THE WAR.

Manawatu Herald, 20 September 1904, Page 2

THE WAR.

CLOSING IN ON MUKDEN. JAPANESE TERMS OF PEACE. SICKNESS IN PORT ARTHUR. Mukden telegrams state that the Japanese are advancing east, southeast and south-west, and that constant skirmishes are occurring with General Mistchenks, who is retiring before the Japanese. Twenty-six of his wounded have arrived at Mukden. Lord Balfour of Burleigh learns that after the occupation of Mukden and Saghalien, the Japanese are prepared to accept peace on the basis of an indemnity of one hundred million sterling, the transfer of the Russian ships in Chinese waters to Japan, and the formation of an intercolonial syndicate to work the the Manchurian railway on commercial lines. The Port Arthur garrison, exclusive of sailors, is 84,000, which includes 20,000 sick and wounded. Five hundred cavalry attempted to drive the Japanese from Palichwang, but have not returned to Port Arthur. It is believed they were captured. FEEDING AGAINST THE WAR. Seventeen officers in the Kieff district have been openly court raartialled for declaring that further attempts to resist the Japanese are useless and a senseless waste of life. An intense feeling against the war is manifested everywhere in Russia. Within 48 hours of the promulgation of the mobilisation, 700 reservists, mostly Jews, quitted Odessa military circles, where 9000 reservists are missing. JAPS CAPTURE LARGE SUPPLIES OF FORAGE. CHINA’S PROTEST DISREGARDED. The forage left at Liaoyang by the Russians is sufficient to feed the Japanese horses, of four divisions, for three months. China is alarmed at the prospect of a battle at the sacred city and near the Royal tombs, and has urged the Russians and Japanese to fight elsewhere without eliciting any responce. RUSSIAN WARSHIPS NEAR GIBRALTAR. In addition to the cruiser Teretz, Which recently stopped a number of British steamers near Gibraltar, there are nine other Russian warships cruising in the same vicinity.