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HOW ThEY S'ZE UP RUSSIAN SITUATION
Co.4int Big O-pocent Cannot Maintain
Lrp ArxT n Jusnchnria,
00 NOT THINK PORT ARTHUR VALUABLE
Cllr Which ran He Shell from the
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TOKIO. Jepnn. March 14 (Nw Tork
VrM Cablegram Special Tele gram.) (By
William Dinwiddle, Special Correspondent
with the Jnpan(se Army. Much has been
aid about Japan's patience In the face of
Russia's continuous questionable diplo
macy. It is not my Intention to take away
one lota of th" credit deserved by the
little civilized Hon of the far east for
Its Interesting ."day of diplomacy before
the world, hut it ' my desire to point out
that Japan. In -vite of Its diplomacy,
truck Its Initial 1 i w at Russ:a the very
Instant It was full prepared for war and
not a moment bef'-re.
It did not be-?. a shuffling Its diplomatic
-cards with Russia until It had practically
every battleship It needed to put It on an
equal naval footing; In eastern waters, com
pleted or ready to leave the ways. It did
lint mske a move until It possessed a full
complement of artillery, funs and ammu
nition sufficient to equip such a large army
a It supposed Ruesla would throw Into
the far Siberian territory. It kept Its
mall arms and ammunition factories work
ins; for many months on double shifts be
fore the diplomatic war cloud was as large
s a speck In the sky.
It may be said truly that Russia forced
the situation on Japan, but the statesmen
f Japan believe that thy diplomatically
forced the psychological moment on Russia.
Japan's statesmen hare outgeneraled
their more clumsy diplomatic antagonists
In Russia by an exhibition of kindly defer
ence (a national characteristic) which has
rnlsled Russians Into the belief that Japan
was really fearful of the consequences of
war with Russia, when all the time they
had been willing and anxious to measure
words with it.
Where Rassla ts Weak.
Japanese leaders believe that Russia has
bluffed, and some of them guardedly admit
It now. They point out that,' even assum
ing Russia could mobilise an Immense
army In Siberia after transporting It for
over 4. WW miles of single track railroad,
the result would be Inevitably a frightful
tlsastera,il. could not transport hi 'ood
nd clothing alone needed for 00,Ono men,
let alone the ammunition, materials for
winter camps and the reinforcements re
quired to replaea the very large percentage
of sick and disabled, who must also be
Invalided home.
Conservative Japanese, who know, the
Siberian and Mancburian country, estimate
that the maximum number of troops Rus
sia can put Into the field and successfully
maintain Is SSrt.000, and even with this num
ber they believe that there will be talcs
of horrible death and starvation In Russian
winter camps which will startle the world.
It should be borne In mind that Japan
truck Its first blow a month before Rus
sia thought It waa possible to' make an
effective maneuver. It was not patience
which Japan exhibited In this Instance for
It might have dragged on the negotiations
until the harbors were free of Ice out It
wna shrewd, ' cool, deliberation which
marked Its course. It struck Port Arthur
the very first moment that the scheme waa
feasible, and at a time when some of
Its own battleships had to batter their
way out tn the harbor of Vladivostok
tkmugh lea two feet thick. It hit Russia
savage blow at a time when Its railroad
waa nearly paralysed, and would be for
weeks longer, and It struck the blow when
It waa well prepared to throw troops Into
Core rapidly and nasdod safe sea room
to accomplish It. So far, Japan has made
O falsa move In the game and none which
ha not indicated marvelnusly clear rea
soning and sound Judgment.
Port ArtTaar I atasabl.
The aamo brains which have so rapidly
farced Japan upward In the scale of
World powers and. civilisation have real
ised and say now today that Port Ar
thur Is practically Indefensible aa a naval
base, and scoff at the stories that the
less of Port Arthur aftsr the Chines war
wis their enly or their greatest grievance.
There ar a half dosen other porta, they
claim, which ar far more dealrabl as a
defensible position and for commerce. They
Contend that no harbor. Inner fortifica
tions and city which can be shelled from
me open seat is tenant, or worth tn mtl-
mment In the effort to withstand th
poaslbl aggTeoalons of foreign powers.
A story has been In circulation In Japan
that Russia has threatened to follow a
JMesrsvw policy, retreating Into the lonerl
ttesa and vaatneea of Interior Siberia, and
luring the Japanese to certain death, which
create great amusement In the Japanese
ar.md. liiw general put It In this way :
"We ar perfectly willing to he lured
n until we control the coast line we
want and Core, but I don't think we will
(w tench further, and even If we should
( a few hundred mile Inland, certainly
or 3re of crnmunl cation will be easier
In keep opn fmm a warm country In
th south than their, ten time as long,
through an Arctic region.
Aa has already been told. Jspaa ha at
this moment resource which roukl put Into
th field 100,0(0 tu-n and supptrrt them thei
for a year and a half, and there ts little
el-iuVt In my own mind, after witnessing
th rapld'ty with which the popular loan
vm ul.-acrthed Ave times over wealthy
anon actually buying at 145 that it could
aetata Itself f ir twlc that time with
out negotiating for a loan from abroad.
