The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-02-17

men refugees, all of whom the civil
administrator had assured Mr.. Miller
would be protected.
The administration admits the grav-
fly Of the situation, but declares that
Viceroy AleXeief alone can remedy it.
1t is believed here. however, that the
maintenance OF order at this treaty
port and the prevention Of these VIOLA
tions OF international rights can be in
sured only by an instant international
proclamation supported by an armed
force.
Mines have been constructed and
preparations made for depositing them
at the mouth of the river here. where
the forts have been occupied by a field
battery OF crtillery and guns from the
Russian gunbOat Sivoutcn
Lieutenant General Ivanoff. governor
general and commander of the troops
I'm Turkestan. has gone to Tashkend
With General Sakharoff, chief of the
staff of the military district Of Turkes-
tan. It is said in high military circles
that General Ivanoff has been instruct
ed TO prepare for the contingency Of
military action in the direction of In
dia in the event Of Great Britain
adopting an attitude openly hostile tt
Russia or attempting to prejudice Rus
sian interests in Persia or Tibet.
Public opinion in Russia, even among
military men, is strongly opposed to
Viceroy Alexeief, who is accused OF
incapacity. movement Is on foot in
favor Of the immediate appointment
Of General Kuropatllin, the war min.
ister, to command the Russian land
forces and to give Admiral Skrydl0ff
command on the sea.
A Tokyo dispatch gravely asserts
that the Japanese strategists intend tc
land 100000 men on the coasts of Lao
tung between the Yalu and Port Ar
thur
There are intimations from Port Ar
thur that the Russian fleet is ready fol
an offensive movement A skirmish be
tween torpedo boats in the gulf Of Pc.
chilli IS reported
The Japanese feet is said to have es
tablished a base on Elliot island, neaI
Port Arthur.
4 dispatch from Port Arthur says the
japanese have been driven from the
railway near Kinchau, just north OF
Dalny
The Russians admit having 70 killed
but say that $50 japanese were taken
prisoners.
Jfgp,t,b fr,r, Uort A Art1,,,r 1o,fo.
that the japanese are landing at Chin
wangtao, a port on the southern Dor
der of Msnchuria close TO the Chinese
Northern railroad The sea there is
covered with ice for a distance Of four.
teen miles from the shore, and this
would make a landing extremely diff.
cult The japanese are landing provi.
sions and munitions of war at Won
san, on the east coast of Korea and
north Of Seoul.
A dispatch has been received at St
Petersburg from the Russian minister
at Peking, Paul Lessar, saying that
upon his official inquiry the Chinese
government informed him that Wei
haiwei remains leased to Great Brit
ain.
The two warships just arrived from
Genoa, Italy, were given an enthusias-
tic welcome when they steamed into
the port of Yokohama
A Tokyo cable says the entire press
of Japan is united in expressing keen
appreciation of the deep and general
sympathy which is being shown Ja
pan by western countries and argues
that this war will be the means OF
drawing the east and west more close
ly together.
Particulars have reached here Of the
Yenisei disaster. Captain Stepanoh,
who was blown up with the torpedo
transport and who himself invented
the system for laying submarine mines
which is considered responsible for
the catastrophe, had caused the Yen.
isei to be fitted with his device for
the rapid laying Of mines whereby a
trolley line extended beyond the YES
sells stern, along which the mines slid
out and dropped into their appointed
places. This plan did away with the
cumbersome work OF laying the mines
from small boats. The accident was
due TO the excessive strain on the Yen
isei's anchor cables while the mines
were suspended pending their INNER
sion. The two cables snapped, and one
mine collided with another.
A London dispatch says it is said
that Great Britain is about to appoint
consuls at Mukden and Antung, where
the United States has just appointed
eonsuls
According to special dispatches from
Tokyo, the Russian squadron has re-
turned to Vladlvostok.
A Tokyo dispatch says two Russian
warships have appeared Off oki island,
in the southern part of the Japan sea.
From Chemulpo comes the astonish-
ing statement that japan has already
landed 10000 troops in Korea, $4,000