Show RUSSIANS WILL FALL BACK will mobilize troops with which to assault the japanese land forces more will be used to oppose chin ese japanese report their efforts to rescue russian sailors on destroyed vessels kin chow march 14 the highest russian authorities at port arthur admit the intention to tall back indefinitely until the mobilization of troops for the purpose ot assaulting and opposing the japanese and probably more to oppose the chinese the same opinion asserts that vice admiral makaroff will fight hard he is determined to weaken the enemy at any cost and make the operation of the baltic et in the far east feasible though it may be necessary to alg uro without the and it la admitted cannot be fully repaired within six months on account of uncertainty of the success of the scheme ot constructing a mud dock in which to repair the and naval experts allow a year tor the work FUNERAL OF QUEEN seoul march 14 the funeral ol 01 the queen dowager who died in january was held here today the bacr waa placed on a catafalque at the west gate of the city where united states minister alien and other diplomats gathered at this morning it was a remarkable scene thousands of lantern bearers soldiers and the populace in white dresses gathered around a bon fire until day break the emperor attired in straw colored robes and head dress arrived at 6 and performed his devotions over the body within a canvas pavilion the procession then started to the tomb eight miles outside of the city the bands playing funeral dirges the procession was several miles long and full ot color it was headed by police followed by lantern bearers and spearman sp earmen in fantastic attire carrying banners and huge spears then came two biers gorgeously colored and surmounted by dragons heads they were borne on the ders of a hundred men thera being pall bearers the biers were surrounded by and court function aries tha first bacr was empty intended to cheat the devil the populace crammed the streets and covered the roofs to witness the pageant after the start of abo procession the emperor received the foreign diplomats and the japanese minister being senior member presented the condolences of the diplomats r BODIES OF SAILORS FOUND boklo march 14 men working on the barlag at found the bodies of two russian sailors they were taken ashore and the captains of the hanuse and asam conducted burial services today the japanese consul was present eight of the 23 wounded russians who were taken to the ilat uyama red cross hospital are in a serious condition three of them had both legs amputated by a french surgeon but is now necessary one russian has wounds from steel splinters scattered over his body japanese surgeons are locating them with roentgen rays and extracting them supplemental REPORT boklo monday march 14 A supplementary tary aiom vice togo the effort made by the brews of the torpedo boat tl action oft port arbhur on ahe lh instant 0 o rescue the cruh of the flisa alfil russian ecsi i clr ant des roys rs monid here tosny hosny bhoj 0 o abil i die colilla 0 loat derodi s st its that he hae hian able 0 o many more ot the in ray but tor U dorly fire ot lle t have batter 01 benj tt e ilose ot owr N tha e pv alst alu tour men r fc were not parl ut the crew ot th as originally reported when the japanese rescuers reacted the only the dead re on board and it Is d that the living members ot the crew jumped and perished in the sea three of the rescued russians arc engineers and the fourth Is a tor operator TWO ot the captives were slightly wounded they were all placed on board ot a japanese bat and were given food and ened allne COMMENT ON AMERICAN NEU st petersburg march 14 president Roosevel ts proclamation regarding the observation ot neutrality by all officials and the abstinence from either action or speech which might cause irritation to either japan or russia has produced a great impression here the newspapers this morning print prominent articles commending the substance aub stance and spirit ot the proclamation in the bagli i 1 est terms the official gazette accepts it unreservedly edly as a complete answer to continued on e six RUSSIANS will FALL BACK continued from page one charges that the american government la hostile to russia and declares that hereafter despite any seemingly untoward incident may arise it will be considered bottled oab and for all that the american government hag taken a friendly attitude toward our alms and clea in the far emt adding abla undoubtedly marks a change in american tiro people there realizing the of supporting japan the novosel halla the suspicious initiative of president roosevelt in the interest of universal peace and good relationship between russia and the united states baying he practically unlimited authority with respect to the foreign pol icy of the country secretary hay submitting to the will of the president the RUBS welcomes the proclamation as convincing evidence of mora friendly feeling on the part of america for russia the st petersburg asserts that the proclamation leaves no further doubt that the united states haa a firm intention to observe strict neutrality and adds it bears the stamp of a strong and most distinguished personality the alexander committee announces that in addition to the regular army pensions a supplementary pension of 23 a year will be given to the widows and orphans of the commissioned noncommissioned non officers and 24 to those of soldiers and sailors killed in the face of the enemy |