Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-25

CHANGING
Pre- Russian Paper Claims Jap.
anese Success Means Des.
tructies Of European
Achievements
KOREANS OPEN PORT
Russian Troops spring d Surprise
On the Japs BY NIassing
south Of the Yaln

ST. PETERSBURG. March as
1:45 b m.The Bourse Gazette, IN !
leading article on Japiphilism, main
tains that the pro-Japanese sympathy
among the leading commercial ma
tions at the outbreak of the war Ii
not being sustained, owing to the
fuller realization that the growth 81
Japanese interests into great com
.mercial country VIII mean the de,
strnction Of all that Europeans have
accomplished In the far east
unWeIcome Surprise.
SEOUL, March 20. Thursday
Japanese scouts report that they
have discovered Russian troops are
south Of the Yalu in much stronger
force than was thought.
still the ManuJur.
SHANG Hal. March 25. Delay on
the part OF the Russians In giving ef.
feet to the arrangements for dismant-
ling the gunboat Mandjur is causing
increased irritation to the Japanese
and difficulty to the Chinese officials.
A Japanese cruiser is consequently
retained at Woosung.
Still Investigating,
TOXIC, March 25.--The committee
of the house which is investigating
the charge against Tiesuke Aklyama,
a member Of parliament, of being In
the pay of the Russians, did not con.
.clude It's work today, but will prob.
ably make its report tomorrow.
Korean Port to Open.
TOXIC, March 25.-The formal an.
nouncement that Korea had decided
to open the port OF Youngampho 70
the trade Of the world reached Japan
today, but the actual date Of opening
has not been determined.
Powerful Fleet Left.
The Daily Mails correspondents
give. from Japanese sources. some DO
tails Of the condition of Port Arthur
which were gatehered during recent
visit there Of Chinese junk. It II
asserted that boom has been placed
across the entrance to the r0adstead
which Is alive with mines so defective
and SO carelessly laid as TO be equally
dangerous to both Russian and Jap
anese vessels. The damaged Russian
warships, these reports say. were 70
paired with such haste that II Is dan
gerous for them TO leave their anchor
age. Eight battleships and cruisers
and ten torpedo boat destroyers are
now uninjured and often leave the
harbor but never so far from the
protection OF the guns OF the forts
The Japanese officers praise the quail
tiles Of the Russian torpedo boat de
stroyers, which, they confess, have
done excellent work, but they declar,
the Russian shells are badly fired and
fail to explode except when the,
strike direct upon armor, and that
even then. their charges OF gun.cottor
are SO insufficient as to cause but liz
tie damage.
The Daily Mails Shan Hal kwar
correspondent says the Japanese ar.
secretly engaging Chinese soldiers L
act as an irregular corps.
Is the Cork Int
LONDON, March 25.--The Datly
Telegraph publishes dispatch iron
It's Toxic correspondent, under yes
terday's date. which says:
"0n the night OF March 22 the Jop
aneso feet renewed the attempt 4
bottle up Port Arthur harbor. Sixteen
warahips escorted seven merchant
steamers to the mouth Of the harbor
and under cover Of the bombardmen,
the steamers ran In AMI were SUM
In the desired positions. Three thou
sand Japanese officers and blucjack
cts volunteered for this duty. An of
iicial report IL expected this even
Ing"
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