Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-03-19
BATTLE ON
THE YALU
Russians Claim to Have Taken
1900 Prisoners But Report
is Unconfirmed.
CHINA NOT NEUTRAL
1t is Suspected That Japanese Ships
Are CoaIing in Obscure Ports Of
the Hermit Kingdom.

Che Foo. March ia private dis.
patch received here from Mukden
states that battle has taken place
on the Yalu in which the Russians
claim to have captured 1900 prisoners.
Germany Powder Factories Working
at High Pressure.
Berlin, March 19-It is learned from
thoroughly reliable source that very
large orders for ammunition have been
lodged by several governments with
German powder factories. The most
important countries mentioned are
China, Turkey and Spain. So great is
the demand that work is being carried
on at high pressure, and even one
powder mill closed for years, has been
reopened.
Russia Orders Railway Cars.
Berlin, March 19-The Frankfurter
Zeitung today says the Russian gov
eminent has just ordered 5000 railway
cars In Russian Poland for delivery
within the next six months.
Typhus Fever Raging.
ST. Petersburg, March 19-Russian
troops continue to pour into north
Corea. They are in excellent condi-
'tion 1t is said that typhus fever is
raging among the Japanese forces.
Chinese Not Observing Neutrality.
st. Petersburg, March 19-The gov
ernment's private information is not
reassurlng as regards China's sinceri-
ty in observing a neutral attitude.
Secret services indicate that at least
a powerful party in the Chinese gov
ernment is abetting the Japanese AL
though at first reluctant to credit
these reports, the Russian authorities
continue to receive evidence that the
Japanese contemplate landing on Chin
ese neutral territory, west of the Lao
River and 1900 men are being held
especially to await developments in
that district. Moreover the Emperor S
naval experts are of the opinion that
Admiral Togo's fleet is coaling and pro-
visioning in obscure Chinese ports be-
tween It's appearance off Port Arthur.
1t is figured that the fleet would not
have time to return to Japanese ports |
for that purpose.
A Newspaper Correspondent Refused
Endorsement.
Toxic, March 19-The British min |
lister refuses to endorse the applica- |
ton OF Hales, a correspondent of the |
Daily News, to accompany the Japan
ese army, giving as his reason that |
Hales' reports from the Transvaal dur
ing the Boar war were slanderous of |
the British army. The Japanese gov
ernment requires that all correspond
ents should have the endorsement of
which they represent.
Hales will therefore be excluded
from all connection with the army
movements.
Will Seek German Protection.
Yin KOw, March 19-The German
consul at len Tsin will arrive at
New Chwang tonight It is reported
that Russian officials have approached
Germany with the object of engaging
German protection for Russian proper
ty in New Chwang, particularly the
bank and that this is
the object of the consul's visit. 1t is
thought unlikely that Germany will
the task which, 1t Is report
ed, France recently declined. There
are no Chinese laborers in the vicini-
ty of New Chwang constructing defen-
ses though the Russian infantry are
evolutions on the plain
about the fort.