Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-24
Jap Parliament Opens.

ly. Letters reach N~ladivOStOk TWEEN
ty-two days after leaving st. Peters
burg.
Jap Parliament Opens.
Toxic. March 22.-With stately cere
mony, the special session of parlia'
ment convened to provide the money
needed TO wage the war against Rus
STA, was opened yesterday morning
The emperor, clad in the uniform of a
generalisimo, rod in the stage coach
from the parliament house and per
~sonally read his address to the peers
and commoners. For the first time
the crown prince attended the cere'
mony. He followed his father to an
~improvised throne in the peers hall
and stood close by his right side while
he read his appeal to his subjects.
Russians Send Protest.
Paris, March 22.-The Russian EN-
bassy has received from st. Peters
burg and has handed to Foreign Min
lister Delcasse for transmission to the
French minister at Toxic, who is en-
trusted with the protection of Rus
sian interests in Japan, a protest
| against an alleged infraction of the
laws of war. 1t appears that during
the attack on Port Arthur March 10,
the Japanese fired ove fifty projec-
tiles at the quarantine station on the
Island of San Shan Tao, resulting in
the injury of numerous persons.
Count Lamsdorff. the Russian for
eign minister, considers this to be a
violation of the laws of val, notably OF
the twenty-ffth clause of The Hague
convention, to which Japan was a
signatory. The minister, therefore,
asks France to call Japan's attention
to the matter. apart from the general
protests contained in the recent Rus
sian note to the powers.
Foreigners Under Strict Rules.
Neuchwang, March %. - The for
eign consuls yesterday officially noti-
fed their governments that the Rus
sian commander of the garrison has
forbidden foreigners to go beyond he
mud walls OF the native city with the
single exception that they are allowed
to use the river bank between the for
eign settlement and The foreign gun
boats. This exception is made solely
on account of the presence of the
United States gunboat Helena and the
British gunboat Espiegle, which 9th
erwise would be entirely cut OF from
communication with their respective
settlements. The Russian order par
ticularly forbids visiting the forts on
the Lao river and also Wutatzu, a
village two miles south of he fort.
The above order is declared to be "a
necessary military measure on ac-
count of the arrangements being made
for the defense of the coast.
Foreigners still have cess to the
west and north shores of Lao and use
the railway and telegraph, although
the Chimes managers of the telegraph
line have instructed their employees to
withdraw to Then Chuang Tai In the
event of hostilities. This action and
also the threatened withdrawal of the
railways staff is severely condemned
on account of their being outside of
real danger.
London. March %. Nothing has
reached here 10 confirm the report of
a battle taking place on the Yalu in
which the Russians captured 1900
prisoners.
A dispatch from st. Petersburg to
a news agency dated yesterday says
there has been no change in the stu
alton and that all is quiet on both land
and sea. Between the Russian line
from Pingyang to the Yalu river and
the Japanese line to Gensan there
have been slight skirmishe between
scouts, but no battle has taken place
as the distance between the opposing
armies is great. The bulk of the Rus
sian forces, the dispatch adds, has not
yet passed the Yalu river.
The st. Petersburg correspondent of
the Daily Telegraph says that the mil
itary authorities were startled by the
Attempt Of the Japanese
forces to land In Helena bay, as the
nearest Russian force that could be
used against them consisted of three
rife regiments at N%euchwang. The
weather having hindered the Japanese
landing energetic measures are now
being adopted to prevent such . de-
| scent.
Among the other devices adopted
has been the concentration of troops
at Foo Chow. twenty-five miles north
of Henena bay.
In cabling the fact that all British
and American residents at Neuchwang
must remain within the walls. a cor
respondent Of the Daily Chronicle at
Neuchwang says:
II was arrested while attempting to
leave yesterday"
The correspondent says 1t Is report
ed that a Japanese squadron arrived
at the mouth of the Lao river Satur-
day night and landed a party. which,
after accommodating. r~e-embarked.
London, March ga correspond
ent of the Times at Neuchwang cables
as follows:
According to information received
here the reason that the vladivostok
forts did not reply to the lombard.
ment from the Japanese was because
the batteries we're not provided with
guns. Since the b~ombardment parties
have been working night and day to
place guns in position. The lombard.
ment destroyed the Linevitch battery,
The Russian losses were slight be-