CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3518, 6 May 1905, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

* The Manchurian Struggle* THE RUSSIAN NAVY. tokio irritated. IMPORTANT NAVAL PDBCHASES BY BOTH NATIONS. London, May 4. The Paris correspondent of “ Times” state? that Admiral Bo™’ destvensky is off the island of Hon* lou, near Uhatrang (fcbfcty MMWB north.of Kamraah Bay). The British steamer Woodford reports {-bat thousands of tons of COM arn stacked on the banks of ttsa cHmon Over for the Russian vessel?, Vwffve kanbC orts ara off the river ‘ b j Tokio that th® It 13 mmcmrctu at; A; 0 • a destination of the -Busman Petropavlovsk (Kamcbal ka ). whetfl coal is being collected. .. A strong feeling exists at i-OKio* It is stated that although Admiral Rozhdestvensky is cruising oatsia® the territorial muffs, he iss utilising the anchorages. The French at Saigon are cewaoringthe news relating to the sians. , The United States Government,, at Japan’s instance, has urged Chinn to entojee neutrality. The Chine?*? Governine.-H immediately replied tbafe it had used, end would use, every effort to prevent the escape ItOW Shanghai of the Russian cruiser and destroyer which wore interned ther® last August. It is understood at" Washington that Japan is asking Britain to m&ka similar representations to Pekin. It is understood that.;th’o Franca Admiral .Tonquieres has again lefts Saigo to renew the formal injurfofcioa to Admiral Rozhdestvensky that b® must respect French neutrality. Presistent reports ’are current at Bt. Petersburg that Messrs Schwab and Flint bav.e effected the ?ale of, the Argentine aud Chilian navies to Russia. It is stated that transports .art leaving Kronstadt with prews foe those warships. Since the beginning of th’3 Japan has purchased in Germany, and elsewhere thirty / iinW* chant steamers, presumably. According to Russian forecasts, the next great battle will be fought on the Changchun-KU’in line (whera a light railway has been built by iha Russians) and on the Tumen rivet (the northern boundary of Korea.) General Linevitch’s position i« pronounced to be practically bope§ less, since bo has only 370,000 men against Field-Marshal Oyama-s 600,* 000.