The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-02-19

ne step taheH ny tHe Unlteu states
Is regarded by the Foreign Office here
as being an able move.
/ PARIS, Feb 1O.-The overtures of
! the United States Government for
Powers for preserving the neutrality
and integrity of China during and
after hostilities, is attracting wide
spread attention.
United States Ambassador Porter
conferred with Foreign Minister Del
casse yesterday and again today. The
results have not been made public, but
the general situation is as follows: It
does not appear possible that an ac-
cord of powers can be arrived at at
the present time owing to the differ
'ences Of views. 1t is practically GER
tain that France will not take any ac-
ton which could possibly be construed
as embarrassing to Russia or as seek
Ing to coerce her concerning the in
tegrity Of China. The French author
tiles appear quite willing and even
anxious to have China declare her neu-
trality. They desire to have the least
possible interruption in international
shipping in the Far Eastern ports and
also will seek individually and collec-
lively to confine the area Of hostilities
SO as to reduce the chances of q gen.
eral spread Of conflagration. But rel
alive to the integrity Of China it is
not likely that any step will be taken.
If the term "Chna" is intended to in
clude Manchuria, 1t Is held that this
Is consistent with the past French at
ttude concerning the integrity of Chi
ma, which was construed to be entirely
distinct from the provinces Of the Chi
nese Empire, including Manchuria,
Thibet and Mongolia. However, the
foregoing Is only the general tendency,
the negotiations being still open with
the prospect Of their rather lengthy
continuance.
RUSSIAN WAR FEVER.
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 1O-No fur
Their details of the fighting of Port
Arthur have been made public here.
beyond the official bulletins. No tele-
grams from abroad concerning the at
tack have been received. All news
paper dispatches over the Siberian
lines have been stopped and the tele-
graph office refuses to accept tele-
grams for the Far East except over
the Persian line.
Skepticism Is expressed in certain
quarters that the full extent of the
Russian losses have not been given
out, but in Government circles the Of
fntnI hr1llatfnc tod
rately representing the extent of the
disaster, the general expression being
that the Russian authorities did not
expect early success, especially at sea.
The whole city awaited anxiously last
night for official news. Extraordinary |
scenes were witnessed in and around |
the newspaper offices and a crowd OF |
people literally besieged the Ministry |
Of the Interior. where the Official Mes
senger is published. smart carriages |
driven up in quick succession and the |
highest and lowest of the inhabitants |
in the ante-room or in the |
street. patiently, far into
this morning for official bulletins. The
text of these communicat lions had
leaked out among the newspaper men,
but as the law forbids publication of
such documents until they have ap-
peared in the Official Messenger the
editors had to wait until the Govern
ment organ printed the news before
their own presses.
The Associated Press representative,
calling on a we'll known editor. found
him surrounded by throng of promi-
1ent citizens, imploring him to read to
hem the kilograms he had just receiv-
ed. The editor, pale with emotion, re-
cited the narrative of the lombard
nent of Port Arthur. Many people
kept coming in and the editor was
to read it over and over
again. The crowds expressed serious
mpatience at the fact that nothing
vas said about injuries inflicted upon
Japanese warships.
This morning the city was placarded
With the Imperial manifesto. The in
ense Indignation with which the news
# the stab in the back" inflicted by
Japan was received here seems to be
throughout Russia. The whole
empire is fired by the war fever. From
<ieff, Kharkof, Ekaterinoslav and
ioscow come stories of patriotic DEM
|
have been countermanded ,
nd the Red Cross Society is besieged ,
With fair applicants to go to the front. ,
The state of feeling here was illus |
rated at the theaters last night, when =
eople demanded the National Anthem.
More remarkable was the refusal of :
he drosky drivers yesterday to accept q
honey from officers whom they drove
, the Palace.
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. TO-, $50 p.
n.-Some of the newspapers here print {
xtras claiming a Russian victory at a
'ort Arthur. Three Japanese warships
nd four torpedo boats are reported to {
ave been seriously crippled. One re- C
ort says the Japanese battleship Shi- I
ishima was sunk. The people are I
demonstrating. but there is no official c
Confirmation of the report and the an h
ouncement is discredited, n
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