The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-25

bloody battle having taken place ne
tween the japanese army advancing
along the railroad from Pu1antien and
the Russian, near Kin Chou,Liao Tung
peninsula, resulting in the defeat of
the japanese with great loss
/ Small parties of Japanese scouts
lhave been seen northeast of Mukden,
at a considerable distance, but no i'm
portant body of the enemy has been
located in this vicinity.
Boxers Becoming Active.
Harbin. May 25.-Missionaries report
Of Shan Tung resembling the agitation
which preceded the boxer uprising.
Korean Minister Leaves.
] st. Petersburg, May 25.-Chin Pom
vi, the Korean minister, has gone to
Berlin. His departure led the rumOrs
that he will not return and that his
post will remain vacant until the end
of the war. The secretary of the le-
cation states, however, that the minis
ter is on a private business trip ana
that ne will return to St. Petersburg
May 27.
Artificial Limbs for Russian Wounded
Seattle Wash, May 25.-The Nagas-
ald press of April "a, just received here
says:
In connection with the announcement
by her majesty, the empress, that the
wounded Russians should be given, II
needed, artificial limbs, it is reported
that a set of artificial arms and four
feet have been recently sent to the
Matsuyama Red Cross hospital IN
which the wounded Russians are re-
ceiving treatment.
Japanese Fleet Sighted.
Cnefoo, May 25.-12:3O p. m.-Four
Japanese cruisers and a fleet of tor
pedo boats and torpedo destroyers
passed midway between Port arthur
and the Mao Tao islands at O'Clock
this morning but no sounds of firing
have yet been heard.
The Russians have again removed
their guns and troops to forts at New
cnWang.
Mines Bring Up New Question.
St Petersburg. May 25@2:2O p. m.
The British and American press re-
ports of possible protests against the
laying of mines in the waters OF tne
Lao Tung peninsula because OF @ lLe
danger to international commerce
evoke much interest here and are the
subject of the general remark that
there was no talk of protests Whlie
Russian ships were being blown up, II
only being after japanese ships met
with disaster. Government circles are
inclined to think the reports OF pos
sible protests by the powers are con
fined to the press. Neither the Bit
ish nor the American embassy has
received instructions on the subject
The indications are that II the laying
of the mines beyond the three mile
limit becomes the subject OF formal
0 4
/ international law, growing out OF the
/ increased range of modern guns The
three mile limit was established IN the
/ days when that distance represented
/ the maximum range, but if ships can
4 now lie out of sight ten miles away
and yet reach the coast with their pro-
/ jectiles, it is argued that the defend
/ ers have a perfect right to take such
military measures as they choose
within the range of the enemy's guns.
1t is now definitely known that the
Russian protected cruiser Bogatyr
went on the rocks a fortnight ago at
a place near Cape Gamova, where one
of Admiral Seymour's British ships
went ashore several years ago.
Japan's Commissary Base Moved.
Seoul. May 25.-Colonel kioshita's S
column arrived at Niung Yeng May
II, and found the Russians had diVid-
ed, one party going northwest and the
other going east. The latter attacked
Ham Heung. 1t was impossible for
the Japanese infantry to overtake the
mobile COssackS, so the column re-
turned to An Ju May %.
The main cOmmissariat base of the
JaJpanese, which had been located at
Chemulpo since the outbreak of the
war has been transferred to Seoul.
Twenty-Five officers and a large staff
of on-commissfoned officers and
clerks have arrived here to take part
in the work of provisioning the Jap
anese armies.
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St. Petersburg, May 25.-6:1O p. m.
l-Telegrap phic communication with
New ChWang is interrupted and pri-
Vate messages for points south of Lao
Yang are refused here at the tele-
graph office. The nature of the inter
ruption with New Chwang is not
known, but the cause for refusing
m messages south of Lao Yang is the
complete absorption of the line for
military purposes.
Rurned Korean Sbriues
Seoul, Korea, May 25.-11 a. M
A telegram has been received here
from Gansan, on the east coast of
Korea, saying that the Russians, after
the engagement with Korean troops at
Ham Heung, on May 19, burned the
shrines and the royal mausoleum
which was erected there by the found
| er of the present Korean dynasty, in
the year 1854, and which were re-
garded by the Koreans as sacred. This
| apparent wanton desecration of tombs
4 in land imbued with the spirit of
ancestor worship has caused excited
| denunciatOn of the Russians on the
part of the Seoul officials.
(Ham Heung is on the coast of
Korea, and about so miles north of
! Gensan.)
The COssacks which are believed to
be at kyongsong have, according to
Korean reports, about 20 guns with
| them. If this is true this artillery
probably is composed of TransbaikaI
/ AAO4 81 Be1lNetlGSs several OF Wn1Cn were
attached to the First corps at Vladi-
vostOk before the war.
A japanese who has returned here
from YongampO reports that there
are only a few japanese troops there.
The people are quiet but they do not
welcome the Japanese occupation be-
cause of the severity of the military
4 authorities. The Russians left many
thousand feet of useful timber at
| YOngampo
There are not more than 500 SOL
/ dlerS in the garrison at Seoul Rar-