The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-25
Russian General Says japanese
Have Not Crossed.
Declares They Are Still on
Korean Side Of YaIu.
PORT ARTHUR SAFE.
No Longer Any Fear of Capture
by the Enemy.
Supplies on Land Sufficient for
Twelve Months.

St Petersburg. April 25.-Major Cen
eral Plug in a telegram from Port Ar
thur formally denies the report that
the Japanese have crossed the Yalu
river
Dispatch Boat Liberated.
Port Arthur. April 25-The Chicago
Daily News dispatch boat, flying the
British flag, which was boarded AMI
detained by Russian officers off Porr
Arthur on Friday last. has been Iiber-
ated on the condition that she will not
again approach these coasts.
Port Arthur Feels Safe.
Port Arthur, April 25-An weak
points on both the land and sea sides
here have been so strengthened in the
last two months that the impregnabil-
/ ity Of Port Arthur is now regarded as
absolutely assured. The garrison has
been considerably strengthened and
the forts are provided with all necessi-
4 ties for more than a year. Complete
confidence prevails with the troops,
sailors and inhabitants in the ability
of the Russians to defeat any Japanese
attack
Remarkable Indifference to the possi-
bility of attack is shown by the people.
/ In fact, by day there is little to indi-
cate that the town is in a state of
siege. The band plays on the boule-
ward, on which parades are held fine
ly dressed people stroll about and
groups of children play. Restaurants
| and shops are well patrOnized by GUS
toners all day long. At night, how
ever the city is in profound darkness,
which is emphasized by the search
lights flashing across the roadstead.
The entrance of the harbor. although
studded with nine Japanese wrecks,
remains perfectly free.
The foundering Of the Petropavlovsk
| is regarded as a tragic mischance
without influence on the course of the
campaign or preventing the Russian
fleet from still achieving brilliant re-
suits.
As each successive bombardment,
which experience shows recurs approx
becomes less vigorous Their ships re-
main out of range of the batteries and
evidently they do not intend to be
drawn into a battle.
AIexieff's Resignation Refused.
St. Petersburg, April 25-3:16 P. NJ
/ The draft Of the treaty whereby Amer
lean and Russian firms can sue in their
respective countries, over which Am
| bassador Mccormick has been negori-
| ating has been received from Wash
ington and laid before the foreign cf-
fee. Since 1t is no longer possible to
secure its ratification during this ses-
sion of congress, Mr.. Mccormick proba-
bly, will allow the treaty to take its
normal course.
j 1t is said that the emperor, replying
to Viceroy Alexieff's application Tor
leave, has telegraphed his refusal, sid-
ding that he hoped the viceroy would
be able to send good news soon- F'eign-
err the most celebrated tenor of the
imperial opera, who is an officer of the
naval reserves, has been called to the
colors.
Car in No Mood for Peace.
ST. Petersburg, April %, 1880 p m
THE Associated Press is enabled to
announce authoritatively that the talk
of mediation in the Russo-Japanese
war was founded upon the proposal
Of King Edward and King Christian
of Denmark to avoid further blood
shed and end the conflict. but that
steps initiated have utterly failed
The emoerOr, with the fuu concur
renee of the imperial family and his
advisers, has firmly decided not only
to reject all proposals looking to in
tervention. but to prosecute the war
with all the resources of the empire
until victory crowns the Russian
arms.
An Official Report.
London. April 25-5.44 P. M.-The
Japanese legation today gave out the
following dispatch received today from
s0The Japanese consul at Wonsan
(Gensan), Korea, reports under to-
days date, that two Russian torpedo
boats entered that port and sank "a
d
Maru. Her gross tonnage was 500 and
she was built in 1884. The Russians
imme ediately left"
This dispatch is taken at the lega-
ton here to mean that the Nladivostok
fleet is active.
Danger from Stray Mines.
4 Toxic, April 25-7 P. M.-Japanese
II companies which operate steamers Ic
the yellow sea and the gulf of Pechili
are cancelling their engagements t.
call at points beyond Chemuino, Korea
cause of the mechanical contact
| mines which are known to be adriIi
on the high seas. These mines driftsC
! away from Port Arthur and Port Dai14
and constitute a serious menace tc
navigation. The japanese cruiser Ad
suma discovered one such floating nlin'
40 miles from the Shan Tung promon
tory and exploded it with a shot
It is known that many mines have
been detached from their moOrings b.
storms and currents, and several have
been discovered and destroyed, but i
, is feared that many are still floating
about at sea, and the currents are car
rying them to the southwark Ever
! navigation during daylight is danger
slightly below the surface os the wa
: ter.
Various expedients, most of whicl
) are impracticable, have been suggested
for freeing the sea of these menaces
Z they include among other things.
proposal that neutral WarShips searcl
z for these mines outside the zone of Oh
erations and destroy them
JAPANESE STEAMER SUNK.
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