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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-07-28
ADVANCING ON HAICHENG
GENERAL, kUROPATKlN REPORTS
JAP COLUMNS CONTINUE
70 MOVE FORWARD.

St Petersburg, July 2S.-A telegram
from General Kuropatkin was received
during the day confirming the reported
occupation of Tatchekiao by the Jap
anese July 25 and adding that Jap.
anese division had moved on Hal
cheng.
The Japanese continue to menace
Liaoyang communications by concen'
trating troops at Sikseyan, but no fur.
ther advance has been made towards
Liaoyang or Mukden. The consum.
nation of the Japanese plan for the
occupation of Newchwang, while long
anticipated, is nevertheless recognized
as comforting great advantage on the
Japanese generals, giving them a new
base from the sea by railroad, river
and high road for northern move
ment. 1t also cuts off one of the prin-
cipal means of communication with
Port Arthur Besides its military i'm
portance to the Japanese the fear is
expressed that their occupation OF
Newchwang may have political conse-
quences by placing the Japanese and
Chinese in immediate, intimate rela-
tionS.
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BRISK FIGHTING OCCURRED.
Japaneee Report of the Capture ct
Tatchekao.

Washington, July 2S.-The Japanese
legation has received the following dis
patch from the foreign office at Toxic:
General Oku reports that on July
"a our army commenced an attack on
the enemy posted on Tapingling and
other eminences near Tatcheklao,
which were fortified with strong de-
fensive works. The enemy's line OF
operation extended over ten miles
from east to west. The enemy con-
sisted of about FIVE divisions, with at
least 100 guns. The right wing of our
army reached the heights three kilo-
meters southeast of Tapingling and
there ensued the exchange of severe
artillery fire. Our advanced lines had
to withdraw until darkness before the
enemys artillery fire, as the local sit.
uation did not permit our artillery to
fire with full effect. At l p. m. de-
tachment from our right wing dis
lodged the enemy from the position
around Tapingling Then, by success
sive attacks till daybreak. we captured
all the positions commanding Tatche-
kiao and are now pursuing the enemy
toward that place. Our casualties are
estimated at S00"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-07-28
rnoLAr:p's pRr'ilER cuEorloNs
TIc.iT OF RUSSIA TO c.i..t
NEUT.AL V-S3ELS.
CREACH OF INTERNATIONAL Law
cRITis.i GOVERNMENT DGNhgt-s
FULL SATISFACTION ron
LOSS OF SHIP.

London. July 2S.-That the british
government regards the sinking c. tho
steamer K1ight Commander as q
breach of international law was con
firmed by Premier Balfohr in the
house of commons during the after.
noon.
Answering questions regarding the
destruction of the Knight Commander
and the seizure of the Malacca and
other vessels the premier said he
hoped to be in position to make
brief statement regarding the Malacca
shortly. AS to the sinking OF the
knight Commander he regretted that
information which has reached me
confirmed this regrettable occurrence
Mr.. Balfour added:
There is no question of loss OF life
but | am afraid, there is question oi
breach of international law"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-07-28
DEMANDS FULL PREPARATION
GREAT BRITAIN RESENTS SINK
ING OF STEAMER BY VLADi-
vOSTCK SQUADRON.

London, July 2S-The British gov
ernment is sending instructions to Sir
Charles Hardinge, the British ambas-
sador to Russia, to energetically pro-
test against the sinking OF the Brltlsh
steamer Knight Commander by the
Russian Vladivostok squadron. Until
The presentation of the note TO the
Russian government the greatest Sc
crecy will be maintained regarding its
contents, but it is known that Premier
Balfour and his colleagues have dc
cided to demand that the fullest repair
alton shall be made by Russia or
measures will be taken to follow up
the diplomatic demands.
The British note, as Sir Charles Har-
dinee will submit it, will not mention
the amount of indemnity Russia must
pay the owners of the ship and British
subjects having goods on board the
vessel, but all that will be sought will
be the establishment of the principle
OF indemnity and apology A salute
or the British flag must also be con-
ceded and the future protection OF neu.
tTal shipping assured.
The attitude of the British govern.
ment IS the result of the thorough
consideration given to the reports re-
ceiyed from Sir Claude Macdonald,
the British minister at Toxic, and the
examination of international law au-
thorities by legal experts. The dis
patches from Sir Claude Macdonald
confirm the reports that the Knight
Commander had no contraband of war
on board for Japan. The government
and all the British authorities, Il is
asserted, unite on the point that there
was no justification for the sinking of
the vessel.
1t is felt in government circles that
the Knight Commander incident over
shadows the Red sea seizures, which
practically have been adjusted, but
which have failed to settle the ques-
tion of the rights of neutral com
merce.
In the light of the declaration of the
Russian government respecting contra
band of war made three weeks after
hostilities commenced no representa-
tions have been made by Count Benck-
epdorff. the Russian ambassador to
Great Britain, to Foreign Secretary
Lansdowne regarding the Knight Com
mander, the ambassador not having re-
ceived advices from ST. Petersburg on
the subject, nor is it seen by the Rus
sian diplomats how it is possible for
their government to make prompt an
swer to the British demands. Ii Is not
known when the Vladivostok squadron
will return to port. The commander
of the squadron, 1t is pointed out, un-
questionably seized the papers of the
vessel Including her manifest, and
therefore will be able to present rea-
sons to show why he sank the ship,
and with these reasons in their pos
session the Russian authorities will be
able to complete their answer to the
British representations.
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DECISIVE SERIES OF BATTLES
Japanese Hope to Force Russians Into
Tight Corner.