Baataea Will Revive.
Th bu1ie devraaln which Is apt it
f'lKjw th withdrawal cf aa Immenae Bum
tv of coastwise vaela fur transport ssrv
1. the paralysing of trad by th use
f tire railroads fir military purpose, the
luas of actual productive labor by th re
Jmoval of 1UMUS or more men. iiui laal
the loss la money ty-ora th spending; and
purchasing tourists, should not be under
estimated, but there must also follow a
yartlaj If not couplet readjustment ef
Ooatlausd oa nVccood Pa,
GIVES HOPE TO
Expert Preach retbsll
BOURBONS
arrblste.
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ROME. April t (New Toik World Cable
gramSpecial Telearam. ' Irt rpr1snl
aca'nrt the present French government
for Its persecution of the church the pope
Is extremely likely to espouse the cause
cf the monarrhial party In Trance. The
lumber of Frenchmen who still adhere In
their hearts to the rause of the Bourbons
Is large and most of them are steadfact
Catholics.
It Is certain that all the republicans
In -whom their faith is mor than a mere
matter of form, have been disgusted and
disheartened by the radical course of
Premier Combes and the Bourbon pretend
er believe that but tittle urging Is needed
to make them desert the republicans and
return to the Monarchists.
Several members of th Orleans family
have recently been received In private
audience by the pope, and It la rumored
that the Hourbon claimants to the throne
have received from Pluo X assurances of
support. A new Trench dally In support
cf the Bourbon cause Is soon to sppesr In
Rome and It will semi-offlclally declare the
Vatican views for the guidance of French
nor.archla Catholics.
The Frnch bishops, under th leader
ship of Cardinal Richard, archbishop of
Paris, who 1 In dally communication with
th Vatican by cipher, have organised In
every dloces and parish the forces of
the movement against th French premier.
The war Is directed against the premier.
M. Combes, personally, and It la hoped
to force him Into retirement and to
gradually abolish by subsequent legislation
th obnoxious law lately passed against
th church and rellgluua ordera.
This new policy toward France meets
with much opposition .from a few power
ful cardinals, who strenuously defend the
conciliatory course so long followed by
Cardinal Rampolla under the late pope.
They say the new policy will serve only
to exasperate th French authoritlea and
that further antl-clerlcal legislation may
ne the result. On the other side, the
admirers of the new policy say th recent
laws against th church are th direct
results of the political leanings of the
late pope and hi cardinal secretary of
state, who nrged th French Catholics In
every way to sustain the republican form
of government.
MAKE FUN 0FAMERICAN ART
Gersnan Critics Annas Themselves
at Expense of This
Tosstry,
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BERLIN. April .-Ncw Tork World Ca
blegramSpecial Telegram.) Some ele
phantine Teutonic humor Is being expended
upon American art for St. Louis. A
Munich professor says:
"Art Is not a strong point with our kins
men beyond th Atlantic As long as they
confine themselves to producing the big
gest or th most useful things In th
world, w Germans can bow our heads
before our masters. But when, they at
tempt to produce th most beautiful things
w can only smile."
Prof. Trie of Stuttgart, sn authority tn
Germany on aesthetics, says:
"America can never be eminent In art
aa loos aa It la so anxious to be eminent
In everything destructive of art."
On of the marble groups for St. Louis
represents an Indian lassoing a buffalo.
It Is singled out for special rldlcul.
"The American artists." says on Ger
man critic, "must have a funny notion of
what freedom or liberty Is. Th buffalo
Is now In Isolated spots where one mil
lions roamed free, and as for the Indian, he
wanders in the reservations by th grace
of his conqueror. Here you are accustomed
to something less grotesque. Rut this
grotesquenes. perhaps. Is suitable to the
American taste."
POLES RAISING A WAR FUND
iitii
for Opportsa Tlase t Mak
i Strike for Their la
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ZURICH. Swltaerland. April I. (New
Tork World Cablegram Special Telegram.)
The poles of th three empires among
whlch( the country has been partitioned
Russia. Germany and Austria have been
collecting for years a wsr fund for us
when th ever-hoped for time may com
to expend It effectively for reconstituting
their ancient kingdom. Their fund, which
now Is considerable, has been deposited
for aafs keeping- at RafTerewgl. hear here,
th town wher ar the Polish National
museum and the blsck marble column,
surmounted by th Polish eagle, erected
to commemorate the beginning of the hun
dred yeara" struggle of the Poles for In
dependence. Th committee In rharg,
having been warned that Emperor William
Intended to exert his influence In Swltaer
land to have the money moved to Ger
many, has transferred the fund to a point
which Is kept secret.
MAY CRIPPLE FUTURE KING
Left 1t Broke mm Kin lajared
y BVrlaa Tkrawi froaa
Rarse.
