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DEFENDS THE SULTAN
British Ehiek al Islam Raises Voice for
Turkish Ruler in a Meeting.
QUILLIAM FEARS WAR MAY BE CAUSED
Sayi Riselutioni by Britons Are Likely to
Make Trouble in Balkans.
LARGE MEETING IS HELD IN LONDON
Speakers lold Great Britain Responsible
for the Macedonian Situation.
TURKEY IS PREPARING FOR TROUBLE
Hrin that Insurrection U Planned,
Calls Out Rturrfi and
Munitions of War
Macedonia.
LIVERPOOL. March 4.-(8peclal Cable
gram to .The Bee.)-At a public meeting
held her this week the bishop of Liverpool
proposed a resolution viewing with Indigna
tion the continuance of anarchy and
atrocity in Armenia and Macedonia, and
calling upon the government to take effec
tive steps to put an end to the present In
tolerable state pf things.
Charlea Buschell had seconded the motion
and It vti Just about to be put when Mr.
Qullllam. who la known in Turkey as
"Sheik Abdullah Qullllam Bey Effendl,"
mused an uDroar by arising and opposing it
on the same grounds of "humanity and
honor," which had prompted the bishop to
propose it. Amid many Interruptions he
nlctuitd the sultan's solicitude for the edu
..!,, .1 ailvancnment of the people, said
that most of the outrages had been com
mitted by Bulgarian revolutionaries and
described the resolution as Impudent and
calculated to force a war ' between Bui
garla and Turkey. The resolution waa car
ried with many dissensions.
Meeting at London.
LONDON, March 4. (Special Cablegram
to The Bee.)-A well attended conference
on the Macedonian question, convened by
the Balkan committee, was held this week
at the Westminster Pulace hotel. Lord
Btanmore presided, and amongst those pres
ent were the bishop of Hereford, iiOra
Lytton, I.ord Monteagle, Lady F. Caven
dish. Sir T. F. Baxton, Sir Henry Law
rence and the following members of Parlia
ment: Mr. Bryce, Mr. Allen, Mr. Bond, Mr,
Channing, Mr. Emmott, Herbert Glndstone,
Sir Brampton Gurdon, Sir A. Hayter, Bryn
mor Jones, Sir J. Knenaway, F. S. Steven
son, H. Crawford Smith, Herbert Samuel,
Mr. Whitley and Mr. Toulmln.
The chairman said it was now well estab
lished that the state of things in Mace
donia was intolerable, and that this nation
was to a great extent responsible for It
Things were Just as bad now as they .were
a year ago perhaps worse. It was true
. that there was a certain calm upon the
surface, but below the surface there were
to be found every kind of oppression- and
misery. Those who had the control of the
Macedonian bands deserved credit for the
manner In which they had repressed prema
ture action and armed Insurrection. That
i quiescence, such as It was, was due to the
trust which those that suffered had placed
In the promises of the British nation and
i those of the other great powers to go to
their aid. This was no party matter; It was
In no way to subserve the ends of the op
position; It was not the work of a party to
support the government. Most of them be
llevcd that the government had erred, If It
had erred, on the side of caution, and that
it well might have spoken out with greater
force. He believed the government was now
of opinion, however, that the time for cau
tlon had almost passed, and he was of opin
ion that the time was at hand when they
would see Great Britain In concert with the
other great powers step forward and say
that the present state of things must not
continue. It was a danger that could not
be overrated, and It was their duty as a
European nation and in the interest of
European peace to assist In bringing about
a better state of things.
Why Conference Was Called.
Noel Buxton, chairman of the Balkan
committee, stated the reasons which had
Induced the committee to call a confer
ence at the present time. He said ths
they had now arrived at a point at which
the situation was one bf desperation
Bloodshed had increased and they had it
on the highest authority that the condi
tion of things had been made worse by
the disasters to the Russian army and by
the fall of Port Arthur.
The reforms, which all along to thoe
who knew the situation, were nothing bet
ter than a solemn farce were now being
characterised an a dead letter, and such
they were. Another reason that had in
duced them to convene the conference
was Lord Lansdowne's promise that he
would take fur reaching and drastic meas
ures when the time came. The consensus
of opinion was that It had arrived. It
hud been their endeavor not to act In
hostility to the Foreign office, but by sup
porting diplomatic action. He read Lord
Lansdowne's letter to Mr. Bryce, and
aid they now know that an attempt was
in progress to Introduce real reform.
Mr. Herbert Gladstone, M. P., moved
the first resolution, as follows:
"That this conference, viewing the con
tinuance of misrule In Armenia unt Mace
donia as a dtxgrace. to, civilised Europe,
affirm the direct responsibility of Great
Britain In particular and the other great
powers for the establishment of order in
thoss countries.",
Ho said this was not a question of
politics; they were, not there to put pres
sure on the government as politicians, but
to strengthen the government's hands in
what they believed to be a real naUonnl
duty and a real national work. Great
Britain bore a responsibility In this mat
ter from which there was no escape.
Hopes Are Dashed.