Toxic, July 28.-It is believed in
military circles here that the begin
ming of the end of the first great phase
of the land campaign is at hand. The
operations of Generals Oku and Nodzu
agaist Kuropatkin's south front are
thought to have co-ordinated with the
forward movement of Kuroki against
the railway. making it practically i'm
possible for the Russians to escape a
decisive series OF battles. The Jap
anese hope to be able to defeat their
enemy SO thoroughly that an opoor-
tunity may arrive to arrange peace.
Nevertheless preparations are complete
for campaign in the north should it
be necessary for the achievement of
the governments fundamental aims.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-07-28
Piles Upon Top OF Plles.

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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-07-28
BRITAIN SEEMS WARLlkE.
Premier Balfour Presides at Meeting
of Defense Committee.

London, July 2S.-A lengthy meet
ing OF the defense committee took
place during the day under the presi
dency OF Premier Balfour, at which
the attorney general, Sir Robert Fin
lay, was present. The attorney general
does not usually attend these meet
ings, but it was stated that the ques-
tions at issue between Russia and
Great Britain were under discussion
and that Sir Robert was called in to
advise as to the questions OF interna-
tional law involved.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-07-28

says the ,.eI - 60 15pOn4euL Oh tnu
Herald. AS soon as the st. Peters
burg government had given the Berlin
cabinet full satisfaction in the matter
of the seizure of the PrinZ Heinrich
and the Scandia all idea of backing
up England in protest regarding the
passage of the Dardanelles by the Rus
sian volunteer feet was abandoned
and it is authoritatively stated that
the question no longer interests Ger
many.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-07-28
Russian Volunteer Steamers Bound tol
French Port.

Perrin, Red Sea, July 2S.-Two Rus
sian vessels, supposed TO be the vol
unteer feet steamers st. Petersburg
and Smolensk, passed here during the
morning bound for Jibutil, French So.
maitland. Thev showed no colors.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-07-28
Malacca Arrives at AIgiers.

Algiers, July 2S.-The Peninsular
and Oriental Steamship company's
steamer Malacca, which was seized In
the Red sea July 16 by the Russian
volunteer fleet steamer ST. Petersburg,
has arrived here with prize crew on
board.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-07-28
vIadivostok FIeet siohted.

Toxic, July 28.--The Russian Vlad-
ivostok squadron was seen sixty miles
or Toxic bay at dawn. 1t then moved
to the south.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-07-28
GERMAN ATTITUDE CHANGES.
All Traces OF Hostility to Russia Have
Vanished.

New York, July 2S.-In twenty-four
hours there has been a remarkable
change in the attitude OF Germany.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14
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The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14
Press Is Not Unanimous in Its
Sympathy for ibe
japanese,
III Concealed Desire That
America Be Drawn Into
Dispute,

