RUSSIA AND JAPAN.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7923, 3 October 1904, Page 5

RUSSIA AND JAPAN.

;General Oyama's Army.

The Japanese Inactive,

(By. Electric Telegraph—Copyright)

(Per Press Association)

LONDON, October 2.

Advices from Mukden state that, the Japanese have fortified a position northwest of the Yentai mines. .'.* v

.. General Oyama's' force facing the Russians number 144,000;-.. bayonets; 6380 '"cavalry, and 63S guns. The Japanese are represented as being anxious to act on.the defensive.

Advices', report sharp skirmishing at various points* with unimportant casualties. ■-

The' Standard's, correspondent at Kuroki's headquarters says the Russians are reconnoitring. They are puzzled at the Japanese inactivity, and unable to realise that the Japanese are confident that in thfiksuperiority they can afford to wait till^ey have completed their arrangements^ • The Czar had. a Splendid and popular welcome to Odessa. He stopped £our hours, and then held a second review, at Tiraspol,

The Dowager-Empress inspected the Baltic fleet.

The Smolensk and the St. Petersburgare coaling and provisioning, and proceed to Libau. ■'*"*"

A report has reached Vladivostock stating that while tho Re'clytelni was being towed the vessel blew up, and 130 Japanese perished.

The Japanese captured a junk with despatches, from Port Arthur, and detained two Russians.

■ The Times' correspondent says a change in the Japanese military system is'estimated to bring forthwith 600,00 trained men to colours.

A band of Chunehuses blew up tho railway 160 miles south of Harbin, killing a number of sentinels. Traffic and wires were interrupted for several hours. General Sakharoff reported that the Japanese are pouring across the Taitse at Brinsiku.

A number of Chunehuses are assisting the Japanese on the Liao river side.*

The cavalry on Thursday checked the Japanese advance in the Yentai district. On Friday they burnt seventeen junks transporting ammunition on the Hunho. Moscow province is mobilising 50,000 men.

The Smolensk and St.* Petersburg are at Algiers.