Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-10
DAMAGE DONE NOT KNOWN.
Reported laps Have Entered Man.
churia and Have Reached feus
Huen Cheng.
IT MEANS BIG BATTLE VERY SOON
Vice. Admiral kemimura Believes BON,
bardmeut Of VladiyOstOk Demon.
allied the Enemy.

st, Petersburg, March 10, 4:i5 p. M
The only piece of important news up
TO this hour today from the seat Of war
| was the Associated Press dispatch from
Port Arthur announcing fresh attack
on that place by the japanese fleet. This
dispatch contained no details. Another
telegram 70 the Associated Press from
Nladiyostok has been received IL
makes no mention OF fighting and 1t
Is assumed that all is quiet there. The
reports that the japanese have enter
ed Manchuria west of the Yalu river
and have reached Feng Huen Cheng,
on the Pelin road, which Is the Russian
line Of communication to the Yalu,
cannot be confirmed. If the Informal
tion proves true land engagement OF
some magnitude cannot long be delay
ed, as the Russians have heavy force
south Of the line, between Lioang and
Mukden and they are also occupying
strong positions along the Yalu A
japanese column between them would
be in desperate strait unless it moved
| by the flank TO take the Russians on
! the Yalu In the rear and was energet-
icaly supported by forward japanese
movement from Korea.
ATTACK ON YLADIVOSTOK.
| Toxic, March l0.--Nlce Admiral Kem-
| mura reporting the bombardment oe
| Vladlvostock on March g. says the at
| tack commenced at 10 minutes TO 2 In
| the afternoon, and the firing was kept
| up about 40 minutes. He believes tho
! bombardment was effective and de-
| morallzlng to the enemy, The Rus
sian forts did not reply TO the japanese
| FIRE.
Japanese cruisers subsequently rec
onnoltered several adjacent places on
the coast but found no trace OF the
enemy.
The full report Of Vice Admiral Kem-
mura, who commands the second Jap-
anese squadron, says
AS prearranged, We reached the east
entrance to Vladlyostok on the morn
ing Of March 6, through frozen sea.
The enemy's ships were not seen out
side the harbor. We approached tho
, batteries on the northeast coast from
point beyond the range OF the bat
teries on the Balzen promOntory and
Bosphorus strait After bombardng
the inner harbor 40 minutes, from 80
o'clock In the afternoon, we retired.
believe the bombardment effected con.
siderable damage Soldiers were seen,
but the land batteries did not reply to
our fire. Black smoke was observed at
the east entrance 20 the harbor about
. o'clock p, M. and was thought 20 bs
from the enemy's ships. but this smoke
gradually disappeared,
"On the morning OF March 9Th We
reconnoitered America bay and Strelols
bay but saw nothing unusual. We APP
preached the east entrance to Vladivos-
tok at noon The enemy's ships were
invisible and the batteries did not fire.
We turned toward Posslet bay but not
seeing the enemy, retired
CHINA MUST LOOK OUT.
Paris March lO--lt is officially con-
frmed that the Russian minister nc
Pekln has made firm representations
TO the Chinese government concerning
the activity Of Chinese troops along
the Manchurian frontier with n pointed
intlmatIon ot the defensive measures
Russia may be compelled to adopt. Ths
substance Of the representations fol-
lows:
Russia has taken cognlzance OF the
presence Of considerable forces NJ Chi
nese troops Slong the frontier, For tho
present II Is recognized that these
forces are independent ~ the direct
authority aud control Of the imperial
government. which therefore, II not re-
sp0nshle for their presence, But the
fact Of their presence Is called 10 tho
attention OF the imperial government,
and should their continuance ON the
frontier lead 10 depreditious and acts
OF laWessness. Russia win take tha
measures necessary 10 safeguard her
interests.
The foregoing Is not the literal text
but is the purpOrt Of the terms Of ths
representations,
The Chinese troops referred 10 are
those ~ Gen. Ma and Gen. Yuan Sht
Kai. tho commander in-chief The lat
ter "a the yiccrov of Chi III province
and his ,rO0re were organized by the
late III Hung Chang. Therefore they
arc subject to provincial instead Of im-
perlal control
II Is understood here that Niceroy
Alexef viii be entrusted with fOrmu-
latIng rcprcssivc measures Il the depre-
dations spread to the extent Of endang-
ering Russian interests.
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