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THE MORNING ORBGONIAN, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1904. TO STARVE OUT FORT Jap'anese Will Make Fewer Assaults at Port Arthur. COST OF LIFE IS TOO GREAT Sinking of Fleet the Main Object of Recent Desperate Attacks No Sign of Life on the Russian Vessels During Battle. TOKIO, Dec 9. In disabling the Rus sian fleet at Port Arthur, precluding the jtofUbMftr of its being able to reinforce the second Pacific squadron, the Japan t r lavc accomplished the main object of tke desperate assaults against the for tress which .they have been making for the past three months. There Is now a .Mreng probability that, while continuing the siege, they will avoid losses of. the magnitude already attending their ef forts, and. Instead of assaulting, will rly on starving out the garrison until It is finally captured. Considerable astonishment Is expressed here over the fact that the Russians in no way resisted the disabling of the Port Arthur fleet. In Certain quarters the "Pinion Is expressed that the Russians opened the seacocks of the submerged vessels so as to lessen their exposure to the Japanese fire. The recent cessation of mine clearing- was taken as evidence that the fleet did not intend to make a sortie. There was no sign of life on the Russian ships during the bombard mont, and from this fact it Is conclud ed that the bluejackets took refuge on land or that they are engaged In the land defonsos. With the Russian second Pacific squadron approaching, those in Tokio cannot comprehend the failure of the Russians to die hard and to inflict all possible damage on the Japanese fleet, even at the cost of weakening the ef fective garrison. Xow that the Port Arthur fleet has been disabled. It Is deemed impossible for the Russians to overcome the in feriority of the second Pacific squad ion to Togo's fleet, unless, at present unforseen. the Black Sea fleet should pass the Dardanelles. The following report, dated December f. 10 P. M., has been received from the i-ommander of the naval land batteries in front of Port Arthur: "Eight sholla struck the protected cruiser Pallada today and sot her on fire. Simultaneously she began to list to port, lowering astern. She is deemed unfitted for navigation. "During the action we discovered the gunboat Glllak to the landward north of the battleship Peresviet, and bombard ed her. Eleven of our shells were effect ive. This vessel is deemed to be almost disabled. "The hits made by our naval and siege guns today are estimated to be 22. The armored, cruiser Bayan caught .fire, at 31:30 o'clock this morning, and the fire was not extinguished at 4:15 In the after noon. Evidently the cruiser is seriously damaged. "The results . of our bombardmont . of the battleship ' svastopol, the mine ship Amur and the transports, are -not yet known." Another report from the ame com- mandaf dated 3 otclock Xhla (Friday).! mnraWp 'to o o 'Toll nrtra f . ' i "As the result of our naval gunjpom-' bardmcnt yesterday (Thursday) the Bayan was hit six times and the Amur 14 times. The Amur is sinking astern. "Our cannonade directed against the storehouses and arsenals at the north east base of -Palyu Mountain resulted in 36 hits, causing great damage. The hits mentioned were made with shells from heavy guns. Those made by the small shells are not mentioned In the report. Thirty-Six Japanese Officers Killed. TOKIO, Dec. 9 (10:30 A. M.). Impe rial army headquarters has published a list of 36 officers killed and 58 wound ed. No mention Is made of where these casualties occurred, but It was presumably at Port -Arthur. . . ' , ...Ural In West African Port. DAKAIt.' "West Africa. Dec. 9. The Rus sian cruiser Ural has arrived. TALKATIVE CAPTAIN TO SUFFER Clado Will Be Disciplined for Attacks on the Admiralty. ST. PETERSBURG. Dec. 9. The Asso ciated Pross is authorized to make the .following statement: "The reports spread abroad that Russia had purchased cither Chilean or Argen tine warships are untrue. Efforts were made to secure them for the purpose of reinforcing VIce-Admlral Rojestvensky's squadron before it sailed, but there were i many difficulties in the way that the project was abandoned. Their purchase now, evon if It were possible, would be unavailing, as Rojestvcnsky will have arrived in the Far East before they could be manned and fitted. After the war the ships will be out of date. Having failed ourselves, we are equally confident that the ships will not