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TCRIV. April . (Nw Tork World Ca
blegram Special Telegram.) The presump
tive heir to th Italian thron. th duke nf
Aosta, whose left leg waa broken recently
when he was thrown from a horse, may be
lam for life. He sustained a compount
fracture which was set a few daya later
by eminent surgeons. Serious Injuries
wer discovered about the knee and th
dtik must rest six days before th plaster
cast may be removed and th surgeons
can determln If so operation on th knee
The duke of Aosta Is only SS years eld.
and holds th position of lieutenant general
In command of th Turin garrison, wher
he resides with hi beautiful air and two
ona.
BASIS OF BALKAN AGREEMENT
Tarkey Groats Assaesty t Steksl aad
Balcarla Will Prsveat
Uathraaks.
SOFIA. Apnl . Th Turko- Bulgarian
convention. sin-d at Constantinople yes
terday, prcviiie for amnesty to all Bul
garians cemnrumised In th Macedonian
rising of lKCJ saceprlng persona guilty of
uir- dynamav. ths repatriatloa of refu
ges, th removal of frontier restriction
on Bulgarian trade and travel, and th
application cf th Austro-Hnngarian re
form scheme to Macedonia.
Bulgaria andertaks to auppress revolu
tlonary movements In Its territory sea ts
prevent th smuggling of arms and ax
plosive acrua th IronUsA
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TALKS ON TI1F
aA -
a.
Canon Henson of
Balsea a
Etorm Among th norchman.
PLAIN LANGUAGE ABOUT OLD TESTAMENT
Calla Ecmo of the Narratives Incredible,
Puerile and Demoraliiinj.
LOOKS FOR REVOLUTION IN TEACHING
8-ill Con rider Bible the B-at Manual of
Fundamental Motility.
OTHER CHURCHMAN DISCUSSES REMARKS
Bishop of Norwich Expresses Oplaioa
that Brllgloa Is Mot Calais;
Uroaael TkrssgkSBt
, tho Cosstry.
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LONDON. April I. (New York World Ca
blegram Special Telegram.) Canan Hens
ley Henson of Westminster, one of the
most distinguished Angellcan divines, has
aroused a terrific storm by his outspoken
declarations on the future of the Bible.
He says:
"The very fact that so many of our peo
ple are prepared to acquiesce In what they
hear from th lectures, and even believe
that In some way or other what they hear
la divinely true, makes the present Indis
criminate reading of the Bible In public
an extremely perilous proceeding.
"Educated men have at their disposal
th means of escape from th perplexities,
stirred In their minds, by the Incredible,
the puerile or the demoralising narratives
which the Old Testament contains. But
the transition In prompt and obvious in
untutored minds from a sacred volume
too sacred for discussion to a pack of lies
too gross for toleration.
"Wl.at will be the place of the Bible In
th future? It cannot be questioned that
many cause have conduced to work some
thing like a revolution among educated
Christiana throughout the world, with re
spect of the sacred writings of Chris
tianity. laapoaaa the lasplratloa.
Canon Henson Impugns the Inspiration
of the old testament, referring to "Its
Incredible, puerile or demoralising narra
tives," which ar regarded as "being a
pack of lies too gross for toierstlon."
Letters, Interviews and resolutions by
church and lay bodies denouncing Canon
Hensou followed. 81 r Oliver Lodge, the
distinguished scientist, added fuel to th
fire by an article entitled "Suggestions To
ward ths RelnterpretaUon of the Christian
Doctrine."
This agitation for reviaed Christianity,
led by such wall knows men, whose re
ligious principles even their critic do not
dispute, threatens to stir the church to
an unprecedented degrea. Canon Hanson
declares that "inspiration . la not now al
lowed to certify to th truth of any state
ment in th Bible'' which cannot be sub
stantiated at th bar of reason and evi
dence. In th new testament he finds 1IU1 to
offend reason or conscience, "but whether
much or little It will have to go the way
of th old testament prodigies."
Cheek ss Madera Teadeacles.
He recommends supplementing the read
ing of the Bible In church with "Christian
compositions which have secured the ap
proval of general acceptance." declaring
that "indiscriminate reading of the Bible
In public is an extremely perilous pro
ceeding," and adding that "the rigidity
which restricts the modern English church
to canonical scriptures Is aa Intrinsically
Indefensible as It la practically mischiev
ous." ,
Desplt Its misuse, however. Canon Hen
son holds that the Bible will continue for
all time to be th "best manual of funda
mental morality and the best corrective
of ecclesiastical corruption," besides being
"the most effectual check on the material
istic tendencies of modern Ufa
"It would be Idle to deny, he concludes,
"that th credit of th scriptures la seri
ously shaken In ths public mind nor can
It reasonably be doubted that th tenden
cies of popular life aa at present pre
vailing ar tn th main hostile to Chris
tian tradition."
In snot her and similar article Canon
Henson, dealing with Christ's resurrection,
asks:
"la the faith of the church In th divine
Christ really built on an empty tomb? For
myself I prefer to believe that no such
Intimate vital connection exists between
th truth of Christianity and th tradi
tional notions of Its historical origins."
(hacks His arellalsalsts.
