The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-05-19
BEING
ANNOYED BY Chinese
Many Attacks Have Been Made
by Daring Brigands
Recently.
,aFCOMING MUCH BOLDER
xuropatkin Has Decided Not TO Attack
.lapanese and Announces That RE
win Withdraw North
ward.
BECOMING MUCH BOLDER

4 g Petersburg, May 17.-ln view of
d SIN official dispatches regarding the
t,ae,ila attitude OF the Chinese within
4 o,a without the Russian sphere of in
Il o,onca the authorities here do not con-
D naol their apprehension as TO the out
q 1oo; especially in the north of the en-
n nire, for they purpose TO cail 'he at'en-
tiian If tne celestial government to
u ne i]mneuding uprising in TapadZiatsi
80 or1ar that represSiVe measures ma
4 he instantly taken.
II is Enown and appreciated here that
u II the bowers have made strong repre-
4 ~ontatjous to Pekin in the interest of
n +hn preservation Of the tranquility Of
81 NO en,nire. but 1t is stated tat Major
General Plugs dispatch of Nay Ia
Il sMnyys The necessity for further impress
siTr the celestial government with the
odvisahility of acting with a firm hahd'
n Result Of Boxer Trouble.
The authorities here do not forget
\ 4bat the boxer revolt which spread
Il from shan Tung would have involved
Il tbn entire empire had it no been for
II tba southern viceroys. The military
\ onthorities in ST. Petersburg claim to
N have evidence of a sensational CharaC-
VI tar 10 the effect that the Chinese have
NJ toritlv agreed to cooperate with the
Tanancsc operations against the Rus
"a SLAMS. The Japanese propose, 1t is said,
81 n drive General kurOpatkin's forces
ipto Mongolia. which would place the
N Russians In the position Of invaders OF
81 neutral territory, and enahte reprisals
n nv General Mas army, which, it is as
N serted. is kept in that region for that
~ sDecial object. thus ~Cleverly avoiding
81 the slightest infringement Of the heu-
traIity Of China and Japan, and the
Chinese troops, by not crossing the
q NanchUriau frontier, could not be
charged with 4 violation Of pledges in
respect to non-interference in military
"a operations in Manchurja.
~ Lao Yang. May 1G.-Chinese soldiers
Yesterday attacked the railway coal
n mines occupied by the Russian admin
istration force near Port Adams II
~ 3~rove-out the officials who We're work.
81 Ing therein, many OF them escaping
only partially clad. The Chinese loot
III ed the works and retired.
~ Kuropatkin viii Withdraw.
~ The opinion OF an eminent stratc,
. gist, giy,n 10 the Associated Press to-
DAY, is That the Japanese intend to at
NJ tack not only Lao Yang, but all along
the line, in an effort TO drive Gen. ku-
r0patkin into Mongolia. where the Chi
N aese are waiting for him.
Knowing these conditions, Gen. ku-
ropatkin, re Sald, would not De IlKelY
70 make q SERIOUS resistance at Mal
Ping or Hal Cheng. but would with
draw to the north.
q This would enable the Japanese to
march on New Chwang with but little
81 hindranCe, and their unoppOscd use of
E that point AS 4 base from which men
. and supplies could be sent north with
IN west Of tho lao rive,
M Tho Car1,on foro;Tn orico hoe hoo,
M informed arn0,.dinr 10 oeeuronros o;v-
u en- the Earlin rorroenon5nn Of "fha
. Novnn vran7va tbot Ghiro viii NOT
III venture IA inrr;rrn tbn nni1t raIity nc
owing r. tho 5iet;nct ir+t,,1o+inn t,or,
al ia -aw.ore ~ nanI ,,a,,ll 10
81 a. o y - p"TGIn' ,hG uyxa"sg MoutU It
M J.; i h "I[ = = 49,
III horr3cr,d ,I, o't,.H ~SSss .4 " e
81 rtino ~ I,G ol,Gil 3'S9Iol"'II
N ua,,ta, Sil'SG L"LopS WoulI 'loIH '"Irh.l
iorpo,,SI"iS lor lIe consequences me
n @te%po'oeIt asserts tilaI the Ger
81 &c st"., .V.glSn once inspired me chlle1
n ~taLeS 70 propose the heutfaIizalloh Oh
81 Bandits Are Becoming Bolder.
III -"10 i"Ilb' My i''-|h'"eSe SoIuleFI
n !s%yea IN Observation-Disclosures an
Gs are becoming holder II are caus-
u lug considerable trouble to the Russian
n oulpoS.s. a swarm of the bandits at
81 H29l OF May ID, attacked the coal mines
"a VI me branch line east of Iantal sta
u uon' ten miles north Of Lao Yang. The
81 we're guarded by 2 rinemen and 100
n IoaSackS, In n fierce fight the Russians
. lISpelIed the bandits, and then charged
n mem, the bandits fleeing to the hills
u SIn TO three neighboring villages.
N me troops surrounded the villages
zs snu demanded the surrender Of the
b bandits. The surrender was at first re-
used, but fearing hat the Russians
n @%oUia destroy their homes the villagers
many revealed the hiding places Of the
81 tosIlVes: The bandits fought with the
HI atSperauon of entrapped rats. and fifty
IA Am"m 1a Su.iered no loss.
II the troons 49, e,.aetIt pIIsol1eiS ea $500 10y
M who had aeconad w hn ,r ti
~ One or thah o,l = t ~ tig nu9sI nnn
81 fessed that The bondits ia Lonn b,rad
N by the Tanonnsa ntturo nau 80 nmn
NJ plying WIN We rforr WIN tdr 'heS were sup
M +']01 ,-@ 1911.
n p.,-, -
Ri Nav. Ha'''oao lux AGAIN
ri tro ~ Ch"ang, May 17.-Japanese
81 sewo I%Se continued landing at III
81 seyantoat me rai4road mas been cut again
E8 - S'SLItSll miles OF track lejDg zone.