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Japanese Are In Force
Russian Land Forces Defeated in a Fight
54 Miles Northwest of Chemulpo.
Of 13 Warships in the Habor at Port
Arthur 8 Are Useless.
Japanese Approaching New Chwang.
Russians Fall Back From
Eastern Passes.
London March 10.—A dispatch to
the Times from Wei Hai Wei. dated
March 9 says:
"It is reported on good authprLy
that a collision between Japanese and
Russian troops has occurred near Hai
Ju Korea (fifty-four miles northwest
of Chemulpo) which resulted iu the
defeat of the Russians.’'
Washington D. C. March 9>—Th
government here has received advices
by cable front Che Foo opposite Port
Arthur that the Japanese land force
have appeared at Fung Wang Chang
and at Tashan. No details aria fur
nlshed. The tirwt named place is
about twenty-four miles north of Ang
Tung in Manchuria and the latter is
a few miles Inland from the mouth of
the Yalu river It is bclierod this
movement has placed the Japanese on
the Russian flank and perhaps tn the
rent and on their line of communica-
tion. It is believed yesterdays attack
upon Pon Arthur and Tallcu Wan was
a diversion perhaps to cover twls ex-
pedition and the land movements of
the Japanese forces.
NOTHING HEARD
OF VLADIVOSTOK
SQUADRON AS YET.
London March 10. —No further news
has reached London of the reported
fighting at Pon Arthur or of the fate
of the Russian Vladivostok squadron.
Up to a late hour last night the Japan-
ese legation haj heard nothing of the
reported occurrences bu' !t Is consid-
ered significant that none of the Rus-
sian dispatches make mention of the
Vladivostok cruisers.
The news from Washington of the
appearance of Japanese forces at
Fung Wang Chang about fifty-four
miles northwest of Antung in Man-
churia and Tashan. a tew miles in-
land from the mouth of the Yalu river
is regarded as most important Ac-
cording to the Tien Tsin correspond-
ent of the Daily Telegraph the Japan
ese advanced from the Yalu river cap-
tured Fung Wang Chang and drove
odt the Russians in fhe vicinity to
the Taku Ling eastern passes and are
in force east of New Chwang
The Russians with 36000 men are en-
trenched strongly at Liao Yang and
Hai Cheng where fighting is immi-
nent.
Some small engagements already
have been fought the Russians re-
treating with losses. This correspond-
ent says further that the Japanese are
using the same tactics and advancing
along the same route they followed
during the Chinese war.
The Yin Kow correspondent of the
Paris edition of the New York Herald
also vaguely repbrts the Japanese to
be fifty miles northwest of Antung and
well to the westward of the Yalu river.
Thia is the only news on this sub-
ject yet received in I»ndon and to
oome of the military critics it is In-
conceivable that Japan really can
have executed such a sudden and un
expected and successful turning of the
Russian position on the Yalu river
which It is thought won 11 have neces-
sitated the employment of a much
larger force than It Is believed Japan
caa poaibly have at this point.
NOTHING TO PREVENT
SEIZURE OF MUKDEN
BY THE JAPS.
The Daily Telegraph commenting
on these reports sajs if the news of
this strange and marvelous collapse
of Russian power on land is true
•there Is nothing to prevent the Japan*
ese from seizing Mukden and the rail-
road. There has been nothing to
compare with this move the paper
continues since Napoleon staggered
Europe by appearing on the plains <rf
Italy after he descended from the
Alps as from tho clouds. The effect
throughout the east will be stupen-
dous.
The other newspapers prefer to
await authoritative details before ac-
cepting this news.
Rumors of mediation tn the far east
continue to Circulate on the continent
but. evidently the British Government
has no Idea thfct mediation Is possible.
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San Antofo Bai < a JI
Secretary Lamsdorff. replying io a lat-
ter on this subject from the arbitra-
tion and peace association which
suggested mediation under the Hague
convention raid his majesty's govern-
ment feared thut such an effort could
tint successfully bo made to the bellig-
erents at this time.
