RUSSIA.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXII, Issue 2032, 20 December 1907, Page 5

RUSSIA.

THE STOESSEL COURTMARTIAL. | ;thr value deport Arthur. Press Association— Copyright. Received December 20, 8.23 a. an, €& Petersburg, - General Kuropatkin mforaaea the Oourt'-martial. which . is .'General Stoessel and others, %hat the -creation of Dalny so impaired the ■valtoe of Port Arthur that he on the «7e of the war urged the referoeession 4he LiaotimgPeninsulajondition®lly upon China paying =£25,000,000 .•and granting Russia concessions in Northern Manchuria. Although the foreign aud Financial Ministers con - murred in the scheme-itrailed because <of Russia’s entire ■ confidence that the war would be -successful.