Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-05

VICE ADMlRAlI MAhAROFE. from Seoul into the very heart of the zone of military operations in northern Korea i'll order to protect some mines owned by American citizens.
 The state department is astounded at the proposed action of the. minister and discredits the report. Such an in vasion would be unprecedented and would almost inevitably result in a clash with one or both of the opposing forces.
 It is reported that sixty American marines have been sent to Unsan, 120 miles north of Pingyang, to protect the American mining interests.
 The czar has issued an order sum- moning reserves of the first class and the naval reserves to the colors for six weeks training.
 The Russian troops who have hither- to been south of Anju have all retired toward the Yalu river. I.H
 Russians who were recently convey ed to Possiet bay from Vladivostok crossed the~Tumen southward of Ung- kwln and Hokong. ~,..%
 A St. Petersburg dispatch says Major General Pfug, commanding the Rus sian forces at Port Arthur, reports an eyewitness has stated that Japanese cruiser having three tunnels lies near Chemulpo, having recently sunk there. The cruiser is said to be of the Niitaka type and is beached at the entrance of Namyang creek, which is about fifteen miles south of Chemulpo. g
 Japanese naval vessels of the Niitaka type have three tunnels.
 According to informa ton received at Seoul, forty Japanese transports, es- corted by the entire naval fleet, have been energetically landing troops in Korea at Fusan and Chemulpo. 1t is estimated that fully 100000 men have disembarked, and it is supposed that an immediate advance into northern Korea is contemplated.
 From the fact that the Japanese fleet is thus employed it is felt that no inn mediate attack upon Vladivostok or Port Arthur will be made.
 It Is expected on the part of the Rus sian squadron, now that Admiral Ma karoH has arrived there, that offensive operations will be started Torpedo boats especially will be brought into play and that in spite of reports to the contrary Russia is understood to have an ample supply of torpedoes for these craft.
 From official sources in Korea re- ports come to the effect that Gilman have ceased debarking troops at Che mulpo and that they have taken ad- vantage of the opening of Chinampo to land troops there.
 St. Petersburg advices say the Rus sian press halls with great satisfac- tion the American dispatches of the last few days indicating a change in the disposition of the Washington gov ernment toward Russia. The press dis cuss in a sober minded fashion Russo American relations and the danger of a permanent arrangement. The Ga zette says:
 ''In Russian social circles there has ever been & verttable worship of the classic land of liberty, and the Ameri- cans have always heretofore made Russian friendship the cornerstone of their foreign policy.
 Suddenly, as if an evil spirit had broken loose, the Americaps, despite their practical turn of mind, began to do everything to stimulate Japanese aggressiveness and seem now to be anxiously awaiting Japanese victories in Asia, where important American commercial interests are centered. As a matter of fact, hostility between the United States and Russia would be as great a misfortune to civilization in the twentieth century as was the ri- valry between France and Germany in the nineteenth. The duty of every right minded man is to arrest the growth of this animosity."
 Destroyer FlotilIa Passes Perina.
 PERIM, March 5.-The dotilla of United States torpedo boat destroyers