EIGHT RUSSIAN
WARSHIPS DISABLED
AT PORT ARTHUR.
Tokio March 9. —It is reliably as
sorted that when the Japanese at
tempted to block Port Arthur. Feb. 24
a Russian torpedo boat destroyer
while trying to ye ?nter the harbor
at ruck a mine and sank. Of tho thii
teen Russian warships Inside the har
nor of Port Arthur it is added all are
disable*! except five. f
It Is asserted that Whoang Kishan
fort at Port Arthur was half destroyed
by tho Japanese shells and that only
three batteries are available. Aliout
SOD Chinese arid Russian workmen
have been rushing the repairs on the
warships.
FOREIGNERS URGED
TO LEAVE NEW CHWANG
SOON AS POSSIBLE.
New Chwang. March 9. —The Brit-
ish consul strongly and officially urged
the foreign women and children to
leave New Chwang before the river
opens. The British station gunboat
Espiegle will leave an soon as iwssi-
ble. The family of the United States
consul. Mr. Miller will leavt tomor-
row.
| It Is understood the powers will not
embarrass Russia J>y the presence of
'warships In the river here and there-
fore neutral interests at New Chwang
will be officially abandoned. The ten-
sion among Russians continues. There
are circumstantial reports of fighting
on the railroad and there is strong
evidence of a Japanese advance.
It is reported that the action of the
Russians in ordering New Chwang to
be fortified was due tc the withdrawar
of the foreign warships thus removing
the last possibility of neutralization
Jof this port.
WILL THE JAPS
FOMENT TROUBLE
IN THE BALKANS?
Kieff Russia. March 9. —The press
here makes a feature of an interview
with a Japanese correspondent of the
Nlchinicht. *who is now visiting the
Balkans. He Is quoted as saying the
Japanese fully recognize that they
have no hope of defeating Russia un-
less her attention is diverted by pos-
sible complications in the Balkans.
The object of his visit is to ascertain
the chances of such trouble in break-
ing out.
JAPS RUSHING WORK
ON SEOUL-WIJU
RAILROAD.
Seoul March 9. —The Japanese mili-
tary engineers with 8000 pioneer corps
commenced today ac>ive construction
on the Seoul Wiju railway. Material
is now en route from Japan. A large
number of Korean laborers have been
employed in rushing ahead completion
of the port ami works. Completion
this year of the Seoul railway has
been ordered by the Japanese govern-
ment.
RUSSIAN OFFICIALS
LEAVE YIN KOW
EXPECTING ATTACK.
Yin Kow. March 9—The families
of Russian officials have departed.
Siege and field gufis are being mount-
ed on the Chinese fort on the cast
bank of the Liao river.
Some Japanese Traitor*.
New York. March 10. —A Japanese
shipping agent who was arrested on
Monday on suspicion of supplying
Russians with Information has com-
mitted suicide in the military prison
says a Tien Tsin dispatch to the Amer-
ican. It Is said several other Japan-
ese are under suspicion.
on Russian Side of Yalu
JAPANESE AND RUSSIAN
FAMOUS MILITARY LEADERS
THAT Russia is fnlly awake to
th<* formidaldllty of Japan ax
an opponent on land. If site ever
had any doubt* on the subject
la shown by the appointment of Gener-
al A. N. Knropatkln. the foremost sol
dler of the empire to the chief com-
mand of the army in the far east. Al-
ready the pick of the generals of the
Russian army are at the neat of war
Vr nnder orders to go. nnd General
Kuropatkin wlli he .KTompanicd to tho
UKMKBjLL k. n. kvrofatkp.
front by the Grand Dukes Michael
Nikolaievitch Boris Cyril and Nicho-
las.
Among the famous Russian generals
now in command of troops In or near
Manchuria arc Lieutenant General A.
