Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-02-19
The Eastern War.

lie NLai HAS uOtlneu England tDat
he will not allow his interests in
Thlbet or Persia to be prejudiced.
Russia has officially notified the St.
Louis Fair Commission that she will
not be able to participate in the Ex-
position.
China is making preparations to
guard her frontier against becoming
the battle ground of the contest be-
tween Russia and Japan.
A late dispatch is to the effect that
Turkey has informed the powers of
her purpose to invade Bulgaria. The
war will be racial and religious.
To add to Russia's tribulations q
late dispatch states that 600 of her
soldiers were frozen to death in
Eastern Siberia.
1t 10 reported that Russian soldiers
show considerable feeling against the
English and American gunboats Es-
pelgh and Helena. by assaults upon
their respective crews.
The risk against war between France
and Great Britain has Jumped in Lon
don, within the past few days, from 20
to 30 per cent. France is an ally of
Russia, and England of Japan.
Russian reinforcements are moving
rapidly TO the Yalu, where great
land fight is expected. The armies OF
both nations are converging and the
Cars fleet is moving towards Cores.
The Russian government is making
every effort to prevent corner on
necessities Of life. At Hardin, flour
mills are under government control
and at Port Arthur a large bakery
which attempted a corner on bread
stuifs was suppressed.
A decisive land engagement has not
yet been fought, and there is no prob.
ability of one soon. 1t is reported,
probably with reason, that Japan is
landing troops and is preparing an
attack near Tsinwen Dao, on the
Lasting promontory.
Great disaffection exists in Russia
over the reverses and a movement is
on foot to recall Viceroy Alexieff, who
is accused of incapacity. A recon-
mendation is made for Gen. Kuro.
patkin, the war minister for command
of the land forces and of Admiral
Skrydklof to command on the sea.
Viceroy Alexieff, it is said, sum.
moned before him the Russian officers,
whose culpable neglect was the main
cause of defeat at Port Arthur, and
after examination the Admiral, con-
WINGED of the guilt of q young Lieu
tenant among them, drew a revolver
and shot him dead in front of his COM
panions. His only offense was tf ing
. party Of officers ashore on torpedo
boat, when he should have been on
guard.
The latest dispatches state that
Russia is preparing to retaliate against
the United States for what is con-
sidered open friendship for Japan.
Then the note of Secretary Hay, de-
signed to guarantee the integrity of
China, has caused q profound sensa.
ton at St. Petersburg. Russia will
accept no policy that can be construed
into assent Of the proposition that the
China government has any sovereignty
over Manchuria.
As indicating the trouble to preserve
absolute neutrality in exciting times
of war, it is noted that the Japanese
fired upon the German cruiser Hausa,
which had been sent to remove Ger.
man subjects from Port Arthur, and
had on board . number of Russian
women and children. 1t is explained
that the firing took place while she
was entering port. under . misappre-
hension OF her object, and not when
the refugees were aboard of her. The
vessel was not damaged.
Amidst the blare of trumpets, it
seems that our own government is
having little premonition Of scrap
at Santo Domingo, with the Spanish
American dominican Republic, on
Hayti, West Indies. It is reported
that Wednesday an American warship
bombarded the insurgents near Pajar.
ieto and landed marines from the
cruiser Columbia to protect American
interests. Gen. Wise, the senior naval
commander had been given discre-
tionary powers. pending the unsettled
condition of affairs, in dealing with the
situation.
Amid all the conflicting accounts OF
the war in the East it is only definite.
ly known that Japan has had much
the best of sea engagements, having
crippled, captured or sank several of
Russia's beet warships. 1t seems that
newspaper correspondents encounter
much difficulty in transmission OF
news from the belligerents, while what
reaches the outside is . succession OF
conflicting rumors. Tho first fight 1t
Port Arthur has been repeated 90 q
separate engagement from day to day,
with varying details, giving the idea of
a succession of victories for the Japan.
csc, which makes it like Mark Twain's
reported DEATH" greatly exaggerated"
The sea successes Of Japan have been
but two, one off Chemulpo and the
other at Port Arthur.
JEFFERSON Myers, of Portland lately