Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-07-21
RUSSIA WILL
GIVE WAY
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Foreign Secretary Receives As
suranees That Malacea
Will Be Released
ENGLAND SENDING
WARSHlPS
Japanese Retreat With Heavy
Loss Before The Troops OF
General Count Keller

! LONDON, July 21.-Count Benokon
dorff. Russian ambassador at con
ference with Foreign Secretary Lans
downe, assured him Russia had no III
tention of infringing on the rights Q.
Great Britain or any neutral power
and if a mistake had been made in
the seizure Of the Malacca undoubt.
edly the steamer would Immediately
be restored and damages paid.
Russia Will Yield.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 21.-The
Associated Press has excellent rea,
sons for stating that Russia will yield
in the Malacca case, release the
steamer in accordance with British
demand and express regret at her de-
tention.
Calls 1t Russian.
PORT SAID, July 21.The bill OF
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health Of the steamer Malacca, which
left this port today with a Russian
crew aboard, was marked Russia
No Battle Soon.
IA TCHE KIAo, July 21.-A ser
ious battle in this direction may
scarcely be looked for In the near
future owing to difficulties in trans
porting troops.
Too Long Delay.
ST. PETERSBURG. July 21.--The
military critics Of Russia thinks Gen
leral Kuroki delayed too long to bs
able to strike an effective blow a,
Lao Yang where General Kuropatkir
now is too strong.
Bandits Busy.
SINT SINT fManchuria), July 21.-
Chinese bandit bands are operating II
Mukden province.
Torpedoed BY Mistake.
ITEM TSIN. July 21-A letter was
received here today from New
Chwang saying the commander Of thu
Russian torpedo boat reported tha
while in the Gulf of Pechili he hat
accidently torpedoed British steam
| er. II is surmised the vessel referred
to is the Hipsang, now five days owe
due from New Chwang. The Hip
sang belongs to the Indo-China Navi
cation Company. tits reported
heavy bombardment Of Port Arthu
occurred yesterday and heavy flrinl
was heard at New Chwang the sam,
day.
| Preparing for Business.
| ALEXANDRA, July 21.-The Brit
ish cruisers Furious and Venus hav,
arrived here. The remainder Of th
fleet is expected shortly.
Hurry WarshIps.
| VALETTA ISLAND, Malta. July 2l
British cruisers Leander, Yancaste
and Pyramus and several torpedo boa
destroyers sailed today to join tn
Mediterranean fleet.
Russian Populace Excited.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 21.-Th
news that Great Britain has deliyere
to Russia a protest against the car
ture OF the Peninsular and 0rienta
steamer Malacca n terms which ar
believed to be almost tantamount {
a demand for the immediate releas
OF the vessel, as well as genera
protests against the action or the Rus
sian volunteer fleet steamers IN stoT
ping ships IN the Red Sea. Is not ger
orally known here tonight, but thi
mornings editorial broadside from Til
London newspapers reprinted her,
this afternoon. was sufficient war;
ing OF the state OF the British mini
and the public became greatly 9,
cited.
| In the hotels and restaurants th
war was temporarily forgotten, an
nothing excepting the possibility {
complications with Great Britain wa
talked Of. The old resentment again.
Great Britain, which had been niue
ameliorated Of late, became revive
at the mere suggestion that thi
country was again seeking to bal
Russia but the official world whic
Is charged with the responsibility,