WAR SHADOWS.
PREPARATIONS FOR HOSTILITIES. LONDON, FiU 5. The Russian) battleship Oslabva and the transport Saratolf, with ttyw ttesfliroyers, have left Sued for the Far East. The Russian fleet has now returned and is now lying outside l'ort Arthur. It is believed it was intended to throw troops into Cheiunlpho, but a large Japanese fleet was sighted off Wei-liai-wei. The reserves of the Russian Pacific squadron have been commissioned. Russia has engagwl eighteen ad. ditional steamers to convey coal and munitions of war from to tihe Far East. MORE DISQUIETING NEWS. THE SITUATION HOPELESS. (Received F«t>. 7, 9.41 a.m.) LONDON, Feb. (>. The Times' correspondent at Tokio says the situation is regarded there as hopeless. The Admiralty has given orders at Cardiff for the prompt supply of coal to the British fleet in Japanese waters. Russia is laying a railway across the ice on Lake Baikal, in Eastern Siberia.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 32, 8 February 1904, Page 3
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148WAR SHADOWS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 32, 8 February 1904, Page 3
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