CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3521, 13 May 1905, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

War in The East THE BALTIC FLEET. PRESS OPINIONS. London, May 11. Two of Admiral Diebogatoff’a cruisers were warned off Saigoa prior to functioning with Rozhdestvensky. The Russian Admiralty discredit the St Petersburg report that Rozhdestvensky’s cruiser Almaz carrying plans, reached Yladivosfcook after eluding Togo. Rozhdestvensky’s last telegram complained that he was being driven from post to pillar and burning much coal. The Powers fear that Rozhdestvensky will seek safe refuge on the Chinese coast. The Powers are watching to ensure China’s neutrality. One hundred and twenty, Jewe were killed or injured at Zhitomir, Regarding the reference to the Diana, called on April 26tb, “ The Times’ ’ ’Paris correspondents learn that the Russian commander was permitted to make a trial trip in the river. After having repaired her he steamed towards the sea. The threats of being fired on by by the Artillery alone prevented her escaping.

Leading Tokio newspapers express satisfaction with the attitude of the British press and people which, they declare, strengthen the Japanese in the hour of their trial.

French newspapers are highly appreciative of the entente removing the clouds b;,t\veen France and Japan, Fifteen thousand Japanese are garrisoning Formosa. The mines and fortifications have been greatly trengthened. The police at Tokio arrested Iwasaki, a former naval engineer, Captain Bongouin, a former French naval attache, and Bongouin’s English stepson named Scange, on a charge of supplying the Russians with information.

The “Figaro” says but for England’s friendship France would have been several times plunged into war since the outbreak of war in the Par East.

The “ Petite Republique accuse! Russia of seeking to drag France into her own worst adventures. The Czar and his Ministers simply regard France as a medium to supply money.