Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-03-16
PRESS OF
RUSSIA is
B0MBAST|C
Resents the Story Of the Fall Of
Pert Arthur CabIed to
European Capitals.
ANOTHER SPY SHOT
Treason in the Army Of the Car and
Captain Ivkov is Convicted bya
Court Martial.

st. Petersburg, March 16-Captain
Ivkov of the Manchurian commissariat
service, has been summarily court
martialed and shot for acting as spy
in the service of the Japanese. When
arrested on suspicion, documents
found in Ivkov's possession left RIO
doubt of the truth of the charges that
he had long been revealing secrets to
the Japanese.
Artnored Trains to Be, Used in Man.
churia.
ST. Petersburg, March 16-Reports
of the abandonment of Port Arthur
continue TO arise the bitterest resent
ment. The papers are denouncing the
story as stock jobbing scheme. One
paper says: Let other countries be
fed on such tales but while Russian
blood is flowing they should not allow
the people to be disturbed by such
falsehoods The official kilograms are
believed and trusted by every one."
The government is building some
armored trains for use on the Man.
churiaA railroad after the model of
rica They will not be used so much
on account of the fear that the Japan
ese will cut the road, as for the moral
effect on the Chinese robbers, who
may become emboldened by the war.
1t is believed that when the bandits
see the iron monsters they will not
come near the railroad.
All Quiet at Port Arthur.
Port Arthur, March 16-Everything
is quiet here There is no signs of the
enemy. Advices from Huan Cheng,s
about 45 miles northwest Of Wiju, say
the Russian troops are showing an adj
mirable spirit in surmounting Difficult
ties and hardships of the march over
the frozen tracks of east Manchuria.
Japanese Spies Captured.
Che Foo, March 16-The Russians
captured on March 13 eighteen Japan
ese spies dressed as Chinese laborers
in the village of Wangelin near Port
Arthur 1t is supposed that these
men landed from the fleet during
Thursdays attack. The men are be-
ing removed to Mukden under the vice.
rOy'S orders.
Emperor to Move to Palace at kynu.
box.
Seoul, March 16-The Emperor in
tends to leave his town palace and re-
turn to Kynubok, his palace in the out
skirts of the city 1t was here the
Empress was assassinated and from
which the Emperor fed to the Russian
legation in 1896. His present resi-
dence is situated in the midst of the
foreign legations so that his removal
To Kynubok will doubtless be more
satisfactory to the Japanese govern
ment.
EnqIish ounboat Will Be Withdrawn.
London. March 16-In the House OF
Comwons this afternoon Earl Percy,
the under secretary of foreign affairs,
confirmed the statements that the
British station gunboat Espiegle, will
he withdrawn from New Chwang i'm
mediately after the river is opened, as
the vessel would be in considerable
danger in case of hostilities, while her
presence there would afford no effec-
tive protection for either life or prop
erty.
More Japanese Captures.
Port Arthur, March 16-Another
passenger of the steamer Argun, that
was captured by the Japanese on the
coast of Corea on February Z, and tax
en- to Sasebo, who returned here yes
terday, declares that he saw two dam
aged warships towed into Nagasakl on
February 26, one being the Asuma
and the other cruiser said to be the
flagship. having heavy list
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