WAR IN THE EAST.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 84, 13 April 1904, Page 2

WAR IN THE EAST.

automobiles and armament,

LONDON, April IX, Kussia ißtcnds to employ for military purposed armoured automobiles manufactured on the Continent. Tlio Kusdans hav« bought thirty guns in Connecticut, and shipped them to the Fur Bust. KBW ItOUTE TO THE EAST. LONDON, April 11, Commander Kulizilki lias informed the C/ar that ho is willing to pilot Win j>..'.!ii; Uifiuudrun to the Far East via tne Sea of Kara, and is confident it would arrive in August. H(!SSIA AND THE I'OLKS, LONDON, April 11. A crowded meeting of I'olish emigrants at Whitechapel denounced Hussion tyranny towards Poland, and prayed for Hussian defeat in the war. They hope this weakening of her power will enal.Je the Pules to change the political situation. VARIOUS ITEMS. LONDON, April 11, Niu-chwnng is practically closed to commerce. The Hussions do not reply fo ships signalling for pilots up the Lino Hiver. The Russians fmried with naval ceremonies the body of Commander Hirose, a Japanese hero killed ia the recent altnck on Port Arthur. OPERATIONS DELAYED. (Received April I.'!, 0.;J5 a.m.) LONDON, April 12. Storms at sea anil rains in southern Manchuria are impeding war operations. A HUSSIAN ADMIRAL'S OPINION. FLEET NOT ACTIVE ENOUGH. LONDON, April 12. Vice-Admiral Hojestvensky, chief of the Hussian Navy Staff, in an interview declared that the fleet at Port Arthur at the outset ought to have gono out and fought tooth and null. He would even have sacrificed the fleet in order to prevent the Japanese from landing in Korea.