The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-09
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 slns F0R G0REl The American Naval Attache at Tokio Sends Report of the Departure of
 the Vessels. ARE GOING TO CHEMULPO THIS THE PORT OF THE ooREAN
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ARE GOING TO CHEMULPO
THIS THE PORT OF THE CoREAN
 CAPITAL.

Evidence That Japan fs Determined
 on war-The Seizure of Seoul Likely
 10 be Her First Act of war-sixty
 Transports Now Landing Troops as
 Various Porss in Cores-Reperted Seizure of Russian ships.
 Washington, Feb. S.-Secretary Moody has received a cablegram from Lieutenant Commander Marsh, the American naval attache at Tokio. am nouncing the departure of a naval di- vision from Japanese waters for Che- mulpo, the port of the Corean capital. That Japan has fully determined on war is evident from this cablegranl. The seizure of Seoul, the general naval board believes will be Japan's first act of war.
 Berlin, Feb. 9.--A dispatch received here from Port Arthur says news has been received there that Japanese troops have landed at Masampho.
 The dispatch says further thats the Russian warships at Port Arthur fre- quently put to sea, and that the inhabit- ants at Seoul are uneasily expecting the arrival of the Japanese troops, spondent of the Daily Mail cables that sixty Japanese transports are landing troops at various ports in Corea from Masampho and Fusan on the south to Kunsan, Mokpho and Chemulpho on the west.
 Seoul is to be occupied and the land- ing is being covered by the torpedo di- vision. The main body of the Japanese fleet, the correspondent concludes. will sail in the direction of Port Arthur.
 Tn a despatch from Tokio a corre- spondent of the Daily Mail avs the Jiji Shimpe has received a telegfa511 from Fusan, Corea, declaring that the firing of guns was heard to the west of Koje island (about twenty-five miles southwest of Fusan) at 8 o'clock Satur- day morning.
 Tn a dispatch from Nagasaki dated February 8, correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says:
 ''It is assured that the Russian fleet will fight The Russians long ago de- cided upon war, and their delay was due to lack of preparation and uncer- tainty whether certain powers would ir- tervene or not
 In a dispatch dated Nagasaki Sat,ir- day, February $, and which was delay- ed by the censor, a correspondent Of the Daily Telegraph asserts that Russia deliberately precipitated the crisis by secretly disDatching few days ago from Port Arthur transports loaded with a full division of troops and escort ed by a fleet and landing them near thP Yalu river. thus occupied northern Corea.
 Japanese patience became Exhausted and to-day Japan moved her ships and took unrestricted possession of certain merchant vessels, including the Shilka and Manchuria," the correspondent com tinues. 1.-TWO other Russian vessels were seized and escorted to Sasebo- Japan.''
 The Daily Telegraph says it supposed the foregoing seizures occurred at Ma- sampho, but that the censor suppressed the location.
 In dispatch from Tien Tsin, a corre- spondent there of the Standard says Russian force Is reported at Kalgan Gin Pechili province, no miles northwest of Pekin and near the Great Wall) and that preparations are being made for the flight of the Chinese court and the removal of the imperial treasure, as it is feared that Russia will descend upon Pekin.
 The Paris correspondent of the Daily Mail says that France has agreed with other powers to land troops in China directly hostilities begin in order to in sure neutrality of the middle kingdom
 Russia is negotiating with a syndicate of French, Belgian and Dutch bankers, cables the Brussels correspondent of the Standard flor loan of $200,000, ,000 7
 St. Petersburg, Feb. S.--At an ira- portant council held at the palace to- day, under the presidency of the czar, it was decided to telegraph viceroy Alexieff scrupulously to avoid any step which might provoke hostilities.
 RUSSIAN TROOPS IN PEKIN.