Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-26
RUSSIA SHOWS P|QUE
Thinks United States Un-
friendly Without Reason.
LAYS TROUBLE TO JEWS
SAYS GOVERNMENT TAKES ILL
ACCORDED POSITION.
Another Report Of Port Arthur Attack
Demonstration Of the American
Squadron Commented Upon.
LAYS TROUBLE TO JEWS

ST. PETERSBURG, February 26.-The
Novoe yremya this morning published
long leading article regarding the relations
existing between the United states anu
Russia In considering the unfriendly man
ifestations against the latter in the United
States the Novoe Vremya argues that ols-
tinction must be made between the people
and the government and it attributes the
agitation in the press TO a campaign engl-
neered by the Jews who, 1t has been said,
even talk of building battle ship for the
Inikado.
The paper insists, however, that the ira
ditional friendship for Russia occupies
firm position in the American mind and
heart and that the people cannot really
prefer the japanese to the Russians, who
never have harmed them
The Novoe Vremya, on the other hand
contends that without reason the WASH
ington government has been unfriendly to
Russia. and compares the most Drllllant
feat of the State Department-the tele-
graphic ratification of the Chinese open
port treaty-to teegraphc marriages
which, 1t says, sometimes are practiced in
America.
Declares 1t Idle Talk.
But IT is idle, the article goes on, the talk
now of sending United States consuls to
Manchuria. dissatisfied with his success,
Secretary of State Hay undertook to Sc
cure the naturalization, the inviolability OF
the administration, and the entity of China
Diplomatists, photographers and publicists
being in doubt as to what all this meant,
Secretary Hay kindly announced that he
did not care to have his proposal defined
in detail. The article concludes:
'"The American government has taken
position which i'll accords with the former
SLOT ,x-ith prT-- oy16 fu-n "a
convinced that the conduct of the United
States gunboat Vicksburg in refusing to
protect and receive drowning Russians will
not meet with wide sympathy in America.
Nor will the Americans sympathize with
the naval demonstration at the mouth OF
the Yalu river, of which the telegraph
brought u report yesterday"
American Demonstration.
As cabled. from London February 22. the
Nagasaki correspondent OF the London
Daily Telegraph asserted that 1.-The Amer
fcan squadron, the vessels of which are
variously reported at Chefoo and Shanghai,
is going to make a demonstration at the
mouth of the Yalu river 1t is possible
that this is the report to which the Novoe
Nremya refers.
Report of Port Arthur Attack.
The Rus this morning publishes the fol-
lowing from Port Arthur, under date of
February 25:
"On the night of February "a the Jap
arese attempted 10 blockade the exit from
Port Arthur bay in order to inclose our
feet concentrated within. Under convoy
of torpedo boats and transports the enemy
advanced four freighters, in ballast, at full
speed, to the gateway, where 1t was IN
tended to sink the latter vessels: but the
maneuver was Immediately observed on the
battle ship Retvizan, which was standing
IN the bay before the entrance"
Retvizan Opens Fire.
''The Retvizan at once opened fire. and
after 1t the batteries on the peak and
those on the promontory took part. As
a result the ships with which It was de-
signed to blockade the port were destroyed
and their mission rendered unsuccessful.
According to a wholly unsupported re-
port, one Japanese torpedo boat was sunk.
Answered Fire Ineffectively.
'The cannonade began about 3 o'clock in
the morning and continued until O'Clock.
single discharges. The japanese fleet, at
long distance, answered our fire ineffec-
lively This evidently done merely
to cover the retreat of their torpedo fiotilla.
THE enemy's squadron. consisting of ten
large vessels and seventeen torpedo boat
destroyers, which appeared yesterday about
8 o'clock in the morning. maneuvered in
sight of Port Arthur until noon. and then
began to withdraw and disappeared from
the horizon in the morning. The cruisers
Novik Askold and Bayan put to sea, and
after an inconsiderable cross-fire returned
unharmed." 5"