Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-02-26
Different VERSIONS
OF THE LATEST PORT
ARTHUR AFFAIR
The Russians Issue Another Manifesto and Send
Their Very Best Golden Image to the Front
..Austria Will Intervene in the Balkans
to Prevent Trouble.
ial greeting and my blessing may God
keep you unharmed Nicholas"

al greeting and my blessing, may God
keep you unharmed. Nicholas
No Change in French Position.
Paris, Feb. 26-The French foreign
Office categorically denies the report
published in a London paper that
Corea having become an ally Of Japan
under the Japanese Corean treaty
France is thereby required to become
an active allYsIpl;nussia. Officials say
the situatior'so sl!:uI OF warrant such a
conclusion s,Ise9iasa, ie 4. nat the new treaty t
does not ma ~ I lightest change in
the position 80 3 .ce.
Steam, .,stped in Red Sea.
Alden, Arabia, Feb. 2G-The Russian
torpedo boat destroyer stopped and
boarded the British India steamer
Mombassa in the Red Sea February
%. The destroyer fired gun which
the Mombassa disregarded but Sec
ond shot caused the liner to stop. A
Russian officer boarded the Mombassa
and examined her papers after which
she was allowed to proceed
Expedition Successful Says One Source
Washington, Feb. 26-The Japanese
minister received the following cable
gram from the Japanese minister of
foreign affairs at Toxic: Before dawn
on the gath instant, four old ships un-
der the escort of torpedo boats pro-
ceeded to the mouth of the harbOr of
Port Arthur where they were sunk
with success in order to close it. Off
cials and the crew of the vessels re-
turned safely.
Attack Developed Into General En-
gagement.
st. Petersburg, Feb. 26-A long Off
cial telegram giving the details of the
attack on Port Arthur February 25
was received this afternoon and is now
in the hands of the military censor
ship committee. A correspondent of
the Associated Press learns that the
attack developed into a general en-
gagement between the japanese squad
ron and the Russian squadron and the
forts, which continued for three hours
and resulted in the repulse of the jap
anese.
Japanese Lost Heavily.
Paris, Feb. 26-In a dispatch from
st. Petersburg correspondent of the
Echo de Paris says that the Japanese
are thought to have incurred further
losses during the second attack on
Port Arthur, than was reported.
Continuing, the correspondent says
that General Kuropatkin has started
for home to take leave of his mother
before going to the far East and he
quoted the general as having said:
"This war may last eighteen
months but every arrangement has
been made that no Japanese after hav-
ing landed, shall return to his coun-
try"
Russo.chinese Bank Removed.
Tyinkow, Feb 26-Natives report
that the Japanese landed at Possit
Bay and subsequently undertook opera
tions against Hunchun and toward
Kirin, have received qualified confir-
nation from English missionary refu-
gees who have arrived at New
Chwang.
These people say that the Russo
Chinese bank has removed from Kirin
to Kwan Cheng Tsi, where CONNER
cial interests are seeking safety and
defense
This reported advance has produced
CONSERVATION among European civil
ians residing in the line of March. 1t
is reported also. that the Russian gov
eminent bureau at VladivostOck has
Withdrawn to KhavarOfsk.