' By the treaty of San Stefano hopes were
held out to the Macedonian people that
they would get liberty and they might
look forward to the establishment of set
tled order and free Institutions. But the
treaty of Berlin dashed their hopes to the
ground. By that treaty the great powers
of Europe showed to the world that they
realised that they were responsible. They
inok the responsibility then and they could
K escape from the consequences of their
oUua now. This nation has also a re
onalbility In connection with the Arme
nians, for by the Anglo-Turkish convention
Ureal Britain In particular undertook re
sponsibility for the wellbelng of Asiatic
Turkey. They looked to Bulgaria to act
with wisdom,- backed. If necessary, by
strength.
Mr. Bond. M. P.. In seconding the motion,
said that the feeling which events in Mace
donia had railed forth was not confined
to one section of the community, but ex-
RISH POLITICS GROW WARM
nlonlsta (hsrie UoTernraent with
Fooling Them and Dunraven
Offers an Explanation.
BELFAST, March 4.-(Speclal Cablegram
to The Bee )T. L. Corbett, M. P., address
ing a meeting of his constituents at Com
ber this week, said a charge had been
made against him that he had voted against
the laborers bill, and he was not ashamed
to say that he had opposed the measure to
the very best of his ability. He believed
the bill to be like too many measures in
troduced by the Irish government a sham.
In that bill Mr. Wyndham deliberately
broke the solemn pledge given to the unlon
sist members that he would deal-with the
grievances of Ulster laborers. He was
roud to be a supporter of the unionist gov
ernment, but at the same time he could
not hide from himself the fact that of
late its advisers had shown a tendency to
favor the south at the expense of the
north, and that tendency was largely due
to the Influence of Sir Arthur MacLKmnell.
The unionist members were to hold a meet
ing on the day Parliament opened, and
the question of the under secretary for
Ireland would be discussed during the de
bate on the address. lie said, with a. full
sense of the gravity of the words, that
either Sir Arthur MacDonnell must go or
the government must go. The situation
was very serious, but there was a gleam of
light In the attitude taken by a large num
ber of English members and by the London
unionist press A few days ago, when he
was crossing from France, ho met a con
servatlve member of the House of Com
mon.1, who told hlin that he believed that
the question raised by the I'lster members
would be the gravest In the next session
of Parliament.
Subsequently, replying to questions sub
mitted by farm laborers and artisans, Mr.
Corbett said he h;id never gone back on
his views regarding compulsory purchase.
At the moment he thought all the money
available was being spent on voluntary pur
chase, but the time would come when, If
any landlord still held out, they would
have to be compelled to sell on fair terms.
As regards houses for workingmen, he
had always held that It was the right of the
laborers to have dwellings provided at a
fair and Just rent, and that power should
be given them to buy out their tenancies at
an equitable price.
In the Ulster hall, Belfast, this week
Lord Dunraven delivered an adress on
Devolution." Mr. L. T. Crosby presided.
Lord Dunraven said that there was noth
ing finite In the proposals of the Irish Re
form association. They suggested a cer
tain Idea and desired a royal commission to
carry it out and perfect it. Orangemen
had condemned devolution without examin
ing. The members of the Reform associa
tion were not home rulers; they insisted
upon the maintenance of the union. It was
true, however, that the union had not been
Justified by results. They should And out
the cause of that and make the union
Justify Itself by results. They must also
consider the effect of the fiscal policy on
the country, and there must be a large ex
tension of the local self-government. He
wanted to see the country so much devel
oped that the people would be able to pay
the present taxation. He then explained In
detail- the Reform" association's ' schenje.
He maintained mat parliament couia not
deal' with the work at present, and he
named certain classes of bills which could
be better considered in Dublin than in
London.
DUBLIN, March 4. (Special Cablegram
to The Bee) Lord Dunraven's address on
the reform of Irish government lias re
vived a certain amount of Interest In the
affairs of the Reform association. The
Irish Times Infers that the association has
not gained new recruits during the last few
months. It advises the association to con
centrate Its immediate attention on the im
provement on Irish private bill legisla
tion, on which other reforms might fol
low. Meanwhile tho government Itself
might take In hand the Dublin castle sys
tem and ascertain how best to remove the
drawbacks to the present multiplicity of de
partments. The Freemen's Journal wel
comes Lord Duurnven's Indictment of the
present system, but says that no reform
can be effective which does not give Ire'
land the control of Its own taxation.
During a discussion at a meeting of the
Castlebar Board of Guardians on the dis
tress in County Mayo this week a letter
was read from a representative rate payer
in Aehlll Island, stating that the distress
In the Island was by no means as acute as
some persons supposed. In one recent
week seventeen marriages took place In a
single parish. In one caso a bride of the
"poorer class" had a fortune of 16(10 and
$1U0 was paid for the wedding. The let
ter stated, on the authority of an Islander,
that a man pomiessed of twenty head of
cattle was on the outdoor relief.
TALK OF TREATIES
International Arbitration 8nbject of Con
siderable Comment at Present Time.
LITTLE HOPE OF IMMEDIATE SUCCESS
One Speaker Believes that Agitation Will
Eventually Accomplish Its Object.
LONDON TIMES ON AMERICAN SENATE
Finds Some Excuse for Men Wbe Amended
Agreements ofYxecutiie.