Sir Oliver I -edge shocks many of his co
religionists by declaring that he regards
ths doctrine of atonement In Its concrete
form as a survival from barbarous times,
repudiating th belief tn "an angry Goa
appeased by th violent death of Christ."
and maintaining that humaa nature now
"1 rising to the conviction that ws ar
part of nature, and so part of God. In
this sense the unlnon of divinity Is what
science some day will tell la the Inner
meaning of the redemption of maa"
Th bishop of Norwich. Rev. t. Sheeps
hank, commenting on thee remarks, says:
"There Is not at th present time that
bright, hopeful feeling among churchmen
which prevailed until within the last few
years.
ra Religion t. by no mean, gaining '
und thwait the country. Infinite j
ef In the Bible la on the wane and;
gund
hell
the forces of Indifference and Irreliglon
are gaining strength."
WILL LOUBET CALL ON POPE? !
That I ths aes1loa Which Is
Aaltatlsa the Press sf
Paris.
User
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PARIS. April Tork World Ca-
blegram Special Telsgram Ths chief
topic In th Pa rials n press today Is Presl-
dent Loubet's propctr visit to Rome.
Th great question Is, will he see only th
king, or will he also have an audienc
wtth th pop Ons thing I nesrly cer
tain, and that Is that Mm. Loubet will
go to th Vatican, even though tho presi
dent refuses to do so under th present
st ruined conditions M. Pelcsss. who will
accompany th president on th pilgrims-,
declared his Intention of calling upon th
pone, and that would Indicate that M.
Iub will also have an official audience
wtth his hottnesa
Meantime, th removal of th portraits
cf Christ from th Pa lac of Justlc In
Paris has begun. When all these have
been ta ken ut the same course will be
sdopted la all other tribunals In th city
Th French prasa calls U "th driving
out f ChrlJ-
RS. OLLIVER'S HALLUCINATION
After
Wl
Twesty-flve Yeara Womaa
is Sees.
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NEW YORK. April .-New Tork Her
ald Service Special to The Bee 1 There
entered Jefferson Market court one day
this week a Ut'le old woman dressed In
bl.-.ck who concealed under a shabby ex
terior and flabby, expressionless face, an
Identity that a quarter of a century ago
Interested the whole newspaper reading
public nf the United States.
Th old woman, who told a rambling
story about her daughter Alice having been
"spirited away," has had many names In
her stirring life, but It was as Mrs. Harry
E. Oliver, suing United States Senator
Simon Cameron of Pennsylvania for Itf.OOq
damages, alleging breach of promise, that
th limelight of publicity was turned full
upon her In 187.
In 19H1 and for ten years subsequent
she was a thorn In the side of the charity
organisation of this rlty. She was "Sister
Beatrice May," a solicitor of contributions
for "St. Stephen's Guild," which was sup
posed to be an unsectarian charity, but
which never revealed any of Its good works
except once, when It sent several women
servants to Texas.
It was as "Mrs. Butler" Oliver that the
little old woman appeared before Magis
trate Barlow In Jefferson market, and
asked for the arrest of a physician and
a young- man, who rooms In lower Fifth
avenue. She said her daughter, Mrs. Alice
Ilya, who has an apartment at the Fifth
avenue address and rents several of her
rooms, had taken out a policy of life In
surance In favor of the young man. Almost
Immediately, said the old woman. Mrs.
Ilya was taken away to a hospital.
She intimated that Mrs. liya would prob
ably be found dying of slow poison. Mrs.
Butler Oliver told your correspondent that
she was heir to "the Butler estate" on
Ixjng Island worth CKW.ono. Her lawyer,
she said, was James A. ATTen. with offices
In Wall street. Mr. Allen said later he
had seen the woman only once and had dis
covered the "estate" was a cottare and
a small piece of ground to which had
no claim.
Your correspondent investigated Mrs.
Oliver's atory and found there was noth
ing in It. She Uvea In a rear room on th
second floor of an ordinary brick house
In West Twenty-third street. On the door
are two signs. Ons reads, "Unsectarian
Mission." The other says. "Out Back at C"
The woman's daughter Is in St. Elisa
beth's hospital In West Thirty-first street,
suffering from appendicitis.
"I have never had my life Insured," aald
Mrs. Ilya when your reporter visited her
In her room at the hospital. "I am not a
victim of poison. I came here for rest
and to be treated for stomach trouble.
That woman has mad me trouble all my
life, and yet I suppose she ha some lov
for me."
To the direct question If Mrs. Oliver
was her mother, Mrs. Ilya would not reply.
Sh said: "She was a trouble to my
father and she hounded my husband ba
, for he died. Sh is very near to me, I
must admit."
NO ACRIMONYJN THE FIGHT
HIU aaa HaFlasaa Wilt Castest
ClalBaa, hat raderseaad
Each Other. "
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NEW TORK, April .-(New York Herald
Service BpecUl to Th Be.)-Acrlmony
has no part In the legal fight which is
being waged between James J. Hm and E.
H. Harriman concerning th manner In
which the decree of the supreme court In
the Northern Securities rase shall be
obeyed.
