Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-20
It's Vessels Will Not Be Ready for Very
MANY Months.

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says: The Times Moscow correspondent,
after an exhaustive inquiry. finds there is
no need to take seriously the Russian
threat to dispatch naval reinforcements OF
transcendent strength from the Baltic to
the far east in July. Optimistic reports In
regard to the rapid progress of work on
the bulk of vessels Of this feet, given out
by Russian officia1s for deliberate pur-
pose, are transmitted from the European
capitals just as received, partly owing to
the absence Of facilities for verihcatfon
and partly owing to the lack OF necessary
acquaintance with ship and engine pui!d-
ing and Russian technical and labor conoi-
lions. III = s'F
It is true that work is being pushed ahead
with unprecedented haste in the various
Russian yardsy,Gbut. there is limit to EN-
cient speed inNship and engine construc-
ton, and the results Of haste are already
become apparent In whole series OF re,
jections Of shaftings, p4a n ,onshs to re-
new 1t is unlikely that several OF the
larger war vessels under construction VIII
he At for service in the Pacific before jan
uary or February Of next year.
Grand Duke. Wins His Bride.
A cablegram from Berlin says: 1t is again
unofficially reported that the divorced
Grand Duchess of Hesse is engaged to
Grand Duke Cyril of Russia. 1t Is SAID
that Emperor Nicholas, who hitherto has
opposed the alliance, has given his consent
because of Grand Duke CyriIs narrow
escape from death at the time OF the SINK
ing of the Russian battle ship Petropav-
lovsk off Port Arthur.
The grand duchess has hitherto received
a yearly allowance OF $20,OoO from her
former husband and she has, been engaged
in negotiations for it's continuance But
a day or two ago she cut the negotiations
| short and renounced any further payment
of the annuity 1t is assumed mere .n "a,
public betrothal to Grand Duke Cyril.
Cruiser Bogatyr on the Rocks.
A cabIegram from Paris says: The CORE
spcrdent at st. Petersburg of the Echo de
Paris says:
1.-THE Russian cruiser Bogatyr grounded
trance to Vladivostok Her position Is
critical The crew was saved.
Koreans Abrogate Treaties.
SEOUL, May 49, $50 pm delayed in
transmission).-An imperial edict, confirm
| ing the action of the cabinet abrogating all
existing treaties and agreements between
the Russian and Korean governments. COW
| ers the original treaty of 1894, special
agreement regarding the imperial household
and all mining and timber concessions on
| the Yalu and Tumen rivers, and on Nagelet
Island, off the east coast.
1t declares that lumber grants granted
| private individuals, the time limitation Of
| which has lapsed. were extended surrep-
| titiously by the prime minister and finally
| by the Korean foreign office. minor Of
| fetal of which signed the extension under
Russian pressure An additional clause in
serted had given territorial privileges In the
concession which became the means OF
cloaking governmental land grabbing
schemes, and was therefore declared null
and void.
This formal declaration still further in
wolves the Korean with the Russian gov
eminent and obliterates even the semblance
of neutrality.
Korean steamers belonging to the impe-
rial household, but nominally privately
owned have been used as transports to land
troops at ChinnampO and other northern
ports Everything points to the steady
growth of Japanese domination and an abb
soIute determination to erase all traces OF
the Russians power.
| Forty-Five Battalions Of Jap Troops
Landed.
LIAo-YANG, Thursday. May 19.-(Delay-
| ed In transmission. )-Forty-five battalions
| of Japanese troops have been landed on
| the Liao-Tung peninsula. In order to en-
| barrass their advance the Russians have
destroyed the railroad bridges.
The Japanese have retired to Feng- Wang
| cheng, though divisions are moving north
ward, their apparept destination being
| Mukden ysTi
| The excItemeht among the Chinese has
| been increasing during the last few days
The Chinese baffdits Iare causing considera-
| Bile trouble and are being energeticaliy
| hunted by CossdfkR
| The Eastern chinese railroad has In
| creased its carrying capacity and for some
| DAYS mast troops have been arriving here
| quickly and imJsplendid condition.
Ships Keep oof From Vladivostok.
yLADIvosToK. May 2o.-All is quiet.
Japanese warstnpsa, appear from time to
| time In Peter the Great bay. but they do
| not approach Viadiyostok.
Eastern War Notes.
| Prominent business men of Moscow learn
| that the Russo-German negotiations for a
| commercial treaty are approaching conciu-
| sion, Russia accepting the minimum scale
| OF cereal duties proposed by Germany.
| leading Russian tenor Sobinoff. and a
1 prominent lawyer Maklakoff, have been
| enrolled among the army reserves at Mos
/ COW. The latter has already started for
the front.
DEATH or JOHN ". CLARKE
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