Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-03-22
BRITISH APOLOGY EXPECTED
English Commander Refuses Gen.
Wogack's Commands,
RUSSIA IS BUSY IN C0REA.
Cars Movements Toward Corca Causes
Reported Mobilization of the MikadO's
Sauadrons-- Fleet Said to Have Sailed
Great Britain May Yield.

London, March 22.-General Wog-
ack, the Russian commander at Tien-
tsin has demanded not only the with
drawal of the British troops from the
disputed territory at the railroad siding
but an apology for the removal of the
Russon flag.
General Barrow, the British COM
mander. refuses to either withdraw
his soldiers or to apologize. and in so
refusing he has the support OF his
government. British achievements
are being sent.
Such Is the information cabled to
the Daily Mail from Pekin yesterday
and prominently displayed in the col
umns of that paper this morning.
Russia's Proceedings in Corea.
The Daily Mails correspondent from
Kobe also sends disquieting dispatch.
He says under yesterdays date:
"Russia's proceedings in Corea are
now openly aggressive, and it Is be-
lieved that she is about to make fur
Their demands in connection with Ma
sanpho."
This dispatch lends an added impor-
lance to yesterdays dispatch from
Shanghai, which said:
"A dispatch to the China Gazette
from Toxic, March 20, says that all
the Russian warships in Japanese
waters have sailed for Corea and that
the Japanese squadron is mobilizing
for an immediate departure to the
Corean coast"
British, Send More Troops
The situation at Tientsin seems to
have taken on little change. Neither
side has yielded and Count Won Wal
dersee has returned to Pekin, after
failing to effect compromise.
In the meatime the British troops
are being reinforced. Ninety British
marines arrived there from Taku on
Tuesday night replacing the detach-
ment of Indian troops which has been
guarding the disputed land. The Welsh
Fusileers were expected to arrive
there yesterday. Australian troops
were dispatched to Tientsin from Pc
kin yesterday by special train.
Russian Press Not Alarmed.
st. Petersburg, March 22.-Thc Rus
sian press is not alarmed about the
Tientsin affair. There is no mention
of it in the official agencys dispatches,
but the London correspondent Of the
Novoc Vremya characterizes the dis
pute as unimportant. Another Lon
don correspondent quotes French
diplomat as saying that an Anglo-Rus-
sian war is impossible, and Russia
need only threaten to support the
Beers to bring Great Britain to hec
knees
Favors Eusso-Japancse Alliance.
The Novosti advocates Russo-Ja-
panese alliance which will assure ia
pan her present possessions and a
large market for her industrial prod
ucts in Russian territory. where they
will be protected against Anglo-Ger~
man competition. In conclusion. the
article declares this alliance is as im-
portant in the Orient as the Franco
Russian alliance is in the Occident.
The Novosti apparently regards the
Russo-American understanding as per-
manent- as the paper does not NEIL
ton American competition in Russian
territory, which is stronger than the
Anglo German competition.
Think England win Yield.
Berlin, March 22.-In German Off
cial circles it is asserted that salts
factory adjustment of the TieDtsin
matter may be expected. The press
does not consider the incident vital.
All the papers express belief that
Great Britain will yield.