The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-02-18

Washington, Feb. l3.-The stat /
partment has instructed Anhassss
Mccormick to ask the Russian qovs.
ent at ST. Petersburg for an expsst
ton Of the compulsory detention mi
harbor Of Port Arthur OF the Aruertl
steamship Pielues, which conveyed
cargo of tiour to that place from Hot
lulu Just before the outbreak Of ii
tiiities.
Port Said, Feb. 1S.-The native nI
jubilant at Japanese successes, Uni
Turkey to take advantage OF HaSli
predicument and declare war en- N
garia.
Halifax, N. s., Feb. 13.-The l2rtH
government is making inquiries d
corning facilities for qaiarterAS
Canada seven regiments OF treeR;
addition to those already heEe. II
understood the government wishes
station troops in Canada In afaeis
have them nearer the scene OF u
tilities between Japan II RassAi
case complications involving Brs8
interests should develop.
llOIuOll, CD. 10. liN rSisiS E"|PNN
war news is that inferred from the RI
sian attack on two small Japat
transport steamers. It is Assumed /
that if, as appears, the NlaaiVes
SQUADRON did the attacking III
thought to harry the northern s@;
of Japan. The m is reviewed I
the Eladivostok squadron bonlsaf
and wrecked Hakodate, but the ss
is unreliable and tie statement Isl
regarded as probable. All else resS
ing this squadron is speculation,
nothing reliable concerning the Jas
csc fleet has been heard since BIZ
airy 8.
Army movements r equally hai3
The report OF Mr.. Allen, American T
lister to Korea, that there are Il
Japanese in Seoul, is interpreted 7
as indicating the remainder mas Y
conveyed farther north, IheFe are
mors based apparently on u sun
that the Russians are MOVING ss
from the Yaluriver, but boti are oeE5
erents, enforcing the nos rigid eeGS
ship and not a single grain OF Tact
be extracted. There are numaerieS
ports and s~Deculations. \
DANGERS in Russia.
Several dispatches from conttass
capitals cali attention TO the tepc@i
increasingly dangerous internal seS5
tons in Russia. The peasants ap ~
resented as being in q coaditiol
angry discomfort fast passing beg@8ss
police control. Urban workers are q
clared to be equally dangerous. s.
circumstances pointing, probably g.
der certain contingencies. to a reVs
ton similar to the French revolGtGa
1t is stated at Vienna that the 1888
lutionary party il ltiSsit Is ]circuia,
a secret manifesto against the war $SS
declaring that the task Of the RusSs
people does nOt lie either i'll hianch5
or Korea. but in Russia. wEcre dcrss
tic reforms are pressing. The N
festo concludes:
Japan is a free nation. Russ
Asiatic dcSpotism and var will Fa
the grave OF the autocraric regina Il
is admitted at St. Petersburg thai
financial situation, though il has
proved, is still critical. Some h
are regarded as being in a perilous X
sition. The imperial bank of Ri
has raised the discount rate.
Gear is Depressed.
The car is represented as being
foundry depressed. The war Isl
verely criticised in many directsS
Russia, 1T Is said. sadly lacks the
ance Of a man with q clear head, ST.
will and prompt resolve. The coui
1t Is declared, is suffering from
controlled by third rate officials.
The Times prints q dispatch that
mailed from Warsaw, saying the f
lutionary propaganda has never +
pushed nor extensively or more a.
ciously than now. Several local g$
cultural boards are already defyin!g
bureaucratic government, and thtSss
cIalists are not losing the opports
for carrying on their propaganaS
the towns. 8