The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-03-17
CORK IS PLACED
IN The BOTTLE
Russians Have Sunk Four OF
Own Vessels at Port Ar
thurs Entrance.
LEAVES 81 OITCInE
LEAVES FLEET OUTSIDE
Vice Admiral Makaroff Seems to Havs
Adopted Offensive Measures and
Is After the Japanese
Fleet.

Is After the Japanese
Fleet.
London, March ia correspondent
of the Daily Mail at New Chwang says
that after the removal Of the battle
ship Retvizan four Russian steamers,
the Hardin, the Hailar, the Ninguta
and the Sungare, were anchored at the
mouth of the entrance to Port Arthur
in proper position and sunk. leaving
only a small channel available, Vice
Admiral Makaroff having previously
ordered the whole fleet to remain out
side with steam VI, economy In coal be-
ing unnecessary.
This dispatch, which is prominently
displayed by the Dali Mail, and which
the correspondent says is on Russian
information" is, if true, news of the
first Importance, confirming the idea
that Vice Admiral Makaroff will adopt
the offensive and make a desperate at
tempt to bring together Russia's scat
tered laval forces in an endeaVor to
intlict damage upon the japanese navy.
The story must, however, be viewed
cautiously, the only approach to con-
!irmation from any other quarter being
in a dispatch from a correspondent of
the Daily Telegraph at Yin Kow, which
merely says:
Vice Admiral Makaroff has issued
orders to the effect that the saving of
coal is unnecessary, but that the big
gun ammunition in the forts must not
be wasted. Evidently his ammunition
is running short"
There is 40 other news to hand on the
subject.
The Daily Telegraph's Toxic CORE
spondent sends an unconfirmed rumor
to the effect that Japanese marines
have landed and occupied Dalny.
1t Ia be remarked that the British
newspapers all regard Vice Admiral
Togo's report that he has laid mines
at Port Arthur as a mere bluff. n
they say that such a feat would be i'm
possible under fire. Che Daily Mail
thinks tina If Vice Admiral Makaroff
closed the channel it was in order to
prevent the ingress of Japanese torpe-
do boat d~e&troyers. as was done at
Wei Eai Wei during the Chino-Japa-
nese war.
1t is a subject of unceasing remarks
and conjecture that nothing has been
heard of the Vladivostok squadron, n
it is beginning to be believed that it is
really inside the harbor of VladiyOS-
tok.
The Standards Toxic correspondent
| says that according to a dispatch from
F., Gensan the Russians are believed to
be withdrawing from the northeast
front of Korea aud concentrating at
V~ladivostok.
The correspondent of the Morning
Post at Toxic throws light upon Jap
ans financial intentions and says it is
estimated that Japan will be able to
maintain a war for eighteen months
| without borrowing abroad. The policy
is to retain the gold in Japan and it is
believed that it will not be necessary
to spend abroad more than ore-eighth
of the cost Of the war, this expenditure
! being chiefly on coal, cordite and steel.
The fact that Port Arthur Is COM
! pletely blockaded permits a great saw
ing, because Japan will be able to
charter vessels at peace rates.
Have Not Surrendered.
Tien Tsin, March 16.-The reported
occupation of Port Arthur by Japanese
is untrue according to a telegram re-
received here at II today, which left
Port Arthur at 7 Sunday evening.
The riot at Shan ST turns out to have
been unimportant.
ST. Petersburg, March 16.-Noon.-
There is no truth in rumor that the
Russians have abandoned Port Arthur.
Admiral AbaZa, secretary to the COM
mission on far eastern affairs, authori-
ICES the Associated Press to deny the
story. He says the situation at Port
Arthur is. unchanged, and nothing of
Importance has occurred there in TWEEN
ty-four hours.
Wei Hal Wei, March 1.-THE Japa-
nese here report that Port Arthur has
been captured.
Roosevelt's Proclamation Pleased.
st. Petersburg. March l4-Presidant
Roosevelt's recent proclamation regard
ing observance OF neutrality by all OFF,
Gals and abstention from either action
or speech which might cause Irritation
to o;1lar T onon or r. colo baS prol,,oal
a great impression here. The news
papers his morning print prominently
articles commencing the substance and
spirit of the proclamation in tie high
est terms.
The papers also make a display to-
day of the denial of the New Chwang
report that the United States intends to
support the protest of the commander
of the United States gunboat Helena
against the plan Of the Russian au-
thorities to sink junks at the entrance
to the Lao river, evidently considering
that this puts an end to the state
ment which caused a furry here yes
terday, and that further comment is
unnecessary.
More About Russian Sorties.
Toxic, March ia supplementary
report from Vice Admiral Togo con-
corning the effect made by the crews of
the Japanese torpedo boat destroyers
in the action off Port Arthur on the
10th inst. to rescue the crews of the
disabled Russian torpedo boat destroy
ers was received here today.
Captain Shojira Asai, commanding
the fiotilla of torpedo boat d%estroyers,
states the japanese would have been
able to rescue more OF the enemy, but
for the deadly fire of the shore batter.
les, and the close approach OF the Rus
sian cruiser Novik. The report ex-
plains that the four men rescued were
not part of the crew of the Stere-
g%uschtchi as originally reported.
When the japanese rescuers reached
the 5teregusehtchi only the dead re.
manned on board and it is believed the
u living members Of the crew had jumped
overheard and persisted. The rescued
Russians were placed en- q japanese
battlesaip and given food and rnedi,
cine.
fines Hurry "a Frontier.