The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-13
German Newspaper Declares
III slavs Are Fortifying the Baltic l5
. Against Possible Attack Z
NEW COMMANDERS PUT .s5...I1.
HOPE IN RUSSIAN HEARTS
Admiral Makaroff's Aggressive
Actions and Conf dence il Ku-
ropatkin, Who Goes 70 the
Front, Has Changed Col ss7i
ors inst. sburg.
Skirrnishes. "a
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Especial Cable to The T1mes-Dtspskets
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LONDON, March 90 W III En- gland safad I
Franco become embrolled In the Ear Nast.s
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8S A dispatch from Paris. which telts ol
the arrest OF n French trait tor, who / at
tempted Ito sell French naval secrets "a
tho Japanese, makes reveatlo ions which
indicate that a great war With russia and
France on the one side and England and
Japan on the other rs again bdsnS{Ss se-ss
riuus!ys considered In military circles dur.
Ing tho lull y III the receipt of imp rtane3
news from tho Far. East. !, ~ s3;s I
THE secrets which the traitor, tried to
ell.to J Japan it is said, had particular
reference to dont naval action on the part
OF FranceNand Russia Il tia5
The TaxebIatt In. Berlin. asserts that
the conviction prevaflsRin Russia that svnrs
with England will be- the nevitablel OUT
tive preparnti Ions are being made for such
a contingency BY Tauss Ia. Include nR meas
ures for the defence OF the Bait tic coast
This was evidenced during the past week
by the orders issued BY, the Russia goW,;S4
EernmGnt to Ill parsons residing n nee the
ftotvacate their Houses at oncq. .Ih his was
taken to mean 4 that !. the governina III
stondcd preparing for q n possible II tack
on that coast. which would be, Eng Land 8
first aim In tho event OF hostll ities.
@3 Russia, meanwhile. is stralning every
5ilerYe to overcome the dyantage against
her In tho East. i8 t34 81 Asa4fi ss3g
n There Is an luminous note In the no.
tice, which she has caused to be served
lr,onss the Chinese government BY her
minister at Pekn, with regard to the ao- 4
tiyity Of Chinese troops along the Man
churian frontier. Russia notifies China
that she will take the measures necessary
to safeguard her interests II the troops
commit any depredations.
In St. Petersburg, Admiral Makarolf z
aggressive actions are hailed with joy
and the report OF his bod sortle at Port
Arthur in the face OF great odds. was TO-
celved with the Widest maillf eStano nag
OF enthusiasm. He is expected to bring
the naval forces to-a. much higher degree i
Of efficiency than has hitherto been mani
tested.
General EUROPA kin,5 In leaving for the {
East Is reported to have made the boast
that after driving tho Japanese OF tho
main land, the Russians would overrln 4
the Japanese islands and teach themNa s
lesson they would never forget.
To-day, the elusive v adtvostokS SQUAD
ron was reported to be cruising along tia (
Korean coast. l,arassing the landing opeAj6
rations Of ,the Japanese. .sl Il q
In spite OF Admiral AIakaroff's agErea-
sive policy. naval experts hold to the Pc
lief that Port Arthur Is doomed; but Y
IT fails the Rnssi1 TINS will leave as little OF
It for tho victors as they left OF Moscow
or sebastopol and will not abandon 1eS
without a determined resista nee to the ne (
last moment, j, X n &