Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-22
TURKEY MAY Give HER CONSENT
Russian Warships Arc Reported to be
Between Japan and Korea
Now.
CIVILIANS LEAVE vLADIvoST0CK'
Barou Hayashi's Latest Advices Lead
Him to Think Jap Troops May Not
Take the Aggressive for Months

Now York. Feb. pa dispatch to
,bo Herald from st. Petersburg hazards
tho forecast that some morning the
russian Black Sea feet may be unex-
nectedly found in the Mediterranean,
turkey being assured that this once an
ACCOMPLISHED fact not one of the powers
wonld have a word to say In objection.
Diplomatic negotiations toward this
end are alleged to be progressing.
such egress from the Black sea
would release the big armored ships
Knlazpotemkin, and Tavrlceskl, 1900
ions each; the Ekaterlna and the Cis-
ma If 900 tons EACH the Sinope, 10000
tons; the Trlsylatitelia, 1875 tons; the
Georgl Pobllednoseo, 1900 TONS the
Dyenadzat Apostolov and the Rostis-
law about 1900 tons each; 10 torpedo
catchers aud about rs torpedo boats-a
force which would turn the vital ques.
lion Of the command Of the sea In the
far east In favor OF Russia.
Trans. Caucasian troops are being mo-
bl1ed and ordered TO occupy the FROM
tiers Of Turkestan and Persia.
RUSSIAN SHIPS NEAR JAPAN.
Nos York. Feb. o. Russian warships
are reported between Japan and Korea,
Gays Toxic dispatch 10 the American.
Transports carrying troops across are
hsavily conveyed In consequence.
The prefeotural office has received
telegram from the chief magistrate OF
the island Of MIyake, south OF the Gulf
Of Korea, reporting that IL Russians de-
larked In a boat from vessel In the
oiIlng ON the 18th. The subsequent
movements Of this mysterious party are
not reported but inquiry Is under way.
The crew OF the Tamagawa Maru.
which arrived az Shlmonoseki Sunday,
report hat the ship was followed by
four warships from n point seven miles
oil the harbor Of Fusan until close to
the Island Of Tsushima, where the
chase was abandoned.
ORDERED TO LEAVE yLADIvo-
STOCK.
Nagasakl, Feb g2.-The steamer stol-
berg has arrived here from Vladivo-
stock with twenty white foreigners, L.
lVO Chinese and 80 Japanese She
brings In addition ~ survivors OF the
Japanese steamer Nakonoura Maru
when was sunk by the Russian cruiser
squadron from Nladiyostock on Feb.
H. Two of these men were drowned
during their transfer to the Russian
shlps' The survivors were well treated
ana provided with return passages.
Inc Nladivostock squadron intended
TO lombard Hakodate but snowstorm
prevented the vessels from entering the
straits Of Tsugaru. They intend to
make another attempt to reach HakO-
GATE IN March with the cruisers, five
torpedo boats and an armed transport.
The civilians In VladIvostock have
been ordered to leave owing to the scar
clty OF food, as the government Is taxi
ing everything available, A panic has
seized the Chinese, who are leaving by
Wholesale,
TAKING OF AGGRESSIVE DE-
FERRED.
London, Feb 22-The latest advlces
OF Baron Hayashi, the Japanese minis
yer TO Great Britain, lead him to be- |
leVe that the japanese troops may |
now wall possibly two or three months |
uelore undertaking aggressive opera
NoDH IN Manchurla, He sad
we nave found that Russia Is so UNI |
oApeetedly unprcpnred that ! should |
Eot pe surprised II the Japanese land |
FORCES contented themselves with es- |
ldoIlshlng thorough organization aud |
advancing as the construction of the |
Iallroad towards the Yalu river pro-
, esses' Russia appears TO be less pre-
pared than was China in 1895, be-
he'e lhat only hree trains u day can
W. run through Manchurla. Supposng
.nese are equally divided between
uoops ana supplies, as would be neces-
salE RUSSIA could not perceptibly |
sIenngthen her land forces before
ApIlb Japan's naval coup has been
80 successful that rather think our
,,IoopS VIII take their time The shall
LOW lhlets are now frozen over retard-
luz the Decentralization OF our forces.
! ,lls Is especially true at Port Arthur,
wnere another landing OF troops Is i'm
possible owing to the Ice"
baron Hayashi does not credit the re-
ioTt mat 1900 Russian soldiers have
~ u',l Killed In an outpost engagement
~ : lne falu river. He says there IL no
oopunese force In that Vicinity large
though TO lnhict such q loss.
/, ne only naval development Baron
ilayashi expects In the near future is
NJ y, altack on the Japanese fleet by the
puNerlul Russian torpedo fotllla Mt
Io' Arthur and hitherto unused. on
we Japanese side, except possible ac-
.Ons against the Russian VladIvostock
,luadron' the Japanese minister does
10y TOOK for developments NJ present,
53eleVlng Admiral Togo will be salts.
leu 70 Keep the disabled Russlon squd-
on prisoners at Port Arthur.
me minister credits the Russians