The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-18
FOR SPRING TRAFFIC
Port Arthur Will Be Open to
Trade MarCn Is
STEAMERS ARE CHAR TERED
American and British Would
See Warships There

Tien Tsin. March 17.-L!oyd's agent at
New Chwang wires as fellows:
Port Arthur Will be open March % and
80 and steamers have been chartered for
spring shipments. The reports that New
Chwang viii be attacked shortly are unu-
true and there is no truth in the statement
that the Russiars are trying to lay mines
abreast of the fort.
Business is going on as usual and NJ
/ Crosse, of The civil administration, i do
ing al IN his power to further the trade
interests OF both Chinese ana foreigners.
The American and British residents in
sist that warships should be stationed
here,-ba there are no signs of trouble.
japanese troops will probably land in
kai-Chou Bay ard cut off the main land
at Tashi Chiau, southeast of New ChwanS.
Pekin. March 17.-RuSsian commssariat
officers have applied TO the Chinese rail
way officials at Nsin Min Tun for permits
sion to use their name for the transporta-
ton of troops and stores The officials
have replied that the matter presents
fer the application TO the authorities at
Pekin
Some questions were also asked regard
ing the possibility of purchasing fodder
and other supplies; also regarding the
procurement Of carts for transportation
purposes should the railway not be avail
able
Navy agents of the Russo-Chinese banks
at Mukden have also approached the rail-
road officials upon the subject
The magistrates a Chin chou will not
allow the natives TO sell supplies of any
kind to the Russians
The Japanese authorities here state that
a land engagement OF any magnitude is
mot likely before another month.
A military attache here considers the
fleet at Port Arthur efficient to prevent
the Russian fleet from leaving the port.
New York. March 17.-Japan win raise
no objection to the concentration Of Chi
nese troops on the Manchurian frontier.
according TO a Toxic dispatch fro mthe
correspondent of the Tageblatt forwarded
to the Herald from Berlin. Japan. the
dispatch continues. regards it as matter
of course with China TO maintain her
neutrality and the presence of troops on
the frontier VII be the most effective
means of locaiizing the war
st. Petersburg. March Il. p. m..-The
headquarters Of the 1Ianchurian army
after General I[uraptakins arrival will be
a Liza Lang, the general having selected
that point instead of Mukden. whence to
direct the operations Lao Yang is ten
miles west of the railroad. being connect
ed with the main road BY a special line
which viii be completed by the time Gen
eral Kuropatkin arrives and has many
advantages over Mukden
Che Foo March Il, a. m.-The United
States cruiser Cincinnati just arrived from
Chemulpo reports everything quiet with
no news from the front. At the request
Of Minister Allen the cruiser brought two
former Korean officers who had left Korea
in consequence of their friendship for
Russia.
St. Petersburg March 1.-THE Bourse
Gazette says japanese nope Of aid from
America is gone and she now looks only
TO China With the latter's hatred of the
west in view. she is trying her best to
effect an alliance. The Gazette predicts
that Chinese neutrality will soon be
broken.