The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-28
Russia Declares Martial Law
at New ChWang.
May Force Foreign Interests
Ont of the City.
JAPANESE FAIL AGAIN.
Make Another Attempt to Cork
Up Port Arthur.
Russians Sink Their Ships Out.
side the Channel.

New Chwang, March 2S.-The civil
administrator late yesterday evening,
notified all the foreign consuls and
residents of Viceroy Alexieff's order
placing the city and port of New
Chwang under martial law, explaining
that it had been so ordered for the
purpose of safeguarding the CONNER
cial interests of the port.
Pending the publication of the full
text of Viceroy Alexieff's order the fol-
lowing regulations are ordered to be
Immediately operative:
'First-The entire territory of the
city and port also all persons, without
distinction of jurisdiction and nation
ality, resident in said territory are
subjected to special regulations regard
| ing state of war.
'Second-An travellers arriving by
sea and all cargoes entering port .Ire
| to be inspected both by naval officers
and customs officials.
''ThirC-The importation of arms and
ammunition is forbidden.
! "FOurth-The expectation of contra
band of war is forbidden.
''Fifth-Persons desiring to export
| contraband goods are required to de-
posit sum equivalent to the value of
| the cargo. This deposit is to serve as
a guarantee that the cargo is not to
be forwarded from neutral ports eth
.er to Japan or Korea.
'Sixth-The functions of the light
ship and harbor guides in the River
Lao are suspended.
Observation-Disclosures of war is to
| consist of such articles as are men,
| toned in the decree issued by the
czar, February IS. defining contrabaud
| of war;
A list of contraband goods then fol-
lows:
This list includes beans and bean
cakes. and other food stuffs. This in
reference with the traffic here, togeth-
! er with the operation of article Ic-
ferred to above will stop New
Chwang's trade.
Five ships which arrived outside to-
day and numerous others due will be
unable to ship cargoes.
The opinion of leading foreign resi-
dents and officials is, that although
4 the rights of neu.rals remain unalter-
ed by treaty. Russia assumes the pow
4 ed to anTul these rights, also consular
jurisdiction and exterritorialfty rem
dering the position of foreign consuls
untenable.
In some quarters the order is Ie-
garded as apparent challenge to
neutral powers, especially to China on
account of the appropriation of her
territory and that it renders the Uni
| ted States gunboat Helena and Brit
ish cruiser Episgele liable to an order
The consuls will await instructions
from their respective governments in
asmuch as there is no law to guide the
consuls. The property and trade in
| terests of foreign residents are prepar-
ed to be abandoned.
MUST NOT RUN AWAY.
St Petersburg. March 2S.-Lieutenant
General Stoessel in command at Port
Arthur has issued order forbidding
civilian functionaries to desert their Of
fees and seek places of safety during
the commandments. General StoeSsel
sarcastically observes that he has not
seen them at the batteries when the
enemy was attacking.
| WILL WEAR GRAY UNIFORMS.
ST. Petersburg, March 2S.-In order
that the Russian troops shall not pre-
sent a bright target for the enemy
order has been issued by the minister of
war directing that gray instead of white
shall be the color of the uniform during
the summer season.
DOCK FOR PORT ARTHUR.
st. Petersburg. March 2S-The gov
ernment is ordering the construction
of an immense dock for Port Arthur,
to be completed in four months.
SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC.
Irkutsk, Siberia, March 28.-Small-
pox has become epidemic in the inter
ior of this province. The authorities
have taken measures to stamp out the
disease, which has not as yet affected
the troops.
HAD GUNS ON BOARD.
Nagasaki. March 2S-The steamship
Brisgavia was arrested at Moji on Fri
day last by the authorities, her mani
fest showing that among her cargo
We're seven field guns and two hundred
tons of ship building material When it
was explained satisfactorily that this
was consigned to Kien Chow. China,
the vessel. was released. She left yes
terday. the 27th instant, for Shanghai.
her destination.
PRAISE FOR MAKAROFF.
st. Petersburg, March 2S-4:55 P. NJ.
Large crowds gathered before the
bulletin boards today to read the ac-
counts of the second unsuccessful at
tempt of the japanese to bottle up the
Russian fleet at Port Arthur. Lieuten-
ant Kriniziki'S heroic attack upon the
enemy's warships and torpedo boats
and the action of the three Russian
officers in boarding the burning steam
ers, extinguishing the flames and cut
ting the wires connecting with the ic-
fernal machines evoked enthusiasm,
while the almost universal exclama- =
tion applied to Vice Admiral Makaroff.
+ as the people turned away, was Mo
| lodetz" which might literally be trans
. lated. Hes a dandy
: The action of the japanese in max
ing use of Internal machines has
> aroused indignation.
No further details have been receiv-
ed except that the injury to the tor
pedo boat destroyer SLIM when
grounding is light and that it can cas-
lily be repaired.
The Associated Press has received
confirmation of the report that Ad-
Tniral Makaroff during his reconnais-
sance of the Elliott islands captured a
. Japanese vessel towing Chinese junk
! She was small steamer. not a gum
boat. The crews were taken OF after
which both vessels were sunk.
BRITISH TO LEAVE NEW CHWANG
London, March 28.-The British un-
: der foreign Secretary Lord Percy, All
: nounced in the house of commons that