Leading representatives of both factions
atated this week that each side would
leave no stone unturned In upholding Its
theory of winding up th great holding
company, but that Mr. HIU and Mr. Harri
man had a perfect understanding that the
fight was to be a legal one only, and that
It would not destroy th railroad harmony
of Interest In the northwest or precipitate
an avalanche.
PORTO RICO WOULD JOIN UNION
eaator Heybsra af Idaho and Pert
Hicaa Representative Visit
Presides.
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WASHINGTON, April (New Tor Her.
aid Service Special to The Be.) When
Senator Heyburn of Idaho called on the
president with Representative Flshback of
the Porto Rlcan legislature. Porto Rican af
fair and th probable successor to Gov
ernor Hunt wsr subjects of discussion.
Mr. Flshback Is enthusiastic over condi
tion prevailing tn Porto Rleo. "Why." he
aid. "you can lie In your hammock' and
suck an orange and with your big toe
kick a sweet potatoe out of the ground,
so proline Is the soil and so little the labor
Involved in Its cultivation."
The desire Is almost unlve;-,i! among
the Porto Rlcana, he declare, for Amer
ican cltlsenalilp. Governor Hunt's succes
sor will not be selected until Covernir
Hunt arrives her and presents Ms rec
ommendation to the president.
ALASKAN GAME IN DANGER
Peara Ar Express Over Prohabl
Operatlaa ( l-aw Intearfea
for Territory.
(ronyrl,ht ,)y N.w Y(rk
WASHIN,JTON Aprtl a-,Nw Tor.
x,tA a,, , a,.T . T
iieran service especial to The Bee ) A
bill lias been endorsed In th senate bv
j Senator lillingham on which hinge the
I Important question of game preservation
In Al.uka. Numerous good authorities ssy
that the passage of this bill would mean
the extermination of wild animals in that
territory within the next flv years.
The hill practically repeals all the exist
ing game laws now :i force a the terri
tory and substitutes a quasl-protectlon for
deer, moose and caribou which la ao rttmsv
J that Its effect would be to plac ail Alaskan
j game at
I Alaska.
I
ths mercy of th residents of
PAUPER UNCOVERS FORTUNE
Ulas I p Bar Vsa at Besus Period
Coatalafas; Lara; ham bar
of (alas.
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N ANTES, Francs. April t (New Tork
World Cabl-raia Special Telegram. An
Inmate of th poor nous her while dlggln
ln th garden unearthed ao antlqu vase,
decorated with painting, and containing
Z.0C4 gold place of th Gailo-Romaa period.
Th vas till b . sent to th Louvr In
Pars, and th coin, estimated to b worth
$.a4. will L divided amos- tb
sxul hia fallow pauyeia,
OFFER OLIVE BRANCH
Exact Status of Negotiation! for Settlement
of Aaglo-Bauiaa Differences.
SECRETARY LANSDOWNE'S OVERTURES
Step Follows Personel Anuranoa of Edward
Regarding Sentiment of Goernmnt
MOVE AT THIS TIME CAUSES SURPRISE
Sams Kegotia'ions Were Conducted in
Secret Some Mosthi Ago.
QUESTIONS RESULTED IN A DEADLOCK
With thasted Csadltloa aad with
Good Offices af Preach Govera
meat Hop of Kventaal et
tlemeat Is Estertslaed.
LONIXN. April . The Associated Press
learns that the exact status of the much
forecasted Anglo-Russian understanding Is
as follows:
AXlar King Edward had given his per
roBBa! assurances to Emperor Nicholas that
tiie anti-Russian comments In th British
rri d'd not represent the feeling of his
government. Foreign Secretary Lansdowne
Informed the Russian ambassador. Count
Benkendorff, that he would be glad to re
open the negotiations looking to a settle
ment of all matters now In dispute between
Russia and Great Britain. Lord tans
downe did not stipulate any basis or enter
Into any details.
Ambassador Benkendorff expressed his
pleasure at the offer and transmitted It to
St. Petersburg, where Lord Lansdowne's
action Is understood to have been taken as
a material expression of King Edward's
personal messages. There, for the moment,
th matter stands.
Negotiations beyond Lord Lansdowne's
offer have not been communicated and are
not likely to assume any definite phase In
th near future. That Lord Lansdowne has
taken such an Initiative while Great Brit
ain's ally Is still at war with Russia la re
garded as being a somewhat bold and un
expected step, all the more so because It Is
understood here that all the Russians at
St. Petersburg still studiously avoid visit
ing the British embassy.
One of the members of tho diplomatic
corps here on learning what Lord Lans
downe has done, said: "That Is an olive
branch with a vengeance."
Look for lltlmat Settlement.
The Associated Press learns that Great
Britain and Russia secretly negotiated to
the same and eighteen months ago, but the
attempt to draw up an agreement cam to
an abrupt end, "when Lord Lansdowne an
nounced tn th House of Lords that under
no consideration would Russia be allowed
a port on th Persian gulf."
