THE WAR.

Manawatu Herald, 20 February 1904, Page 2

THE WAR.

BUS SI A AND JAPAN!

THE RECENT BATTLES.

OFFERS TO ASSIST JAPAN,

The Daily Mail’s correspondent states the British cruiser Talbot sent medical assistance to the Yaryag when firing had ceased after' the Chemulpho tight The Daily Mail states that ten Japanese torpedo destroyers each fired two eighteen-inch torpedoes 10 the Port Arthur fight. The Daily Mail’s Tientsin correspondent reports that the damage' sustained by the Russian battleship Tsarevitch in the fight is irreparable. . . Despite Japan’s notification that she will not accept the service of foreigners, sixty residents of Chicago, many of them veterans of the Spanish-American war, am sailing from Pacific ports. They will meet at Tokio.

AN APPEAL TO RUSSIAN FORCES. ELEVEN SHIPS OUT OF ACTION.

The captain of the British steamer Tnpsing asserts that the bombardment on the 9th severely injured Port Arthur dock, and produced a panic. Many fled, including the dock hands.

The Russo-Chinese Bank haa burned its paper money and sent its specie inland. Tbou t,an d a of troops who had. been despatched & the Yalu were hastily recalled. . . Admiral Alexiefl, * P.roolamation to the Russian suJdiara and sailors, admits their foe 13 strong, and appeals to all to heroically $ 8 " fend the Czar and Fatherland. The Times’ Port Arthur correspondent states that eleven Russian ships were put out of action during the fighting on the Bth and 9th, including the battleships Sevastopol and Petropavlovsk. The latter, however, is thought to refer to the Poltava.

The Czar is suffering from S severe nervous depression. The Czar has dissolved the Moscow Municipal Council for refusing to subscribe to the war fund, ALEXI 1)1 FP THE SCAPEGOAT. COLONEL HAY’S NOTE.

The Russians attribute the capture of ten Russian vessels in Japanese waters to Admiral Alexieff’s neglect to warn masters of the rupture with?

Japan, Reuter’s Tokio agency reports that Japanese torpedoers attacked Port Arthur on the 14th, damaging one The Rushan Foreign Office considers Colonel Hay’s proposal practicable, and prohi'J 9fl J to re Pty latsr, after consulting Alexieff. The Japanese Consul ut Montreal urges the Dominion Government to disallow British Columbia’s A&tiJapanese legislation. ADMIRAL STARK TO BE REPLACED. A DASTARDLY OUTRAGE. The departure of the popular Admiral Makaroff to relieve Admiral Stark on the China station was an impressive ceremony. He received the Sacrament from the hands of Father John, of Kronstadt. Replying to a subsequent Ov'atkm Admiral Makaroff said there W£3 warm work to do out there and thd Russians must be united now.

A staff of engineers and naval architects accompanies Admiral Makarnff.

While Armenian clergy were celebrating a patriotic service, after a prayer was offered for the success of the Russian arms, and during the singing of the National Anthem, a bomb was thrown towards the clergy. It killed three members of the congregation and injured several others. RUSSIA AGREES TO A PRINCIPLE.

Russia, in acquiescing in the principle of Colonel Hay’s Note, makes reservations concerning the territory leased to Russia or covered by the Chinese eastern railway. Advices from Gottland Island, Sweden, state that six Russian warships have passed Cape Haborg southwards.

Admiral Aloxieffs allegation that the Japanese fired nn the Hansa is officially contradicted from Berlin.

IN ULTED BY COSSACKS. The Czar and Czarina witnessed the departure of regiments for the Fir Bast. The Czar blessed the troons, warning them that their foe wis brave, confident and crafty. Cossacks at Niuchwang insulted the American Consul and commanders of the British sloop of war Espigle and the American gunboat Helena. Russia has promised reparation for the incident. Advices from Pekin report that many Japanese scouts are inspecting the country at tho head of the Gulf o? Liaotong,

Denmark has refused Russia permission to coal, and has summoned two thousand reserves to protect her ports. Russia has abandoned the space previously obtained at tho St. Louis Exhibition and Japan immediately secured it,

RUSSIAN CRUISER TORPEDOED.

The American Admiralty understands that the Japanese torpedoer Hayatori torpedoed the Russian ■cruiser Boyarin at Port Arthur on -the 14th. Japan has agreed to the proposals in Colonel Hay’s Note, reserving the right of action in the event of Russia violating China’s territory. GOING TO ATTACK SIBERIAN R AILW AY. Later advices Confirm the reported organisation of. bands of Ohunchuses nbesraen, \jnJer Japanese leaders, if simultaneously attack the Si berian railway. USUAL RUSSIAN PLUCK The Russian gunboat Mandgur remains at Shanghai though she has Oee,n ordered to leave, alleging that 3»he is awaiting the Admiral’s instructions. The Austrian cruiser Kaiserin Elizabeth, now at Batavia, has been ordered to abandon the proposed. Australian cruise and proceed to the Gulf of Pechili.