Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-13
DENY ANY FIGHT OR LOSS.
Denial Result Of Confusion Over Twt
Places Of Same Name.

Places Of Same Name.
NIUCHwANG. May 1s. noon.-The Rus
slams deny the report circulated in London
that a fight has occurred near wafung-
Tien, in which the Russians were defeated
with great loss. No confirmation Of the ru-
NOR is obtainable from other sources.
dispatch from London. May II, said the
Daily Chronicles correspondent at Shan
Hai-Kwan, under date of May 10. reported
that the second Japanese army, marching
in three divisions In order to cooperate
with Gen. Kuroki, had defeated the Rus
slams near wafung-Tien. with great loss.
The Chronicles correspondent noted that
there are two Wafung-Tiens, one On the
railway, north of Port Arthur. twenty miles
from Pitsewo, and the other forty miles
west of Kaiping, on the road to Feng-
Wang-Theng.
u. s. Cruiser for Chefoo.
SHANGHAI, May 49, p.m.-The United
States cruiser New Orleans has left here
for Chefoo. The Chinese in the vicinity Of
Nfuchwang are restless, and 1t IL consid.
cred advisable to have warships near there
when the Russians withdraw from Niu-
chwang.
The United States cruiser Raleigh will
leave Shanghai tomorrow for Chin-Kiang,
on the Yang-Tse river, where an attempt Of
the SulQGS6 government 10 establish a puD-
lie market resulted in rioting recently. dur
ing which several persons were killed.
Tokyo Denies Japs Fired on Red Cross.
TOKYO. May 49, noon.-The assertion
that the Japanese troops had violated the
Red Cross rules as provided by the con-
ventions of Geneva and The Hague, by
firing on a train of wounded at Polandien,
about forty miles north of Port Arthur,
on May 8, has been proven to have no
foundation In fact. On the contrary,
cording to an investigation made by the
of Foreign Affairs Komura. If there
was any violation of the rules upon the
occasion mentioned, the guilt must be
charged to the Russians themselves, and
not to the japanese.
The officers in command of the japanese
column advancing on Polandien report that
when approaching that place On May
they discovered train moving northward
from the direction Of Port Arthur, which
bore none Of the marks required by the
Red Cross and had Russian troops on
board who opened fire, to which the
Japanese promptly responded Suddenly
the train stopped and displayed the Red
Cross flag.
The Japanese troops Immediately stopped
firing and moved forward to investigate,
when suddenly the train started ahead full
speed and escaped.
Fear Internal Troubles in Russia.
ROME, May 13.-A secret report received
from st. Petersburg depicts the internal
situation of Russia as becoming most Sc
rious as regards the preservation OF the
present institutions. the military failures
In the far east having strengthened the
opinion that the evils are due to the pres
ent organization of the country, In which
a change is necessary. The hope is ex-
pressed that the emperor himself seeing
the danger. will be induced to grant the
country a constitution. In which event. 1t
is asserted the enthusiasm of the people
will become so great to render 1t possi-
BILE to raise an army and collect the means
to defeat Japan.
Otherwise, the report says. II Is believed
all the efforts made at St. Petersburg VIII
remain futile, as besides the war in the far
EAST Russia Will be obliged to face q latent
Il not an open revolutionary movement at
bona. depriving her Of the assistanos of