Since then that question has been re
garded as a deadlock. Under the changed
condition and with the good offices of th
French government secured through the re
cant agreement. Lord Lansdowne Is said to
entertain th hop . f an eventual settle-
Tien by which the Anglo-Russian spheres
of Influence throughout the world may be
determined and ths ceaseless and costly
rivalry between th two nations ended for-.
ever. He la also actuated by a strong de
sire to cement the Anglo-French under
standing which, a the Westminster Ga
aette points out, can only be made unmuta
ble by a complete understanding with Rus
sia. "If, In a moment of great difficulty,"
says the Westminster Gasette, "Russia ap
pealed for assistance to France on the pain
of transferring its affections to Germany,
no consideration for us would prevent
France from responding to the appeal, since
an alliance between Germany and Russia
would be a catastrophe for which no un
derstanding with Great Britain would com
pensate It."
Dlntcaltl to Overcome.
' On all aldea here It Is pointed out that
an agreement on outstanding matters with
Russia is far more difficult than th re
cent arrangement with France. The para
mount questions are the delimitation of the
Afghan frontier across to the Persian gulf
and the spheres of Influence In Persia.
Charles Hardinge, the new . British am
bassador, who goes to St, Petersburg at
th beginning of May, has been selected
for his expert knowledge of th Persian
question. It is surmised In well Informed
quarters that Great Britain is willing to
cede to Russia a sphere of Influence In
northern Russia If Russia agrees not to
Interfere In southern Persia.
It Is thought that Russia's request for a
port on the Persian g-ulf never will be
granted, but the Associated Press learns
that Russia lately has exhibited a keen
desire to acquire interest tn Abyssinia so
aa to gain J.ccess to ths Red Sea. This
might be arranged in lieu of a port on
the Persian gulf.
Th emperor. Menellk, It 1 reported here,
has been Informed of th Russian designs
and his amiability tn opening up his coun
try to American enterprises Is attributed
here to his desire to secure American sup
port against any poaslbl Intention on th
part of Russia.
Th dellmlnatlnn of the Afghan frontier
Is not believed to present Insurmountable
difficulties, provided Russia Is willing t
denounce the designs always accredited to
her In Great Britain on th Indian empire.
The questions of the far ssst and th
Balkans are not thought likely to enter
Into the pending negotiations.
EMPEROR WORRIES ABOUT NAVY
Total Uersusy Mast Harry It It
Kseps Ip with th
railed States.
(Coiright, 14. by Press Publishing Co.)
BERLIN, April -(New York World Ca
blegramSpecial Telegram.) On of Em
peror William's recreations on board the
Hohensollern Is work m statistical tables
about ths nsvte of Germany, England and
the United States. When ha returns to
Berlin h will present thess tables In suit
able sttowossn to th Reichstag.
H ta particularly anxious to show th
people's representative that, although th
growth of th Gorman navy has bean ac
celerated. It must be haatensd still mor if
it i to keop pac with th Aowrteaa navy.
Th wipwor 1 convinced that h has
fir batter Material ta ma a bia ship than
xtsts in America. Th men of th coast
district along th Baltic and North seas
ar unsurpassed, In hi estimation as naval
material.
Th number of men la th German fleet
at present is tJ.tal; next yaar it will be
M.4SZ. aad at th close of 1 40.fr) trained,
retiahia men. For a long time th Rus
sian and ths Japanese navies chiefly con
cerned Emperor William as a basis far
soaparisoo. Now It la th' American aary.
THE BEE BULLETIN.
Fareeast
Warssef
for
tefcraaka Fair aaa
ayi Monday Fair.
Pate.
1 Japan trlkea When til Is Reed.
Mart Ceatreverey liter the RIMe.
F.aalaad Holds Oat Olive Branch.
Ijtteat Oot from Scree of War.
S Ran K a forces Demand for Cash.
8 ews from All Parts af 4etraaka.
4 Bridal Trip Wa a Costly Oae.
Rartlrtt sccees Raster oa Bench.
Storm Sahalrfes aad Saa Comes Oat.
It Topics for a Day of Rest.
O Past Week la Omaha Society.
T Affaire at Soath Omaha.
lallnrm System af Aadltlaar.
Proareas af Vaeatlaa Contest.
J Caoaell Blows aad Iowa 4evrs.
Cockraa-B daises Speech la Haass.
Extead Protectorate Over Morocco,
to Saraeat Talks oa Immigration.
Coadltloa af Omaha Trade.
It Flaaarlal aad Commercial.
1 Civil Service at the Stark Yards.
14 Aaiusemeats aad ttasle.
Ill Weekly Review of Sportlag; Events
I Japaaese Are Froaomlcal.
War Makes Brashes Scarce.
18 Editorial.
18 Problems ef a Chore. Body.
Social Charms of Cermaa CapltaL
23 Pecnllarttles Aboat Saleldes.
How Japa Show Their Seatlmeat.
Z4 Railroad Case la Federal Caart.
3S to 40 Tho Illustrated Bee.
Teamperatare at Omaha Yesterdaj
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SUMMARY OF THE WAR NEWS
Rassla Aaaoaaee It Has 44M.noo Mea
la Maachorla at Present
Tim.
