Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-10
FULL EXTENT Of
RUSSIAN LOSSES.
In St. Petersburg Skepticism is
Expressed as to Whether All
Has Been Told.
GOVERNMENT CIRCLES SAY YES.
People Besieged Ministry Of the Int
rlor Anxiously Waiting for
Official News.

/
st. Petersburg, Feb. 10, 2;30 p. M
| No further details OF the fighting off
Port Arthur have been made public
here, beyond the official bulletins. No
kilograms from abroad concerning the
attack have been received. All newspa-
per dispatches over the Siberian lines
have been stopped and the telegraph Of
flee refuses to accept private messages
for the far east except over the Persian
line.
Skeptlcism is expressed in certain
quarters that the full extent of the
Russian losses has not been given out,
/ but in government circles the official
bulletins are accepted as accurately
representing the extent OF the disaster,
the general expression being that the
Russian authorities had not expected an
early success, especially a. sea.
The whole city awaited anxlously
last night for official news. Extraor-
binary scenes were witnessed In and
around the newspaper Offices and
crowd Of people literally besieged the
minister Of the interior where the Of
fetal Messenger is published smart
carriages driven up In succession and
the highest and lowest Of the inhabi-
tants waiting in the ante room or In
the covered street waiting pa.
tiently until far into this morning for
the first news containing the official
bulletins.
The text Of these communications
had leaked out among the newspaper
men, but as the law forbids publication
Of such documents until they have APP
peared In the Official Messenger, the
editors had to walt until the govern
ment organ printed the news before
starting their own presses.
The Associated Press representatives.
calling ON a we'll known editor, found
him surrounded by a throng Of officers
and prominent citizens imploring him
to read to them the kilograms he had
just received. The editor, pale with
emotion, recited the narrative OF the
bombardment of Port Arthur Many
people kept coming In and the editor
was compelled to read II over and over
again. The crowds expressed serious
impotence at the fact that nothing was
said about injuries inflicted upon
Japanese warships.
This morning the city was placarded
with the imperial manifesto, The in
tense Indignation with which the news
Of "the stab In the back" inflicted by
Japan was received here seems to be
general throughout Russia. The whole
empire Is fired by the war fever, From
Kelff, Kharkonf. Ekaterinosav and
Moscow come stories OF patriotic dem
onstratIons. Public balls and other fes-
tlylties have been countermanded and
the Red Cross society Is besieged with
fair applicants anxious to so to the
front.
The state OF feeling here was Illus
trated at the theaters last night when
people demanded the national anthem.
More remarkable was the refusal OF
the Dorsky drivers yesterday 10 accept
money from officers whom they drove
to the palace.
The newspapers In general denuonce
the action OF Japan as being treachery,
declaring that Il is truly Aslatlc," but
insisting that the issue of the conflict
Will not be decided by the naval en-
gagements, as the Japanese will have
10 meet Russia on dry land, when the
scoro will be wiped out The Novoe
Vremya says It Is quite possible mat
the whole of Korea has been ovcrrun
by Japanese soldiers In disguise, and
that Russia may first have 20 assume
the aggressive, but when her forces IN
southern Manchuria and Korea are In
creased the japanese win realize what
they have to meet.
God, rli,ht and International law are
on our sids." the Russ says
zone hundred aud thirty million RUS
Sian hearts are beating In unison IN
The desire TO expunge the traitOrous
slight on Russian honor Enough OF
defensive tactics let us drive out the
foe.
The Bomse Gazette says;
Yesterday We lOnged for peace. Now
We think only OF war The world soon
win be startled By Russias heroic
wark. japan has placed herself beyond
The male OF civilization The upstart.
pigny jap would not have dared to at
tack the giant Russia without the en-
cburagemcnt OF England and America
IN this connection the Russ claims
Ia have authority Tor saying that the
Two new Japanese Warshlps (the MIS-
shin and Kasaga), were saved rom GER
uln capture by the Russian squadron
bound for the far east under Admiral
Wlreus by the action VI the commander
OF british battesiip In placing his
vrssel across the sucz canal and hoist
ing signal of distress thus delaying /
the RussiQns two days
The anti. british feeling here il bit
tcr IL bemg asserted that the Japan
ESQ attack on poyt Arthur was launched |
from Wei tlal Wet
Amhassad0r Mccormick Is busy tax |
ms over the affairs Of the japanese le-
cation.
la spite OF The state of public feeling
neye nas booa no attempt "a MODEST NJ /
karnO, lhe retiring japanese minister |
or hls stat The authorities ore accord |
lng N kufino special police protection, /
No has mo- communication WIN thc for /
tlsn olNfe since he dellsery Of the last /
Japauese nain and hl1 mHdo hls flares /
wen eau Ne NNl leave M Petersburg .
uubky lOuight
Cion uiag0mlfuN nlIlYcd m nm Pc /
lorshur9 today Ne d OHe ~ tuWlaH /
Greatest Nghlofs on0 may ~ made /
lommfAipr ia.ihlgf al Con krulpal /
hn ihe sou umlslU probably cannot
hf nlfed
the sn'elpnfai y Hodiag ao nua !