Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1904-04-07
RUSSIA EXPRESSES REGRET
FOR THE NEWSPAPER AT
TACK ON UNITED STATES.
The Neutrality of China Violated
Skirmishes Reported-TheP Pow
ers Are Warned Against the
Celestial Empire.

st. Petersburg, March 31.-In Of
fetal circles the action of some of the
| newspapers here in attempting to re-
| ViVe hostile feeling against the Uni
/ ted States on account of the NickS-
burg incident is sincerely deprecated.
| The Associated Press is authorized to
| announce that the government has
nothing to criticise IN the action of
| Commander Marshall. Moreover, ii
| does not sympathize with the Novoe
Nremya's editorial of yesterday,
, pointing to the United States as the
! real commercial and political foe of
| Great Britain and Russia.
Toxic, March 31.-The action of
! Russian war ships in sinking the
| japanese coastlng steamer Hanyei
! Maru, last Saturday, is deeply re-
! sented by the japanese, and in of
| fetal circles is pronounced to be a
| clear violation of the neutrality tf
! China, the vessel, which was a de-
! fengeless craft and chartered by
! japanese newspaper correspondents,
| having been sunk near Tachin Island.
! After transferring ten japanese and
| seven Chinese from the vessel the
| fire of two war ships was directed
upon it, and one of the Russian tor
! pedo boat dest1oyers sent several
shells through her hull.
London, April 1. : (Friday)-The
! correspondent of the Daily Telegraph
at Seoul reports that there is continu-
! Gus skirmishIng between Ping Yang
and Wiju, and that many japanese
dent adds that a Korean spy at Ping
Yang has been shot by the japanese.
In connection with the activity of
the Chinese along the Shan-Hai-
KWan railroad, the Bourse Gazette
warns the powers of the unreliability
of Chinese neutrality, and says it be-
lieves they are making serious mis-
take, declaring that the Celestials
are goins to astonish the world when
the world least expects it.
Seoul, March 31.-It is rumored
that the Russians have killed the pre-.
feet of Pak-Chon for not following
their instructions. The Russians are
also said to have dispersed the Ko-
rean garrison of Wiju, after divest
ing the soliier5 of their uniforms.
Sebastopol, March 3l.-According
to dispatch from the commander o
the Black Sea fleet, Vice Admira
Kakaroff has telegraphed that the
chief credit for the achievement o
| repulsing the late attempt to bloch
the channel at Port Arthur is due tt
Lieutenant Krinziki, who command
ed the torpedo boat destroyer SLIM
Through his skill in discharging tht
f torpedoes the missiles struck the prov
+ of the first ship, DETECTING the vesse
! from its course, and the other Jap
anesa steamers followed in its wake
Toxic, March 31.-At meeting
of Americans and japanese, held il
this city to-day in commemoratiol
of the fftieth anniversary of tn
signing of the Perry treaty between
, Japan and the United States, al
American war charity, called th
! Perry Memorial Relief Fund was or
e eanlzed with much enthusiasm. Th
: sum of $37, 500 was subscribed a
] once and it was decided to Organiz
committees in all the larger cities G
& the United States.
The fund will be turned over to
minister of the imperial household
and it will be disbursed under tn
direction of the Emperor of Japan
e particularly for the purpose of aid
Il inc the destitute families of soldier
!. and sailors
Count Okuma, at one time th
Ii japanese Premier, made the pril
), cipal address at the commemorate
D. exercises. He said as the Japane:
d became more familiar with the pc
pie of the United States, they coul
, not but admire them for their lON
Do and Justice and humanity, whit
le were such prominent national trait
q. Bishop McKim, of the Americs