New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-11
RUSHING TROOPS EAST.
h"ropatkin'S Reinforcements- Care
of Prisoners.

~ eNeiSouIs, June IO.-(Ieneral kuropatkin'S
reihIorcements are being pushed eastward. The
hrst division 10000 men Of the Tenth Army
Corps. has crossed the UraI Mountains and
following is a continuous stream of troop trains.
The last men of the Tenth and Seventeenth
corps are scheduled to reach Iiao-Yang on Au-
gust "a. The infantry will cross Lake Baikal
In ferryboats and the cavalry viii ride around it.
The mobilization Of the First Army Corps is
being hurried Two regiments of the Twenty
second Division are at Novgorod and enc of the
Thirty-seventh at Pskoff. III miles southwest of
81. Petersburg. where the reserve men will Join.
The two divisions expect to start for the front
on June %.
The "Novoe Vremya" has received message
from the officers of the Russian battleship
Peresviet. at Port Arthur, reporting "An wellS
1t was sent TO Liao-Yang June 8. The Port
Arthur date is not specified. The communica-
ton may have been brought TO New-Chwang by
a Chinese junk.
There is reason 10 believe that the plans for
the departure OF the Port Arthur squadron, IL
the fall Of the fortress seems imminent. have
been completed. They involve the cooperation
Of the Vladivostok squadron. After the block
aiding fleet has been engaged. the uninjured
Russian ships will attempt to effect tuncture
with the Viadivostok squadron. The fact that
the Corean Straits mined and guarded by
a japanese torpedo boat fotilla, which has been
esta blished Ia the satisfaction of the Admiralty
here, greatly increases the difficulty of the oper-
alton, but the Russians probably will Prefer TO
take chances of getting through making a
two thousand mile journey around Japan. The
attempt may occur at the first favorable oppor-
tunity. The squadron is useless for the defence
of Port Arthur. while, if preserved entire in
major part. the fall OF Port Arthur would
he robbed OF much OF its Importance, from the
standpoint OF Russia's future plans.
The repairs to the Russian batteship Pobieda
are now practically completed.
PROTECTING THE RUSSIAN CAPITAL
Remote appears the chance that the
japanese feet Will be in position to
venture up the Baltic and make a demonstra-
ton against the Russian capital, or that a
European power will be drawn into the war
Russia evidently is taking nothing for granted
The possibility of the fail of Port Arthur
disaster the Baltic squadron after il sails for
the Far East has been considered. and no pre-
caution will be omitted TO protect st. Peters
burg against attack.
The Notifications OF Riga and those OF Reval
at the entrance TO the Gulf of Finland. have
been strengthened; some new guns Of the latest
pattern have been mounted in the fortress Of
Cronstadt, and chain OF water batteries.
ming out on either side of the shores of the Gulf
Of Finland, will guard the entrance 10 the mouth
Of the Neva. This system Of Notifications was
sufficient to discourage the attack planned by
the British feet in the Crimean War.
Shore batteries have been constructed near
Oranienbaum, the Gulf of Cronstadt nine
teen miles from st. Petersburg, and Sestroryetsk,
one mile from the Gulf Of Finland on the
Sestra River and seventeen miles from St
Petersburg probably a precaution against
landings. as it IS believed the forts able to
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proaches to Cronstadt are also being mined, and
merchant ships are forbidden To enter the port
without special pilots. Owing 10 the extensive
work IN progress at Cronstadt in connection
with the preparation Of the Baltic squadron. the
Central Basin. heretofore reserved for merchant
ships. has been appropriated by the navy.
Rigid regulations enforced against any one
approaching the fortihcations. The Grand Duke
Vladimir. commander Of the military district OF
St Petersburg. has just completed an inspection
OF the shore batteries.
RULES FOR TREATMENT OF PRISONERS.
The Russian rules FOR the treatment OF pris-
oners of made public to-day. They
are OF a most humane character. following the
most advanced ideas the subject OF the care
of prisoners. The only radical innovation is
the Inclusion Of a clause providing that the
crews Of japanese merchantmen may be made
prisoners Of war which is in retaliation for the
action OF the japanese In holding as prisoners
the crews Of captured Russian merchantmen.
The rank and file OF the japanese soldiers re-
ceive the same rations as Russian soldiers. The
officers in change OF prisoners are particularly
commanded TO see that the food of the Japan
csc corresponds as nearly as possible with what
they have been accustomed TO in Japan. They
viii also receive the pay and will do the work
which Russian soldiers do a fair amount OF
pocket money will be allowed to captured Of
hcers.
war bureau for the collection and dstribu-
ton Of every possible kind Of information con-
corning prisoners has been established by the
Russian Red Cross, under the presidency Of NJ.
de Martens professor OF international law at
the University OF ST. Petersburg. and recently
president Of the Hague Tribunal, which decided
the Pious Fund claims.
The ''Novoe Vremya" editorially scouts the
idea fostered by a section of the British press
that the fall Of Port Arthur Will end the
The government is considering the question OF
increasing the scale Of pensions for soldiers and
sailors widows.
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