THE WAR.

Manawatu Herald, 1 March 1904, Page 2

THE WAR.

THR RUSSIAN ADVANCE. Russians have been seen between Raising and Angu (in Korea, and about forty miles south of the Yalu river.) FROZEN TO DEATH. HARDSHIPS ENDURED BY RUSSIANS. The Czar has decorated General Kuropatkin, who is to command the Russian land forces. In an autograph letter the Czar also acknowledged his (Kuropatkin’s self-sacrifice in accepting a difficult post in Manchuria. A number of troops, while marching across Lake Baikal, were frozen to death. Thousands, after detraining, marched all day without food and spent the night jn the open. Some died while marching along the rail; way. FALSE RUSSIAN REPORTS. RUSSIAN ANIMOSITY AGAINST BRITAIN. An official message from St. Petersburg states that Thursday’s attack on Port Arthur was a renewed attempt to block the harbour and lasted for three hours. Upon receipt of Admiral Alexieff's erroneous telegram that the Russians had sunk Japanese battleships and transports, the Te Deum was sung in Sti. Petersburg. The Czar and Czarina were present. The Berlin Post’s St. Petersburg correspondent says there is a wild wave of Anglophobia caging, all classes, from Court circles to the peasantry, being convinced that Japan is merely Britain’s advance agent in the war. THE RUSSIAN WOUNDED. Prince Tokugawa has been appointed Japanese Resident at Seoul. The Russians wounded in the Chemulpho fight have reached Hong Kong, voyaging south. The British crews at Hong Kong devoted half a day’s pay to provide them with luxuries. The Admiralty gave them kits of clothing. The steamer Korea, after unload* ing 12,240 barrels of beef at Nagasaki, was allowed to proceed. Forged rouble notes to the extent of ten millions sterling are being circulated in Manchuria. THE REGENT ATTACK ON PORT ARTHUR.

THE JAPANE-E VERSION. The Japanese Legation in London published the following statement:— “ On the morning of the 24th four old vessels were sunk and blocked Port Arthur, the object being attained. JAPANESE ,GUjnSPAT SANK. The recently concluded JapaneseKorean treaty is published. It definitely guarantees the independence and territorial integrity of Korea, and entrusts the defence to Japan in the case of aggression by a third Power or internal disturbances. Under the treaty Korea is not allowed to form another alliance. The St. James Gazette’s Ohifu correspondent states a boat was badly damaged in the Port Arthur attack. Several boatloads of her crew landed. The Herald says that five thousand troops, travelling by night, reinforced the Port Arthur garrison, which now numbers thirty,thousand. ANOTHER BRITISH STEAMER SEARCHED. A Russian warship in the Red Sea, north of Perion, stopped and searched the British steamer Benalder, bound for Yokohama.

PORT ARTHUR SHELLED. The Japanese Consul has received an official cable, dated the 26th, which, after giving farther details of the sinking of fire ships at Pott Arthur, saysOn Wednesday night last torpedo boats reconnoitred Port Arthur, Talienwan, and Pigeon Bays and shelled the three places. On Thursday morning the Japanese main squadron advanced towards Port Arthur and shelled the enemy’s ships and forts from a long distance. The Russian ships Novik, Askold, and Boyarin retreated to the inner harbour. Seeing the inner harbour entrance was accessible it was thought the intending blockading was ineffective. Then the squadron shelled the inner harbour for fifteen minutes*, and after witnessing a great flame retired. Meanwhile a squadron of cruisers in the neighbourhood of Rootetsuzah destroyed one Russian torpedoer. Our squadron sustained no injury and no casualties.