The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-27
JOINS JAPAN
Korea Decides to Take Sides In
the Struggle.
Orders Troops to Cnite With
japanese in the Field.
RUSSIANS ARE BITTER.
Accuse the United States OF
Violating Neutrality.
Evacuation of Dalny by Russians
Is Reported.

is RepOFteuo
Seoul Feb. 27.-The Korean govern
ment has decided to order the Korean
troops to join the japanese in the field
The port of Wiju was opened to for
eign trade last night. The limitations
to be placed on trade and other Incl
dental matters will be passed later.
This action necessitates a harbor, so
Yongampho has been decided upon.
RUSSIANS GROW BITTER
St. Petersburg, Feb. 27.-2:1O p. M
The Bourse Gazette today makes a
Washington dispatch say the United
States has undertaken to lay sub
marine cable from the Philippine is
lands to japan to prevent the 1atter's
isolation in case the Russians cut the
Shanghai cable, the subject of a bitter
attack upon the government at Wash
ington, for this new evidence of its
breach of neutrality" claiming that the
contention of the United States that
the laying of the cable will be under
taken for the Improvement of trade rela
tions does not clear Americas skirts, -
and inquiring what the Americans
would say if Germany had run a cable
from Kio Chou to Port Arthur or Vlad-
ivostock"
New York. Feb. 27-It was announc-
ed in the Associated Press dispatches
from Washington on February "A that
the Commercial Gable company had
addressed inquiries to the government
as to whether permission could be
Secured to land on the island of Guam
cable connecting with japan. This
cable would connect at Guam with the
present Pacific Commercial cable to
the United States. 1t was said that
the request was based on the appre-
hension that the existing Japanese
cables. both of which run to Shanghai.
might be cut during the present hostil-
tiles and Japan thus be isolated from
the werld. In considering the request
reached the conclusion that an assent
would not involve a breach of neu-
trality, taking the ground that cable
is a commercial instrument like mail
shin.
A DENIAL FROM PARIS.
Paris. Feb. 27.-There is no truth in
the report, published in London and
which originated in the Novkri of Port
Arthur, that the Japanese minister at
Seoul, Korea, has requested the Korean
government to hand the French minis
ter his passports. The foreign office
received a dispatch today from the
French representative at Seoul, who
does not allude to any such incident.
GIVES A MILLION.
New York, Feb. 27-Prince Alexander
of Oldenburg has caused a patriotic
sensation, cables the St. Petersburg
correspondent of the Herald. He not
only gives a million rubIes toward the
war fund. but has proposed that the
emperor raise a troop of irregular cav
airy of the dreaded tribes of Buriats
and Kalmucks of the Steppes, the con-
dition being that they be under mill
tary rule in the far east, but allowed
to do all they like in the way of inde-
pendent raids of their own according to
their typical style of warfare.
Prince Alexander offers to equip and
pay for the support of fifteen hundred
throughout the war.
BRITISH STEAMER SEARCHED.
Island of Perrin. Red Sea, Feb 27.-
The British steamer Ben Alder, Cap
tain Mcintosh. which sailed from Lon
don February for Yokohama, passed
here this afternoon and signalIed that
she was stopped and searched by a
Russian warship in the Red sea.
AN OVATION TO KUROPATKIN.
Pskov, Russia, Feb. 27.-General Ku-
ropatldn. the eommander-in-chief of the
Russian army in the far east, who ar
rived here today to bid farewell to his
aged mother before leaving for the far
east, received an ovation at the railroad
station where he was greeted by the
governor and deputations from the no
bility, the Zemetvo. the city officials and
the commanders of the troops garrisoned
here.
General Kuropatlxin will start for the
front in about ten days.
JAPANESE LAND AT CHEFOO.
Chefoc. Feb. 27.-Several Japanese
officers and sailors who landed here
from ar open boat early today refused
to give any informa ton as to where
they came from At the japanese con-
sulate it was given out that they be-
longed to gunbOat that was damaged
during the fight off Port Arthur and
which sank trying to reach this port
The statement that they were mem
bers of the crews of the merchant
steamers sunk near the entrance of
Port Arthur for the purpose of block
ing It, and that they were not picked
up by the torpedo boats in company.
was positively denied. They crossed
the gulf in the open boat in which fbev
arrived. The consul claimed that he
had been expecting the arrival of sur
Vlyors OF the action off Port Arthur
RUSSIANS EVACUATE DAINY.
London Feb. 27.-The reported land
ing of japanese at Possiet bay. near
Niadivostock- has not yet been con-
f1rmed.
The Shanghai correspondent of tbe
Daily Telegraph has sent in news of
Japanese military operations He as
serts that the Russians are evacuating
Dalny The Russians boast that thew
have mined the breakWater Ubar1-as
and railroad sidings at Dalnv in order
to prevent the Japanese from making
use OF these facilities. This cOrre-
spondent repeats that the Russians
have supplies for only five months at
Port Arthur and says a large number
of japanese transports have returned
to Nagasah where they are busilv en-
gagged In embarking more troops to be
taken to the neighborhod of Dalnv
More than 40 transports have left Ma
gasakl since February 10, and still