The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-02-19

of Reuters Telegram company cables
that the naval headquarters staff
there announces that in the fight at
Port Arthur six Japanese ships were
slightly damaged and fifty Japanese
were killed and $50 wounded.
The Paris Journal Des Debats. in
special from St. Petersburg, an
nounces that bombardment of Port
Arthur occurred the day before yes
teroay and again yesterday, and says
tne Japanese fleet withdrew after
having suffered severe losses. To-day,
1t Is added, all is quiet of Port Ar
thur.
National Rising Feared.
A special from Tien-tsin says:
Fifteen Japanese ships were sight
ed on Chinawangtai late last night.
1t Is feared that if opportunity offers
there will be national rising in
China to overthrow the Manchu dy-
nasty. The international strength at
Chihili is quite inadequate of exclud-
ing Russia or to cope with such a
movement"
The Daily Nails war expert says
the Japanese, having crippled the
Russian fleet at Port Arthur, should
now do one Of two things-either de-
stroy it altogether by long range bonn
bardment, which is perfectly feasible,
or else cork it in by the Santiago
method. In the latter case. all that
is necessary is to drive the important
ships inside the harbor and then sink
vessel across the entrance, after
the manner of Admiral Sampson and
Lieut.. Hobson at Santiago.
Japanese Port Rombarded.
The Tien-tsin correspondent of the
Standard cables that it is rumored
that five Russian cruisers from Vlad-
ivostok bombarded Hakodate, Japan,
on Tuesday. Hakodate is on the ISL
and of Haikado. the most northern of
the three Japanese islands. The har-
Dor there is excellent and the town,
containing about $4,000 inhabitants, is
we'll and regularly built. There is a
Japanese naval school there.
China Will Get Into 1t.
Vienna, Feb. 10. - Disquieting re-
ports have been received here from
Pekin regarding the attitude of China
in the Russo-Japanese conflict.
The Neues Weiner Tageblatt says
1t is believed in well informed circles
that the reported destruction of q
railroad bridge in Manchuria is pos
sibly the work OF an advance party of
Boxers" who it Is understood China
is organizing for the invasion of Man
churia.
It is understood that the represen.
tatives of several of the powers at
Pekin have informed their govern
ments of China's intention to send
100000 Boxers to Manchuria.
Seoul Is Occupied.
Paris, Feb. 13.-The foreign office
has received a dispatch, dated yes
terday, reporting that 5000 Japanese
troops are encamped near Seoul,
Korea, and some have entered the
town.
It Is added that quiet prevails there.
No mention is made in the dispatch
Of the presence Of the Korean emper-
or at the French legation, where he
is reported to have sought refuge,
and the authorities here place no
credence in the report.
Russian Fleet Starts for East.
London, Feb. 10. - In dispatch
from Copenhagen correspondent of
the Daily Mail says:
"The Russian Baltic squadron of
fifteen warships passed through Dan
ish waters to-day en- route for the Far
East around Cape Skagens, but as q
fierce storm was raging in the North
sea, the Russian admiral ordered the
Kaiser Wilhelm canal"
Cable and Telegraph Broken.
st. Petersburg, Feb. 13.-The gen.
eral staff announces the receipt OF a
telegram from the Russian military
agent in China saying that the cable
from Vladivostok to Nagasaki. the tel
egraph line from Seoul to Masampho
and the telegraph line from Seoul to
Wonsan are broken.
Thirty Russians Killed. 2.
London, Feb. -. - "A special dis
patch from Tien-tsin confirms the re-
port that the Manchurian railroad has
been blocked by the blowing up of a
bridge on the line and that thirty
Russians were killed in the explosion.
Hays Plan Makes Hit
Washington. Feb. 10. Represents
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