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Show . -, ...... , .. Twelve Thousand Shipbuild- efs Go Out and More Will, ' Follow; Police and Military Are Calledjut. 1- . ' . BULLETIN. ... ' .. , . . TOKIO, Jan. 18. A Japanese staff officer made the statement A today : that Chinese regulars aeeompnisd the Russian raiders la their recent expedition ex-pedition planned to oat the line of Japanese communications. : -i -- - . ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 1$. Early today the employees of the Neva Shipbuilding Ship-building works decided to support the strikers of the Putiloff and; Franco-Russian Franco-Russian ' works. Subsequently 12,000 of the men of the Neva works informed their managers that they had gone out on a general strike. Situation Is Threatening. The situation is regarded as threatening. threat-ening. The strike at -the Neva works Involves the suspension of the construction con-struction of submarine boats of the i the Protector type which was being i carried out under the supervision of an American engineer and also the work -on two ocean-going vessels -slmllaa to those of the volunteer fleet and several gunboat and torpedo boats, besides ' the preparation of war material urgently ur-gently required for naval and military purposes. The completion of the gun- boats and torpedo boats had been ordered or-dered within two months. "Military Called Out. 'S'"' Large forces of military and police -have been sent to the works. It Is feared that the men employed at the Obukhoff Steel works will Join in the movement, thus adding 30,000 to the ranks of the strikers. RUSSIAN MINISTER ! . INVITES EXPRESSION OF nEEDS OF PEASANTS ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. la The Minister Min-ister of the Interior. Sviatopolk-Mirsky. has sent a circular to the governors of the provinces In which eonf erences have been, convened to consider reform peasant' laws, pointing out that the idea that the imperial ukase of December X has rad- Ically changed the principles of the laws Is due to misapprehension. The ukase, proceeds the circular, confirms anew the necessity for incessantly striving to attain at-tain the goal marked out therein. In conclusion the circular says: "The considerations set forth by the Minister of the Interior have been approved ap-proved by the Emperor. The Minister, therefore, directs the governors to take . all measures to assure that the work of the provincial conference is continued and brought to a conclusion with the uUnoat rapidity, and that the members of the conferences are granted power freely to state their opinions, so that full expres- ston may be given to the true views of those conversant with the needs of the peasantry." STEAMER LADEJT WITH. CABGO FOB VLADIVOSTOK CAFTUBED BT JAPS. TOKIO. Jan. 18 The Japanese captured cap-tured the British steamer, Bawtry in Tsu straits yesterday morning. The vessel was carrying provisions, shipbuilding ship-building materials, etc. from Kiao Chou. the German port on the Shantung Shan-tung peninsula, to Vladivostok. She was taken to Sasebo. The capture of another steamer is re-' ported but no details have been received. re-ceived. The prize court at Sasebo has not yet rendered decisions in the cases of any of the captured steamers recently taken ta-ken there for trial. ' PIGTAILS AND CHINESE . COATS AND CAPES "WORN . BY RUSSIAN SOLDIERS. TOKIO, Jan. 18. The following report has been received from Japanese Man-cburian Man-cburian headquarters: -. "In the recent engagements It became . evident that the Russians were being aided aid-ed by many Chinese regulars, i "A Japanese detachment surrounded Russian cavalry and Chinese soldiers In the vicinity of Sanchla, west of New-ohwang. New-ohwang. on January 14 and dispersed' them. The Russian casualties were over 800. The Japanese captured a quantity of arms. - "Lieut-Gen. Mlstchenko's raiders wera between 6000 and 6000 strong. After theyi were defeated at Newchwang they re-' tieated to the north, passing Laitunlulu. "Japanese cavalry encountered the exhausted ex-hausted Russians in the neighborhood of Laohoahe Monday evening (January 16).! They report that the Russians wore Chinese Chi-nese coats and caps, and that among them were many entirely clothed in Chinese costumes and wearing pigtails." |