fall Into the hands of the Japanese." The Associated Press is also authorized to state that even if every ship' of- the Port Arthur squadron is destroyed, it will have no effect' on Rojestvensky's plans, which never contemplated assist ance from the Port Arthur squadron. The imports of the sinking of a number of Russian ships, of which the Admlralty has no confirmation, however, caused a feeling of extreme sadness In high naval circles, where the plans of Rear Admiral "Wlren. the commander of the Port Ar thur squadron were known. It seems incredible that when it became apparent the ships were under lire of the Japanese kuiis they wore not taken out and sunk In deep water, where they would be be nn the possibility of salvage. Oiptaln Clado's campaign In the Novoo Vremya against the Admiralty and in fa or of sending out the Black Sea' fleet. Irrespective of treaty considerations, promises to have a sensational sequel! The Captain has gone to the length of not only criticising the Admiralty, but tho Grand Duke Alexis, the High Ad miral. It Is announced at the Admiralty that Captain Clado's action is intoler able, and that he will be arrested for In fractien of discipline. The Captain is one of the witnesses detached from Vlce Admiral Rojestvensky's fleet to appear at Paris before the international com mls?4on which, is to inquire into -the North Soa incident, and this will only involve confinement In a guardhouse fr two weeks and therefore will not In terfere with his attendance at Paris. BOATS MAY MAKE DASH. Russians Resume Mine Operations at Port Arthur. IJDN'DOX. Dec. 10. According to the Monttit? Post's Shanghai dispatch the Japano." forces, with the exception of those manning the forts, have already re treated to Laotc Mountains. Details continue to filter In of the cap ture of 203-Meter Hill. The Dally Tele graph's correfpondent before Port Arthur explains that the capture was due to a ptrong feint against the eastern fortifica tions on the night of December 5. the position of 203-Meter Hill being an en filading one. forcing the Russians to evac uate without a contest, to a parallel line of semi-permanent defonses extending eastward and Irregularly over the slopes within a halt mile north of Etse Mountain. The Japanese casualties at 203-Meter Hill alone exceeded the total of the battle of Xanshan. according to the Daily Mail's Tokio dispatches. At 2 o'clock in the aft ernoon of November 29 a Tomoyasu de lachmont with a battalion of Infantry and a company of engineers received orders that they must capture 203-Meter Hill, while a Yosld detachment of the same strength had similar orders to capture Akasaka Hill. On November 30 It became necessary to reinforce the attackers with a detachment under Major Shlzuta. Dur ing the operation the cold was so intense that many of the men were frost bitten, as It was necessary to pass the night with out shelter- The Japanese, after the cap ture of 203-Meter Hill, anticipated a ter rible bombardment from the Russian forts, and made preparations accordingly,. but the Russians remained strangely quiet The same correspondent says that the Russians at Port Arthur on December 7 resumed mine-clearing operations, pre sumably to enable the torpedo-boat de-. stroyers to attempt to escape and join the Baltic squadron. The Dally Telegraph's Tientsin corre spondent reports that General Oku, aftcr; a three-days' artillery engagement, drove. the Russians on Sunday out of the small lofty Island of Gushan in the river ten' miles below Liao Yang. The Russians, It is added, abandoned a quantity of supplies and several guns, and retired to a position eight miles northwest, whence they heav ily bombarded the Japanese, setting fire to kerosene depots and causing a great conflagration which did not cease until "Wednesday. The Japanese are still gal lantly holding the island with a handful of men. Their casualties, it is alleged, number 500. Prisoners Report Food Scarce. HEADQUARTERS OF THE JAPAN ESE THIRD ARMY, BEFORE PORT AR THUR, Dec. 8. via Fusan. Dec 9. Rus sian prisoners report that the food supply of the garrison is insufficient. The men subsist on short rations of bread, made of a mixture of flour and coarser gralns, while the officers get horseflesh twice a week. Dysentery and typhoid, the prisoners say, are prevalent. Owing to the bad weather, a supply of fresh vegetables cannot be obtained, and the supply of tinned meat was finished a month ago. Thp appearance of the prisoners goes to substantiate