United in sentiment and action as
the English people may be, when it
comes to the actual point OF quarrel
with any other country the sentiment
OF the London press as TO the merits
Of the issue between Russia and Japan,
the probable outcome OF the war and
the wisdom Of the policy Of the British
Government in her dealing with the
question in the past and at the pres
ent time are far from being in ac-
cord. The following excerpts from ed
itorials in the Westminster Gazette
CLiberaD and the London Globe CCon-
servstive) viii reflect the attitude OF
the two leading political parties on
the question as TO the best policy for
Great Britain to pursue.
The Westminster Gazette, January
2s, 1904, sees great possible trouble for
Britain abroad, and sounds a loud note
Of warning to the Russo -phobes. 1t
says:
There is no concealing the extreme
gravity Of this struggle, not merely
in its results on Far Eastern affairs,
but in the international complications
which may go with it. We have al
ways. as our readers know. regretted
our treaty Of alliance with Japan, not
from any unfriendliness to the Japan
ese, but because il seemed to us high
ly important for this country to keen
Z free hand in the Far East The
treaty, however, is a fact which is
binding on us and which il is useless
10 deplore. We hope and believe that
ii viii operate, as intended, to isolate
the conflict 50 far as the Far East
itself is concerned
PERILS IN BRTTAIN-S PATH.
Our relations with France are hap
PLY Of the best at this moment, and it
is improbable that the Car would in
any circumstances demand French as
sistance il he knew that by so doing
he would bring the more formidable
naval power Of this country into oper-
alton against him. We may therefore
reasonably hope that the circumstances
which the treaty contemplates, namely,
an alliance of two great powers against
Japan, viii not arise. But when war
breaks out the result does not always
conform 10 the programme, or even to
reason and common sense. We have TO
reckon Nith possible explosions Of opin-
ion. forcing the hands Of governments,
and with all manner of side issues
which might possibly raise points of
honor and lead TO violent agitation be-
fore we had realized their Importance.
There is the question of the Darda-
nelies, the question Of coaling stations
on the road TO the Far East. the ques-
tion OF the neutrality Of the Suez canal,
on any one Of which our ally might
expect our assistance. And finally there
Is The chance that advantage may be
taken Of Russia's preoccupation to
force the crisis in the Near East, with
all the complications that it threatens
10 Europe.
we do not say that any of these evil
things win happen, but the best Sc
curity against them is to be warned in
advance and 10 realize their gravity.
The occasion is one which makes a spe-
ciaI demand OF prudence and modera-
ton from public men and writer's. To
whip up public opinion against Russia,
as in the days when she vas at grips
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14

TO enforce the retirement of Russia
from Manchuria will entail the exclu-
sion from the treaty ports OF all foreign
commerce. 1t will be a blow TO the
United States as much almost as to
ourselves, and while we profoundly
hope that even now the force of events
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14

German trade statistics already
show the serious damage done TO trade
with Latin American countries by the
action of the Kaiser against Venezuela
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14

Fair will be a display of celery four
feet high, and rhubarb the same
height and five inches thick.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14

In six hours after leaving Yarmouth
the fishing boat Tantallon returned
with 105,0o0 herrings, caught after
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14

may induce the Car to give way, there
can be no disguise as to which side the
sympathies of the civilized world will
lean in case of conflict
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A feature OF Washington's State
horticultural exhibit at the Worlds
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14

with Turkey. would be dangerous and
misehievous thing to do. English SYM
pathy with the Japanese is as natural
as European sympathy with the Beers.
1t goes out to the party which is sup
posed to be the smaller, and therefore
the pluckier. But remembering our
own resentment at European attacks
upon us and bearing in mind also the
heavy contingent liabilities which we
have in this matter, we shall do we'll to
refrain from that kind of evaporation.
Nor shall we too credulously believe re-
ports which minimize the strength of
Russia and exaggerate the strength of
Japan. The truth of that matter is
hard to arrive at until tested by events,
but the better and safer plan for the
japanese and those who sympathize
with them will be TO believe that Rus
sia is strong until she is proved to be
weak
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14

the nets had been only forty minutes
in the water.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14
BITTER IN DENUNCIATIoN.

The London Globe, January %, de-
nounces Russia and predicts coalition
Of powers to thwart her ambitious
aims. 1t says:
AT the beginning the twentieth CEN
tury the role which France, led by
Napoleon played, has been taken by
Russia. led by an insolent and aggres-
sive bureaucracy which speaks in the
name of the Car. In every quarter Of
the globe II is Russia who is the dis
turbor of nations. The German Gov
ernment knows well enough that it is
the territory of the Russian frontier
which needs to be the most closely
watched. The woes of Finland and Po-
land are the direct result of Russian
cruelty and tyranny. To the tortu-
business of Muscovite policy il is owing
that Europe stands well nigh power
less to enforce order and fair govern
ment in the Balkan States. Turkey is
alternately threatened and cajoled by
the st Petersburg Government, while
France is compelled by her one-sided
alliance to stand helplessly aside. In
Asia the policy of Russia is to stir up
strife and foment unrest at the ex-
pense of the British empire in Persia,
Afghanistan, Burmah and Thibet, be-
sides the flagrantly illegal action she
has taken, and is taking, in defiance
of treaty obligations in the Chinese
empire. in face of these facts we be-
lieve that the time is approaching
when, IL Russia will not abate her
pretensions or cease her efforts to ag-
srandize herself at the expense of the
trade of the territory of well nigh ev-
cry other power with whom she is III
contact, a coalition will have to be
formed to curb her restless and cruel
ambitions. as in the case of Napoleon
. century aeo
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EXPECTS AMERICAN AID.

