serest attaches to the equipment o3
worse to have so far ruined our-
selves financially in preparing for
war as not to be in a condition
to carry on the war when it came.
The concentration of a suffic-
lent number of troops cannot be
expected to Lake place he three
months, for it takes that time for
a railway carriage to go to the
far east and back. Meanwhile we
must be patient. Never before have
there existed in the world worse
conditions for the mobilization and
provisioning el an army from so
distant a base.
The stoical simplicity of the Vice-
roy's reports are not sufficiently
appreciated, and it is not proper
to indulge in unfounded criticism
othliis actions, such as asking, "How
VMS it that the movements of the
Japanese torpedo boats wero over-
looked 1" Well, they were watched
for a whole year until those who
watched grew tired. No doubt in
St. Petersburg the people will be
indignant to hear that soldiers get
tired, fall asleep, become stiffen-
ed by the frost and perish of hun-
ger. 'Te might ae well find fault
witi.t thein for becoming 111 of ty-
phus. The Viceroy, who is beloved
by his army, is calm and foresee-
ing, and will prevent all that hu-
man genius can prevent. Victory
ultimately is assured to us, and
the rest is in the hands of God.
Hundreds of Soldiers Drowned.
Vienna cable: Two regimontaae of
Russian pioneers anis one regiment of
railway troops have been drowned
in Lake Baikal, according to a do -
.,patch from the St. Petersburg cor-
respondent of the Narodin Listy. The
despatch gives no particulars, but it
is believed the soldiers perished
while crossing the lake on the rail-
way that the Russians have been
building across the ico. This railway
wan tested a few days ago, and At
in thought the Russians were taking
a troop train over the lake when the
ice broke and the train sank,
RUSSIANS [e'OCGI)r BRAVELY.
sixty battleships with the new Iib
finch wire steel guns, 450 off wire&
were ordered be the Admiralty four
years ago at the expense of 022.,-
.100,000. These are said to be the
most modern and most powerfal guns
,l existence in ani nary, and they
are capable 0f thrasvding an aimed
shot accurately/ a distance of 1%-
000 yards.
Similar reports of mllitanyl mitt -
;Pity are received from other coun-
tries. For instance, even Sped' le
preparing for possibilities. Tits
Spen4 Minister ae War informed a
new per man aeaterday that he
was mobilizing the military forces at
his disposal, and said: " Althoutgb time
Russo-Japanese dispute does not eon -
cera tie, we meet be prepared fon ail
eventualities. Patriotism, however,
demands that we keep abient regard-
ing the points Spain must fortify{,"
USING HEAVY TORPEDOES.
Japan's Victories Cause a Stir in the
Urn tali Admiralty.
London Fable: is tins result. a1
the successful torpedo attaok on Rt rt
Arthur, the British Admiralty has
welted up at onoe, and, not content
with supplying the battleships now
in commiss:ou with 14 -inch torpedote,
capable of running three thousand
yards, 1a experimenting with 1s -
inch torpedoes with. a speed of thirty
knots and a radius of four thousand
yards, ,
A prominent naval officer sags
that the Japanese are using the
homiest torpedo charge. which haw
been tested Uy the British Ldmir-
alty, and that an explosion like that
officially reported by tbe Legation'
implies the sinking or disabling of a
ILuasian ehlp. It is not clear that
any Japanese torpedo has gone fur-
ther than two thousand yards.
DEATH OF MRS. T. P. COFFEE.
Wile of el:tenger of the Trusts and
Guarantee Company.
elude Count Lamsderft, the Foreign Feb. 8, has tt l.'grapphe+d the tol.owlnl; Tl us`s and Cr2arantoo Company,
Minister, the Anvlunssadoml ai inter account of the fight ftom Shanghai, had katsscxl gvw;ay. Mrs. Coffee wale,
fan, and Washington, the Dl n s where, lu., Inas arrived with the Eur- l.rior to her marriage tees than two
nt Tokio, Gen. Krottpatkin, and vivors of the Rtraaan aluii:s on board }'ears ago, Reiss Madelaine Ilughes
Prinoo Khilkoiif, Minister of 71ai1- rrenclt cruiser Pascal.
youngest daui;lntor of rho late iT,
walhs•
B.• Ilughes. She hail been ill for
A. Jnp:tnesa t litncirpn consisting v., some weeks, but was regarded es so
Nerooneness and pessimism is de- civ armored cruisers °eel eight tor- far out of clanger that Mr. Coffee
elated to be the prevailing note rued:,/ Eesti arrival 01 Chemulpo
atnang a largo section of the pub- prior to the declaration of war. Ad- sone' ton days ago made a bustnrhts
lie. Tho Viedomeeti deplores this, neral 1'rin, O;)1u1fl1tiding the Japan- trill to Witahihigton Territory, Earlyand appeals for caltrtness and doter- onngn:uiren, requested the Verlag last Week she took it turn for the
ml.natfaht, giving warning that much and the? torpedo girnbott Korletz to Worse, anti Mr. Coffee was tele.
greater reverses than have tlC- but ottt to wrct, tlnreittelpini; other- graphed for, arriving Within twon-
enrrod may the well expected. These Wis:i to attack them in their an- ty-four hours Moro she breathed
mast be mot with fortitude and int- cltorago. A protest was (urine by the her last yesterday morning.
lone'., ulttmutto victory being as. erapinius nt tics X`ronelt cruiser Pats•
surecal, tha Iltltttt eruitasr Tailiot rand DDJMiNI NT MASON DROWNED
Th rn floes hoot omit to bo any the Italian •erubrer Elba. The cap-
dinelmtttoh or dtscontont anion); the taui of the t'nited States gunboat i t, Clair, Idieb., Feb. ".2:•• -Jos Webb,
peasantry or of activity amour. the 1,irk•.bnrg along refrained from pre* aged 45. a prominent litre n, of Ciourt-
i+ vxrintfondtri' ivot'kerh. It ie report- toatinF. right, (lit.) was drowned 1tsr+ ltatur(1&y
ed 'that these etre being naughty' re.
!llio hetrolam'dlsplayed by the erow6 night. While returning to lief borne Ire
•
Ivrr:aeed. 1t is atltted that the Col- of bath Itueltn,1h lira rahipd so impress- "stepped into the ohennel nettle by a ear
teal 'lld+voititlonaryl oonuutttee in ed
the
ifot'eigLters present that many fes„y,ttnd souk before his three tempers,
sttlitkitutd True ever vtthinc( pre. o e trop , believing the Russians Conn could save him. A titmng tureit,
pared tot' n rtivolut1onaaryi out. were going to certain deetrabtion. tattled the body under the iii,