Ftoessel Lieutenant General Linevltclr
and General 'Ciorpltsky all men who
have won promotion ami honor on the
field of battle and who have over and
over again proved that they possess ajl
the qualltlM which go to make srircew
tul military leaders. Some one bus
said that Manchuria like South Afri-
ca wit! prove the graveyard of many
military reputations. Perhaps but time
alone can verify or disprove this.
With the possible exception of Gener-
al Dragomlrof. ex governor of Kiev nnd
late member of the council of stpte
General Kuropatkin is the most popu-
lar man in the Russian artny. As a
bluff soldier who has fought his way-
up from the bottom to Is* minister of
war ho is tho ideal of the enlisted man.
General Kuropatkin has liecn min-
ister of war since 1897. He is a man
with a remarkable military record
having fought in the Pamirs in Tur-
kestan in Africa and in the war with
Turkey distinguishing himself espe-
cially at Plevna where he was chief
of staff under the renowned Skoliclcff.
General Kuropatkin entered the Turk-
ish war a lieutenant and came out n
colonel and from that time his nd-
vancement has been rapid. lie en-
gineered the usurpation of Finland
nnd has been prominent in promoting
the Transsiberian railway. He is cred-
ited with being a master of the science
OBAMD DUES BORIS.
of war. and his history of the Balkan
campaign is considered to be a military
classic Kuropatkin eomos of a noble
family and is fifty-five year* old.
Grand Duke Cyril Viadlmlrovltch.
who with his brother Boris is going
to the far east to fight the Japanese.
Is a son of the Grand Duke Vladimir
uncle of the czar. The Grand Duke
Cyril was born in 1878 ia a captain of
the Fifty-second regiment of infantry
and wear* the order of the Black Ea-
SAN ANTONIO TEXAS THURSDAY MARCH io 1904.
gle The lira nd Duke Boris Ids broth-
er. is a lieutenant In the hussars and la
considered a daredevil soldier.
Tlio Grand Duke Nicholas is forty-
seven years of age and is considered
the foremost cavalry expert in the
Russian army. He ia tall and fair
with a pleasant face and as the oc-
cupant of the responsible |s>st of in-
spector general of cavalry he will la-
able to nth ise General KUrepatklU.
Another sprig of royalty who may
fight for the'eaar is Don Jaime only
non of Don Carlo* pretender to the
Spanish throne. Don Jaime is carried
on the reserve list a* captain of the
Russian regiment of the Grodno hus-
sars of the guard and at the time of
the Hoxer inanrrectioii in China he dis-
tinguished himself while on the stuff
of Ihe Russian commander. It is said
that Don Jaime will join the cavalry
under Prince Ixmis Napoleon in Man
cliuria.
Bendtor Beveridge in his book "Tlie
Russian Advance’’ hn* this to any of
General Cferpltaky whom he culls tho
Kitchener of Russia; "This commander
in 1901 suppressed brigandage in Man-
churia nnd was in the field in person
at the head of Uis troops. Three thou-
sand robbers were killed in les* than
six weeks 2.1MX1 were captured aud
the rest scattered and hunted like
beasts Into the caves and fastnesses of
the concealing mountains.''
Japau too. has many able aud ex-
perienced generals who Lave proved
their skill and efficiency on many occa-
sions aud they have fought over the
very ground where they must now meet
the Ruaafcuis First of these in order of
service is Field Marshal Yamagata.
U hen the war started with China in
1894 .Yattagnta was given command of
the first army thut invaded Manchuria.
His health failed however and the
emperor fearful of losing the services
of bls ablest officer culled him back
to Tokyo to act as his chief military
adviser. After the war Yamagata was
made marquis and the new military
rank of field marshal was established
to which he was promoted. Several
officer* In tho army nnd navy were
raised to the rank of field marshal and
organized Into a supreme council of
war. Of tills Yamagata was made
chief a position be still bolds.
