The Minneapolis journal., 1904-04-27

coIIier's Special Correspondent with the Russian
Forces in the Field. Published by Arrange
ment with Golfers Weekly. Copyright, 1904.
Niu-chuang, via Tientsin, April IT..
The Russian government has just
granted permission to seven foreign
war correspondents to join the main
army and the general staff in Man
churia. Scores of applicants nave
been on the waiting list for two
months. p,
OF the seven fortunate enough to be
allowed to proceed to the front inn
mediateIy, two represent French news
papers, one Is an Italian, two are
English correspondents. l am the
only American representative in this
party, and am enrolled as the ofnclally
accredited correspondent Of Collier
attached to the headquarters of the
general staff.
The regulations issued for our con-
duct in the field are extremely len1ent.
It was expected that, in the suppress
sion and censorship Of news, the Rus
sian authorities would be. more rad
lical even than the Japanese.
| The stipulatiOnS made are no more
than those expected to be observed
with any European army, and. are less
restrictive than those Of the British
| in South Africa. Legitimate news will
| not be blocked even when 1T tells OF
Russian reverses. This is in line with
the policy recently adopted at ST. Pc
| terSburg. z'- .5f-sz.ss;
7 Rules for Correspondents.
| The first rule for war correspond
ents says that they must not interfere
| in any way with the preparations fol
I war or the plans of the staff, or oil
vulge military secrets Of advantage
to the enemy, such as actions in Whlcf
| forts are damaged or guns lost.
Rule two forbids the criticism o1
members Of the general staff, corp!
or division staff, and limits the repor
of an engagement to a simple state
| ment of fact ,- ..a-.s.@ r
Rule three forbids the transmission
of unconfirmed information about thu
enemy, such as rumors of victory o.
threatening movements, which ma.
cause public uneasiness in Russia.
/ Rule four commands the CORE
spondent to obey all orders received
and to be careful in fulfilling instruc
tions to the letter.
/ This manifesto orders the highe
military authorities to turn back al
correspondents without credentials.
In Honor Bound.
Those given permission to join tn
forces are in honor bound to Observ
the regulations, with the penalty Q
expulsion without warning for an
violation. They can go anywhere i
the field and are barred only from tn
Russian feet.
Niu-chuang has been steadily pre-
> pared, fortified and filled with troop
IN readiness for the enemy. 1t is be
lieved here that Japan intends to al
tempt landing with a large force, Th
latest disaster to the navy has deer
ened this expectation, now that 1t
known that the Port Arthur fleet car
not interfere with the enemy's plar
of invasion. ...a- ,-.
The loss Of the battleship Petre
pavlovsk and the death of Admir-;
Makaroff have spread feeling
l philosophic depression among tt
Russian. staff and troops, but hay
Z only strengthened their determinatio
to revenge with the army what hs
befallen the navy. M. Pavloff, fo
merly Russian minister at Seoul, ht
been appointed diplomatic agent c
the staff of the viceroy.
5 We are ordered to leave for tt
8 front Wednesday.