The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-22
JAPANESE TO co.
Those in Siberia Will Return Ii
They Can.
United States Ambassador
Mccormick Takes a Hand.
ASKS ABOUT THEM.
inquiries What Transportation
Facilities Are offered.
Russia Claims That Only Few
Japanese Remain in Siberia.

St Petersburg, March 22.-1:50 p. m.-
United States Ambassador Mccormick
has been instructed by the state
department, at the request of NJ. Taxa
hira, the Japanese minister at Washing
ton, to ask the Russian government
what facilities will be afforded to the
forty thousand Japanese in Siberia to
return to Japan.
According to information received here
comparatively few japanese are now in
Siberia. Most of them left there just
prior to or after the breaking out of the
war. The United States embassy, which
is charged with safeguarding Japanese
interests, has thus far only responded to
the appeals of a score of Japanese COM
ing from Siberia through European
Russia. The last batch of twelve, from
Irkutsk, was sent to Berlin Saturday
Not one of them has been molested but
it IS considered safer that the japanese
be placed beyond the region Of possible
danger.
No appeals have been received from
the few japanese residing in ST. Peters
burg and other cities of European
Russia.
SAN CHAN TAO BOMBARDMENT.
| St. Petersburg, March %, 1:50 p. m.-
The Russ, in an editorial today on
/
| tiOn of The Hague convention in bonn
| harding the quarantine hospitals on the
San Chan Tao islands. opposite Port
Dalny. declares Japan can not meet
| the charge by pleading ignorance of the
character of the buildings on the is
lands, as the bombardment of unforti-
/ fed towns and buildings is forbidden by
the same convention. and adds that
| Japan's act was a f1outing of all the
powers signatory thereto.
| who knows" continues the Russ,
what excesses Japan may go to in
violation of the international law? The
of solidarity among the nations and the
defense of the fundamental principles
of humanity must compel the world. if
not today. then tomorrow. to say to
Japan: Thus far and no further"
| The editorial concludes with express
/ ing the hope that Russia.s protest will
make an impression on the other
| powers.
JAPAN HASN'T HEARD.
Toxic, March %, 5:56 a. m.-The jap
anese government denies the Paris re-
port that France. acting IN behalf of
Russia, has protested to the japanese
! government on account of the bonn
| bardment of the quarantine station on
the San Chan Tao islands, opposite
Port DaIny. March 10. No protest on
the subject has reached the Toxic gov
| ernment
| GENERAL KUROPATKIN MOVES.
| General Kuropatkin, commanding the
Russian troops in the far east, who ar
rived here last evening, left for Lake
Baikal this morning.
MANY WAR RUMORS.
London, March ga number of ru-
mors were printed in the newspapers
here Monday, but they must be accept
ed with great reserve.
The Daily Telegram's Toxic corre-
spondent cables a newspaper report of
the Japanese occupation of Port Arthur
after a combined land and sea attack
Saturday and Sunday. 1t is asserted
that a division of Jaoanese landed on
the Lao Tung peninsula Saturday and
engaged the Russians near Port Ar
thur while the fleet bombarded from
Saturday evening until Sunday morn
in=.
The same correspondent reports a
sharp encounter at Chyong Syong CYalu
river. about 80 miles northeast of
Wiju), in which the Russians lost SOC
| in killed or wounded.
The Daily Chronicles Shanghai cor
respondent hears from New Chwang
that the Japanese crossed Tatung pass
40 miles from Hachen, and that coils
ions with the Russians occurred.
Reports from Seoul and Toxic are tc
| the effect that Marquis Ito has ar
ranged to lend five million yen (s2, 500,
000) to Korea on easy terms
According to the Standards Tien Tsir
correspondent. China is appealing to
in the period for the payment of the
indemnity growing out of the boxer
troubles.
The correspondent at Tien Tsin OF
the Daily Mail reports that Kataoka
a japanese merchant and Russian spy
has been asSaSsinated by being buried
alive, but that the Japanese authorities
disavow any knowledge of the assassi-
nation.
The Morning Posts Hamburg CORE
spondent says Russia has purchased
| the Hamburg steamer Hafis, which is
now at Vladivostok, for $3.50 0e0 and
that the vessels name has been chang
ed to Alexeitrapani.
4 RUSSIANS IN GOOD SPIRITS.
St Petersburg. March 22.ls'he fol
lowing official dispatch dated Muk1en
March 20, was received today:
General Zhlinsld reports as follows
The troops are in good spirits am
there is no sickness. According to re
ports received from the frontier guard:
on the eastern Chinese railway ev-
erything is in order there. At Udyin
station Captain Uksemoff with 70 cav
alrymen has driven off band of 10l
Chinese bandits.
! .'The occupation of towns of Anjl
and Ping Yang by the enemy's infaE
try and artillery is confirmed. An in
crease movement of troops and trans
port on the road between Ping Vans
and Anju is noticeable.
Thirteen of the enemy's transports
recently unlOaded at ChlnampO.
According to reports there have
!, been no preparations for landing Or
the coast of Caoljao or opposite Kin
chow.
J "All reports appearing in foreign
newspapers of the landing of japanese
troops at different points on the coas
are Inventions
AN AMERICAN-RUSS
San Francisco, March 22.-Officers o.
the steamer Coptic, just arrived, saw
the Russian gunboat Mandchur lying IL
the river at Shanghai, and report. tina
her commander is a Captain Carter
born in the United States but a Rus