THE WAR.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1428, 12 April 1905, Page 2

THE WAR.

GENERAL NEWS,

NAVAL MOVEMENTS.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, April 10. General Linevitch is reinforcing Viadivostock. Ho hos stationed a strong detuohment at Yactsiaocsc, on the Mongolian frontier ; at Sipingkai, on the railway ; at Shilipsi, on the Mandarian road; and at Tokadu and Shakhenge, south of KiriD. Outposts confront each other at Beveral points within a radius of 24 miles of Ohangta.

Router’s Singapore correspondent says that the most important warships—including the Knioz Savaroff, Alexander 11., Borodino and Orel, with their complement of cruisers, destroyers and tenders were not amoDgst the vessels passing Singapore. Their whereabouts are .totally unknown.

The vessels passing Singapore were the battleships Sissoi, Voliki. Oleg; cruisers, Admiral Makharoff, Dimitri Donskoi, Aurora, Izumrud, .Temtchug, Almax, Russ, Anadyr, Fuerst Bismark, Kaiserin Maria Theresa, Auguatu Victoria, Kaiser Frederick and Don, and seven destroyers. All the above were under tho naval flag. Under the commercial flag were the volunteer fleet steamers Voronez, Kieff, Zaroalav, Tambor, Vladimir, Orel and a hospital ship, tho Russian Navigation Company’s Jupiter, .Meroury and Meteor, tbe East Asiatic Company’s Korea and Kitai, the North Baltic Company’s Kniaz and Gortsohakok, one salvage ship and 16 colliers.) The s.s. Batchun, a British steamer, sighted the Baltic fleet anchored to-day 20 miles north east of Pulomenti, 150 miles from Singapore. Admiral Ensksbsto commanded the Russian squadron passing Singapore on Saturday.

Four warships, apparently Japanese, were sighted off Cape St. James on Friday, One hundred and fifty officers, including 40 of the Black Sea, haye joined Admiral Roshdestvenaky at various points since he started, besides 3000 men.

Dutch advices state that the Russian fleet is near Muntok, and is expected at Batavia to-day. China has informed the Russians that she will not allow the threatened construction of a light railway in Mongolia. Fifteen thousand wounded -Russians, who were abandoned on the Mukden battle field, died.

Thirty-two battalions have been added to the Vladivostock garrison.

HANGED AS SPIES.

RUSSIAN FLEET LIKELY TO MAKE

FOR PACIFIC,

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Received 10-50 p.m., April 11. London, April 11. Five Japanese officers arrested at Vladivostok were hanged as spies. Photographs of entrenchments and surrounding villages were found in their possession. It is believed at Tokio that Admiral Roshdestvensky will soon proceed to a rendezvous in the Pacific. " United- States warships are patroling the Sulu Archipelago and Palawan Island to safeguard the neutrality of ,the Philippines. Scouts first sighted the Baltic fleet.