The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-02-24
NEW ooNsuLs TO MuKDEN AND pAnNY.

NEW CoNsULs TO MUKDEN AND DALNY.
Under a regime allowing perfect
freedom to the foreign press it is be-
lieved that Russia will soon cease to be
constantly subject to underground at
tack
The internal censorship is to be re-
tanned, but foreign dispatches are to
be entirely free. Inasmuch as a state
of war exists kilograms from the the
ater of hostilities will be subject 20
the same kind of military censorship
enforced in all countries under similar
circumstances.
Question of Coalng Warshps.
Sounds of desultory firing at sea
are heard almost nightly at Port
Arthur and on Sunday morning fir
ing was again heard This is doubt
less due to the attempted approach of
Japanese torpedo boats, but nothing
serious has developed.
The Novi Krai prints a long article
invoking historical precedents to prove
the illegality of the Japanese declara.
tion that coal and victuals will in all
cases be treated as contraband of war.
The paper describes Japan's attitude
AS bare-faced presumption and urges
the neutral powers to disregard it and
not to refuse to supply belligerenC
ships with coal to carry them to theiI
nearest home port.
II follows, therefore. the Now Krai
says, that the British government
should allow Russian ships at Singa.
pore to take on sufficient coal to en-
able them to reach Port Arthur.
Russian Ships Go Back to Cronstadt.
The ST Petersburg correspondent Of
the Paris Figaro has cabled that the
Russian squadron at Jibutil, French
Somaliland, on the Gulf of Alden. has
been ordered to return TO Cronstadt.
1t was reported from st. Petersburg
Feb. Is that this squadron had been in
structed to remain at Jibutil until fur
ther orders.
1t has been suggested that the stop
ping of these warships at Jibutil
might lead to International representa-
tions, Jibutil being a French neutral
port.
A private dispatch received at Paris
from Port Arthur says the repairs to
the Russian battleships Czarevtch and
Retzivan are almost completed.
Neutrality of China.
Russia glady favored the sugges
ton of Secretary Hay that as far as
possible the belligerents in the Far
Eastern war localize hostilities and re.
spect the neutrality of China in the
interest of a continuance of the peace
full intercourse of the rest of the world
My government expressed the con
viction that Mr. Hays suggestion was
prompted by motives of the highest
humanity and was mutually advant.
ageous to the belligerents."
This statement was made by Count
Cassini. the Russian ambassador, in
the course of a conversation with a
representative of the press on the
Far Eastern situation.
New Army and Navy Commanders.
War Minister Kuropatkin, who is
going to the Far East this week
will be appointed commander-in-ch
of the Russian army operations
there. and Vice Admiral Makaroff, who
is now on his way east on a train
which is expected to reach Port Ar
thur in 10 days, breaking all previous
records, IS to be commander-in-chief Of
the navy.
Hostile to British Residents.
Russian dispatches record the rapid
growth of anti-British feeling, one say
ing many English boys have been
withdrawn from Russian schools ow-
ing to insults, and there Is evidence
in public resorts in Kieff that the posi-
tion of the British residents would be
very dangerous should Great Britain
become involved in the Russo-Japanese
issue.
No Japanese Vessels Lost.
The Japanese legation in London
said 1t was not true, as reported,
that any Japanese vessels had
been destroyed so far in any of the
various naval engagements, and that
all necessary repairs had already been
made. The Japanese fleet remains
intact.
This message also denies the report
that the Japanese were driven from
the neighborhood of Kin-Chau after