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Attempt to Escape Was a Costly and
Complete Failure.
Seizure of Russian Boat
Made the Basis of a
Protest and Se
rious Coir, pli
cation ;
pected.
A special from Tokio under dme
of Friday, August 12th, say Admi
ral Togo has reported as follows: "On j
August 10 our combined fleet attacked
the enemy’s fleet near Gugan Rock.
The Pnctian V e-,wi« wore emero-inn- 1 6 **
from Port Arthur trying to go south.
"
We pursued tne enemy to tne east
ward. Severe fighting lasted from 1
o’cock Wednesday afternoon until sun
dnwn Toward th P pio^c 1 the encm 3 • J •
lire weakened remarkably. His for
... became contused , and then Ir.s
ma;ion
ships scattered. The Russian cruisers
Askold and Novik and several torpedo
fin ,. t J„ duho 0 tmvoro ers floa fled to tr , the e»„iv>„.o^ri southward. i
Others of the enemy’s ‘ ships ‘ retreated
separately ,..... toward Port Arthur. We
pursued them, and it appears that we
inflicted considerable damage. We
fn rounn ,. nH h+v, lire buoys and other articles be- „
, longing to the Russian battleship Czar
evitch floating at sea. The Czarevitch
was sunk. We have received no r*
ports from the torpedo boats and the
torpedo boat destroyers engaged in
the attack on the ships of the enemy,
The Russian vessels, with the excep
tion of the Askold, the Novik, the
Czarevitch and cruiser Pailada, ap
pear to have returned to Port Arthur.
Our damage was slight. Our fighting
power has not been impaired. The
casualties in the Japanese navy num
bered one hundred and seventy.”
WASHINGTON IS INFORMED.
The following Associated Press ca
blegram was received at the state de
partment Friday from Minister Gris
wold. dated Tokio. August 12:
‘“According to latest reports receiv
ed at the headquarters the Japanese
fleet attacked the Russian flee - . j
emerging from Port Arthur to t he j
south of Round Island, off Tallen bay.
The Russian fleet finally, defeated, fled
during the night. Cruisers Askold
Novik and one other destroyer entered
Kiao-Chou bay the night of the lHn,
one destroyer fled to Che Foo; firo
battleships, one cruiser, probably Bi
ana. hospital ship, and several de
e-troyers returned to Port Arthur, he
tween dawn and midday of the 11th
Apparently no damage to Japanese
fleet.” :
A cablegram also has been received
from Mr. Fowler. American consul at
Che Foo. stating that Japanese torp-'
do boats entered the harbor and at
tacked the Russian torpedo boat wbirh
bad arrived there several days asri
and dismantled, captured her and took I
her out.
COMPLICATIONS EXPECTED.
The Associated Press report of the
capture by the Japanese torpedo boat (
dostrovers of the Russian destroyer
Rieshitelsi in the harbor of Che Foo.
as conveyed to Washington by the co"
sul general’s cablegram of Friday was
received with the deepest interest and
also concern, for it was realized that
there were in this incident the germ
ef serious international trouble.
WARSHIPS MUST l?F DISMANTLED.
Russian Vessels Seek Refuge in Neutral
Harbors to Escape Fneniv.
Consul General Goodnow has cable 1
the state department Friday from
Shanghai that a Russian torpedo boat
destroyer had just arrived there, and j
that if these vessels intend to remain
more than twenty-four hours at Shang
hai. they must dismantle and rema.n
tied up until the end of the war. Prob
ably the treaty of peace which will
finally conclude the war between Rus
sia and Japan, will contain a paragraph
making disposition of the Russian ves
sels which have thus taken refuge in
Chinese waters.
Mr. Fowler spoke of the affair as a
“cutting out” expedition, thereby dif
fering in an important point from the
press dispatches which at first reading
appeared to indicate the seizure of
the Russian boat was in at least some
degree caused by the action of the
captain of the cr 2 ft in attacking the
Japanese Hoarding lieutenant. It may
be that the point will turn the decis
ion as to whether or not there has
been a violation of Chinese neutrality
by the Japanese.