Again, on January 26, it says:
our Shanghai correspondent reiter-
ates the report that China has Teen
given full assurance that support will
be forthcoming to enable her to main
tain the integrity of her empire. There
are two powers. the United States and
ourselves. who are specially interested
in checking that policy of practical
partition which is the goal and OBJ
ject of Russian ambition. For years
past. this has been our ostensible OBJ
ject, though how woefully we have
failed in pursuing it is matter of his
tory. The United States has come
more recently to a knowledge OF the
true inwardness of Russian diplomacy
and the value of Russian promises.
But public opinion on its side of the
Atlantic is growing in volume day by
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-09-19

In when We We're Twenty One. -
while Mr. Keill does not compare
with Goodwin In mastering the
humorous lines Of his role, he sur
passes the originator Of the role Of
Dick Carewe In the purely dramatic.
aud particularly the pathetic work.
Neill also adds "a dignity 10 his
Characterization which Goodwin Al
ways lacked
SO entirely different from Maxine
ElllotfH conception Of the part 81
Phyllis IL that Of Miss Chapman
that 1t Ia difficult TO make eompari-
sons. bat true Il Is that Miss Chap
mans Interpretation was more nat
urnl. more robust. more Hympn-
thctie aud more human than that Of
the portrait divinity u the ten-cent
magazine
The secondary roles were all In
most capable hands and the play
was greeted with a warmth that
must have pleased the members Of
the company and elected their best
efforts
The piece was sploudidly staged.
all the settings being entirely new.
II ia noteworthy. too. that the Neiil
company Will play NJ popular prices
throughout It's engagement
when We We're Twenty One
will hold the boards at the Seattle
all this week
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-09-19
STEAMSHIP c0hPANY
HAS SOLD OUT

The negotiations which had been
pending faF some time between the
steamship company aud
the Olympia a Tacoma Transports
tion company. TOT the sale % the
former C0mpanY's steamers Mutt
uomah and Capital CitY. we're COM
plrted SATURDAY afternoon. The two
companies had been backing zach
other for a long time and the olymz
pia a Tacoma Navigation company.
which operated the steamer GREY
hound between Tacoma aud Oiym-
pia Ia connection With the steamer
FLYER. contemplated purchasing the
steamer Telegraph 10 compete eith
tho Capital city and Multnomnh
This resulted IN the Mcdonald
Steamship company selling ont 70
the opposition. The atramef Cap
itnl City Is nos laid up temporar-
rs. aud the Greyhound has been
placed ON her run
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-09-19


"The Burgomnater" with all itH
.6dtchy dittiea and nifty bits Of wit
WAS presented last night at the
Grand In 70 style worthy Of ita lead
ng spirit. Oscar l.. figman. Fig
mans melodlauH trilling Of his rzr-ra
aud his bland facial expressions are
aa good as ever. and he has FUR
hiBhed up all tho old jokes of The
nurgomnatera until they are as
good as new Figmnn has with him
tHia season a particularly clever trio
Of assistants. and the entire com
pany rs acceptable. the girls OF the
chorus being Rayly scostumed. good
- look upon and especially uimole
of foot
Charles sharp. In the role Of Doc
die Won Kuli. r. an able second 10
FIEmhn himself and has things all
hIa own way with Dutch dialect nnd
a aaaaphona IN front OF the curtain
for fifteen minutes or 30. not count
lug enrnrea. while In the dainty III
tie person OF Olga Won Hatfield
whether countess or not. FiEman
has brought with him ono Of the
eleyoreat and most versatile artists
that has been sen on muHirul=eom-
edy boards Ia seattle for several
seasons. Miss Hatfield Ia addi-
ton To a pretty face and figure. has
a marked grace % movement. aud Ia
picture AZ her dancing. AZ well a.
being poaneaaed Of a sweet. clear
voice. which she employs with IN
usual expression IN The pretty solos
If the piece. In a treble role. the
versatile little artist smiles and
dances her way from the New Am
aterdam sewing bee 20 the Gotham
oakewaIh. and her grace u moYs-
meut and sudden smiles keep The
warm sympathy u the house With
her throughout Louise Braekett.
In the opposite roles. Il also win
some aud aWert-yaiccd. and IL an
adept In dainty coauetry The coll
leRo songs and the Indian chorus
are both good features Of the piece.
and the Keep Coo" song h espe-
elally veil done.