The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-05-26
Russian Wholesale Corruption.

Berlin, May ga correspondent Oh
the Frankfurter Zeitung, writing from
Hardin, under date of April IS, gives
striking details illustrative of the con-
d1tion OF the Russian army and the
relations existing between the Rus
slams and the Chinese.
lie says two officers, Lieut.. Col. Kor-
iinsky and STAFF Captain Ignotowitch,
are in Harbin prison awaiting the car
ryinS u Of sentences OF death i'm
posed upon them for selling large sup
plies OF gunpowder to the Chinese from
the army depots.
The officers charged the Chinese S25
pei Sc pounds, but their supplies run
ming low, they filled The boxes partly
with sand and placed a layer of gun
powder on the top. At the same time
they raised the price to $50.
The Chinese merchants, ~incensed at
the swindle, caused the matter 10 be
made known in higher quarters, and a
watch was set, resulting in detection of
the officers in the act of selling gun
powder to Russian Intermediates.
by similar means the robber bands
are well supplied with the most mod
ern rifles and plenty of ammunition.
These bands have grown bolder and
more active than ever.
Bitterness Is Intense.
The correspondent says ferocioi.
bitterness prevails throughout the Chit
rese population against the Russians,
He relates the following incident in
e~Nplanatlon thereof. After saying that
Russian settlers regarded the nativas
as being far lower than dogs, the cor
RESP ]ndent says Russian officers as
surCd him the peasant settlers tested
their new rifles by taking a native as
& target.
one engineer with whom 1 travelled"
the correspondent writes, did not So
Lutte a well known officer because tha
latter Il shot down eight of the en-
glneerS best labOrers in mere wantOr.
ness. His complaint remained unan-
sWered." In consequence Of such con-
ditions the correspondent asserts the
entire laboring population is longing
for the monlen when it NAV dare re- 70
all upon It's tormentor.
Port Arthur Is Stronu.
Chefco, May 2 5.-The captain OF
Russian merchantmen, who left Port
Arthur May 20, is among the recent ar
rivals from Dalny. He says in an in
tervfew the whole japanese fleet had
not returned to Port Arthur since the
10Th inst when, besides the battleshin
Hatsuse, another big vessel struck =
mine and was towed away dis bled,
The gunboats and torpedo beats re-
turned Oft the port on the goth inst.
When the Russians succeeded in sink
ing a small gunboat and two torpedo
boats.
The Russians are now confident of
holding Port Arthur with the go, 900
men ROW stationed there, exclusive of
the navy n crowds of mechanics
WorklnS on the damaged warships, all
OF which, except the C~Zarewitch and
EetF1zan, are ready TO rejoin the feet.
These will also be ready June /.
Inc entrance to the harbor. has been
cleared and small boats now pass in
and out freely from Port Arthur to
Dalny. The forts on the land side of
Port Arthur have beer completed and
are now prepared for a severe contest.
or the few soldiers left at Dalny tho
majority have gone to Port Arthur, and
only the defenses left there now are
the mines in the harbor. The attempt
OF the japanese to land troops in Kin
Chau gulf on the 10th failed, owing TO
insufficient water to float the boats.
mere mad been no fighting in the
vicinity of Port Arthur up to Satur-
since the Kin 1hau fight on the
dotI' When two ~sqradrons of Japanese
caVairy We're wiped out, only eight men
of which escaped.