If the expedition was a genuine cut
ting out one, then there is no question
;n iho minds of the officiate in Wash
. the Japanese , ..
. Uiat pave commit
mgton
led an offense against international
law by violating Chinese neutrality
, audition ..... have , . iroken , the agree- „
ana ip .
mcnt they entered into at the begin
nine of the war at the instance of the
Untied States government to limit the
field of warlike demonstration to .Man
' n o n a Korea ’ and their water-'.
Should , this , . to be the , ..
prove case, uk,
results probably will be grave and
vexatious.
I nuer the tenets ot iiuernation^
law llie captured vessel must be re
turned for the offense against Chinese
neutrality. . ... ,, But it Russian .__. U\e. ha. „ a
been lost as reported in the press dis
patches, a greater complication will
lOliOW, tor Russia may . turn . not . .. a
m
China responsible for the punishment
^ w}jat cauged the death of the sall .
when • under ,, the shelter , u of , the m. Chi
ors
nese port authorities.
Altogether the situation is full cf
danger, , and j x, the apprehension . . ct ..
mam
the Washington * officials is that it may
, be the . incident . that; will break , down ,
t1 .„ HgrGemcnt 9(rr „ m . nt ot of t tAie >,„ powrit nnwers <aUu .- nd
plunge China into the war as a full
fledged belligerent and ally of Japan,
The consequences of such an act on
China's part upon existing alliance.*
between Japan and Great Britain and
between Russia and France can only
be conjectured and the prospect is so
alarming that it is not doubted the
state department will do its utmost
along with the rest of the powers to
effect such a settlement of this ind
dent as shall preserve the agreement
as to China in full force.
RUSSIA FILES PROTEST.
The Associated Pres- at St. Peters
burg is able to announce that Russia
lias already formally protested to Ja
pan. through France, against the ac
tion of the Japanese torpedo boat de
stroyers in attacking the Russian Wk
pedo boat destroyer at Che-Foo and
lowing her away from that port an»l
that the protest has been communicat
ed to the powers. It is further stated
that both France and Germany a-e
supporting at Pekin this protest of the
Russian government.
The Che-Foo incident is discussed
freely in Pekin, and it is the general
opinion in diplomatic circles that Jap
anese has committed, to say the least,
a grave indiscretion. The report cur
rent that the Chinese warships at Che
foo did nothing to prevent the capture
of the Ryeshitelni is declared to pla'e
China in an unenviable position.
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GERMANY ACTS PROMPTLY,
Advices ... from £ ^ Berlin, .. Germany, „ stata . ,
that the foreign office confirms the ar
rival Thursday night “ at Tsing-Chou at
the entrance of , Kiao-Chou . bay, tho
German concession on the Shan-Tutig
peninsular, of the Russian battle ship
Czarevitch, the protected cruiser No
vik and an unnamed torpedo boat. The
Czarevitch is in an unseaworthy con
dition, having been damaged in Wod
nesday's fight. The foreign office has
sent instructions to the German au
thorities at Tsing-Chou to the eff°at
that the Novik and torpedo boat must
leave the harbor within twenty-four
hours prescribed by international law
MINERS APPEAL TO JUJGE GRAY.
Delaware Jurist is Wanted to Settle Con
tention in Coal Region.
At a meeting of the mining*board
of conciliation at Wilkesbarre, Pa.
Friday, the representatives^ the min
ers offered the following resolution:
"It, is agreed by the board of coii
dilation, ... that the entire question of .
check weighmen and check docking
bosses be submitted to Judge Gray,
goving him full power to interpret
award No. 5. and direct both miners
and operators what, they are required
to do to carry out all provisions of
said award, as intended by the anthra
cite me coal coat strike striae commission” commi sion.
A SERMON FOR SUNDAY
A STRONG DISCOURSE ENTITLED,
“AN ADVANCE ORDERED. >»
The Ret. Or. John E. A<lams Tells of the
taw of Progress as Exemplified in the
Waxmg Strong ot the Infant , - We
i Should Seize Our Inheritance.
