The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-07
BOMBARD vLADIvOST0K


to raise the Retvisan, quitting Port
Arthur, together with the only other
| Anglo-Saxo there. That considerable
/ damage within the Notifications has
been caused by the Japanese fire from
! Pigeon bay is corroborated, and the
defenses on that side are being
strengthened by barbed wire entangle-
ments and additional artillery.
| Street traffic in Port Arthur the ref
] ugees say, is largely confined to the
ammunition carts. All the forts have
been provided with naval signal Off
GERS for the purpose of Identifying Rus
sian ships and preventing the forts
| from firing on them when they arrive.
| The derailment of one car yesterday
north of Dalny by an obstacle on the
| track delayed trains for fifteen hours,
and a serious accident was only avoid
ed by the low speed at which the train
was running.
JAPANESE MEET OPPOSITION.
! New York. March There are dan
gerous symptoms portending anti
/ Japanese demonstra tions by the power
/ full Korean Peddler guild, which
! strongly opposed the recently signed
| japanese Korean protocol, cables the
| Herald'S correspondent at Seoul It is
probable that the reported dynamiting
| last week was perpetrated by them.
/ No trouble to the other foreigners is
| anticipated, as the Japanese are taking
! active police measures to prevent a pos
sibIe uprising Xii Young 500, chief
ernor OF Seoul and relegated to an OBJ
scure magistracy in an inferior district.
RUSSIA GIVES IT UP.
New York March Having prac-
tleaIly abandoned efforts to ship sup
plies of foodstuffs from the Pacific
| coast to the far east on account of the
| alertness of the japanese, it is reported
that Russian agents are now seeking to
! purchase stores through London and
New York for shipment to Baltic ports.
Rates to the latter are extremely low
at present, favorng such an operation.
| WILL SURRENDER THE MANDJUR
New York March THE Russian
BunbOat Mandjur will be given into the
custody Of the Chinese imperial mari
time customs officials, according to a
| Ilmes dispatch from Shanghai The
| local authorities consider the landing
OF the crew unnecessary. and will so
ADVISE the Chinese foreign officials.
RUSSIANS BUSY FORTIFYING.
London, March Only Russian re-
ports on the bombardment of Vladivo-
stock have yet been received and these
give no indications as to whether the
RUSSIAN squadron is still there. Accord
ing to report from Toxic the squad
ron was seen off Gensan, Korea, last
Thursday, but on this point there is
no reliable information. Speculation
however, mostly inclines to the belief
that the Russian squadron is not in
port at Vladivostock, as neither the
official nor the other reports of the
bombardment mention Russian battle
/ ships.
Port Arthur dispatches of Saturday
and Sunday say chat everythfngis quiet
there and in the Liatotung peninsula
The Japanese cruiser squadron was
seen accommodating off Port Arthur Fri
day night during heavy snowstorm
The Daily Telegraph's Chefoo CORE
spondent says the Russians are still
employing thousands of coolies at Port
Arthur and Dalny on entertainments
and forts hat oil
mounting over a hundred guns to pro-
tect the neck of the isthmus.
The correspondent of the Standard at
Iien TsiD gives rumor that thirty
Russian sailors were caught in an at
tempt to escape from Port Arthur and
that they were shot the same day.
The Standards St. Petersburg CORE
: spondent telegraphs, under reserve, a
} story to the effect that a party of Jap
anese, disguised as Tartars, were ar
) rested by guard Of the Siberian rail-
way bridge at Syzran, on the river
: Volga, having packages of dynamite
in their possession.
A special dispatch from Tien Tsin
estimates that there are 80 900 Tungese
irregulars in Southern Manchuria
: largely led by patriotic Japanese who
volunteered for this dangerous work.
The Russian cruiser Aurora has ar
rived at Suda bay. Turkey.
RUSSIAN SQUADRON LOCATED.
London. March 1T is believed that
the Russian Vladivostock squadron is
) now in the vicinity of the mouth of
the Tumen river. engaged in covering
the movement OF troops from Possiet
; bay to the valley of Turmen.
Russian scouts are reliably reported
to nave penetrated south as far as
kiung Sung. The earlier Russian
[ movement into northeastern Korea was
regarded as a diversion, but it now ap-
pears that a considerable force partici-
pated- 1t is thought that the Russians
may occupy and fOrtify some strong
position on the Tumen river Reports
: regarding Russian movements in north
. western Korea are meager and unrelia-
Bile. The force north of the Yalu is
being increased, but it is doubted if
any considerable number of Russians
have crossed the river.
The japanese cabinet will meet to-
morrow to finally consider the program
of financial legislation made necessary
by the war. which is to be submitted
to the special session of the diet, 1t
E Is understood that it has been decided
. not to introduce legislation affecting
; the tobacco monopoly.
I I AID WAR ekannfiegrad
), st. Petersburg, March 7.-Although
t the prevailing opinion in military cir
u cles continues to be that the lombard
I ment of Vladivostok Sunday was for
the purpose of locating the guns of the
:, Russian batteries and to ascertain
(; whether the Russian squadron was ir
= port some shrewd observants believe il
! indicates move by land and sea
Il against the city.
: The Novoe Vremya advances the the
: ory that the bombardment was ordered
i for political effect on the japanese diet
It is considered here, especially un-
= fortunate that the Japanese did no
y go close enough to Vladivostok to es
! tablsh the identity of their ships. leav-
i ing the question whether they were
n division of the Port Arthur fleet il
= doubt 1t is not believed however, tht
= japanese would dare to divide the lat
ter which would involve the risk of
ie sortie by the Russians and their play
- ing havoc with the Japanese transpor
II fiotilla. The Japanese fleet has no
been sighted from Port Arthur 70
- over q week and nOSSihIf is truiner +.