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Manawatu Herald, 30 July 1904, Page 2

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ORDERS TO STOP SEARCHING. The Smolensk and Saint Petersburg are retiring from Suez, being advised that a Japanese cruiser is approaching. The Saint Petersburg captain has been promoted. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the newspaper Echo de Paris states officially that the Russian Foreign Office declares that a steamer is pursuing the Smolensk and Saint Petersburg with an order to them to stop searching, and directing them to merely police the Indian ocean without the right of capture.

After a conference between the British and Russian Consuls and uhe prize commander, the Eussian flag was hauled down from the Malacca at sunset and the crew landed. The British flag was hoisted at sunrise to-di\y. Apparently, the cargo has not been searched. Two British warships escorted the Malacca a part of the way through the Mediterranean, and then disappeared. The Arabia carried 100,000 barrels of flour, consigned to a firm at Yokohama. This was not intended for Government use. When the Malacca was seized the Eussian engineers replaced the British bearings. The new bearings became heated before reaching Suez, and the Russians were obliged to ask the British engineers to put them right.. The prize crew was very polite. HBATY FIGHTING AROUND PORT ARTHUR. DESTRUCTION OP PROPERTY IN NIUCHWANG. Chinese, who have arrived at Chefoo, report fighting on the 17th and 18th at Hunghuangtung, six miles from Port Arthur. There were 400 Russian casualties. The arsenal and stores at Niuchwang were partially destroyed before being evacuated by the Russians. JAPANESE SHIPPING SUSPENDED. Toldo reports that foreign and domestic shipping is practically at a standstill through Russia’s sweeping list of contraband articles, which renders every ship liable to seizure.