WAR IN THE EAST.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 93, 23 April 1904, Page 3

WAR IN THE EAST.

NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENTS fc THREATENED. SPIES. PURCHASE OF A STEAMER. LONDON, April 21. The Russian circular to the Powers Implies that correspondents aboard neutral Bteainere will be treated as spies if using ethergrams to communicate information to the enemy. It is reported that the Nord Deutcher Lloyds' steamer ,Koi serin Maria Theresa has been sold to Russia. (She is of 8278 tons gross, with a speed of 20 knots.) THE PALLADA INCIDENT. ANOTHER STORY. LONDON, April 21. It is semi-officially announced at St. Petersburg that the Russian battleship Pobieda was not struck in the mine explosion, but was rammed in the confusion that followed the destruction of the Petropavlovsk. The same catastrophe also resulted in the protected cruiser Fallada beinj; finally disabled.

HANGING JAPANESE SPIES. LONDON, April 21. Two Japanese arrested on the Nonni River were hanged at Port Arthur. One declared himself a Prince of the Blood Royal. JAPANESE READY AND ANXIOUS. FLOODED WITH VOLUNTEERS.

(Received April 22, 10.6 p.m.) LONDON, April 22. The Japanese war Office is flooded with applications from volunteers to go to the front. The applicants are of all ages, and many have written in their own blood. None were accepted. It is thought that if men are needed these will be accorded the first chance. Officials believe that half a million are easily obtainable.

KUROPATKINS BODYGUARD,

(Received April 22, 10.6 p.m.) LONDON, April 22. Count Kuropatkin's bodyguard consists of fifteen knights of St. George. A STRICT CENSORSHIP, TROUBLE BREWING WITH CHINA. HOW WILL SHE /ACT ? (Received April 23, 12.17 ani ) LONDON, April 22. Newspaper correspondents will be allowed at Mukden on condition that they do not divulge the news of the results of engagements or Russian losses.

Admiral Alexieff demands the withdrawal within three weeks of Chinese troops twenty miles from Mufcden and asks an immediate reply to his demands.

COSSACKS CAPTURING CATTLE. COMMANDEERING TACTICS. (Received April 23, 12.36 a.hi.) LONDON, April 22. Cossacks are capturing hundreds of Tartar cattle in Manchuria without payment.