The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-03-01

| ST Petersburg, Feb. 29.-The statement
| OF the commander of the United States
! glnboat Vicksburg regarding the Che
mupo affair was communicated TO the
Foreign Office by the Associated Press
! correspondent and was received as a
| complete ana satisfactory explanation. Re
| grets were expressed that the incident
had created so much feeling here.
| I'VE had no official advices on the sub
! ject," said an Official but as the Incl
! dent was attracting much attention here
| it is r source OF qualification 10 learn that
! the statements were not only untrue, but
! that the Nicksburg was the first to rem
| der aid. We desire to preserve the most
amicable relations with the American Re
/ public and when the truth IS generally
known 1t will doubtless so far to allay the
| irritation caused by the original report"
When the Government receives an Off
cial report of the aid rendered by the
| Ficksburg to the Russian wounded. II
will express TO the United States its for
! NAL thanks. as in the case OF the British.
French and Italian warShips.
WILL SEEK ORIGIN
OF FALSE REPORTS.
A searching inquiry will be made by the
Russian authorities IN the effort to place
the responsibility for the false report that
Commander Marshall had refused to res
cue the Russian sailors from the Yariag.
WILL CONSIDER CABLE
AS CONTRaBASD OF WAR
II an attempt is made to lay Il cable
from the island of Guam to Japan during
the continuance of hostilities it will be
regarded as contrabaud of war under the
rlr In INN fpyo
As pointed out to the Associated Press
correspondent, the proclamation is spe-
cific on this question, and it is not be-
lieved hero that the United States will
undertake or authorize such cable now
as 1t would constitute a breach of neu-
trality, according to the Russian view.
DRAWS PARALLEL BETWEEN
PORT ARTHUR AND sFBASTOPOL.
The Novoe Eremya to-day publishes a
remarkable editorial on the parallel be-
tween Port Arthur and Sebastopol, point
ing out that the ports are identically situ-
ated, Golden Hill corresponding to the
Malakoff, Damy to Eupatoria. Admiral
Alexieff to Admiral Nachimoff and the
Retvizan to the Tria Sviatitelia. The
editorial however, warns the Russians to
abjure fatalist beliefs.
Although written without knowledge of
General Stoessel's equally remarkable gen.
eral order. issued at Port Arthur yester-
day, the Novoe Vremya's editorial comes
as strong reinforcement of its purport,
that Port Arthur must in no case be sur
rendered. Both seem to foreshadow a
siege of Port Arthur and bombardment
which a dispatch from Lao-Yang says it
is rumored at Niuchwang will occur to-
morrow.
EXPECT NO ATTEMPT
TO INVEST STRONGHOLD.
Official opinion continues to be that
Japan will make no attempt to invest
Port Arthur, although it is added that
they evidently are determined to force
matters as rapidly as possible. In 1894
they landed on the northern part of the
peninsula, and the Chinese made no re-
sistance, still it took twenty-eight days be-
fore Port Arthur was really invested. The
object of the Japanese now may be to
avoid this preliminary delay by disem-
barking their troops at Pigeon Bay.
IF they do,'' said a naval expert, they
will meet with opposition which will rem
der their plan impracticable."
GUNS AND AMMUNITION
HURRIED TO SEAT OF WAR.
A further consignment of guns and am
munition was dispatched hence to the far
East to-day.
All the churches are filed with soldiers
offering up their devotions prior to their
departure for the far East.
INSISTS THAT JAP
SHIPS WERE DAMAGED.
Tho Courier de Tiensin says that, in
spite of japanese measures to conceal
their losses it is known that the battle
ship Yashima and the cruisers Asama and
Tokiwah have beer towed to Nagasaki to
repair the damages which they have sus-
tanned.
DENIES STORIES THAT
MEN FROZE ON LAKE.
Grave rumors in circulation here con-
cerning the sufferings of the troops cross
ing Lake Bailsal were communicated to