CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3516, 2 May 1905, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

Russia and Japan. , TIP-. r beets. RUSSI ANS LEAVE SHELTER AT ANNAM. London, April 28. Admiral Rozhdestvensky’s squadron including I wenly-five warships, amp.bring ship, water supply ship and a number of colliers have quitted Kain* ranh Bay, carrying six months’ provi-

sions, ... . .. ; K is expected they will junction with Admiral Diebogatoffs squadron and steer for the Pacific en route to Vladivostock, after sending back the transports and colliers. There are six Russian colliers at f Batavia. . , I Various reports have been received t 0 the effect that several Russian converted cruisers and destroyers are inside Kamranh Bay. . . A nibi’chantman that has arrived at ■ ! Shanghai imports sighting an important division pf Admiral Togo s fleet off Tsn-shima Islands, Straits of Korea. LAND CAMPAIGN. JAPAN MUST EXPECT PROLONGED WAR, London, April 29. Russian advices state that Marshal Oyama commands 600,000 effective troops. Count Okuma, addressing the Progressive' Party’s Committee for the Care of Wounded at Tokio, said the total number of sick and wounded during the war was 250,000, and of killed or died of disease 50,000. The nation must expect a prolongation of the struggle. He hoped it would not affect the national sentiment. General Linevitch _ continues to harass Japanese positions southward of Kuugchuling. THE END PREDICTED. WAR MAY BE TERMINATED IN A MONTH. St. Petersburg. April 30. Tim “ Russian Gazette,”. Moscow, in calculating Marshal Ovama’s overwhelming force, predicts that though I Admiral Rozhdestvensky may be victorious the war will be terminated in a month.