Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-11

A. d. new calendar Feb. Q. 1900 and in
the 10th year of our reign.
written in full by the hand of
His Imperial Majesty. Nicholas"
New York, Feb. 10-The Western Union
Telegraph Cos. central cable office is adj
vised that kilograms of all kinds for
Japan and Corea can now be forwarded
by any route except that of the Great
Northern Co. at sender's risk. Messages
for Japan are no longer restricted to
japanese, English or French languages.
London. Feb. 1O.-A special dispatch
from Toxic dated today. says it is report
ed there that three transports of the Rus
sian volunteer fleet. conveying about 200
troops. have been captured by the Jap
anese off the Corean coast.
Paris. Feb. 1O.-The foreign Office
discrcuits the reports from Tien Tsin,
yesterday, of the French occupation of
(on the Gulf of Lieo-
tung). The officials here say the negO-
tiations on this subject occurred six
months ago without definite results,
and the officials believed that the re-
ported arrival of the French troops
there arose from the shifting of the
small garrison detachments. The Off
Gals add there certainly can be no sig
nificance in the French occupying the
forts vacated by the Russians.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 10.-5.30 p. M
o. bn MT trnS
claiming a Russian victory at Port Ar
thur. Three Japanese warshipS and four
torpedo boats are reported to have been
seriously crippled. One report says the
japanese battlcship Shillishima was sunk.
The people are demonstrating, but there
is no official confirmation of the report
and the announcement is discredited.
Vladivostock, Feb. 1O.-Private tele-
grams received here report the complete
rout of the Japanese by the Russians on
the Yalu river. These advices also claim
that Chcmulpo. Corea, has been occupied
by Russian soldiers and marines.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 1O-All the pic
lures of the first three Russian ships
tOrpcdoed are sold out.
dcnounce the action of Japan as being
trcachcrous declaring that it is truly
Asiatic;;" but, insisting that the issue
of the conflict will not be decided by
the naval engagements, as the Japa-
nese will have to meet Russia on dry
land, when the score will be wiped out
The NOvoe Nremya says it is quite
possible that the whole of Corea has
been overrun by japanese soldiers in
disguise and that Russia may first have
to assume the defensive. But when her
forces III Southern Manchuria and Co
rea are increased the Japanese will
realize what they have to meet.
God, right. and international law
are on our side the Russ says. zone
hundred and thirty million Russian
hearts are beating in unison in the de-
sire to expunge the traitorous slight
on Russian honor.
Enough of defensive tactics! Let us
drive out the foe!'
The Bourse Gazette says:
yesterday we longed for peace. Now
we think only of war. The world soon
will be startled by Russia's heroic
work. japan has placed herself be-
yond the pale of civilization. The up
start pigmy Japan would not have
dared to attack the giant Russian with
out the encouragement of England and
America"
In this connection, the Russ claims
to have authority for saying that the
two new japanese warships the Nish-
in and kasaga, were saved from GER
tain capture by the Russian squadron
bound for the Far East under Admiral
Wirnue. whose flagship is understood to
be the Dmitri Donsko by the action of
the commander of a British battleship
in placing his vessel across the Suez
canal and hCisting a signal of distress,
thus delaying the Russians two days.
The anti-British feeling mere is bit
ter it being asserted that the Japa-
nese attack on Port Arthur was
launched from Wei Hal Wei
Ambassador Mccormick is busy TAX
ing over the affairs of the Japanese ie-
cation.
In spite of the state of public feeling
there has been no attempt to modest NJ.
kurino. the retiring Japanese minis
ter here or his staff. The authorities
are according NJ. Kurino special police
protection. He mas had no commune
cation with the foreign office since the
delivery of the last japanese note and
has made mis- farewell calls. He will
leave st. Petersburg quietly, tonight.
General DraGomorOv arrived in st.
Petersburg. today. He is one of Rus
sia's greatest fighters ard may be ap-
pointed Commander-in-ch chief, as Cen
eral kuropdtkin. the war minister.
probably cannot be spared.
St. Petersburg. Feb. 10-o.G0 p. M-No
further details of the fighting off Port
Arthur have been made public here be-
yond the official bulletins. No kilograms
from abroad concerning the attacks have
been received. All newspa per DISPATCHES
over the Siberian line have been STONED
and the telegraph offices refuse to accent
private kilograms for the Far East except
over the Persian line
Although skcpticism regarding the cur
rent reports is expressed in certain quar-
tiers. the full extent of the Russian losses
has rot been given out
London. Feb. 1O.-2.35 P. M.-The
text of the official dispatch received