The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-20
GENERAL MIXUP
SEEMS LIKELY
England and France Trying to
Buy Chilean WaFships.
ARMIES SLOWLY GATHERING
so FAR NO LAND BATTLES HAvH
OCCURRED.

New York, Feb. 19.-Both England
and France are trying to buy four
or FIVE Chilean warships, says a Her
aid dispatch from Valparaiso. The
English bid is the better one. It is
also rumored that England has made
a proposal to buy all the Chilean
squadron excepting three French
bu1lr ships.
Toxic, Feb. 19-Captain Kurkamai.
commander Of the Japanese armored
ship Chiyoda, today presented the
emperor with the shot-torn flags of
the Russian cruisers Variag and Ko-
rietz, which were sunk at ChemuIpo
on Feb. 9. The emperor was much
affected. He congratulated Kurkamai
and made him the bearer OF an at
fectionate message TO the officers and
men of the feet.
London, Feb. 2O.-"An American
/ squadron is expected here tele-
graphs the Che Foo correspondent Of
the Morning Post under date Of Feb.
10, %and it is reported that the Amer
leans intend to land a force of ma
rines. There are rumors of possible
trouble with Germany, which claims
exclusive rights in Shan Tung prov
inee, China. Only three Russian
warships at Port Arthur remain in
tact"
ONDON, Feb. 2o.-CompIete stag
nation in war news leads the
newspapers this morning TO dis
cuss the political aspect of the strur-
gle III the far east as It is likely c8
/ affect Great Britain. No great imror-
lance is attached TO the stories pub
/ lished in Paris and elsewhere on the
ointment Of alleged intrigues locking
To the coalition of Russia France and
/ Germany, the belief being that it is
! TO the interest of all the powers to
| take steps TO lOcalize the struggle
AT the same time il is recognized s
/ that i'm all three of these countries
/ there is q strong feeling against Crea
( Britain on account of her alliance with
/ Japan. and as Germany and France
/ Joined with Russia i'm 1895 against Ja-
| pan, it would be natural for Eussil
I 10 seek similar assistance I'm her pres
ent difficulties. The argument is there
/ fore made that it behooves Great Brit
ain 10 be prepared for any and am
{ results. News CT the abolition of the
/ Russian censorship has not set reached
/ the English newspapers.
Englishmen in Danger.
| press record the rapid growth of AM
/ glophobic feeling. According TO the
| Kiev correspondent of the standard
l many English boys have been with
drawn from Russian schools owing TO
the annOyances and insults to which
! they are subjected. and there is evi-
dence in the restaurants and other
public resorts that the position Of
British residents in kiev would be
dangerous should Great Britain be-
I come involved i'm the Russ0-Japauese
struggle.
The Tien Tsin correspondent of the
Daily Mail supplies a new version 0f
the Russian cruiser Boyarin, obtained
from an officer who survived the blow
] ing up of the Russian torpedo trans
port Yenisei. This officer says that on
I the day following the Yeuiseis eatas
trophe Feb - q violent storm br0Ugh
Q
/ ter at Port Arthur The BOyariu WA
sent to assist i'm securing them, but
she was caught in the storm, was
] driven on the rocks and was sunk
Official Denials Explained.
If this account is correct it explains
the Russian official denials that the
/ Bovarin was tOrpedOed by the Japa-
nese or that she was blown up as
result of accidental contact with
Russian mine at Port Arthur.
The Shanghai correspondent OF 90
Daily Express asserted that after q
/ interview with the japanese consul
/ Shanghai the captain of the Russia
gunboat Mandjur consented 20 alsara
! his vessel and to keep IL i'm the harDo
( of Shanghai until the CONCLUSION
hostilities. This statement however
| is not vet confirmed by other Shang
/ hal dispatches.
The correspondent ar Seoul OF tu
/ Daily Mail reports that 1900 COsSach
/ are crossing the Yalu river into h0re
near Win. and that Cossack scout
{ have already advanced into hofea =
far as Anju.
Gable dispatches from Shanghai Old
/ clare that General Ma, who IS protect
{ ing the borders of Pc Chi ii PROVING
/ wires that it is becoming daily moi
difficult TO prevent the Chinese JrooI
at Hsinmintun. province OF elln
/ King. from crossing the Liar. 20 riFt
/ and engaging the Russians employ
/ g.. -.r-r.rflsr,er tho railroad near MuEGe