Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-22
War Notes,

The municipality Of Khaharovsk. East
siberia. has drawn up scale of price,
Tor food stufs to prevent specula ton dur.
ing the war
III. Takahassi, ayice president az III
Rank of Japan. will leave for America
Feb. a on an important mission. Baron
haneko will accompany him.
{ The foreign office at Paris. Saturday
denied the report that Pres Louhct in.
tended to visit the Car. and added thn,
sueh visit mad not been considered
The 600 nrarines who. it is reported
nave been ordered to the Asiltic sfatio,l
VIII embark on the transport BuforsA a,
| whether the marines will iisiclie,d
to n the wars Wa,rships the Aslsskis
The Diplomatic pdy was received. IN.
audience ;,uiai, by the povager Ecnpssss, 3sats4
Friday On order tpsavoid ,aescrasiI be
| tween the Japanese aIfd.y r. ussiAf, lesa-
,ion guards their respsetise connmanaers
nave agreed mot not to ALLOW ieaye OF
The Western Union Telegraph Co. an.
nounces at New York thai code messages
can now be transmitted tow apan, and
that the Western Union codesf III on fiji. at
office of the imperial posts and telegraps
in Toxic. Yokohama. Nagoya, 1<ioto.s Os;,.
ka, Kobe. Shimonosl1i. Nagasaki, Nakko
and Hakodate. s-S .s.S
Japan having acceded-fo. the request of
lowed the privilege of sexiiing military
observers with the forces in the field. the
general staff. Saturday, designated four
officers for this purpose, as follows: Gel.
y. II. zCrowder, judge advocate: Capt.
March and Capt. Morrison Iof the artillery.
and Capt. Kuhn OF the engineer corps.
A cablegram received Jat4the navy de-
nartment at Washington. Saturday. from
the commander of the sunboat Whining
~ no
OF that vessel for Shanghai. in accord
anCe. with orders from the department
In pursuance of the policy of strict neu-
traiity 1t was thought expedient to with
draw the Wilmington from the theatre
of action.
In dispatch from Hardin the CORE
spcndent of the Paris Matin says asen
NelE off: who is on guard along the Mon
follan line has ar arriyed there with GS
both have reviewed the troops amid great
enthusiasm. Half ofstfe japanese fleet,
the correspondents a says. is covering
the landing of troopH in Corea and the
other half is seeking the Nladvostoeis
squadron.
The steamer Cedric arrived. Saturday,
at New York from Liverpool and Queens
town. after passage OF days y houtrsi
ard - MINUTES having been delayed Nv 7
head winds and seas. and -eRcounteriiig
very heavy weather on two days Of tie
trip. Among the passengers were Martin
II. Donahoc. \. G. Hale. l.. +. Layton {
and Frederic Whiting. four war sr0yfe@
spondents of London newspapers oifhtfr
way to the Far East. 81
Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, after review-F
ing squadron of the State Guard at the
armo!N at Now York. delivered Il brief
address on the war between Russia and
japan. He compared the strength OF
their armies and their resources, and
reached the conclusion that Russia IS
likely to win IN the long run. Il believe
that the Chinese organ izcd and under
good officers, would make" he said. as
good soldiers as any in the world. They
are brave and enduring. and seem to en-
JOY fight. There are 400,000,G00 of them.
and n tremendous army could be raised
theme. These people could make a march
and occupy any part of Europe tnat
they chose. However. We need not worry
ABOUT that just yet
While English-speaking Canada is all
for Japan. as a British ally. an Ottawa
dispatch says, French-Canadian symPa-
thy. unless every indication public and
private is misleading. is taking shape for
Russia, the ally of France. as unmistak-
ably it did for the anti-British side
in the Boer war. 1t would therefore be
government of Canada to ALLOW the iiea
to go forth that the British war Office
authorities can count on Canadian troops
for service in Asia If the mother country
is eventually drawn into the conflict. ror
this reason, all offers of service from
military men who are under the impress
sion Canada may before long be asked 10
cooperate with Great Britain in the har
ia are 0iScOuraC aG,