Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-29
LAPS CLAIM VICTORY
Cossacks and Mikado's Infan-
 try Clash Near Chongju.
AMERICAN AND BRITISH FLAGS DOWN
Russians at Newchvan& Under Pre- text of Ma rtial Law Remove En- signs-AIl Consular Jurzs-
 dtction Is AnnuI1ed.

text of Martial Law Remove En-
 signs-A1l Consular Jur1s-
 dtction Is Annulled.
 LONDON, March 29.-A Seoul report says that in an engagement between a force of Japanese infantry and several squadrons of Cossacks between Anju and Chongju the Japanese were vic torious, but lost fifty killed.
 Details of the Russian action in plac- ing Newchwang under martial law show that American and British flags were removed by the Russian military from the property of citizens of Amer ican or British nationality.
 Viceroy Alexeieff's order placing the city and port of Newchwang under martial law, which is drastic in it's terms, is in some quarters regarded as an apparent challenge by Russia to neutral powers, especially to China, on account of the appropriation of her ter ritory.
 It is also interpreted by some as rem dering the United States gunboat He lena and the British cruiser Espiegle liable to an order to leave port.
 
 with the civil administrator, when the latter informed them that the full in tention of Russia's order was to pro- claim martial law and also to annul consular Jurisdiction and that the same already was annulled.
 The British consul interpreted the or der as not declaring martial law.
 The other consuls are unable to com prehend Russia's complete intentions.
 The administrator agreed with the consuls to suspend rigid enforcement of said order until the foreign govern ments act in order to lessen the compli- cations.
 The Americans here call attention to the apparent defeat of American aims, regarding placing consuls in Manchuria by the execution of Russias order.
 A St. Petersburg dispatch says the Russian government will substitute gray for white uniforms throughout the entire army for the coming sum- mer campaign in the far east. Unfor- tunately the commissariat department, like the United States war department during the war with Spain, has no suitable khaki attire for summer campaign, and hundreds of thousands of gray uniforms will have to be man. ufactured, although it is well known that Viceroy Alexeieff as far back as 1901, when he was on the Liaotung peninsula, declared that the white uni form was too conspicuous.
 The general staff announces that for the present no more volunteers will be accepted. About 6O,0OO men have vol unteered for service in the far east of which number 15,00O have been select ed. 1t must be understood that those who have volunteered. are men who are not subject to military service.
 In diplomatic circles at St Peters burg the possibility of d new triple alliance between Russia. Britain and France, with farreaching consequences, attracts considerable attention, the opinion being that it is not so fan tastic as at first appeared. There is an intimation from well informed quarter that King Edward. who is now practically his own prime minister sincerely harbors desire to compose the long standing differences between Great Britain and the empire of his nephew and that while the time is not yet ripe. for the satisfaction of this de- sire the way is being paved for it's con- summat ton. A prominent diplomat at St. Petersburg said:
 "A thorough understanding between Russia and Great Britain would be the greatest possible guarantee of the worlds peace, and there is no reason why the spheres of their ambitions should not be delimited. The mistrust of each others purposes imposes upon both countries enormous and useless burdens. Russia keeps three army corps and she has built three railroads in order to exert pressure on Great Britain in India, although it is patent that Russia could not conquer India without the mastery of the sea. Great Britain is compelled to keep strong garrison at Peshawar and to fortify the Indian frontier in order to offset the Russian forces ill central Asia. The maintenance of these armaments involves what Golden called panic expenditure, equivalent to capitall- 2ation of E1OO,O0O,0O0. Great Britain has repeatedly tried to come to an agreement with Russia, but thus far something has always come in the way of such an agreement. Lord Salisbury used to say that Great Britain and Russia were like the fairy prince and princess whom the wicked magician always kept apart, or, like two mon groping in a dark room anxious to shake hands, but unable to meet each other. Personally I think that there hn -iY,In tbo present, but sooner or later it is bound to come"
 It is reported that the Vladivostok squadron, under the command of Cap tain Reitzenstein, has returned to port with several prizes, including Jap anese warship.