THE WAR IN THE ORIENT

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jul 20, 1904

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 30, No. 29.

THE WAR IN THE ORIENT.

The movements of the Japanese in Manchuria are puzzling both friends and enemies. The Russian reports indicate that the Russian troops are preventing the advance of their enemies toward the Russian headquarters, while reports from Japanese sources indicate that the Japanese continue to advance and the Russians to retire. The Japanese continue to land men at Dalny, preparatory to the final advance on Port Arthur. Refugees from the latter place tell of continual fighting in that vicinity, and the latest reports state that the Japanese have carried the second line of the Port Arthur defenses. The Japanese have captured Mo Tien Pass and on July 8 entered Kiaping after severe fighting. They have now crossed the entire peninsula with the exception of a few miles between Kaiping and Niewchwang. The Russian Vladivostock fleet slipped out of the trap laid for them by the Japanese, and claim to have sunk at least two torpedo-boats in getting away. The Russian Baltic fleet is now said to be under orders to sail for the East on July 28.

The Danish steamer Norge, which left Copenhagen on June 22, was wrecked on the Isle of Rockall, 200 miles west of Scotland, on June 28. The vessel carried nearly 800 passengers. A few boat-loads of these have reached shore after long battles with the wind and waves. One of these boats was eight days on the open sea. The number who went down with the ship is now believed to be about 700. This is one of the most terrible steamship disasters that has ever occurred, and is second only to the burning of the steamer General Slocum in Long Island Sound.

The candidates chosen at the conventions of the various parties are for president and vice-president, respectively, as follows: Republican, Theodore Roosevelt and Charles Warren Fairbanks; Democratic, Alton B. Parker and Henry G. Davis; Populist, Thomas E. Watson and Thomas H. Tibbles; Socialist, Eugene V. Debs and Benjamin Hanford; Prohibitionist, Silas C. Swallow for president.

A fund to stimulate study and research to determine the cause and cure for cancer was established some time ago in England. At a meeting of medical men in London, on July 8, the statement was made that radium had been found to have no curative effect in the treatment of that disease, tho much had been hoped for it. A serum had been discovered, which it was hoped would give good results.

The Kaw River, which flows through Kansas City, Kansas, has overflowed its banks, flooding a large section of the city. It is reported that 10,000 persons are homeless as a result. An appeal has been made to the government for rations for the homeless people.

Persia, the land of ancient history and prophecy, has decided to reorganize its army and put it on a fighting basis. The shah has asked the Austrian Government for a number of military officers to direct in that work.

Reports from Persia tell of the renewal of Turkish atrocities upon the Armenian inhabitants of the province of Van. Armenian bishops in Persia have appealed to the United States to intervene in behalf of Armenia.

The British have captured the fort occupied by the Tibetans, and have sent another invitation to the Tibetan ruler to negotiate over the matters in dispute.

The Chicago Limited on the Wabash Road was wrecked at Litchfield, Ill., on July 3, with the result that 20 persons were killed, and a large number were injured.

Cholera is reported to be raging in Persia. There are said to be 300 deaths daily in the city of Teheran, and the plague is spreading northward.