If there Is any one to divide honors
with Yamagata it is Field Marshal
Oyama who is associated with him In
the council of war. Oyama bus steadily
risen hi the military organization of
Japau. In the wur with China he bad
command of the second army of Inva-
sioti and conducted the campaign which
resulted in the capture of the two great
Chinese strongholds Port Arthur and
Welhalwct
After Yamagata and Oyama the most
conspicuous military man in Japan is
General Nodzu who succeeded Yama-
gata in the command of the first army
of Invasion in tla* war with China.
For his conduct in HII4 war Geiwral
Nodzu was decorated made a count
and honored tn various ways. Later
when the army of Japan was divided
into three grand military divisions. Gen-
eral Nodzu was given iximmand of tho
eastern div Mon. He was very con*
vplcuou* in the relief of Peking during
the Boxer troubles.
Next Inorder comes General Katsurn.
the present prime minister of the em-
pire. He is a man of great ability and
a thoroughly trained soldier. Other
notable generals of the mikado's army
are Sakuma wiio commands the mid-
dle division: Knrogl who commands
the western grand military division
and Oku. who commands the Tokyo
army of deftnse.
These share with Nodzu and Katsura
the rank of full general. They all com-
manded divisions during the war with
China. Lieutenant General Kodama Is
h warrior of proved ability as is
Major General I'ukusblhia. who is an
atithority on Manchuria. Besides these
there Is 11 group of officer* wlm wore
major general* during the war with
China ami proved their skill on ninny
fields. Among them are Lieutenant
Generals Nogi Yamaguchi nnd Te
rauchi who 1* now secretary of war.
GtWMUL sonzr
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A STRUGGLE FOR LIFE.
Whoee life? Japans’; for Russia is
only fighting for her dinner. And now
with the struggle just begun Europe
for the greater part holds her breath.
At the North Denmark trembles:
while st ihe South France knows not
which way to turn: and in the Hal-
kaus the agents of "the sick man" —
the sultan—wonder. In Russia itself
the nihilists are «elklng the opportun-
ity circumstances have afforded them
and the <listri*uton of ther literature
ond the advance of their propaganda
goes on apace. In this trying moment
it is to the United States that all the
rest of the world must look. Neutral
thoroughly legendarily friendly to
Russia while sentimentally favorably
inclined toward Japan she continues
to feed the warring hosts aud pockets
the proceeds.
china whose administrative entity.
[this country has proclaimed must bt
maintained as site has further declared
I the limits of the war zone frets at the
leash; apt either to break her word
and rush to Japan’s assistance or
seize the opportunity to fight both
elemen.s. thus producing a triangular
war of ftwhentltnrs possibilities. The
mainienance of China’s neutrality
means much for let her strike one
blow against either Russia or Japan or
both and all Europe must by necessity
of treaties become embroiled. France
would hasten to the assistance of Rus-
sia. while England. Japan's treaty al-
ly if she be set upon by two powers
would let fly her mailed fist. Were
such things to come to pass there
would be precipitated a war such as
would cast into pale insignificance all
the conflict* of the past and there
would be inaugurated an era of blood
What would be America's posit'on in
such circumstances'.’ She might by
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7 TO 12
IN TWO SECTIONS.
force of ne-cessity to preserve tna
Philippines and maintain her rights In
the far east be compelled to bear**
hand but If she should the world
must continue to look to her »s Us
storehouse. Even as it is with war
but a fortnight on. the shipping along
the Pacific’ cuaJt. If reports are to oe
credited has received an Itnpefiis
I equal to if no greater than that gird*
by our own trouble* in the
The Pilgrim
When Baby was stek we gave hfr
Castor ia.
When she was a Child she cried for
Castorla.
When she livcame a Miss she clung to
Castorla.
When she had Children she gave them
Hot free lunch daily. 10 to 12. Boa*-
hardt's Branch. Houston and LoeoyU.
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