their statements. They are well clothed, but emaciated. Every Courtesy Shown Prisoners. HEADQUARTERS OF THE THIRD JAPANESE ARMY, BEFORE PORT AR THUR, via Fusan, Dec. 9. Two Russian officers captured at 203-Meter Hill, one belonging to the navy and the other to the army, are being treated with the greatest courtesy "by the Japanese staff In consideration of similar treatment ac corded to Japanese officers captured by the Russians. Special arrangements have been made to transport the officers to Japan. This Is taken as an indication of the disposition of both sides to end the feroc ity characteristic of the fighting for months past, during which quarter was neither asked nor given. Stoessel Is Overruled. HEADQUARTERS OF THE THIRD JAPANESE ARMY, BEFORE PORT AR THUR, via Fusan. Dec 9. The Japanese regard the refusal of the Russians to ac cept an armistice, which had been asked for and granted for the purpose of gath ering the killed and wounded on 203-Meter Hill, as the overruling of the humane desire of General Stoessel by the officers commanding the forts. It was feared by these officers, the Japanese think, that their men would desert and give the Jap anese the advantage of Information re garding the forts. Russian prisoners report that General Stoessel'a order was overruled by the gar rison commanders. SAYS GERMANY IS SAVING HER Military Critic Says Otherwise Russia Would Have to Sue for Peace. SPECIAL CABLE. BERLIN, Dec 10. Russia would be com pelled to abapdon Manchuria and sue for peace were It not for the practical assist ance It is receiving from Germany, accord ing to Carl Peters, military critic of the Tagelische Rundschau, the leading army organ of this city. "Russia."' he says, "has been enabled to reinforce Kuropatkin with the best troops of the entire army only through the wholesale depletion of the garrison of its Western European frontier, which is now hourly in progress. Nothing but the hon orable, friendly neutrality of Germany, as well as of Germany's ally, Austria Hungary, permits the carrying out of Such plans. Russia was obliged to con clude peace during the Crimean "War be cause Austria began to mobilize. The Czar need fear no such diversion during the present campaign." Advices to Japanese Legation. LONDON, Dec 9. A dispatch to the Japanese Legation from Tokio, dated to day, says: "Ti.e naval staff at Port Arthur reports that on .Thursday evening the Pallada was set on fire and heeled to port, with her stern sunk. Eleven shots hit the Glllak (gunboat). The Bayan took flro at 11:30 and is still ablaze at 4:15 P. M. The Amur (mine transport), was hit 24 times and sank. Many shots greatly dam aged the warehouses and other buildings near Paiyu Mountain and the arsenal." Japanese Compelled to Fall Back. WITH THE JAPANESE TROOPS BEFORE PORT ARTHUR. Nov. 26 (night), via Fusan, Dec 9. The Japan ese established Infantry trenches in side the parapets of the two Rthlung and the North Kekwan forts, but the following day they were compelled to retire behind the moats. Since then there has been practically no fighting along the incline of the eastern ridge of forts, where the strength of the Jap anese troops has been concentrated for the capture of 203-Meter Hill. Czar Appreciates British Act. LONDON. Dec 9. In recognition of the assistance rendered by the British cruiser Talbot to the crews of the Russian cruiser Variag and gunboat Korictz after the battle of Chemulpo, the Emperor of Russia has sent a silver bowl to the ward room of the Talbot and $2500 .to the Prince of Wales as a present for the royal navy fund. Japan May Float New Loan. TOKIO, Dec. 9. The ministers of state and party leaders today informally dis cussed the budget. It is probable that a compromise arrangement will be reached, the proposed Increase of certain taxes not meeting with popular approval, and that a new loan will be floated to meet the consequent deficit Britain Cannot Move for Peace. LONDON, Dec. 9. In response to the appeal of the International Arbitration Society, Foreign Minister Lansdowne an nounces that the government Js not aware of any circumstances that would Justify it in "modifying its previous decision not to interfere with the present Russo-Japanese War. Czar Remembers Brave Officers. ST. PETERSBURG. Dec. 9. Emperor Nicholas has conferred upon Lieutenant General Sakharoff and Lieutenant-Geri-eral Bllderllng gold swords of honor, set with brilliants and inscribed: "For -aIor." Diaz Reappoints Cabinet. MEXICO CITY, Dec 9. President