The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-04
MAY GET IN TANGLE.
At Any Rate Great Britain Wants t
Re Prepared for EventuaIities.

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London, Feb. 22.-The complete lull in
war news leads the newspapers to dis
cuss the political aspects of the struggle
in the far east as they are likely 10 aft
feet Great Britain. No great Importance
:s attached to the stories published in
I'aris and lsewhere on the continent of
alleged intrigues looking to the coalition
Of Russia, France and Germany, the be-
lief being that 1t is to the interest of all
the powers to take steps that the strug-
gle be localized. At the same time 1t is
recognized that in all three of these coun-
tries there is a very strong feeling against
Great Britain, on account OF her alliance
with Japan, and as Germany and France
joined with Russia in 1895, against Japan,
it would be natural for Russia to seek
similar assistance in her present diff
culties. The argument Is therefore made
that 1t behooves Great Britain to be pre-
pared for any and all eventualities.
The important news of the abolition of
the Russian censorship has not yet
reached the English newspapers.
Russian dispatches to the London Press
record the rapid growth Of anti-Britlsh
feeling. According to the kieff corre-
Epondent of the Standard many English
boys nave been withdrawn from Russian
J schools owing to the annOyances and in
suits to which they We're subjected. and
there is evidence in the restaurants and
other public resorts that the position OF
the British residents in Kieff would be
very dangerous should Great Britain be-
come involved in the Russo-Japanese is
sue.
The Tientsin correspondent of the Daily
Mail supplies a new version Of the loss
of the Russian cruiser Boyarin, OBJ
tanned from an officer who survived the
blowing up Of the Russian torpedo trans
port Yenisei. This officer says that the
tio v. fH11nuinU tho NapiSai'S 90 1 a c 4 0 hA .
February u, a violent storm brought
many mines to the surface Of the water
at Port Arthur. The Boyarin was sent
to assist in securing them, but she got
caught in the storm, was driven on the
rocks. and was totally wrecked.
If this account is correct 1t explains
the Russian official denials that the
Boyarin was %torpedoed by the Japanese.
or that she was blown up as a result of
accidental contact viii a Russian mine
at Port Arthur.
The Shanghai correspondent OF the
Daily Express asserts that after an in
terview with the Japanese consul at
Shanghai, the captain of the Russian
sunboat Mandjur consented to disarm
his vessel and keep her in the harbor of
Shanghai until the conclusion of hostili-
ties. This statement, however, is not yet
confirmed by other Shanghai dispatches.
The correspondent at Seoul of the
Daily Mail reports that 1900 CossackS
are crossing the border near Win, and
that CossaCk scouts have already ad-,
vanced into Korea as far as ANU.
Cablegrams received here from Shang-
hal declare that General Ma, who is pro-
tecting the borders Of Chilli province,
wires that 1t is becoming daily more diff
ticult to prevent the Chinese troops at
Sin-Mlng-Ting from crossing the Liau-
Ho and engaging the Russians employed
u guarding the railroad.