Brooklyn, X. Y.—Having been ap
pointed Presiding Elder of the New York
I District of the New York East Conference,
j the Rev. Dr. .lohn E. Adams, pastor of
Grace M. E. Church, preached his closing
; sermons Sunday. During his pastorate of
! a little more than two years he has had
1 marked success. The debt of the church,
$20,000. wis canceled in January. 1903, the
mortgage burned and the church i£ now
free from incumbrance. Sunday morning
j Dr. Adams preached on “An Advance Or
dered.” The text was from Exodus xiv:
| that 15: “Speak unto the children of Israel,
| they go forward.” Dr. Adams said:
When this advance was ordered, the Is
raelites were encamped on the coast of
the Red Sea. Before them was the sea
spread out "for miles and leagues, and they
had neither bridge nor boat, nor pontoon
by which to cross it. Behind them was
the army of Pharaoh, with horses and
| commanders, chariots, with intent trained warriors their and skilled
destruction. On either on side, capture or
it would seem,
were formidable obstructions—mountains,
he or fortresses, or something that could not
i of passed—for the Israelites saw no way
escape and cried out for fear. In this
I perilous the and apparently hopeless situation
f } people reproached Moses for the dread
j j duced; u extremity whereupon to which they had been re
that holy man appealed
| tn God for help, and then came, probably
| in tones of thunder that sounded in the
j 0 £ a ]] f£ )C p CO p’ e f u ji an ,j c .t ear above
the roar of the sea, this strange order:
herd ore c-riest thou unto Me? Speak
unto t lie children of Israel that tlicv go
| forward.” Leaving the literal narrative, *
; now ex
i 9 e P* as we may have occasion to recur to
I it incidentally, let us attend to the moral
: before meanings and uses of the text. The case
us is exceptional in nothing but the
physical facts; the moral truths and un
oeriying principles of this case are always
and everywhere present among the people
of God. Indeed, the principles here in
vo * ve< I are so general and the analogies of
universal history are so wide and complete I
that I think we s.re justified in regarding j
this text as the law of the universe an- 1
plied .to the church. I he physical occasion j
finds ®t Inis text, m all of its essential features, I
of this its duplicate in the moral occasion |
service. We are the children of i
W ourselves l ean prove it by St. j
J au1 -, H ye be t hmt s. then are ve
Abraham's . seed.and heirs according to
the promise.’’ The Red .Sea is before us. j
Arabia ^ <> V. hai and kfJS floats fa Giat the washes commerce the sands ot the of I
East, but the Red Sea of moral hindrance
—a sea that is deeper than the Atlantic I
Ocean ~Yr a and dIIU wider ' VU1C - than uian the u,e 1 acifie. i’luu
ticjuated aphs army Egyptian is pqrsumg division, us. Not the an- !
I but the infernal brigade itself, now extinct, j
fieW still in the
i and strictly up to date in every par
j ermost tred pit insph^witlf incon^eivMhe^ia
j and, in the words of Milt on, "armed
j with hell names and fury,” and following
| us in overwhelming numbers and with un
appeasable fierceness. Such is out- situa
j tion this very hour, and as we stand to-day
! amid these Hireatening environments, the
j heaven, "Go us from
this forward,” and in obedience
j to fiappines*. order lies our duly, our safety and
ou r
, Let aooroach subject by
us o step
fi t e p. God is the author of rlie universe.
! The universe existed in the Divine Mind
as an ideal before it existed in itself as
a substance, I he ideal was complete and
perfect as well a> beautiful and good; but
the first states oi tlie actual averse did
.
not realize that pci feet ideal of -the Di
vine Mind. What then? Did God fail?
Did His active energv 'rove unequal to
i His beneficent intentions? By no means.
God gave the universe this imperfect form
at first, not because lie could not do other
wise and had to abandon His ideal but be
cause He saw it better to realize His ideal
gradually through the law of progress than
to realize it suddenly by an act of crea
tive power. Deliberately and of His own
volition God made the universe a crude
mass of unorganized matter and force;
and then, intr.sting His sublime work to
the law of progress operated by respon
sible intelligences, He directed that in due
time all should be reduced to order, har
mony and beauty. This is he story of the
universe in its entirety and in its parts.