FAILURE OF TREAIilS IS REGRETTED
Refuses to Accept Literally Expres
sion of President as to Effect
on General Subject (
Arbitration.
LONDON, March 4.-(Speclal Cablegram
to The Bee.) Mr. Leonard Courtney deliv
ered an address at Essex hall, Strand, this
week under the auspices of the Cobden
club on "The Growth of International Ar
bitration." Mr. Courtney described International ar
bitration as the organised methods of se
curing peace by enforcing Justice between
political communities. Free trade und
peace were Inseparably connected with one
another; free trado supported the cause of
peace, and without peace the posalbl.liy of
tree trade was very slight. If the vast
country which was practically In the far
east could be recognized as open freely to
all the commerce o the world, how great
would be the destruction, of the motive
which excused and in the eyes of many
Justified the war?
Arrangements for the settlement of inter
national uisputes by reference to arbltra
tlon Involved at least the consideration that
on started from a situation where each
Dower recognised the other power as sub
stantlally holding a well defended and well
Justified position. Of late treaties of ar
bitration had come Into existence by which
the parties to them did not agree to refer
the specific question In dispute to arbltra'
tlon, but which referred to unknown and
prospective and contingent disputes in the
future. In such treaties there are great
and permanent difficulties. The Congress
of The Hague, as far as the Russo-Japanese
war was concerned, had apparently
proved an absolutely dead letter. However,
In some further development the recom
mendatlon made to the other powers by the
congress to Interpose with offers of media
tion might become practicable.
President Roosevelt had done his best to
make the court established by the con
gress effective. Only recently, however,
they had read that the senate of the
United States had taken action which
threatened to nullify the treaties which had
been agreed upon between the executive
government of the United States and seveiu
teen European powers.
Tk. VAnBMl ..tahll.limant rt A trlhlinJll
which should Adjudicate upon all questions "" "u'1 ul lne 10 n'
that might arise between nations was not befor crowded audience of the Royal
at present In sight. The utmost that could Geographical society this week. Those who
h nn w. .n ohtln from an interna-I had expected that Colonel Younghusbahd
tlonal tribunal so constituted" some occa
sional expression of opinion to which defer
ence might be paid. But treaties between
separate states might be multiplied. He
augured the best from the development
of these separate treaties, which threat
ened to bring within their scope all the
civilised powers of Europe.
Comment by the Times.
Commenting on the action of the United
States senate, the Times this week said:
The decision of the senate muBt causa re
gret to all the friends of arbitration, and
particularly to Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Hay,
who have exerted themselves so strenuously
and with so much pers.-verenee In the pro
motion of this metnoa ror me rnenoiy set
tlement of international disputes. We need
not, perhaps, accept Mr. Kooseveit s state
AFRICAN ROADS WOULD POOL
Present Tronbles Are Said to Be Doe
to Competition for
Baslness.
JOHANNESBURG, March 4-8pecIal Ca
blegram to The Bee'.)-The interim report
of the Inter-coionlal railway conference,
held recently In Johannesburg, Is published.
The conference was attended by delegates
from the four colonies, while Portuguese
representatives were also present, but did
not vote.
The position of railway matters In South
Africa Is as follows: Cape Colony, with
ports at East London and Port Elizabeth;
Natal, with Durban, and Delagoa bay, are
all catering for the traffic to the Transvaal.
Delagoa bay, being the nearest port, enjoys
the advantage of the cheaper railway rates,
partly modified, however, by the cost of
extra sea freight. If Delagoa bay were
able to cope with all the Transvaal .traflla
It would entirely cut out the coast colonies.
At the present moment it Is only able to
take a limited amount, and the object of
Cape Colony and Natal must be to keep
this amount limited. The Transvaal claims
the right to Import goods In the cheapest
manner; the coaat colonies, which are de
pendent to a great extent on their railway
revenues, claim some recognition as British
states. A modus vlvendi with Mozambique
fixes the proportion to be kept between
through rates on the Delagon bay line and
those on the Cape and Natal lines. The
object of the present conference Is to re
duce this proportion. Certain reductions
have been agreed upon, but the recommen
dations of the conference muBt be submitted
to the various governments concerned, and
first to the Portugese government. The
adoption of the proposals would abstract
more traffic to the British ports, but
would not be likely to uffect the cost of
living In the Transvaal.
A further recommendation was passed to
the effect that the conference Is of the
opinion that the only satisfactory solu
tion of the question relating to throufth
ratea and other matters in which the In
ternets of the several railway systems
conflict Is to be found in the common man
agement of at least the through lines,
their receipts being pooled and profits be
ing divided on a llxed asls.
The proceedings of the conference em
phasize the extreme difficulty of harmoniz
ing the conflicting interests of the different
railway systems, but frequent consulta
tions between the colonies on these lines
are the only possible means of bringing
about ultimate unification. The anxiety
of the Cape on the subject of through
traffic may be gauged by the fact that
Cape lines are now carrying only 17 per
cent of the Transvaal trade. Before the
Netherlands railway was built they car
ried S5 per cent. The arrangement with
the Netherlands railway was for 33 per
MUKDEN IS BURNING
fieport that Bussians Are Destroying Stores
Preparatory to Retreating.