Diaz has reappointed the entire .Cabinet, and today has asked -Congressional sanction thereto. r i i t' 1 r THE POINTS OF DIFFERENCE Between the garments we offer for HOLIDAY GIFTS and those of the dry goods stores OURS are made by MEN TAILORS. STYLES are choicest and confined, and cannot be duplicated elsewhere. If you purchase a house coat, loung ing robe, fancy vest or necktie from us, you may be sure that everyone in town will not be wearing the same pattern and style. HouseCoats,Tjffier-$3.50 to $15 Lounging Robes, $5 to $20 Bathrobes, . $3.50 to $10 Fancy Vests, $2.50 to $7.50 amas, . . . $2.50 to $10 HOLIDAY NECKWEAR Novelties in English Squares, Ascots, Four-in-Harids,50cto $3. On display in our windows. BAGS AND SUIT CASES An acceptable present for any gentleman. Some choice selections, $5 to $25. EN SELLING Leading Clothier 5 I I J ECONOMY IN HOUSE First of the Appropriation Bills Is Passed. NO SALARIES ARE INCREASED tee or. 4he Swayne Impeachment castf. The minority were given until Monday to file their report. The House adjourned until Monday. Legislative, Executive and Judicial Departments Provided For Holi day Recess Will Extend From December 21 to January 4. "WASHINGTON, Dec 9. The House today paused the legislative, executive and Judicial appropriation bill almost as it came from the committee and ad journed until Monday. The Civil Service Commission provis ions disposed of, there was no long debate on any item today. Throughout the session the policy of retrenchment held full sway and all attempts to Increase salaries failed. The House passed a resolution to ad journ on December "1 until January 4 for the usual Christmas holiday. When the appropriation bill Was taken up, on a point of order by Per kins (N.-T.) the provision appropriat ing $10,000 for compensation and ex- ? penses of specialists to make investi gation into the Department . of Com merce and Labor with the object of se curing uniform, economical and business-like methods was stricken out; In criticising the paragraph of the bill relating to the Bureau of Corpora- ' tlons, Baker (Dem.. N. Y.) said his com- j plaint was not that too much money had been appropriated for the pay of special attorneys, special examiners and special agents, but that no use had been made of the money. There had been, he said, a demand to investigate what had come to be known as the trusts. "What is the result? Abso lutely nothing." He had been assured by a friend in the Department that an investigation had been made of one corporation, whose books were so kept that it could not be ascertained whether that .cor poration had made $100,000,000 or $1, 000.000. It was, he said, a notorious fact that a steel rail association exist ed, and yet he had been informod that the House judiciary committee would report adversely o.i his resolution to investigate that association on tho ground that it was a rumor. In a sten torian vol i he declared, amid Demo cratic appause. that "it was a rumor so strenuous, so terrible, that It can take the American people by the throat and exact an undue tribute of $30,000, 000." He ridiculed the idea that any one did not know of such an associa tion. On a point of order by Maddox (Dem., Ga.) the salary for the position of chief of the Bureau of Manufacturers of the Department of Commerce and Labor was cut out. The bill and the several amendments wore reported to the House. Bingham demanded a separate vote on the amendment reducing the compensation of committee stenographers from $5000 to $3000. By a vote of 43 to 63 the House restored the amount as origin all fixed. As amended the bill was then passed. - , Palmer (Pa.) from the committee on judiciary, submitted the supplemental report of the majority of the commlt- MORE PAY FOR DIPLOMATS. Secretary Hay Urges Congress to In crease Salaries of a Number. WASHINGTON. Dec. 9. in the esti mates for the Diplomatic and Consular Service forwarded to Congress by Secre tary Hay, recommendations are made for Increases In the salaries of a large num ber of officers In the service. It is rec ommended that the salary of tho Minister to Argentina be increased to $2000: that of Minister resident to Liberia $3500, and that provision be made for a Minister to Roumanla and Servla, and one for Greece and Montenegro and for a Con sular Agent In Bulgaria. Increased sal aries are recommended for the secretar ies of Legation to Turkey and Switzer land. A third secretary Is proposed for the Legations to Italy and