This is the story of the worlds and of their
productions. This is the story of minerals,
and vegetables and animals; of general species
individuals; This of angels, women and
men. is the story of matter in all its
combinations, of life in all its forms, and
of mind in all its phenomena. This, in
brief, so far as we have yet learned, is the
story tion. of all meat ion, and of all propaga
Let me illustrate what I mean by the
oak. God's ideal for tlie oak is a majestic
l J height, ree ' with feet in mighty diameter and ten ieet in
* j bold of the rocks and roots mighty taking branches deep
wrestle with the < i l° lu storms l s ’~ a very and . K play ' ant with t,iat '‘ the an
! lightnings. But in its beginning, as it
sprouts from the acorn, the oak is a tiny
skoot "’inch the foot of ,a little child could
effectually crush. God makes it thus and
say.s to it, “Go forward;” and then the lit
tle plant, obedient to the Divine com
mand, through cloud and sunshine and
changing season, soon goes on and out and
up, until at last, by means of the law of
•progress in the form of growth, it lias
iuInlied the word of (4od, and stands be
loie t.ie eyes of men in all the imposing
grandeur ot its towering and solid matur
ity.
lake tlie eagle as another illustration,
God’s ideal for the eagle is an imperial
bird of great size i,n< l strength, with
, amazing keenness .
of vision and with pin
ions tor majestic flight, the mountain crag
its castle, and its pleasure ground the sky.
th f Dlvme lor this noble
u- bird. j ™ But the young eaglet from
the shell feeble little emerges
a creature, and it
you could see it during the first week or
two of its existence, and could stroke with
>°>!> hand its soft yellowish down and
look into its pale bluish eyes, its feeble
ness would probably excite your pity. But
as the little thing feeds and exercises it
§ row A aml strengthens, until at last, mi
der the operation of this law of progress
’*•: oan ' ,m 'froiii the nest, launch into the
beat^down'1'he'.tonn douda°unSr 8U i&
seven foot spread of wings, and sail from
continent to continent, through the oceans
below*' - " ine ’ ovt>l 1 ' ,e octar,s l,iat ro ^
But in this discussion we must rise out
Ult ° lteIlectua mrad, and then still ascend
will, 1 ' * to the spiritual. We
tration therefore, n consider man as puiTuing. arWUus
of the truth we are
God's idea] for man is a most exalted and
sublime being, .with mental and moral en
dowments of tremendous scope, iso im
measurably all else superior in parts and powers
to we know, that it seems the whole
creation must culminate in him. God de
him signed man in His own iniage, intended
for communion and companionship
with Himself, determined to make him His
vice-regent posed here on the earth, and pro
at last to share the government of
the universe w ith Him forever. The
thought of such dignity is ail astonishing
and overwhelming conception, but nothing
ess ^ an i* 11 ? ls s ideal for man, if I
read J the , Scriptures aright,
But the distance between inception and
«omplet;on is greater here than elsewhere,
P ot onI Y because man is destined to rise
higher . than other but
creatures, also be
fa use he begins lower. It is a well-known
iaot That the young of the human species
inferior in strength and activity to^ the
young of many ot the lower animals. True.
" e " alk round the cradle of the sleeping
mtant . with soft and and
reverent step,
t ' ns i® fitting. Heaven itself lo*ks down
. human infancy with
^ pn reverence. I doubt
^ f°9 strong to say that God stations
a Quaternion of guardian angels at the four
corners of every little crib in the land,
but t he reverence with which we regard
**? e child arises from a prophetic instinct
oi what the child wnl be, rather than from
* n Z perception of what it now is.
human baby is the absolute extreme
, }ee . b.eness, helplessness and ignorance,
, cannot stand, nor walk
“ nor even creep.
If cannot think. It does not know. It
bus no true perception, nor any mental ac
tion whatever, apart fro,.', what we call
instinct. It is utterly without the moral
experiences—without love, without, hate,
without hope, without faith. Though be
longing to the Kingdom of God, it knows
as httfe of God as Herbert Soeneer used
t° insist he and the rest of mankind knew.