LOSSES PLACED AT SEVENTY THOUSAND
Japs Making Effort to Cnt Bussian Line of
Communication.
KOUROPATKIN MAY BE SURROUNDED
YOUNGHUSBAND ON THIBET
Speaker Says that Rella-lon of
Country Is Degraded Form
of Buddhism.
LONDON, March 4. (Special Cablegram
to The Bee.) Colonel Sir Frank
Younghusband read a 'wper on "The Qeo-
would' make some reference to the attitude
of Mr. Broderick and the India office to
ward the terms, of the treaty signed at
Lhassa were disappointed. The paper was
merely a picturesque description of the
country through which the expedition
passed, some of the obstacles It had to con
tend with and the vasclllatlng and childish
people with whom It had to deal.
The leading men of Lhassa ColonelYoung
husband describes as "appallingly Ignorant
and Inconceivably unbusinesslike. They
were almost Invariably polite and they were
genial. The humblest little Joke was enough
to set them off laughing, and I do not recall
separating at the close of a single Inter
view of nil the many we had at Lhasa 1
with any feeling of ill temper.'
ment mat me auopuon 01 me arcenuiiieiil Imnnrtunt snnerstitlon that rvlnnt
would be a step backwards and not a step I ono important superstition that Colonel
forward In a literal sense. We note with I Younghusband overthrew was as to the
gratification the assurance of the senators religion of the Thibetans. "They are," he
FREE TRADERS HOLD MEETING
Resolutions Are Adopted Against Any
Change In Present British
Fiscal Policy.
(Continued on Third Page.)
LONDON, March t.-(Special Cablegram
to The Bee) The following resolution was
unn'i n.oui) paused by the 1 xecutlve m
mlttee of the Free Trade league at its
meeting held this week:
The Free Trade league is an association
of unionist, lluicW .111,1 lalior politicians
and of co-operators and men who belong to
no political party, who are working togoinur
for the maintenance of the exlstbig free
trade liscil policy of the I nlted kingdom.
The liberal and labor candidates for l'arila-mt-nt
at Its approaching general election
are practically all froe traders, and they
are receiving the loyal support of unionist
free tradura. The Free Trade league feel
that as a bare act of Justice the candidates
of ail unionist free traders who are opposed
to protectionists should be supported. The
unionist free traders are the men who are
called upon to sacrifice party ties and
political prospects. They are the men who
have saved, the nation from protectionist
enactments, which it would have been dim
cult to reverse. Under these circum
stances the Free Trade league thinks it is
tukillied in appealing to all liberals, and
liberal associations, at any rate, where
liberal candidates were not already In-fore
the constituencies when Mr. Chamberlain
and Mr. Balfour began their campaign for
the reversal of the fiscal policy, to support
unionist tree trade candidates, and thus
part of the debt labor and liberal candi
dates in -hundreds of constituencies
throughout the kingdom owe to the whole
hearted support of unionist free trade elec
tors. FRANCE MAY YET- USE FORCE
Little Progress Is Mow Being Made
In Settling Matters In
Morocco.
TANGIERS, March t.-(8peclal Cable
gram to The Bee.) There Is no doubt what
ever that Morocco has endeavored by every
means to put aside the proposals made by
France.
The French minister has. however. In
formed the sultan that France Is not dis
posed to enter upon Idle discussions, and
has declared that If necesaary Franca will
even employ force and pei-haiis occupy
Oujda, the first stage on the road from
Algeria to Fei. France la determined to
attain Its end without allowing Itself to
be checked by any difficulties.
wnn insisted UDOn It that they were not
animated in the course they, took by un
friendliness to any power. That we very
fully credit, and the fact that the change
was Introduced Into all tho treaties aiixe
and that it Was first inserted in the treaty
with France 1 evidence of the senators'
impartiality. They made It, tney say, be
cause they felt bound to affirm what they
held to be sound constitutional doctrine
upon the subject. From the standpoint of
abstract constitutional theory, they have a
good deul to urge in favor of their action.
No doubt seems to be possible as to their
legal right to make the amendment they
have made. The president himself admits
that right without question In his letter to
Mr. Cullum. No doubt seems possible that
by ratifying the general arbitration treaties
which would work, they would to some ex
tent renounce or delegate to the executive
the constitutional right of ratification 111
eaoh Individual case which they have ex
ercised hitherto. The reluctance of any
legislative body, or indeed, of any cor
porate body, to relinquish any of Its legal
and traditional privileges is easy to under
stand, and may in many circumstances and
In many respects be highly commendable.
The senators, like members of other bodies
with perpetual succession, have duties to
ward their successors as well as to them
selves. They may plead that, deep as la
their devotion to the principles of arbitra
tion and strong as Is their deiire to uphold
It they are bound In this case by another
obligation which they regard as yet more
sacred their obligation to maintain unim
paired the rights and privileges of the sen
ate under the constitution.
UNEMPLOYED ARE IMPATIENT
Men at London Talk of Trouble
Which May Come to
Country.
LONDON, March 4. (Special Cablegram
to The Bee.) A demonstration of unem
ployed was held iu Trafalgar square this
week, convened by the Social Democratic
federation for the purpose of appointing a
deputation to attend the House of Com
mons to demand granta from the exchequer
In aid of the unemployed. About 3,000 men
were present. One contingent marched up
with a band of drums and tin whistles,
playing "The Marseillaise."
