Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-02-29

get lined up for battle its army will
I avenge a n-ndred field IGfgn's action.
The Russian advance on the Yalu
i is reported driven back by the Japan
f csc with a loss of $500 lives. Com
missary supplies are failing and the
f transport service is falling short.
IL is believed in Europe that Russia
viii fall back temporarily from the
coast. collect an immense army, and
. ,hen swoop Gown and CvLrwhelm the
japanese.
4 Russia and Japan having refused
permission ID American officers TO &C
company the forces in the field, Corea
7 viii be askei TO permit an observer to
be stationed in that country.
Russia's reply to Seu etary Hays
uote accepts the principle of the sug-
gestions. but attaches a condition safe
guarding important interests Russia
! has acquired in MaaChuria.
Professor harry Pratt Judson Of the
University of Chicago says that pro-
visions shipped from America for the
japanese would be liable TO seizure by
the Russians as contraband of war.
Japan has promised China that it
will not injure or destroy the sacred
Chinese tombs and palaces in Man
churia. and says it is not waging the
war for conquest Of Chinese territory.
Permission for the Russia's Black
sea feet to pass the Dardanelles is re-
ported given by Turkey, which can
not be held responsible. England is
alarmed, and its reserves are mobo-
lized.
Only three Russian warships at Port
Arthur are still uninjured A Japan
csc cruiser near Shanghai is hunting
the Russian gunboat handful, which
is accused of violating the neutrality
law.
The kaiser's attitude causes con-
Germ in Russia His attitude con-
corning the yellow peril is satisfac-
tory, but what he would do If war
breaks out in the Balkans is an
anxious question.
The Russian government has abol-
ished the censorship upon all news and
other kilograms going abroad. The
embargo has existed for generations,
and its lifting is regarded in st. Peters
burg as the most important act since
the emancipation of the serfs.
Count Cassini. Russian ambassador
To the United States. is declared TO be
largely responsible for his country's
acceptance Of the Hay note. The diplo-
matist says he finds in the United
States much good feeling fer the car.
Russia is face to face with a huge
task in mobilizing its army in the far
east Operations must be conducted
over a long. single-track railroad, with
Door equipment and under severe
weather conditions. Success in the war
rests on the result of the transporta-
ton problem.
Twenty-Five hundred Russians were
killed in the preliminary battles On the
Yalu river. their advance guards be-
ing driven back by the Japanese. The
car orders an inquiry ilto the disaster
at Port Arthur and many dismissals
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Vladivostok squadron is believed to be
in the Corean straits attempting to cut
a cable.
Cannonading was heard off the Jap
anese coast at Shimonoseli and an
important naval engagement may be
on a decisive battle in the Yalu val
ley is expected at any moment. Cos
sack pickets captured a small detach-
ment of japanese soldiers in the first
land engagement on Corean territory.
Major Tatsaru is among those cap
tured. Three hundred Russian scouts
are reported at wiju China tells
Russia that If it was not able TO guard
the Manchurian railway in times OF
peace. II cannot be expected to do so
in times of war.