Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-04-27
TOGO KEEPS IN
BACKGROUND
Rumored Russian Fleet Has
Passed Formosa
Straits.
FROM CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE
Other Reports Place Squadron Still
in kamranh Bay - Japan Presents
Statement to French Government
and Receives Satisfactory Reply.

st. Petersburg, April GA tele-
gram from the seat of war in Man
churia states that the Japanese ar
mics are advancing northward. pre-
coded by cavalry.
st. Petersburg, April 21.-(2:15
a. m.)-The ministry of finance has
received a telegram from confiden-
tial agent at Shanghai giving a rumcr
that Vice Admiral Rojestvensky has
already passed the straits of Formosa
without encountering Vice Admiral
Togo.
Saigon, French Cochin-China. April
2l.-Admiral Rojestvensky's fleet is
still in Kamranh bay.
The French admiral, Jonquieres,
has taken every step to insure neu-
, trality.
Paris, April 21.-Considerable con-
flict exists between the press and off,
! cial advices concerning the where
abouts of the Russian squadron, but
the officials are positive that the
squadron has been outside of French
waters since last Sunday. It's present
whereabouts is not known, but if the
squadron is in or near the Kamranh
bay the government is assured that
the locality is outside French ter
ritorial limits.
Paris, April 21.-Acting upon in
structions from his government, DIR.
Motono, the Japanese minister to
France, called on Foreign Minister
Delcasse last evening and submitted
| representations on behalf of Japan
concerning the presence of the Rus
sian Pacific squadron in kamranh
bay. An official communication issued
| after the meeting states that Minister
Motono's action had not the charac-
ter Of formal protest against an
alleged violation of neutrality, but
was to obtain assurances that France
would observe strict neutrality.
Notwithstanding the official version,
| it is evident that the intention of
| Minister Motono's action is in the
nature of a protest.
Foreign Minister Delcasse re-
spoaded to the representations of the
Japanese minister by pointing out
| the precautions heretofore taken to
preserve neutrality and the special
instructions recently sent to the gov
ernor general of !ndo-China uron
continued care to preserve neutral
ity. NJ. Delcasse's assurances sought
to allay the apprehensions Of Japan,
| which he maintained had not been
| justified by any specific facts.
The exact terms of Japan's repre-
sensations have not been disclosed.
| but it is understood that, while hav-
| ing the usual courteous form of di-
| plOmacy, they set forth that serious
| apprehensions had been aroused by
| the stay of the Russian warships in
Kamranh bay and the urgent desire
was expressed that French neutrality
be placed beyond doubt.
st. Petersburg April 21.-It is
claimed here that Admiral Rojest-
| vensky has not overstepped the
French rules of neutrality at KAN
/ ranh bay, the coaling and provision
| ing of his ships occurring outside ter
ritorial waters Russia has not been
advised that Japan has lodged pro-
test In Paris. The charges of Rus
sia's violation of neutrality, coupled
with the revival of the story that Rus
, fleet through the Dardanelles and the
report that the British Mediterra-
mean fleet has been sent to the
! Aegean sea to head off the Russian
| fleet, cause extreme irritation.
St. Petersburg, April 21.-The stu
| dents Of the Conservatory or Music
who as announced April l, were ar
rested and sentenced to a months
| imprisonment for connection with the
| agitation in favor of Rimsky Korsa-
| koff (whO was removed from his
professorship in the conservatory be-
cause of his attitude towards the
| striking students), have been re-
! leased, the Jews among them who
were allowed to live in st. Petersburg
while pursuing their studies being
ordered to leave the city forthwith.
| Governor General Trepoff is taking
the most energetic measures to ire
vent trouble on May day, having dis
covered that the workmen'S leaders
are advising all the men to arm them
selves, in order to be prepared to re-
sist the troops. The police have a
list of 400 of the most active agita-
| tors, who will be arrested and trans
! FOIIeu " villages. ADout ioIty Vi
the men were taken into custody last
night.
| The Moscow Gazette suggests that
the only way to restore order is to
divide the empire into districts, each
under the supervision of an energetic
| parsonage armed with dictatoral
power. A number of university stu
| dents will be tried shortly for lese
majesty under the new code for pub
liclv denouncing the emperor and the
existing regime.