J. E. Williams of the Social Democratic
federation, harangued the crowd from the
base of the Nelson column.
"If our deputation Is not received," he
said, "before the present session ends, there
will be such scenes in London as have
never been witnessed before." .
They had better die by hundreds In the
streets, as did the workers In St. Petersburg,
than allow the present misery and starva
tion to be perpetuated.
The deputation was going to the House,
and If they were stopped by force of arms
they would attend night after night until
they got a hearing. He would sooner die
righting than die hungry.
He would like to see all the demonstrators
assemble outside the House of Commons.
They ought to show the members that If
they did not legislate on behalf of the un
employed their lives would be In danger.
The time had come for revolt, and the
whole of Europe should listen to what was
going to happen on this unemployed ques
tion. Some of the speeches were so threatening
that the police took long note of them,
f
st 1 id, "still, to all Intents and purposes,
demon worshipers. Their religion Is gro
tesque and la the most degraded, not the
purest, form or Buddhism In existence."
A scientific discovery of great Interest
was made during the stay of the expedi
tion at Khamba Jong. A bed of fossil
oysters was discovered, from which Mr.
Maydon of the Geological Survey surmised
that 2,000,000 or 3,000,000 years ago Thibet was
below a sea which washed around the base
of the Himalayas.
ORDERS SUPPLIED FOR CASH
Berlin Dealer Arrested for Selling
Spurious Decorations and
Patents.
BERLIN, March 4. (Special Cablegram
to The Bee.) 8lglsmund Olchowskl, a man
of 73, was charged In the criminal court
this week with frauduently trafficking in
orders of decorations. From correspondence
which passed between Olchowskl and his
agents, It appears that a regular scale of
charges was made for supposed decora
tions. Thus the cross of Maria was fixed
at $300, the Maltese cross at 1750 and the
Grand Cross of San Marino, with stars,
at 11.800.
The order of Knights of St. John of Malta
was specially selected for Olchowskl's
manipulations, and a gorgeous uniform of
scarlet with cocked hat and golden spurs
was considered a very tempting bait for
the public. A wealthy Viennese banker
pand $7,600 for thlB order. In another case
a merchant from Bremen, whose wife very
much desired her husband to become a
Roumanian consul, after having parted
with about $2,500, became suspicious and
caused the present action to be taken by
the public prosecutor.
DOCTORS GO ON A STRIKE
French Physicians Object to Punish
ment Indicted I'pon Hospital
lorgeon at Dijon.
PARIS, March 4. (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) A strange condition of affairs
Is reported to exist In the Central hos
pitol of Dijon, in eastern France.
Recently the house Burgeon on duty
asked one of the visiting surgeons to re
place him, but he, having something else
to do, substituted a medical student.
The latter became Intoxicated and cre
ated a scandal in the wards, and next day
the Board of Directors suspended the two
surgeons for a fortnight and refused to
pay them during that period.
This meamire. In the opinion of the other
members of the medical staff, was too re
vers, and tne remaining House surgeons
left the hospital in a body, while the visit
lug surgeons refused to replace them.
The hoapltal Is, therefore, without 1
single doctor- and the patients are de
pendent upou the aureus and (Sisters of
Mercy
Report from Berlin that His Ceiter Has
Been Pierced.
NIPPONESE MARCHING ON MUKDEN
Alleged Official Report from Russian
Commander Says His Position
Is One of Extreme
Danger.
NEW CHWANO, March 4.-7 p. m. (Via
Tien Tsin.) According to the latest reports
received here the Russians are burning
Mukden station and their stores prepara
tory to a retreat. There are persistent re
ports that the Russian left has been suc
cessful, but that their right Is panics; icken.
One hundred Japanese cavalry arrived
from the north this afternoon. They ex
changed shots with Russian scouts In the
outskirts of the town. Two hundred Cos
sacks are northeast, moving north. The.
Japanese are scouring the countryside.
Japs Knveloplng Mukden.
NEW CHWANQ, March 4. noon. Via
Tien Tsln. Arrivals from the Mukden road
report that the Japanese are enveloping
the city and that Its fall Is imminent.
A strong force U moving southeast from
Fakumen. General Nogi Is advancing
north along the Lino river. The Japanese
on Friday cut off a Russian division, foul
squadrons of Cossacks and twenty-six
guns, endeavoring to regain Mukden. The
Russians were routet and they retreated
toward Tie pass, abandoning their wounded.
The Japanese raid on Sinmlntln drew
reinforcements from tho Russian sta
tions on the Mukden trail to the city,
which is threatened, and all the outposts
had been recalled to strengthen its de
fense. At 10 o'clock this morning a Russian
division encountered Japanese scouts near
Loaplen, tweleve miles from Mukden. The
Russians slowly advanced two miles over
a scrub-covered plain. They then en
countered an Increasing force of Japanese
advancing in the face of a driving dust
storm. At close range thirty guns began
discharging- shrapner at the Russians, who,
becoming demoralised, were ordered to re
tire to Tie pass.
