The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-22

Cheng. which is opposite Wiju -ou the
Manchurian side of the Yalu.
Major General Inouye won his laurels
in the fighting at Cheng Ju on March
The supplies now being landed at
| Chulsan, near the mouth of the river,
on Korean territory, can be forwarded
| easily to Wiju, not more than 20 miles
away. Win is to be the Japanese base
! in northern Korea.
The artillery and the cavalry consti-
tute the weak point in the japanese
army. The horses are not well traia-
ed, nor are they StronS, and although
the japanese cavalry behaved splendid
" in recent skirmishes with superior
numbers of Cossacks, it is probable
that when the first lot OF trained horses
is exhausted, the employment OF sec
ond consignment OF new animals VIII
hamper their movements. The How'll
zers, which are now being embarked at
Chinnampo are evidently intended for
use in the movements against Port Ar
thur
Japanese Vessels sighted.
Shanghai, April PA Japanese
sighted thirty miles southwest of Cliff
ford island yesterday. It showed no
lights and is steaming slowly to the
north.
Intervention looked For.
Toxic, April 22=6 P. M-Two sig
a meeting of the councillors of the
Progressive party. Count Okuma,
former premier, warned the people of
Japan to be prepared for intervention
during the war by some European
power and also for a great increase
in the national expenditure before the
war was over. He said that after the
war it would be necessary to float a
loan of at least $250,000,O0O.
Masama Oishi. a Progressivist lead
er, expressed the belief that Germany
would take the initiative in interven-
ing. He declared that no power would
welcome the prepOnderance of Japan
csc in the far east and that the pow
ers were prepared to resort to any
and a.. means to curb the extension of
Japanese influence. NJ. OiShi criticiz-
ed the foreign policy of Japan, saying
the white book showed clearly that
the great concessions offered by Jap
an to Russia would have been a ma
tional calamity had Russia chosen to
accept the terms offered.
The Progressists constitute a third
of the diet and they generally oppose
Premier Katsura and the government.
Russia in Loan Market.
Paris, April 22.-The European
Economist says under reserve that
Russia is negotiating with the priR-
cipal French banks for a loan of
$3.50, 100000 on per cent four year
treasury bonds to be placed at 9S.
I The statement is not verified and ap-
I I
/ burg reports indicating that the Rus
/ sian government might resort to short
/ term loans.
PetrOpavIOvsk Survivor Writes Home.
St. Petersburg, April 22.=4:3S p.
1n.-Lieutenant Jenis, one of the sur
vivors of the Petropavlovsk disaster.
1 in a telegram to his mother says:
Il was in the ward room when the
/ explosion occurred There We're alto
gether four explosions The battle
ship sank in a minute and a half
escaped without a scratch and am
now on shore duty in charge of the
battery at the electric searchlight
plant under Lieutenant General Stoes-
sell"
Vice Admiral Skyrdloff goes to Sc
bastopol next week and thence to
Port Arthur.
Floating Mines Sighted.
Tien Tsin. April officiating mines
have been seen off the Shan Tung
promotory in the much used Fairway
followed by vessels bound to and from
Shanghai and Chefoo and Tien Tsin
and other northern ports. This is ex-
| tremely dangerous to shipping and
probably will cause an increase in
marine insurance.