| Show J 7 2 f FORTY T T THOUSAND US It I 11 J r S TR r rI th I I IL PI II They Land at and a it L Great Engagement I May Ia be bei i Expected Soon II JI J ADMIRAL NAVAL COUP t I Details Nails of the Capture of Four Russian 1 I Torpedo floats Boats Anxiously I 4 t wafted Awaited A 11 1 London Feb Feh from Che CheI I too foo on Oil Feb Fell 23 a n correspondent corre of oC the tho thoI I Horning Post saya ay more Japanese troops havo have landed at lit he has ha r confirmation of oC oCr oftie r tile tie report that some sone Japanese havo have t I I landed at nt Pigeon bay 1111 others other at lallen I L It I wail and that an flU engagement occurred the night ot at Fob Feb 12 a at 1 t I The Tho correspondent nt at Seoul of oC tho Jl J Malt Mall reports report a 0 panic at I I Korea which Is IA I regarded as heralding 1 I the approach of ot the tho opposing armies j Details of at the latest naval coup by 1 1 Admiral Togo ships shillS resulting In tho the 1 fI capture of four toUr of ot best torpedo craft cratt Is hi eagerly by Ii naval ex cx exports exports ports here bere Beyond confirmation of oC the story that the destroyers detroyer and the their r crews C IV had b boon on captured no n details I have been received It Is III h evident that tho the censor refuses to Ia al UI allow low kw new II of tile this fresh freeh tre h to tho the Port Arthur fleet leot to como come i through The Tho trick of at using signals of at the ene enemy my Is 10 not a how hew one In modern warfare but Its Ita use uco In torpedo boats men inca here hero say Is III an mi Innovation The Tho dispatches of at yesterday announcing ing tho the fact and thoro subsequently re ro received confirming tho the story stor torP that the tho destroyers tell fell Into the hands of oC the enemy without resistance This 4 In is a phase of ot tho the case that the experts expert say soy they cannot readily conceive A torpedo bout boat Is much In hI the nature of ofAL xi AL submarine mine and Is virtually a 1 floating of at guncotton and other high explosives which tho the pressure of ot otIn nn In II button quickly turns Into a n veritable verUa ble volcano To 10 capture four of ot this sort of vessels els without a IL fight can only bo be accounted for on the theory that the Russian crews upon finding they ther had been trapped by the Japs Ja throw threw up their hands and submitted to capture rather than make a I run for tor It and In the event of ot any escaping meet meetIng meetIng I Ing with dire lire punishment at nt the hands of ot their superiors for Cor blundering dispatches dl fall tail to 10 give Iho any Information regarding the tho whereabouts v of ot tho the Russian fleet from Vladivostok which was wan reported several days ago alo to bavo gone gono In search ot or the tho Japanese squadron which has been Port Tort Arthur ArthurI I FRANCE flANCE IS FOR FOB RUSSIA Paris Feb 23 Russia has the sym sympathetic pathetic support of or Franco France In the tho for formers i IJ mers iners latest representation to the tho DOW puw U IV 01 ore ers that Japan Is III guilty of oC a 0 a violation of at International law In tn consequence ot of the tho attacks upon the Russian warships nt ot Port Fort Arthur and before the tho declaration of ot war var No Intention exists in III circles circle to take tako up the tho Russian note noto on tho subject with the view of pressing action by tho th powers and It Is III said Mill that nothing effective could bo be done In this direction Prance France k t i woo WilD satisfied from the tho first of ot the un of ot the tho Japanese action ae and nM andIs I Is II anxious that the tho other oIlier powers should t 1 como come to appreciate tho the enormity of ot the tho tJ offense in this connection attention Is called caliel 11 to the occupation of at Korea by g Japanese troops troop in III spite of ot the dec declaration of ot Korean neutrality which I fr was communicated to nil all the tho neutral l powers as well na nJ to the thu belligerents bell J It 1 Is pointed out that the tho Japanese did not hesitate to threw troops into Korea lorea i and to establish a base there thero It Is l suggested sUggest 11 In diplomatic circles I that France Fronce which hs been charged rv with tho the protection ot or Russian Inter Interests InterI I eats ests In Korea lorea could properly proper make ob objection i w to the tho Japanese action n But nut nothing of ot this kind has hns yet et been done The Tho French legation at Seoul Is II In charge of oC the secretary and Interpret Interpreter I tI er ni cai the th minister being In Paris ParlA on fl leave of absence and tho the foreign office omco Is 19 showing no Inclination lion to order his r Immediate return At the tho Korean le lo legation 11 gallon gation here today It was ald that thal Ko reo Korea t I 1 rca rea had declared her tier neutrality from the outset and that thILl therefore If It the tho Japanese had hall occupied Korean terri territory torn tory and proposed marching through Korea on their way to Manchuria It was waA not nut with Koreas assent but bUl be because because because cause she sho was waa unable to prevent it The legation officials added that tho the stand ot oC o arms recently ordered by ty h Korea from France will remain at for tor the present In order that they the may not be bo seized by the Japan Japanese ese Nothing Is known nt at tho the French fore for foreign eign office regarding the report that the tUBS Ion ambassador to lint Brit aln ahi Count had gone to St Petersburg with Important propos proposals als from King Edvard In the tho diree direction direction tion of ot peace So far tar no as a Is con concerned concerned It Is said sahl that she would bo lIo willing to accept overtures on a II rca rea basis baals but bUI it Is believed that Japan having engaged In the tho war will not withdraw until she sho has haa conquered Therefore It If uny any mediation proposals have been advanced which Is III consid considered ered erell red doubtful It Is la not expected to bo be successful or satisfactory Concerning tho the dispatch of or French naval and military reinforcements to It is ts authoritatively an nn announced announced that steps stellI taken are arC simply In iti accordance with the tho program adopted two years age agn but which the tho minister of ot marine fatted d to 10 carry out AliVe Alho to possibilities growing out of the war the tho ministry determined that the tho Immediate executing ex of oC the he pro program program gram ram should take place Illace and that the minister of ot marine marl nt is net Ing In In this sense Premier CombeR Comben announced at the tho council of ot ministers today tOlla the post postponement of oC tho the Interpellation ot of Firmin Fauro lauro Rationalist concerning tho alleged all Insufficiency clency of or French na nil naval naval val representation at nt the seat scat of or war warThe warThe The postponement was duo due mainly to the tho governments desire to put oft ort a 1 parliamentary debate which was wall likely to cause calse general agitation regarding Frances attitude toward Russia |