The Russian retreat, which began at E
o'clock In the afternoon, developed into
a rout. The wounded were left on the
field. The Japanese were not In sufficient
force to envelop the Russians and a run
ning fight toward the north followed.
The Russians, It is reported, lost five
officers and 200 men killed. The Japanese
loss is unknown.
Japs Win Signal Victory.
GENERAL KUROKl'S HEADQUAR
TERS IN THE FIELD, March 4. Via
Ku8an. The Japanese have gained a sig
nal victory beyond the Hun river, defeat
ing In detail two divisions of the Russian
Sixteenth corps with great slaughter and
capturing huge quantities of ammunition.
The Russians still hold their main line
of defense.
The Russians, fighting stubbornly between
midnight and daybreak, made four attacks
In heavy force against the contingent of
Japanese which gained their tiiat line in
front of Waltao mountain Thursday night.
The Japanese maintained . their footnold
and repulsed the Russian attacks, Inflict
ing heavy losses on the Russians. The
Japanese held the ground two nights and
one day in weather below lreesing. The
morale of the Japanese troops is splendid.
Humors ot Kussiun Defeat..
ST. PliTKKSBURU, March t General
Kouropatkiu reports mat the uutans
nave been compelled to evacuate tneii' po.-
uun at ijautu puAat.
The batue raging at the front has as
sumed eucrmoua proportions, ureauy one
or the Associate! ri uutsian corre
spondents places the Russian losses at mi.uuu
men unu tnose 01 the Japanese at tu.wu.
it is audea tnai the attempt 10 uraw s
net urouna Uenerai ivouroyjjkui has no.
yet succeeded, but it is Etna that the
Japanese iroiu mnmintln are attempting
by forced inarches to cut the KujMtan i.nu
01 communications.
May Surround Kouropatkiu.
General nuroki, according to I lie iates.
tepotitt, is sutueu by toe ii-aaian iclt, nut
ti.e .uusblau ciuer is yie.atug siuwly ue.o.
the JapUa.CBc oiislaugnts.
Oil lUUital x-.uiu JLUU'Siku Uaina
aliuieu 1 no weight to ius ten, keeking tu
Biivoiope tne Russian rigiu eigut loiiua
uuuiuwvut ui Mu.uon. iit me tnuuuy uauu-
to-llaiiu iiguung winch toiiowou aau cuii
tinueu lot- nours the losses on bom aiues
weie enormous. Hut Uie most serious
news is the report Wial the Japanese tiaus
li.g column at oiuminun, about uni ty iniies
weal of Muituun, has alviueu, pail of it
moving siraigtu east to roll up tne itusalau
rigiil wing, wiuie tne othsr is making
toiced matches north, wun tne eviuum
purpose ot cutting ma .Russian line ot
communication wim Tie pans and closing
tne liiie ot .retreat. Should the operation
prove successtul, the Rusaian army might
be surrounded
Mukdea is Threatened.
BERLIN, March 4. A dispatch to the
Tageblatt from St. Petersburg says:
General Kouropaikln, In a telegram
which arrived here at 7 o'clock last even
ing, said 'MiMM Japanese bad broken
llirough the Russian left wing and they
wens cut off from the remainder of the
armv.
At 10 o'clock came another dispatch
from General Kujropatkin, which read;
"The Jupuneae ait marching on Mukden.
My position in tjkiruniely dangerous."
Japanese 'Ihrvuten Vladivostok,
VLADIVOSTOK. March 4. Two thou
sand Japanese 1, cops have landed at Slien
gudshln, northward of Curea, to which
place they were conveyed by steamers
fiom warships. A flotilla or torpedo boats
covered the landing.
THE BEE BULLETIN.
Forecast for Xeliranka Fair HasiUrl
folder In West Portion. Monday
Fair.
JKW! K( TIO
1 Hrlton Itcfrnds Tnrklah Saltan.
Tnlk of Intcrnatlonnl Arbitration.
Hnaalaai Arc Ileitis; Driven Rack.
Iluntcvrlt Inauanratcd President.
evrs from All Parts of Nebraska.
S Latest In the Stanford Cnse.
Sews from the Army Posts.
Past Week In Omaha Society.
Women In Inn and Charity.
7 Redemption of School Honda.
tsar's Rescript Well Received.
K. Mrs. C handler's l ife Wrecked.
Aflnlrs at Sonth Omaha.
O C ouncil Bluffs , nnd Iowa Kews.
EDITORIAL SkVtIOX
11 Problem of Itnllioad Hates.
Grain Hate War Is Settled,
12 Kditorlal.
17 Financial and Commercial.
HALF-TOMS SECTION
1 Father Schell and Ills Work.
Stories About Prominent People,
Omaha lllith School (ilee Cluh.
2 Plays, Players and Playhouses.
Musical Jfm and Comment.
S "Return of Sherlock Holmes."
4 Clericals In Labor I'nlon Counsels.
lew Thlnars In Ratslna Tobacco,
tiasollne Motors on Hallronds.
5 Mew Ideas of Corn Production.
Achievements of a llllnd Student.
6 In the Domain of Woman.
7 Sportlnsr (iosslp of the Week.
H Homanllc Features of Wedding's.
COLOR SECTION
t Buster Brown.
