New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-26
RULES FOR PRISONERS.
Humane Russian ReguIatiOns-CaP-
tain Irkorf Sentenced.

St Petersburg March "a special commits
4 sion Of the Foreign Once, under the PRESIDENCY
q Professor DE Martens. professor Of inteThs-
uonal law a the University OF ~. Petersburg
and recently president Of The Hague court
which decided the Pious Fund claims, is draw
ing up regulations for the treatment Of prisoners
of War. The commission is doing its utmost 70
make the regulations as humane as possloie'
They wfli De- based on those in force al the uihe
OF The Russo-Turllish War ard cover the follow
ing main points.
First-The conditions under which prisoners
viii be held within the zone OF opera! -,
Second-The methods of the transfer OF prls-
o.ers 10 points OF concentration ana Tor as
patch TO European Russia.
Third-Provisions for quartering prisoners 80
Fourth-The feeding Of prisoners. They VIII
receive the same rations as the Russian uools.
Officers giving their parole viii be aHoMe1 70
live In private quarters. Naluao ies touhu U"
prisoners VIII be registered and kept ior mem;
A list OF prisoners captured will De posted ~
the general STAFF, and the names OF ne de tll
viii be communicated to The Foreign Oii'oe A'i
the information Of relatives,
The names of foreigners captured Whlle serN
ing with the japanese win also be COMMUNE
caf>d TO the Foreign ONCE.
General LinevItch has telesraphed TO the gen
ersI STAFF that there is no sickness among the
Russian troops, They are all in splendid health.
Spring weather prevails in Manchuris.
Detachuents Of police have gone to Moukden
and Vladivostok. and several additional train
loads Of ammunition are on their way TO the
same places.
Two parks Of artillery. each consisting Of lSo
men. with horses guns and ammunition. left st
Petersburg for the Far East tonight.
The report printed abroad that the Emperor
is going to the front in the summer receives alb
soluteIy TO credence in the highest official cir
oles.
The Empress and her sister, the Grand Ouch
ess Sergius. ordered a carriage at midnight yes
terday and drove around the city. much TO the
CONSERVATION Of the police. who had not been
warned.
The Grand Duke Michael the heir presump-
tive, has recovered from mis- recent indisposition
and has gone to the estates OF his sister. the
Grand Duchess olga, at Novgorod
Captain Irkorn. OF the Manchurian commits
sariat service. VINO was arrested on the charge
q having sold information 10 Lieutenant Colonel
Akashi formerly military attache Of the Jap
nnese Legation here. has been tried by court
martial and found guilty He has been sen
fenced 10 twenty-five years penal serVitude. IL
is said that the sales were carried out al the
legation.
Captain Leontief Of the artillery. who was ar
rested on the charge Of selling military secrets
10 Japan. was employed at the Warsaw fortress.
he was arrested IN the act OF communicating
plans Of the Kovno and Warsaw fortresses TO
Austria. Ii Is believed that Leontien also sup
piled Information 10 the japanese
A report which has been circula ted TO the
effect that General Altyater. assistant chief or
ordnance 10 the Grand Duke Michael has been
banished 20 a small and remote military post In
the Caucasus is not true. but the Emperor is
dissatisfied with conditions ia the ordnance De
partmeut. and General Altvater has received a
commission TO inspect certain fOrtresses. The
general is now in Sebastopol and his work here
has been turned over 20 the Grand Duke Sergius
Michaelovtch.
According 10 the best information obtainable
Viceroy AleXief requested a supply Of quick
firing guns in January last. but the request was
not promptly filled, owing 70 General Atvater's
remissness
ernorship Of Ekaterinoslav because Of his In
ability TO cope with the labor difficulties which
frequently occur in that province. His sue
cessor has not vet been appointed.