(Copyright by New York Herald Co.. 194
NEW YORK. April . (New Tork Her
ald Service Special Telegram to The Bee.)
Russia, keeping Its secrets well, continues
to mass Its troops in Manchuria, where, ac
cording to Its own estimate, It now has
400.C0O men under arms.
General Kouropatkln Is well In touch with
the situation and after a visit to New
Chwang ordered 10.0m) reserves to that
place. The defenses now are said to be
perfect and the visit of the general In
spired fresh confidence In both the military
and civilian residents. In St. Petersburg
the opinion waa expressed that the Japa
nese have missed their opportunity to laud
men at the head of the 14 ao Tung gulf.
Japaneae warships were picked up by
the Port Arthur searchlights, but disap
peared as soon as they were discovered
by the alert lookouts.
A special cable dispatch from Berlin de
clared that the intervention Idea was
scouted, there being no Intention on the
part of any power to interfere between
the belligerents.
MEDIATION IS SCOITKD IX BERIJlf
Oermaay Doe Sot Thlak th Time
I Rip.
(Copyright by New York Herald Co.. 104
BERLIN. April I. (New Tork Herald
Cablegram Special Telegram to The Bee )
Rumors of a possible mediation In the
far east, which have i cached Berlin from
Paris, are received with little favor. Th
position of affairs Is such that Germany
would have no chance of playing a role
In the settlement where it is ambitious and
It has no intention of letting this be car
ried out by France and England, leaving
Germany isolated.
This Is clearly proved by a note in the
Post this evening, which has all the sign
of a Foreign office communication. It de
clares that there can be no hope of media
tion till something decisive Is achieved at
the seat of war.
Dispatches from Bremen state that the
Hamburg American liner Hohensollern has
been sold to Russia. A second telegram
received this evening throws doubt on the
correctness of the statement, but as the
sale of the Fuerst Bismarck waa denied to
the last not much Importance need be at
tached to the denial.
RES1RRECTIO OF THE SAVIOR
I arlvalled Dramatic Effect of Rasslaa
wldalaht Celebration.
BT. PETERSBURG, April . The Rus
sian church and th Russian people at
midnight celebrated th resurrection of th
Savior. For dramatic effect this Russian
Easter service la unrivalled. For this one
night the spirit of genuine democracy
reigns In autocratic Russia. I'pon the ac
claiming of the rising of Christ the great
white rxar salutes with a kiss the sentry
posted at the palace door and the highest
dignitaries and the lowest mujlk exchange
the Joyful tidings wtth equal freedom. In
honor of the greet religious festival
Rusela's capital was adorned and Illumin
ated. Fmm every building hung th na
tional color and tn every window burned
a candle, a privilege permitted only on
this red letter night of th Russian calen
dar. FtrSBIAXS Fit D ROADS DIFFICrI.T
Oatpost at Aslssg Sse Mark Saf
frrlaa; for Faad.
ST PETF.RSBURG. April I A corre
spondent of th Associated Prees with th
Russian outposts, writing from Antung,
on th Talu river. unrtr date of March Is.
describe the fearful stats of th roads
und th Journey from Feng Huang Cheng
to Antung. which he says Is simply Im
passable for vehicle. The correspondent
depicts Antung as a miserable collection
of hovels, th inhabitant of which, on ac
count of th scarcity, cannot afford tlm
bar for fire and us straw Instead. The
country bet ween Feng Huang Cheng and
Antung la sparsely settled. Ti e Chinas
svold th high rosds. preferring tho moun
tain fastnesses. Milk, butter and eggs ar
almost unknown.
RISSIAV PBKSS (iKTfltll BITTKR
Ambassador Met srmlek Tryls t
C'ossteract Keeels;.
PARIS. April .-Priv.tt letters received
her from St. Petersburg art forth the
difficult!- Ambassador McCormick is en
countering owing mainly to th animosi
ties growing out nf th attitude of th
British press toward Rtiaa.a. As a means
of counteracting the anti-American senti
ment, the ambassador ia pursuing a course
similar to that of Ambassador Porter dur
ing tli French antagonism at t!e time of
the Spanish-American war.
General Porter's effort overcame miu h of
the bitterness of the Parisian press and
public and Mr. Mct'ormlrk is adopting sim
ilar tactful mMurra tw rvsiors tn friendly
feeling which caialad until recently.
AUTOS FOR T11E FRONT
Armored Crrriape to B) Used by Bnuia ia
tbo War with Japan.
PREPARING TO RECEIVE BROWN MEI
AtUei Expected on Dew Cbwaog and
Position is Btren jtheied.
TEN THOUSAND RESERVES FOR THE TOWN
Troops Can Be Concentrated Upon Efco-t
ITotioe if Fonnd Necetsarj.
DEFENSE OF NEW CHWANG IS COMPLETE
Japan Orders Pnvterral Warships
Which Will F.xeeed la Streaath
Aaythlaar Owaed by Great
Brltala.
