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Show CHARGES AGAINST JAPS. Russians Say the Red Cross Flag Has Been Violated. . Chefoo. Sept. 14, 4 p. m. A communication commu-nication has been received by the Russian Rus-sian consul here from General Balashoff, Balas-hoff, chief of the Red Cross at Port . Arthur, requesting that the same be made public. The general charges . the Japanese with gross violation of the Red Cross. He says on Japanese dead have been found notes, written in Russian, Rus-sian, requesting that tl.eir bodies be ( buried, but when Russian burial parties par-ties attempted to fulfill these requests they were fired on. Such instances. General Balashoff adds, are numerous and the Russians are now afraid to trust to the Red Cross flag. He states that the Japanese also protect movements move-ments of their troops by the unlawful use of the Red Cross flag. The Russians at Chefoo are endeavoring endeav-oring to purchase a wireless telegraph outfit at Manila presumably to replace the one here which has been "useless ; for some time. |