Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1904-04-07
ASSHILS THE UNITED STATES
RUSSIAN NEWSPAPER'S BIT
TER ATTITUDE.
Appeals to England to Form An
Alliance With Russia. Describes
Japan as "America's Sharp
ShOOters.'

st. Petersburg, March 30.-The
Novoe Vremya to-day executed a
face-abOut, strongly supporting the
idea of a Russo British understand
ing, in an editorial entitled FFIhe
Blindness OF England," in which the
paper argues that the success of ia
pan would be more injurious to
Great Britain than to any other Eu-
ropean nation and points to the
United States as the common rival
of both. 1t describes Japan as
"America's sharpshooter" and says:
"Remember what nation, in the
person of the commander Of one of
its men-of-War at ChemuipO, refused
to join in the collective protest of the
other foreign commanders before the
japanese destroyed the Variag and
the Korietz. Remember who alone
among all did not take on board the
crews Of our perishing ships. To the
honor of England, the ally of Japan,
it was not her representative, but the
commander of an American ship.
"The Americans wish to convert
the Pacific into an American Medi-
teranian. Would that be to the ad-
vantage of England? Does England
not understand in her blind policy
and hatred toward Russia that she is
turning this ocean into an American
Mediterranean Sooner or later the
European countries will recognize
that America is their mutual enemy,
Why should not Russia and England,
in view of their possessions outside
Europe, combine?"
Washinaton, D. c., March 3O.-In-
formation has been received here
from Toxic, under date of March 80,
to the effect that ''the japanese feet
have been successful in attempting
partially to close the channel of Port
Arthur. Four Japanese merchant
vessels, escorted by twelve destroy
ers and six first-class torpedo boats
arrived at a. m., March 81. The
merchant vessels successfully entered
the channel inside the light house.
Two were destroyed, sunk by Rus
sian destroyers, two of them by their
own explosives. Loss in killed, two
officers and two men. Loss in wound
ed, one officer and eight men. Nc
casualties to Japanese torpedo YES
sells. Very small gap in channel
1T is believed here that it will be
difficult for the Russian ships to pass
the channel, should the cablegram
from Toxic prove to be accurate.
st. Petersburg, March 30 An Of
fetal dispatch reports that the Jap
anese lost forty men killed, one hun
dred men wounded and a number 0
horses during the fighting at Chong
Ju, Korea, on Monday.
A dispatch dated at Toxic claims
that the Russian losses in the en-
gagement reported above were a
least as great as those of the Japanes
forces.
London, April IA dispatch t.
the Central News from Toxic say
Vice-Admiral Togo made anothe
attack on Port Arthur during tn
night of March 30-31. The dispatc
adds that it is understood the attac
was for the purpose of taking sound
iuos and ascertaining the effects {
the last attempt to bottle up tn
Russian fleet. No details of the a
tack are obtainable.
St Petersburg, Apri! 1.-The fo
lowing semi-official dispatch hs
been received from Liao-Y Yang:
"In the first encounter with tt
japanese in northern Corea, whiC
was crowned with victory for IL
Russian arms, the enemy's loss
were ten times those of the Russian
According to Corean reports the ia
anese buried fifty men, while /.