Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-03-11

warship, in any capacity whatsoever.
From the bridge to the stokcrs, every
man is japanese.
Regarding the foreign correspondents
in Japan. Captain Hill said that the feel
ing among them was intense. They were
| in despair at the reticence of the gov
eminent and people had found it is i'm
possible to obtain even scrap of anthem
tic news.
AS far as Captain Hill was aware, there
was not a foreign correspondent with
either the Japanese fleet or army.
Paris. March lin spite of Official ret
icence and denials from the Japanese Ie-
cation here. it is again affirmed that a
non-commiSSioner officer named Martin.
who was employed in the ministry of ma
rine. and who is nov under arrest, at
tempted to sell French naval secrets to Il
naval attache at the Japanese legation.
The discovery of this alleged attempt
came as a result of the accidental open
lug of a letter addressed to the nOn-com-
missioned officer by a naval captain of the
same name. This letter was from an in
termediary. but it indicated the principals
in the affair. 1t is alleged that several
women are implicated and that one of
them has confessed. 1t appears now that
only one document is missing from III.
ministry of marine, but it is possible
that Martin photographed and replaced
others. 1t is not likely that the infornla-
ton alleged to have been stolen got be-
yond the intermediary. and it is said that
the Japanese naval attache who is sup
posed to have been in direct communica
ton with Martin, sailed for home on
I board one of the cruisers which Japan
purchased from Argentina.
| Prince Itchiio. who succeeded the Jap
/ anese naval attache who returned home,
| has informed the Petit Journal that Mar
| tin wrote him four days after Lis arrival
| in Paris. proposing a meeting TO comnu
| nicate important business. The prince
| was indisposed and in reply wrote and
| asked NJ Martin to state the nature Of
| his business. Martin answered that he
was unable to tell his business in L letter
and fixed .:Io1h.r time and place for Il
| meeting. This appoint ment thu lrincc
kept. hut Martin had by That time hcen
| arrested and Therefore lid Hot :trpcar.
| 1t is said that the documents accessible
| to Martin related to the possibility of
| Joint naval action on the part of France
and Russia.
St. Petersburg. March 1o.-Thc Car has
| received the following message from
| NicerOy AlcXief, dated Mukden, March
THE commandaut of the fortress at
Port Arthur reports that at about
| O'Clock this morning. the outlines Of yes
sels. apparently torpedo boats. We're sen
ut sea within the area swept by our
searchlghts. Our batteries opened fire
put out to sea at $40 A NJ. and at about
1 o'clock met the enemy west of the LAO
Tishin lighthouse. After firing several
shots. the enemy retired to the south in
boats returned to the harbor at 6 o'clock.
Later. torpedo boats were again sent
to sea to reconnoiter. They returned in
half an hour. having learned that an en-
| envy squadron was approaching.
AT o'clock the Japanese opened fire
upon our cruisers and the fortress. The
enemy had u ships and fired the entr2
time from behind Lao 'rshin.
| II have the honor to report the above
to Your Majesty.
| (SigneO "AleXieif.'
Paris. March IA correspondent Of
| the Figaro in St. Petersburg writes that
! as Il result of the recent letter from King
| Edward to the Gar. in which His MaieS-
| ty expressed in cordial terms his desire
| for peace, editors of several newspapers
in St. Petersburg were summoned to the
| Office of the censor and ordered to mod
| crate their anti-BritiSh tendencies.
| This correspondent says also that the
| Car has requested the emperor of Ger
| many to communicate to him his person
III criticism of military and naval events
in the Far Fast as the news of such oc-
| currenccs is received.
Boston, March 1o-Prof. Leo Wiener of
! the department of Slavic language ut
| Harvard University and Il native of Rus
| sia in the course Of an address before
| the Victorian Club at the Hotel Noting
| ham, tonight said: Il do not wish to Sc.
Russian win in this present contest.
| would much rather soc her badly whipped.
| for the sake of the reactionary effect ii
would have on home country affairs. We
do not know what Japan would do. but
we do know exactly what Russia would
do
Continuing, Prof Wiener said: Rus
| dcrS in the field for very long. Russia
is not going into any great battles. |
| think. She may try to wear Japan ont,
| hut she can't get enough soldiers on the
ground. Russia will probably retire to
| the interior and try to Starve Japan out
Replying to question regarding the
| Wiener said it is a question whether
there is any such clement strong enough.
| If there would be revolution it would
| he the hloodieSt that the world has ever
seen. While the Russian is meek. simple
| and kind on one side. he is savage and
brutal on the other. and there would be
plenty of burning and killing"
Mukden. March 1O.-The following adj
vices have been received here from Port
Arthur:
''Torpedo boats of the enemy We're dis
covered off Port Arthur. about midnight
| last night. The shore batteries opened
| fire on them. but soon ceased. At about
| 2 o'clock in the morning. four of our tor
| pedo boats went out to sea They met
| the enemy, who fired a few shots and then
withdrew. Our torpedo boats then re-
| turned.
Later in the morning two of our torpe-
| do boats again put to sea. but at one" re
turned. bringing news of the approach nf
a Japanese squadron of II ships. At
| about o'clock in the morning. this
squadron opened fire at long range
Yin KCw. March 10.-The concentra ton
of troops at the Russian Strategical base
has resulted in much suffering among the
| Chinese inhabitants. especially at Lao
! Wing. where even private buildings have
been appropriated to Accommodate the
soldiers. and thousands of Chinese arc
consequently without homes.
Russian troops are encamped at ali the
| essential points along the railroads
Eladivostok. March 10-Tho acting chief
of staff. today, officially announced that
the reports of a sea fight between the
Russian and japanese squadrons on Sun
day last are absolutely unfounded.
Toxic. March 10.-RUSsian and japanese
mounted scouts met north of Ping Yang
yesterday. After a brief enga cement the
Russians retreated. No casualties are re-
ported on either side.