Austria and a new Consulate at each of the following places at the salaries named: Alexan dria. 53500; Belgrade. $3000; Bucharest. $3000; Carlsbad. $2000; British North Bor neo, $3000. TO GIVE BOARD MORE POWER. Roosevelt Active in Behalf of Interstate-Commerce Commission. WASHINGTON. Dec. 9. Enlargement of the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission is one of the questions which will be pressed vigorously at the present session of Congress. It Is said that In the mind of President Roosevelt no prob lem is more important than this to all the people. In conference with members of the Sen ate and House of Representatives, the President has emphasized the views he advanced in his message for the extension of the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission. With several members he discussed the subject today. Until 1S97 the Commerce Commission had the power to regulate freight rates, but the Supreme Court then decided that, under the law, the Commission had no such authority. Western members of Congress especially have urged that the power recommended by the President be conferred by law upon the Commission. Report Is Unfavorable to Swayne. WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. The Judiciary committee, a subcommittee of which has been taking testimony In the case of Fed eral Judge Swayne, today ordered the submission to the House of a report which embraced the following: "The committee on the judiciary re spectfully report to the House the tes timony taken in the case of Charles Swayne since Congress adjourned, with the conclusion that In their opinion said testimony strengthens the case against the said Charles Swayne." Ambassadors Are Expected to Resign. WASHINGTON. Dec. 9. That there may be changes In the diplomatic serv ice, and possibly in the Cabinet, is evi dent from a statement made by a high official of the State Department today, replying to an inquiry, in which he said that the President expects most of his Cabinet and all the Ambassadors to send In their resignations between now and March 4 next. To Learn Needs of Harbors. WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. Tho House committee on rivers and harbors today decided to send for some of the dis trict engineers, as they desired to hear from them on the needs of rivers and harbors In their respective districts. Health Officials Release Steamers. NEW YORK. Dec. 9. The steamers Coronation and Coulsdon, which have been held at quarantine on suspicion that there might be cholera and bubonic plague on board, were released by the health offi cers today. - Increase in Building Is Marked. CHICAGO. Dec. 9. In reviewing build- Ing operations! In the 25 principal cities of presents to government officials "is, not the United States for the month of No- right; It Is very difficult for ttiem to vember, 3D04. as compared with the month In 1903. the Construction News tomorrow will say there has been a total increase of about 25 per cent. FILIPINO CHARACTER. People Who Never Say "No' Never Do "Yes." and F. W. Atkinson In World's Work. An experience of three years In the Philippines has brought me to the con clusion that the Filipinos are incapable of self-gover(nment. They are man aged by a few ambitious leaders. They have not yet cultivated a sense of fair play and tolerance for those who differ in opinion, and yet. although the gift of self-government in full measure was not possible, the United States be stowed it to a degree by granting practical autonomy in provincial nnd municipal affairs. There are some 600 towns In which natives have, in the main, the same control over their local affairs as is enjoyed by the residents of towns of corresponding size in the United States. But a concentration of governmental powers has 'been found. Very few of them, however, show ex ecutive ability, and some of them be tray obstirfate inefficiency and Inact ivity. The tendency everywhere In the East Is in the direction of one-man power; and. too often In the Philip pines, the Mayor, or Provincial Gov ernor, dominates everything, so far as he can. He Is very ready with prom ises; hut, as some one has said, "the Filipino never says 'no, but never does yes. " When asked for information, he studies you, and is inclined to give you the answer he thinks you want. Indi rectness is a trait, and the giving of gifts by subjects to- those in authority, a custom common in the Philippines. 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