Latest Cablegrams.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXII, Issue 42774, 5 September 1905, Page 2

Latest Cablegrams.

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St Petersburg Yesterday. Russia is preparing plans to land 100,000 troops at Batoum and Poti, to suppress the disturbances in the Caucasus, and perhaps reinforce the army in Turkestan. Constantinople, Yesterday, A great fire has occurred at Adrianople, 7000 houses being burned. Only 15 were insured. The Post Office, Mosques, iGreek,; Armenian, Bulgarian and Jewish quarters were destroyed with many victims. ; Bombay, Yesterday.'; Merchants at several places in Bengal, owing to the partition, are countermanding orders for Manchester goods. The principal nativ newspapers in Calcutta are printed with black borders.

London, Yesterday. ; Special references to the peace were made in many churches an l chapels. Newspapers discuss the probability of Britain’s early evacuation of Waihaiwei Germany lately decided to expend £75C,000 at Kaoeham. Mr Asquith, speaking at Abercairney on Saturday, declared that peace was a signal of unparalleled victory of reason over passion, and regarding the re-fashioning of the Anglo-Japanese Alliince, said that while reserving liberty in judgment of details, all liberals would agree in declaring that the Alliance was a material assurance of our commcm interests which were also those of civilisation and progress, and involving no antagonistic rights to the legitimate susceptibilities of other powers. It was heartily ap proved by the pe iple of Britain and was already regarded by them as an integral part of our policy in the Far East. Washington, Yesterday. The Mikado;, thanked President Rooseve’t for the distinguished share he took in the establishment of peace based o 1 principles which were essential to the permanent '{welfare and tranquility of the Far East. Mr Denison Martens completed twelve clauses of the -draft of treaty. was a long discussion over Sag ha!ion. Envoys were ir united and with on> accord referred to the clause dealing with the evacua ion of Man churia which still remains to be dealt with, It is expected that the treaty will be signed on Monday afternoon, M. Sato declares that the terms of the treaty will not be announced until ratified.

Sr Petersburg, Yesterday: T M. Bekmann, the new governor of Oourland district issued 15 drastic ordinance* meeting every, discretion of offence and forbids wearing or sell mg weapons as illegal. Hunting fo sport is prohibited. The police are empowered to shoot bicyclists not stopping the instant they are signalled. London, Yesterday. The Times’ correspondent reports that the Ostar, and not M. de W itte, is the real negotiator for peace. M. de Witte and Count Lnmsdorff would have preferred the repurchase of SaghuHett. but the Czar's will prevailed, hence the meaning of M. de Witte's and Count Lawsdortfs telegrams to the Ostar,

.Bej.lcings at peace are general throughout Liuievitch’s army and also at Vladivostok. In the Gnr’s message to Gen, Liniovitoh ho rocapifcu lates that the Japanese demands wore refused, adding that Japan has agreed 'o all Uussia’e eouditionsjbut asked for former portion of Salmi ion after {naming their, army, which convinced him they Wore able to indict a serious de* ,

feat. Tee Osuiv declares in tho interests of his duty, his fovvn conscience, and j that of his people, net to again put tho army to the valour test at the ex* ' ponse of frosti and ondendloss horrors ; of war in order to retain one-half of a remote island. Ho therefore no- j o.itod the preliminary to iditions of, . once. I t j «