2 White House Tnhle Flowers.
From !enr nnd Fnr.
8 Love-.Maklntc of n Crown Prince.
4 Artists' Portraits of Their Mothers.
Trad Ins; Stninpa with Husbands.
B Hlack Hftni Flshlnsr as finmullnK.
Klrls with Japanese Eyes.
I.ncky Wires of Millionaires,
7 Top o the Mornln',
8 l.ncy nnd Sophie Say Hoodhye.
Alice Does Some Plumbing;.
The Second Mrs. Stlmpnon.
Hints for Ilusy Housekeepers.
10 Beauty on the Stage,
BEGINS
OWN
HIS
TERM
Temperature at Omaha Ycsterdayi
Hour. Dear. Hour. Ilea".
a. m ail 1 p, m 44
n. m atl 2 p. m 4l
7 a. m HO 3 p. m 4i
8 n ' 4 p. m 41)
n. m 40 v 5 p. m BO
10 a. m 42 ' O p. m 4H
11 a. in 4:t 7 p. m 441
12 ni 47
FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS ENDS
House and Senate Adjourn This
Morning After Hearing-
Few Reports.
WASHINGTON, March 4.-The house ad
journed sine die today after a session of
less than two hours, whose chief feature
was the presentation of a massive silver
loving cup to Speaker Cannon by the en
tire membership of the house and a cup
to John Sharp. Wllllaina by the -democratic
minority. A conference on the bill pro
hibiting the selection of timber land In lieu
of lands in forest reserves was agreed to,
Anally passing the bill. Chairman Hemen
way of the appropriations' committee made
a statement that the total appropriations
of the f scssslon were $697,048,104 and the
estimated receipts for the next fiscal year
1726,580,615. There would be no dellctt, he
announced. Committees of visitors to the
military and naval academies and to the
Lewis and Clark exposition In Portland,
Ore., were appointed.
The chief feature of the senate's session
today was the Induction into office of Vic
President Fairbanks and tne swearing into
office of quite a number of senators-elect,
the new senators being: Bulkley, Con
necticut; Burkett, Nebraska; Carter, Mon
tana; Dick, Ohio; Flint, California; Hem
enway, Indiana; Nixon, Nevada; Piles,
Washington; Sutherland, Utah; Taliaferro,
Florida, and Rayner, Mnryland.
Others sworn In were senators who have
been re-elected.
Senator Allison made his annual state
ment of aprpoprlatlons. It differed some
what from the republican statement In the
house of representatives. Mr. Allison ex
pressed the opinion that the deficit for the
fiscal year beginning next July would not
be greater than that for the current fiscal
year.
PLANS TO BREAK DEADLOCK
Some Democrnts Say They Will Vote
for Kesens Republicans May
Support Corkrell.
JEFFERSON C1TV, Mo.. March 4. In
the hotel lobbies tonight conversation
among the legislators was concentruted on
the senatorial deadlock situation nnd It
became noised about that there Is a possl
blllty of the. democrat 8 taking a hand In
the settlement by voting for R. C. Kerens
for I'nlted States senator to succeed I
M. Cockrell, whose term expired today.
Many democrats made the assertion that
with the expiration of Cockrell's term
they have discharged their caucus obllga
tlon to him; that he Is friendly to tho
president and is likely to accept a good
position tendered him by the president,
A prominent democratic member of the
house, who declined to have his name used
made tho following statement:
I would not be surprised next week to
see about fifteen democrats cait their votes
for Klchard J. Kerens. I have talked with
some, of them who think the time has
come when the senatorial matter hould
be. settled and, since we are not able to
elect a democrat, I believe we should do
the next best thing and support Mr.
Kerens.
In the event this plan is attempted, It
Is asserted that some of the Nledrlnghaus
supporters may Join the democrats In vot
ing to end the deadlock. One prominent
republican member of the house stated
tonight that he would work along the
lines of any plan which might end the
deadlock by the election of a republican
senator, and falling in this and before
he would aee the legislature adjourn with
out having elected a successor to Senator
Cockrell he would support Senator Cock
rell for re-election. It Is generally con
ceded that active measures will be taken
next week to end the deadlock.
Movements of Ocean Vessels March 4
At New York Arrived: La Lorraine, from
Havre.
At Antwerp Arrived: Klngstonlnn, from
Philadelphia. Sailed: Finland, for New
York.
At St. Mlchaeltt-Arrived: Republic, from
new lorn.
At Cherbourg Sailed: New York, for New
yoric.
At Genoa Arrived: Sicilian, from New
York.
At Bremen Sailed: Main, for New York.
At Rotterdam Hailed : Kooi dum. for New
York. Arrived: La (Jascogne, from New
Yoik.
Al Olaatfow Arrived: Cotean, fiom New
York, balled: Hainiiritau. for itoMnn.
At Liverpool Sailed : Kohemlim, for Hus
ton; I'mbria, for New Voik. Arilved. Cam
pania, fiom New York.
At Southampton Hailed: New York, for
New York Arrived: Ht. I-ouis, fiom New
York.
At Plymouth Arrived: St. Iouls, from
New York.-
President Roosevelt Takes the Oath it
Presence of Multitude.
