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Show LITTLE DAMAGE DONE BY BOMBARDMENT; JAPS TRY TO FIND RUSSIAN FLEET f " " - - -. . BPT.TJrnar.' ,. . ? ;t ' TOKIO, March . 7.-It " 1 believed that the Russian. Vladivostok squad- j ran Is now in the vicinity of the mouth of the Tunien river, engaged' in covering the movement of .troops from Tosslet bay to the .Valley of , Turn en. ' Xnssian scouts are reliably reported to have penetrated south as far as Kiuang Sung. The earlier Russian movement into northeastern Korea was regarded as a diversion, but it now appears that a considerable force participated. It is thought mat -the Russians may occupy and fortify some strong position on the Turn en river. ST. PETERSBURG. March T. Al though the prevailing opinion In military mili-tary circles continues to be that the bombardment of Vladivostok Sunday was for the purpose ' of locating the guns of the batteries and to ascertain whether the Russian squadron was in port, some shrewd ob?-sers believe' it indicates a move by land and sea against the city. 1 The Novoe Vrem ya advances the theory "that the bombardment was ordered or-dered for political effect on the Japanese Japa-nese Diet." It Is considered especially unfortunate that the Japanese did not go close enough to Vladivostok to establish the identity of their ships, leaving the question ques-tion whether they were a division of the Port Arthur Aeet In doubt. It Is not believed, be-lieved, however, the Japanese would dare to divide the latter, which would Involve the risk of a sortie by the Russians Rus-sians and their playing havoc with the Japanese flotilla. The Japanese fleet has not been sighted from Port Arthur for over a (Continued on Page 6.) . armored cruisers and two unprotected cruisers. POWERFUL GUILD OF KOREANS OPPOSING JAPAN'S INTERESTS SEOUL, March 7. There are dangerous symptoms portending anti-Japanese demonstrations dem-onstrations by the powerful Korean Peddler Ped-dler guild, which strongly opposed the recently re-cently signed Japanese-Korean protocol. It Is probable that the reported dynamiting dyna-miting last week was perpetrated by them. No trouble to other foreigners is anticipated, antici-pated, as the Japanese are taking active police measures to prevent a possible uprising. up-rising. Kil Tung Boo, chief of the guild, has been deposed as Governor of Seoul and relegated to an obscure magistracy in an interior district. RUSSIANS COMMIT OUTRAGES ON NATIVE WOMEN OF KOREA SEOUL March 7. The Russian soldiers sol-diers operating In the vicinity of Anju are committing all manner of excesses, maltreating the native women and perpetrating per-petrating robbery upon every opportunity. opportu-nity. Korean soldiers attacked a body of the Invaders on Friday last, the 4th Instant, In-stant, and succeeded in killing thirty of them. It is reported that as the result of a collision between Russians and Korean soldiers at Kang Oe the Russians were driven beyond the Talu river. (Continued from Page L) I week and possibly Is trying to lure the .Russians outside. FRUITLESS ATTACK - MADE BY JAPANESE UPON VLADIVOSTOK - i VLADIVOSTOK. March 7. A fleet of five Japanese battleships and two cruisers crui-sers appeared off this place at 1:25 o'clock Sunday afternoon and bom-' barded the town and shore batteries for fifty-five minutes. i The fleet approached from the direction direc-tion of Askold island at the entrance to Ussurl bay and about thirty-two miles southeast -of Vladivostok. Entering TJssurl bay the enemy formed a line of battle, but did not approach to a closer range than a mile and one-third. They directed their Are against the shore batteries and the town, but no damage resulted, as most of their 200 Lyddite . shells failed to burst. ! ' Russians Hold Eire. j The Russian batteries, commanded by Gens. Vernotez and Artamonoff, did . not reply, awaiting a closer approach of the enemy. The Japanese fire ceased at 2:20 p. m., and the enemy retired in the direction of Askold island. Simultaneously two torpedo-boat destroyers appeared near Askold island and two more near Cape Maidel. The Japanese ships were cov- ered with ioe. The attack resulted in no loss to the - Prussians, but cost the enemy 200.000 f rubles ($100,000) in ammunition. Most of the projectiles were 6 and 12-inch shells. Search for Japanese. Last night passed quietly. The inhabitants inhab-itants and troops are in unusually high spirits. A strict search is being made " throughout the town for Japanese. The police have posted placards on the walls offering a reward for information as to " ' the whereabouts of the Japanese and . threatening trial by court-martial any person found guilty of concealing them. " No Material Damage. j x, Outside of killing a woman and wounding a few men yesterday's bom-- bom-- bardment of Vladivostock by the Japanese Japa-nese fleet did no material damage. The . " wooden cottage of an artisan was the - ' only building wholly destroyed. It was pierced by, a shell from a 12-inch gun, . ' which after traversing the roof and wall fell in the yard, killing a woman. Shell Hits a House. j In the quarter -of the city, called the "dirty corner," a shell fell on the houie of Col. Shukoff without exploding. It traversed a bedroom, destroying a Fiove, and penetrated the wall. 1 It finally burst near the regimental safe, which was standing in the courtyard. A sentry guarding the safe was covered with mud, but was not injured. Evidently Evi-dently fearing an outbreak of Are, the sentry shouted: "Help: Save the regimental regi-mental colors," which were in the house. These ultimately were brought out by the Colonel's wife and the sol-' sol-' uiers. . j ' Fire Sailors Injured. Five sailors were slightly wounded by the explosion of a shell in the courtyard of the Siberian naval barracks. Outside of these casualties no one was killed or injured and there was no outbreak of fire anywhere In the city. The fact that the Russian batteries did not reply to the Japanese bombardment bombard-ment was due partially to the slight chance of hitting the enemy's warships at such a long range and partially to a desire not to betray the position of the batteries. - . It is now thought that the attacking squadron conslsed of a battleship, four " . - I |