Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-20
CAN FIND NO JAPs.
Russians Fail to Locate japanese
Ships OF Troops

SA4PS "a AEoOpS.
cablegram from st. Petersburg LIT
night says: e Az
Maj. Gen. Pfug chief of staff to yiceroy
Alexieff, has sent him the following tele-
gram from Port Arthur: 2
Our scouts report that no japanese have
been seen either at l. Tsep-chu or Ping
yang, Korea. The population is Indifferent
toward us. The ice on the YaIu river is be-
ginning to go out. Natives. say that if a
high tide comes in five. days the ice will
begin to drift. The west coast of the
Liaotung peninsula is covered with ice for
distance of mile and a quarter to sea.
None of the enemy's ships has been seen
lately. There have been no fresh attempts
to destroy the railfoad.'
Paul Lessar, Russian minister at Picking,
has telegraphed that Yuan Shat Kali COM
tends to send 4O.O0O men from Pao-ting-fu
to Shan-hai---uan.
Russian Commanders.
Rear Admiral lessen has been appointed
to succeed Rear Admiral Ewald Won Stack
elberg, commander of the Vladivostok
squadron. Rear Admiral lessen has the
reputation of being a bold sailor who does
not hesitate in an emergency He will
leave ST. Petersburg Immediately
Although Vfceroy Alexief has been crit
lcsed in some quarters, there is no intima-
llOH THAT ne Will not retain the V1cer0yalty
In the far east 1t is possible, however,
that the active direction of field movements
may pass out of his hands.
Russian Ships Must Leave.
A cablegram from Paris last night says:
The st. Petersburg correspondent of the
Figaro cables that the Russian squadron at
Jibutil, French Somaliland, on the gulf of
Alden, has been ordered to return to Cron-
stadt. The Russian squadron at JbutiI
consists. as far as is known, of the battle
ship Oslabya, the cruiser Aurora, the cruiser
Dmitri Donskoi and number Of torpedo
boat destroyers. 1t was reported from ST.
Petersburg, February Is, that this squad
| ron had been instructed to remain at Jibutil
until further orders.
| 1t has been suggested that the stopping
| OF these Warshlps at Jibutil might lead to
| international representations, Jibutil being
a neutral French port.
Russia Lifts Censorship.
| A cablegram from ST. Petersburg last
night says:
| The Russian government has abolished
| the censorship upon all news and other
| kilograms going abroad. The lifting of the
embargo, which has existed for generations
upon the free transmission of news from
/ the Russian empire, came as direct result
| of consideration of the subject by the car
| himself, and in some respects this abolition
| Is regarded here as the most important act
| since the emancipation of the serfs. Under
| the regime allowing perfect freedom to the
! for eign press it is believed that Russia
will soon cease to be constantly subject to
underground attack, and that she will see
| herself through honest spectaces.
! japanese Corner Russian Gunboat.
| cablegram from London last night says:
The Shanghai correspondent of the Times
says the Chinese authorities are exercised
| about the arrival at Woo-Sung yesterday
| of the japanese cruiser Akitsushima. They
| connect 1t with the presence of the Rus
| sian gunboat Mandjur, which, in the alb
| sence of orders, remains anchored off the
| Bund. There is little doubt, therefore, that
| the Japanese cruiser has been sent to Woo
| Sung to lie in wait for the Russian gun
| boat MandJur and to sink or capture her.
The Japanese vessel cannot follow the Rus
| sian gunboat up the river, but, in accord
| ance with Russia's promise to respect the
| neutrality of China, the Mandjur must
move. out
Loubet Plans Speedy Visit to Gear.
A cablegram from Paris last night says:
It Is reported that President Loubet is
making arrangements for an immediate
visit to st. Petersburg to exchange courte-
| sizes with the car, thereby paying back
the visit of the car to France. 1t is re-
garded as significant that Loubet should
| choose such a moment to repay the visit
of the Russian sovereign and 1t is quite
certain that 1t will be much more than a
courtesy call.
La Presse has polled the chamber OF
deputies, and so far as heard from the
/ deputies are overwhelmingly in favor OF
| an alliance and of abiding by it regardless
/ of what may happen.