Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-05-07
MUCH WAR TALK
MUCH ALARM is FELT IN NEW.
CHWAN0.
Advices Brought by Steamer Are to
the Effect That Russia and ia.
pan Are Preparing for Possible
HOstilities Over Manchurfa :. Res.
idents Fleeing.

Victoria, B. c., May 5.-Advices
have been received bv the steamer
Olympia, which has arrived from Yo-
kohama, that the Chinese are hurrying
from Newchwang in alarm as a result
OF the dispatch of Japanese and British
warships in consequence of the nom
evacuation Of Newchwang by the Rus
slams.
Residents of the Chinese ports are
hurrying their valuabIes to Tientuin,
Cheefoo and Shanghai, fearing war.
The whole trend of the news received
by the Olympia to April 10 is of war;
like prepar ations and Of rush move
ments of warships, for Japan and Rus
STA are seemingly both getting ready for
hostilities in the event of the Man
churian embroglio resulting in war.
A japanese military officer who has
just returned from Newchwang is quoted
by the Jill Shimpo as saying that "ac
cording to all appearances Russia is
undoubtedly preparing for war in Man
churia, and great alarm is felt New
chwang." The officer also states that
the Russians detained the Monkden tao
tai to prevent his appearance at New
chwang, in order to seize that port on
the pretext of his nonarrival.
State of Siege.
Dispatches are printed by Japanese
papers to the effect that a state of siege
has been declared by the Russian au-
thorities at Talienwan, Kiauchou, and
THEME to the Yalu river. Military
maneuvers are taking place involving
much tent and field work. The Russians
assert that the movement is attribnta-
BILE to the strained relations between
Russia and Japan. The Japan Herald
has dispatch from Port Arthur that
Russian troops have .been dispatched
to Amnokgang. in Korea, and Japan
csc vernacuiar paper says Japanese war
ships have gone there.
The Yomiuri of Toyko states that in
Newchwang. Port Arthur, Talienwan
and neighboring towns collision be-
tween Japan and Russia is considered
inevitable, and that the opening of hos
tilities is expected at any moment.
The economic market has been serious
ly affected in consequence, and the
RussoC Chinese bank. which has corre-
spondence with the Port Arthur branch
of the Yokohama specie bank, has
promised, the Yomiuri adds, to sever
this connection.
Japan's Reserve Ready.
The Hochi publishes the significant
report that certain Japanese generals
have caused notice to be issued to the
reserves to be ready for mobilization.
The ASH says that Japanese and Brit
ish warships have also been dispatched
to the Yalou river. The Russian
troops in Manchuria have been in
creased by additions, which have been
sent out under the pretext of replacing
the troops. The general feeling pre-
vailing in Japan is shown by the large
number of mass meetings being held.
Many are reported by Yokohama and
Tokyo papers. Prof. Tomidizu. of the
Imperial university, at largely at
tended Yokohama meeting, was loudly
applauded when he declared that the
Manchurian problem could only be
solved by war. He said that despite
the talk OF publicists, Japanese mill
tary and naval forces were ready for
the encounter. Finance was not
stumbling block, and if Japan had a
famine in the northeast Russia was
also troubled by failure of crops along
the Amur. He held that if japan
failed to make itself felt, China and
Korea would throw in their lot with
Russia. The Japan war Office took ex-
ception to these plain statements and
demanded the punishment of the pro-
fessor, but nothing was done.