THE WAR.

Manawatu Herald, 23 August 1904, Page 2

THE WAR.

RUSSIANS IN A FIX.

Admiral Wifchoeft’s last signal was; “ Remember the Emperor’s orders not to return to Port Arthur.” One thousand Russians belonging to the warships are interned at Kiaochau.

Tho Taotai of Shanghai a'lows the Askold and Grosuvl (id remain until the 23rd, when a day’s notice will be given to quit or disarm. PASSING THE DARDANELLES. The Times protests against the i lea of specific instancest»f wrongful seizure awaiting the close of the war f>r settlement, however gratifying too Russians’ expected reply may, in principle, prove in other directions. The Times’ Odessa Correspondent reports that the volunteer cruiser Paraloff, in the Black Sea, is fitting ardilfiUlition hoists, and will shortly pass the straits. The St. Petersburg newspaper Novoe Yreraya says that it is neither easy nor desirable to try and solve, during the war, the complicated question of contraband owing to the difficulty to harmonise the Russian views. It Would be better, meanwhile, to decide each Case on its merits without attempting to generalise, THE SURRENDER OF PORT ARTHUR DEMANDED. Major Yaraaoka met the Russian chief-of-staff under a flag of truce 500 metres north of Sboshiying on the Iflth. The offer included women and children (under 1G), priests and diplomatists, and officers of the neutral Powers, who would be conveyed to Dalny, where their luggage would be examined. The ternis of surrender included the handing over of all tho Russian warships in the harbour. It is reported that When he heard the terms General Sfcoessol burst ino a storm of invective, but treated Major Yamaoka courteously. He refused the Japanese request for a three days’ truce to bury the dead. Major Yamaoka communicated the Kaiser’s request that Japan-allow the two German attaches to leave Port Arthur.

Chifu reports state the Japanese have reached an -abandoned Chinese arsenal a mile and a quarter east of Port Arthur. STRUCK A MINE AND SANK. Chinese warships are expected at Shanghai. A Russian gunboat of the Otvajni type ( struck a mine and sank off Liaotishah Promontory. THE BALTIC FLEET. Though the Admiral and officers remain aboard the Baltic fleet, the prospects of sailing are small. [This bears out the remarks in our issue of Saturday last,-Ed.J