It I s nothing but a bundle of unconscious
organized life, with inherent capabilities
not yet manifest. It hasn’t ability enough
to recognize itsell, nor will it ever have
memory of enough its to remember itself at this
stage first miracle being. Providence Were it not for that
of in human life
-—the mother’s love—it would perish from
the earth on the day of its birth.
But wait a little and see. Wait until
the mother's fostering care, and the lath
era tion disciplinary training, and the instruc
of the schools and the churches, and
all the various appliances of Christian civ
ilization have wrought their vast part in
connection with the universal law of de
velopment and progress—and then observe
the child, non become the man. How
wonderful and indescribable the result!
I hat little child now siands erect and sur
veys the high pines* ot the earth. He
climbs the heights, and. walking with God
on the horns of the mountains, he sur
veys the heavens. He counts the stars
and calls them oy their names, lie knows
he is superior to -uin and systems. His
heart thrills with pulsations that are
mightier fluences. than ocean currents or solar in*
He sees. He knows. He un
derstands. He reasons. He fecks within
himself the mighty masterv. He calls out
to God, and God answers him. he seep
tre is already in hisjumd, and ti.e crown
is iti sight that the Son of Man Himself
wi]l_ he is soon king, place and on alive Ins forevermore, brow. Henceforth
with a
life that will rule the world and conquer
death.
Much is the law of progress which is
here applied to the church, Roth collec
tively and individually. We arc here sol
emnly commanded to rise up and seize our
inheritance. Never before m all the ages
was there suc-h a concurrent blast of trum
pets from all quarters of the globe calling
the church to go forward. Let the v;o.
trains form and the march begin.
“I Gave Them Myself. »»
Said a mother to me one day: When
my children were young I thought the
very best thing l could do for them was
to give them rnyself. So I spared no
pains to talk to them, to read to them, to
teach them, to pray with them, to be a
loving companion and friend to my ehil
dren.
“I had to neglect my house often. I
had no tune to indulge myself in many
things, which J should have liked to do.
1 was so busy adorning their minds and
cultivating that I their heart’s best affection
could not adorn their bodies in line
clothes, though I kept them neat and com
fortable at all times.
"1 have my reward now. My sons are
ministers of the Gospel; my grown-up
daughter is a Christian woman. 1 have
plenty of time now to sit down and rest,
plenty oi time to keep my house in order,
plenty of time to indulge myself, besides
going about my Master’s business wher
ever He has need of rne. 1 have a lbou
sand memories of their childhood to com
fort me. Now that they have gone out
into the world, 1 have the sweet con
sciousness of having done all I could to
make them ready for whatever work God
calls them to do Life and Faith.
Princlplei of Morality.
Possibly by the there is too little attention glr
leaders of religious thought to
the relations of sin to society and to i m
pressing the duty of abstract righteous
nes* upon all classes of men. If is not
sin in its relation to God that we mean,
but sin as it affects man's value to him
self and to society—die sociological aspect
oi a violation oi God s law. r l here are
some men who can be reached only in this.
",ay. Sin against God has no terrors for
them. The thought of future accounta
bility does not appeal to them; but its
temporal consequences, its effects on civ
il and social life and upon the sinner him
self, may, if rightly presented, have a
deterrent influence. The world to-dav is
blinded by vicious ideas of right and
wrong. noxious Sin, in some quarters, is less ob
than a breach of social etiquel te.
Iniquity i.s justified in many quarters if it
ian be made to pay. But society is safe
V'i.v inate it, correct and principles of morality dom
through correct ideas will come only
leaders of religious thorn-ht.—
United Presbyterian.
Wrong Aotiiisr From Wrong Think;, Jff .
In Ciiina a man is required to mourn
•aree years for the death of his father,
Wy days for the death of his mother, and
deed, not at all Chinaman for the death of his wife.’ In
if a would feel disgraced
lie showed any sorrow on account of
t m death i of ^ his wife. This tells its
of life in heathen own
-.wry a country with a
< vilization thousands of years old.—Re
l ined Church Record.
Simplicity.
