The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-08
FRENCH VIEW.
Supreme Struggle to Come Soon Nea,
Mukden.

supreme SLIuSSlS 70 AJllc DuOu N ed
Mukden.
Paris, May THE critical situation
OF Russia's land and sea forces eXcites
feVerish interest, Russian TeVeTseS
causing almost as much depression
here as at St. Petersburg. The organ
ization called Les Femmes de France
turned over TO the Russian embassy
today two complete field hospitals Of
100 beds each This organization is
composed of women in large cities
throughout France, including members
of many noble families. Two more hos
pital OUTFITS viii be assembled short
ly. The embassy sends this hospital
90 the front under the direction OF the
empress. who is personally superin-
tendiug the efforts of French women
IA behalf OF The Russian wounded.
The official view IS that Russia has
suffered "a serious but not an iTTepar-
able blow. The foreign Office had not
received tonight official confirmation
that Port Arthur was completely in
vested Iby land and sea, but a leading
official said:
Supreme Struggle to Come.
1--WE accept the investment as an ac-
CCmpIished fact for even if the haTbOr
is not completely blocked an invest
meuI exists for all practical purposes.
The landing is considered merely pre-
limiuary TO a supreme struggle which
viii occur soon near Mukden. Upon
this viii largely depend the outcome of
the wan
Diplomatic negotiations during the
week took "a definite form to restrain
China from joining the japanese or
otherwise breaking neutrality. The
French minister at Picking, and, it is
understood, the ministers of all the
.Hn
Joined i'm the representation. The re-
suits have been satisfactory, the inn
perial government giving a positive
promise 20 not vary from a rigid OBJ
servance of neutrality. Officials are
somewhat doubtful of Chinese prom
Uses. as they recall that after a former
declaration of neutrality China per
mitted Black Flags to assail French
interests. However China's positive
declaration, backed by the identical po-
sitiOn OF the powers, IS considered as
reducing China's participation TO "a
minimum
Russian Loan Easily Placed.
The readiness with which the Rus
sian loan was placed I'm Paris is fur
Their evidence of French sympathy and
a belief in the certainty of Russia's
eventual success.
Although the outside amount Russia
desired was $500 000 a single group
OF French bankers were ready to uu-
derwrite b 800 600 600 loan. NJ HOttiu-
gueT and NoetZlin viii arrive in ST. Pc
f-rsburg Monday and complete ar
engagements TO issue The loan. one or
the sons OF Baron HortinEuer, founder
Of the great banking house married
Miss Munroe a sister OF the American
banker This led TO q belief that a
portion Of the loan might go 90 The
United States. American bankers say
that no portion of it is likely TO be
taken in New York. Tt IS pointed out
that the placing OF the Russian securi-
ties on the New York stock exchange
has not proved the success that was
expected A leading Russian official
here said that not q single Russian
bond had been bought DO America since
the listing took place The same Of
fetal gave the following interesting
account of how the Russian army in
the far east is paid.
what payments are made are iu
small Russian coins or Russian notes.
These notes are readily taken by the
Chinese. who are familiar with Rus
sian financial issues The notes are
then exchanged by station masters Of
the Eastern Chinese railroads or agen-
cies of the Russo Chinese bank al a
rate az exchange fixed by the minister
of finance according 10 the price Of sill
yer in London The confidence Of the
Chinese public in Russian notes is very
great. The HussO-Chiuese bank keeps
silver fund 10 exchange notes in
Mancnuria il being q significant fact
that Russian notes are preferred 10 sill
yer in Manchuria.