CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3522, 16 May 1905, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

Japan and Russlp. r ■ ! ' ,r MOKE ten TIN .I.’ AN ATTACK AND A FAILURS. - London, May 12. The Japanese have .-began minor operations alternately on the Russian right and left. This is interpreted to prelude an ndyanpe Two infantry, five sotnia.-i one battery attacked ttie Japanese extreme right at.Yipcheng; on,.Tuesday, ~Tha Jnfantry advanc d. upder cover pf n he ivy artillery fire within one nun* dred metres when the garrison as* so mod the offensive, attacked and dispersed the Russians, wfio left 60 dead and 160 wounded. The total casualties were 800. The JapanM* had one killed arid fifty wounded. ; SUGGESTIONS-OF PEi!()E. HU.SSIA SAID TO BE TIRED 1 ; 6f WAR. London, May 12. The “ Daily. Tgle.granh’s ” Tokio eorrospnndobt;f|pj?rts that informs* tion ha« which states that Roosevelt has ascertained, that ißussia desires to terminate the war if the indemnity is excluded, and has also ascertained what terms would be agreeable. Unconfirmed tumours are ciroulated in Washington and Paris. The “ Tele* graph” adds that Japanese states*.' men are inquiring among themselves if Britain would give, a quid pro’ quo ‘ fora renewal and extension ‘df the alliance.