Simplicity Great i.s the crowning jewel of alt
virtues. messages, great truths,
great discoveries and great events are
makes "ver simple in their elements. Simplicity
the great nobler and lifts the ob
scure bright to charm places of eminence. It is t he
of innocent childhood and
the radiant gem of the old and learned.—
Maxwell s Talisman.
TURK FORCED f o If
Agrees to all Demand* o{
States and Impendi ,n 8 Trod
Blows Over.
A special from Cons tanti:
The issues betw fen T,
United States were ar
to the satisfaction ‘"acg
of i
ments.
Minister Leishman
Pasha, Turkish minister saw
fairs, and oi fore;
renewed the urgent
semations of the Americ a
for immediate » govei
an settlement
mands regarding the of t
can citizens right, of ,
in Turkey.
After the interview with
ister Tewfik proceeded': r ne
Pasha
ately to the palace.
In the cours e of the discus
t Turkish , • , delegates ^ l ssio
pugn the character attempt t<
of some
schools and contested Affif
claim to be granted 1 certain
given to French institutions prfc
Leishman, however, firmly ref
consider any us
suggestion of dis,
nation and insisted on a full
ance of the American list f
three hundred 0
schools, hosni Pitais,
itable institutions and missii
dwellings filed with the Porte eig
months ago. The American points
that the porte had ample ti ime to
the list, but that it had done nor
and Mr. Leishman positiv
to listen to any suggestion regal
treatment differing from that acci
to the schools, etc., under the Pi
tion of other powers.
ACCOUNT GIVEN BY J 4 PAM&
Official Statement Regarding Seiru
Russian Torpedo Boat atChefw
, The Japanese navy departing
Tokio has issued the follow! mg
ment covering the Che-Foo incidi
“According to reports receive!
date the Asashiwo and Kasumij
longing to the first destroyer fkj
Captain Fiijimoto commanding,
dispatched in search of the end
shi-ps scattered during the engagel
on the night of August 10. Theyn
a vessel resembling one of theenJ bul
destroyers and gave chase,
her in the darkness. dil |
Continuing the search, they
ered that she had entered the I
of Clie-F'oo. The Japanese ships I
ed outside the port, but the I
sians failed to leave. Captain I
moto. anticipating its escape, dl
the night, if possible, to attack I j
chant vessels, entered Che-Foo
the two destroyers and found theI
sian destroyer Ryeshitelni remaij
undisarved.
“lieutenant Terashima withal was j
sent to the Russian vessel
sage to the effect that the Japaj
commander expected him to leava
fore dawn or surrender. The Rua
commander refused to comply
either demand, and while the bead eoj
ence was going on he was
structing his men to blow up the a
Ar the same time he caught hoi
Lieut. Treshima and threw him d
board.
“Our interpreter was next sailors t!uj
overboard by some Russian
others, and the sailors showed s
of resistance, fighting desperately!
their fists. While this was prop
ing the forward magazine exploi
killing some of our men. We
captured the destroyer and retired
“Our loss by the explosion was
man killed and four men mora
wounded. Lieut. Terashimo, our n
preter and nine others of the boan
party were wounded. • •
NAVAL BOARD STIRRED BY SCHLEY
Hero of Santiago Gives a Personal
of Great Naval Battle
Naval circles have been da
stirred by an article on the naval
tie battle off Santiago during
Spanish-American war, which ap? 1
in The Saturday Evening Po- ! ;
Philadelphia, and which was wri
by Rear Admiral Schley, retired
In this article the rear admiral dfs gj
his “persona! account of the
tion of the Spanish fleet, and i
makes several statements regam
the old questions which the n3
battle brought about and which e'
an exhaustive court of- inquiry
not fully settle.
PARKER ENJOYS AN OUT**
Democratic Nominee Entertained b'
nesook Club in Catskills Mountain^
Judge Alton B. Parker, the M
cratlc nominee for president, ‘ !
guest at the Winnisook club.
above sea level, at the font of
mountain in Ulster county, Neff
which is the highest P oinl in
Catskills. ,
The Winnisook club " as
about 20 for the P 111
years ago rial
of hunting, fishing and sot 6
ation. and Judge Parker was its
president.
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