The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-02-19
RUSSIANS
MOVE UP
Have Advanced Troops along
the YaIu.
JAPANESE SHIPS ACTIVE
Still Sc. ding the Russian Fleet to
Cover or TO the Bottom
of the Pacific Ocean.

SHANGHAI, Feb. ia report from
Seoul, Korea, says that Russian troops
to the number OF 5000 have arrived on
the Yalu river
An advance division Of 1000 has en-
tered Win, the port oS Korea lately
declared open to the commerce Of the
world, and taken possession of it, leav-
ing 1900 men on the opposite bank of
the river at Chintiencheng.
The first collision is expected some
where near Win.
Reports received here from Korea
state that Russian troops are advanc-
Ing toward Seoul and that strong
position at Pmgyang has been occu-.
pied by them.
Dispatches from st. Petersburg say
that in u mysterious manner some for
eicn power is attempting to sell to
the government obsolete warships with
the proviso that If Russia declines the
bargain it viii be offered to Japan.
The correspondence is being conduct
ed in German.
The new Japanese war loan was
subscribed twice over. Japan will is
sue paper currency, redeemable in
gold. for the use Of the troops in Ko-
rea. This is said to be in effect
forced loan
Mr.. Hays note, according TO a Ber-
line report, did not exclusively deal
with Chinese neutrality, but proposed
TO limit Russia's action in the event
of Japan being defeated.
Reports from Tokyo say the navy de-
parmeut has information that the
Russian second class cruiser Boyarin
was torpedoed and sunk by the de-
stroyer Heyatory in the torpedo attack
on the Russian fleet at Port Arthur.
Lieutenant Commander Tokenouchi
did not know the name of the vessel
struck by a torpedo discharged by the
Heyatory, but the navy department
has since learned from other sources
that it was the Boyarin.
The British steamer Hsi-Ping, which
arrived here from ChingwangtaO, re-
ports that she was fired on by the
Russian ships and forts when seeking
shelter in the outer roadstead Of Port
Arthur and that she was then ordered
TO Dalny, where she vas detained four
days in spite of her captains protests.
The Russian gunboat Mandjur has
not gone up the river to be dismantled,
as reported She remains mt Shanghai
in defiance of the orders of the Chinese
officials to leave this port.
A Port Arthur report says Manchu-
rian bandits and Russian soldiers are
pillaging everywhere in that place, and
shopkeepers have armed to protect
themselves
japanese refugees who have arrived
on the British steamship Wenchow at
Chefu say that they were frequently
left without food by the Russians and
that the Wenchow's signals for water
were disregarded.
The japanese on their way from
Harbln to Port Arthur were pillaged
and left penniless,
Telegrams received from Port Arthur
say the japanese have captured the
Okhotsk -Kamchatka company's steam
ers Kolik and Bobrik.
A magnate pamed Salabek has ar
rived at Port Arthur, asking the Vice
roy's permission to go to the front with
5000 Kurd horsemen. He only asks
the government to provide for the
transport Of the men, their horses and
arms. Admiral Alexeieff declined and
referred Snlabek to the czRr.
The railroad is unchanged, and Port
Arthur is secure. All the troops are
eagerly awaiting an opportunity to
meet the Japanese in fair fight
1t is believed here that the enemy
sustained heavy damage at the time Of
the bOmbardment and'is carefully con-
cealing the same.
The repairs to the Russian warships
damaged during the bombardment are
rapidly proceeding. me Cesarevitch,
Retvizan and Pallada will soon rejoin
the fleet
About a hundred Russian families
who left Japan intending to proceed to
Port Arthur and other points are now
living here under the protection of the
Russian consul.
A SURPRISE TO RUSSIA.
Ia Embarruased nv the Placing oR