PARIS, April 10 According to th St
Petersburg correspondent of the Journal,
a large number of armored automobiles,
manufactured In Germany, France and
Belgium will leave there for the front on
Monday.
Troops for Faropeaa Frostier.
The St. Petersburg correspondent of the
Echo de Psris telegraphs that a competent
officer there says that Russia Is not weak
ening Its European frontier garrisons ow
ing to the war In the far east, and that
SiO.oon Russian troops will he In Man
churia at the end of May. This officer also
asserts, the correspondent says, that since
the British Thlb-t expedition started the
Turkestan and Caucaslon Russian forces
have been streritthened.
Walt Is for aa Attack.
NEW CHWANG. April 7. via Che Foo,
April 9 General Kotiropatkln's visit to
New Chwang has Inspired boundless con
fidence. The commander-in-chief ordered
lO.ooo reserves to reinforce this position. In
view of the expected Japanese attack, while
an additional force of 1S.O0O men la ready
to concentrate upon this place, at short
n-tlee If necessary. It Is estimated thst
there Is 400,000 Russian troops In Man
churia. General Wogsck has taken over the com
mand at New Chwang from General
Kondratsvltch.
The preparations for the defense of the
town ar complete.
POWERFIX WABSHIPS FOR JAPA
Batteries of British Ballt Ship to
Be Mast Effective.
LONDON. April The two new battle
ships ordered In England by Japan will be
exceedingly powerful, their length. 44S feet,
exceeding that of the most powerful British
battleships by twenty feet. In order to
meet the capacity of docking accommoda
tions ths beam and draught hav been
fixed at seventy-eight feet and twenty-six
feet respectively. Each will hav a dis
placement of 11(00 tona.
Their main batteries. It Is stated, will be
the most powerful yet devised, consisting
each of four twelve-Inch guns, four ten
Inch and five six-leeh guns. Th armored
belt at the water lln will be nine Inches
thick, with six-ineh armor continuing ta
the level of th dock. A new feature will
be a superstructure cf four-Inch armor,
insuring that no part of th upper works
wrn be unprotected
Formal order for these battleship war
placed by Jspan with Tickers, Maxim At
Armstrong on January 30. th orders
being to expedite their construction aa
speedily as possible. They are to hav a
speed of nineteen knots and will be abl to
discharge eleven tons of projectiles per
minute from their main batteries.
In addition to the two battleship ac
tually ordered Japan la contemplating or
dering two mor vessel of that description
to be built here.
nOPF, FOR PEACE DrRRG EASTER
Raaslaaa Fear Bells and Gaaa Will
Soaad Toarether. ,
ST. PETERSBURG. April (.Great prep
arations are making for the big Easter
feasts aftor midnight tonight. Thia morn
ing at 4 o'clock In all the orthodox churches
occurred the ceremony of the burial of
Christ. Preceded by the clergy bearing
lanterns and silver rrosaes, representing
the crucifixion end carried on their shoul
ders, the bishops and deacons passed
around the outside of th churches, fol
towed by a long funeral procession, after
which the croeee were bora Inside and
were deposited In the sepulchers. During
the day there were no services tn th
churches, which remained completely dark,
save for a few stray, lighted candles.
Nevertheless they were constantly filled
with people, many of them prostrated In
prsver.
All th papers express th hope that th
sound of th church bells st F-astsrtldo
b not broken by the booming of gun at
Port Arthur. Th Llstok says:
"Let us hope that the God of pear will
soften th hearts of our foes at least on
Easter morning."
SAILORS ABE CALLED TO SHIPS
Rassla Pats Naval Reserve aa Baard
Boat at Horn.
ST. PETsTRSTtURG. April S.-Tha naval
mobilisation was gaseted today. It refer
only to officers and men of th reserve kt
European Russia and net to ships. Th
mobilisation Is due to th necessity for
providing full crews for th Black sea
und Baltlo fleets, which will g Into com
munion at th opening of navigation. It
Is sn open secret now that arvaral thou
sands ef sailor belonging to these fleets,
which had been laid up for th winter,
wer sent to Vladivostok or Port Arthur
to supply the places of tlm sxpired men.
as well as the placea nf tbo wounded or
otherwise Incapacitated. Th men newcailed
ut will also be used to furnish an ade
quate reserve when tl. European fleet go
Into commission. In a few day tho of
the reserves called t th colors who ar
nisty will b plad on board th ships
which ars to remain her, while th offi
cers and men who have seen active servir
will b concentrated on board th ship
which ar designed to reinforce Vir Ad
miral ih.kajv.rf during the coming um
u:cr. JtPAtKSE AD (rtHKItl PI.K4SF.D
rratlste Farh Other oa Retreat
af Rasslaa Parses.
BKOUL. April I. The Japanese minister.
M. Ilayaahl, today officially communicated
to the Cores a Foreign ffflc th fsct cf
th retirement of the Russian troop aeries
ths Talu rrvkr ar.d th Japanese occupation
of the frontier, which resulted In an x
change of mutual congratulations. M.
Hayashi also requested th Corssn govara
Biaut to instruct Its prsUcta aiong th raaV