Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-07-25
Demand Satisfaction From Russia and a
Fleet Is Dispatched to Suez
Inspired Paper Declares MaIacca Will
Never Be Taken to Prize Court
Leading Daies Of London More Violent
That at Start Of Boer Wan

what it terms the illegality of the Rus
sian action:
I'm any circumstances we think il
may be assumed that the Malacca will
never be navigated by a prize crew to
any Russian port She will be
watched, if not actually stopped, by
British warships and she will, in any
case, be restored to her owners long
before she can be taken through the
Dardanelles or navigated to Libau.
This emergency, in some respects, is
the most critical that has marked our
relations with Russia in the last 20
years and in the face of the inhamed
state of public opinion in st. Peters
burg it would be unwise to blind our
selves to the existence of possibilities
that would otherwise be unthinkable.
This country has adopted with decis-
ion and compOsure an attitude from
which there can be no retreat or
flinching. We seek simple redress
for violent and unprovoked injury
and where the peace of the west de-
ponds upon the will Of the car we
cannot believe that civilization will
look to him during the next As hours
in vain"
This announcement, from an organ
so VIGOROUSLY inspired. with its open
reference to the possibility of war.
adds enormously to the situation that
already was grave enough.
Gar Would Please England.
st. Petersburg, July 21-1:42 a. NJ
The Associated Press has just been in
formed that the emperor in an inter
view with Foreign Minister LamsdOrff,
expressed his displeasure at the turn
events had taken and at the possibility
of complications with Great Britain
arising out of the detention of British
ships by the Russian volunteer fleet
steamers in. the Red sea. This win
doubtless lead to an immediate and
amicable adjustment of the difficulties
Jap Steamship Destroyed.
Washington, July 2O.-The Japanese
legation has received the following
cablegram from the foreign office at
Toxic
cat $3.50 a. m. July 20 the Vladivos-
stok squadron fired on and sunk a Jap
anese steamboat of 31S tons, off the
coast of Isoya, about % miles from Ha-
kodate. Ali the crew were landed safe
Iy at Cape Yesan."
Important Jap Advance.
st. Petersburg, July 21.-General
Kuropatkin last evening reported a
considerable column Of Japanese ad-
vancing along the northern Saimatsza
Liaoyang road. The great Importance
of the appearance of the japanese on
the northern road is that if the ad-
vance should be pushed Count Keller's
position in the Liam valley would be
Ioutfanked, as would the strong Rus
sian position at Liandiansian, which
commands the FengwangCheng high
road and two minor roads from Sim
|oucheng and Siuyen, over which the
Japanese would advance to the north.
Once outaanked here, the road to
IIiaoyang would be open. On the other
hand the advance beyond HoutsiatZe
would give Count Keller an Opportu-
nifty by an energetic movement to
strike this column in the rear. The
bulk of the armies are now within
striking distance and only a single
days march separates them.
May stop American Ships.
Paris, July 21.-The Temps discuss
ing the passage of the VladivostOk
squadron through the straits of Tsugar
says its purpose is either 10 attack