Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-08
RIGID JAP CENSORSHIP.
Correspondents Compelled to Seek
Mainland for Newsstand Operations.

SHANGHAI February 1.-THE rigid CEN
sorship placed by the Japanese authorities
on all telegraphc dispatches, both press
and private, has caused many of the for
eign correspondents to seek field Of news
on the mainland.
CORRESPONDENTS who have reached here
from Tokyo report that the censorship Is
more perfect than they have ever encoun-
tered and is exercised on intercommunica-
ton as we'll as on foreign matter. Traffic
on the wires has trebled and their original
carrying capacity reduced because the War
Department and the foreign office have
each taken one of the main trunk lines
that run south through the empire.
The exactions of the censorship and the
difficulties of tntercommunicadon has
served to largely obscure the view OF the
correspondents and probably has resulted
in much conflicting news from various
points 1t is anticipated that when the
corps of newspaper representatives who
are now at Tokyo are finally allowed to go
to the front a serious congestion OF teie-
graphic service will result, as the military
and available land lines are not adequate TO
the service they will be called upon to
perform.
No Extensive Land Operations.
Well-informed newspaper men have ex-
pressed the opinion that there will be
no extensive land operations until the
naval operations are conclusively decided,
unless the Russians should cross the Yalu
and start south, thus forcing the hands of
the Japanese.
From the best informa ton obtainable,
however, the Russians are not in shape to
make such move In force 1t is general
ly held by the experts that should the
Japanese sweep the sea three large forces
will be put in operation, one against Port
Arthur, one through Korea and across the
Yalu to cut the Russian center to the rail
way and the third against Vladivostok
The regulations for the government of
the foreign newspaper correspondents have
been promulgated and are ironclad. One
article provides that If a correspond
ent violates the criminal law, military
criminal law. law for the preservation
of military secrets, he may be punished
according to military law by court-martial
Eastern War Notes.
The report of the naval attack upon
Vladivostok is not confirmed officially at
Tokyo, although the navy department ad
mits that an attack was planned. A re-
mort is expected from the feet commander
before long.
Vice Admiral Makaroff. the ice break
ing specialist of the Russian navy. arrived
at Dalny yesterday, and is expected at
Port Arthur today.
Complete tranquility prevailed through
out Port Arthur district. and nothing has
been seen of the Japanese.
King Alfonso mas signed DEGREES at Mad
rid ratifying the arbitration conventions
between Spain and Great Britain and Spain
and France
The Russian ambassador a Paris, M.
Nelidoff, following the announcement to
the same effect from St. Petersburg about
a week ago today issued formal denial
of the report that Russia had any intention
of stopping the expectation of wheat
Coal dealers at Riga, Russia have re-
| ceived an intimation from Cardiff that they
| would better hurry orders for coal the in
| dicatiOns being that shortly all deliveries
| will be stopped
| Speakers at two meetings of Irishmen in
| Chicago in celebrat tion of Emmet's birth
| day anniversary, have expressed hope for
/ success of Russia. One of the meetings
was presided over by John F. Finerty ma
| tional president of the United Irish Socie-
| ties. One of the speakers at the other
meeting vas Judge O'Neill Ryan of ST.
| Louis.
The Russian squadron commanded by Ad-
| miral Wirenius, consisting of a cruiser a
/ transport and eight torpedo boats sailed
| from Port Said Saturday.