THOUSANDS CROWD THE THOROUGHFARES
Waving Flags and Fljing Banners Corer
Capital City Buildings.
BALL AND FIREWORKS " AT NIGHT '
Parade is Three Hours in Passing Review
ing Stand at White House. .
ADDRESS OF THE PKESIDENT IS BRIEF
Speaks of Problems Facing the Pw
pie and Says that Men Cannot
Afford to Shirk Duties
na Cltlsens.
WASHINGTON. March 4. The most bril
liant and Imposing Inauguration which the
citizens of Washington have ever prepared
has passed Into the history of the repub
lic. Theodore Roosevelt did not ride to
the capltol, hitch his horse to a shade tree,
enter the building and take the oath of
olllce booted and spurred. The traditional
JcfTersonian simplicity was replaced by a ,
pageant which has not been surpassed In
the annals of the nation.
For a week the District of Columbia has
been tho host of the union. Term after
presidential term Its cltlsens without re
gard to party have united with enthusiasm
in preparing an Inauguration that shall
fittingly show forth the national respect
for the executive office. For the unpara-U-lled
demonstration of today the sole
credit Is due to these citizens, the officials
of the War and Navy departments and the
officers of the army and navy.
Men of the Sonth In Lin. 1
It was the first national inauguration
since the civil war that the south sent up
Its warriors and its state officials. Men
who fought each other for years under
different flags; men who fought together In
tho war with Spain under one flag; ex
ecutive officers of the states who upheld
the stars and bars, and those who stood
for the flag of the union marched together
In review before their common president, a
soldier of the republic.
Full 200,00 visitors gascd with wonder
and unbounded enthusiasm at the district's
handiwork for honoring the president.
Tho whole city wej a garden blossoming
with flags. For a week ever advancing
waves of color have been sweeping through
atl Its streets. Not only waa the line of
march artistically decorated to a degree
never before attained, but no street la
the city was without Its national -fljlors. "
Acting under a suggestion from the In
auguration committee, the Board of Edu
cation had requested Its 60,000 cchool chil
dren to see that each one of their heme
displayed the flag. It was a request re
sponded to by an army of children. This
apotheosis of the colors was one of the
most striking elements of a glgan'.lc scheme t
for expressing the national respect for a
president.
Street Decorations Magnificent.
The committee on street decorations.
street Illumination and parks and review
ing standB worked together with artistic
taste and transformed two miles and a
half of the city's noted avenue Into a fit
ting highway for the nation in Its count
less representative bodies to march as an
escort to its president. Every square yard
that waa not black with people banked
high above the pavement, crowding all
windows and fringing all roofs, was bril
liant with the national colors. It was not
a haphazard hanging of banners, but, under
the direction and advice of a competent
committee, the best effects were produced.
The light and airy stands conforming every
where to elementary architectural rules as
to construction, painting and decorations,
supplanted the huge and unsightly lumber .
piles which were formerly tolerated as out
looks for the crowds. For this the public.
owes John B. Lamer thanks. The scene
by day was magnificent; by night, under
the committee's scheme of Illumination, the
tremendous crowds wandered In fairyland.
Heretofore the decorations of the avenue
have been chiefly flags, streamers and
bunting. To these today were added palms
of large growth and In endless nbundanoa
by carloads from the south and shiploads
from Porto Rico.
The president's reviewing stand, in front
of the White House, -as the center of tha
court of history, which extended two long
blocks from Fifteenth street. Along each
side of the avenue were noted historical 1
figures In great numbers from the St. Louis '
exposition.
This triumphal pathway, along which the
kings of the earth might have deemed It
an honor to be conducted, was cleared and
closed to cars and vehicles at an early
hour. The police management was perfect,
such as Washington has long been accus
tomed to under the able management of
Major Sylvester, Its chief of metropolitan
police. It was a royal highway upon which
the president early entered and proceeded
to the capltol to sign such bills as congress
might pass In Its closing hours.
Parade to the Capltol.
The Orand Army of the Republic, as Is
Its habit, acted with the president's escort,
and his rate of progress to the capltol
was reduced to the pathetic pace of men
who are fast approaching the scripture
limit of life. But the delay had Its com
pensations. Many thousands had oppor
tunity to see and greet the president as
his cortege slowly passed along the two
miles from the White House to Capltol hilt.
For three hours this national temple was
the vortex of activity. Legislation was In
the rapids. It waa a mighty chaos to 'most,
onlookers. , But the skilled officers of each
house and those handling and guiding the
rush of closing work In the conference,
where the last supply bill were being
hammered Into sgreement, like the pilots)
in the rapids of the St. Lawrence were
speedily conducting their legislative craft
to smooth waters.
The five minutes remaining at the close
of the senate's session were given to In
augurating the new vice president, He ap
peared at the entrance escorted by the
Joint committee of arrangements and as
the senate and Its guests rose he was
escorted to a peat at the right of the pre--siding
officer, where he delivered brief In
augural remaiks ami repealed the oath of
office after the presiding otllcer, Senator
Five.
"When the stroke of noon put an end to
the pension little- was known beyond tha
fai t that no Important appropriation bill
had failed.
Then immediately began the opening
and formal organisation of the Dew
