RUSSIA AND JAPAN.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 109, 12 May 1904, Page 2

RUSSIA AND JAPAN.

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GERMANY'S IMPARTIAL ATTT- > TUDE<

LONDON, May 10. Noteworthy as showing the con* trast between Germany's attitude towards Great Britain during the Boer war, and her attitude towards Russia now, is the /act that Count von Bulow, the Imperial Chancellor, replying in the Reichstag to Hen; Bebol's (Socialist) remark that German sympathies were on the Bide o( Japan, seized the opportunity to express regret at the malicious, mocking articles published by a section of , the press, especially tho comic Jour- " nals, in reference to neighbouring friendly countries. Parenthetically,h* regretted a similar newspaper outburst which occurred* a year or two ago.

The Times, commenting on these utterances, welcomes this tardy regret, and adds that tor three yean the Anglophobe Germany poured out an 1 obscene vituperatioObut never one# (fid Count v ( on Bulow or any other, responsible statesman raise a flngee or utter a word to check them. I (Received May 11, 11.64 p.m.) LONDON, May 11. The Pall Mall Gazette says that Count von Bulow was prompt en* ough when Russia was concerned to do what she ostentatiously refrained from doing when abominable Insults were offered to tIM venerable Queen Victoria, the then Prince of Wales, and our statesmen and soldiers, is significant, and om that England should not forest. The St. James Gazette declare* that if the tardy apology «reawakens all our bile It were worse £ than useless."- Past bitterness requires a deal of assuagement, *""1 there 1b little evidence on the part of official Germany of any desire to see it assuaged.

SUSPICIOUS FIRE IN A RUSSIAN ARSENAI» St PETERSBURG, May 10„ A heap of shavings, sprinkled with petroleum, was discovered ablaze in the Kronatad arsenal, but jm, extinguished before the flames could spread to e building filled with ammunition and pyroxylin. . The fire is attributed to a Japanese fgent. All foreign workmen in the aiwnal liavs been discharged, " THE FIGHTING ON THSS YA-LH* LONDON. May 10. While the Japanese troops vers crossing the Ya-lu River the Russians used smokeless powder, with excellent results, the Russian positions in a number of cases being twdiscoyv .. orable.

General Kuropatkin admits tJull the Russian casualties on the V«-lu ■ were 2324 men and 70 officers. Sev- 1 eral companies continued to fight al- V ter losing half tltelr effectived Strength, * , The Russian wounded are suffering terribly. There is no ombulancisfavailable and comrades have to cany, them, or they have to walk. Much of the hospital equipment at Feng, weng-cheng was captured. .' The Japanese cavalry proved much Tl superior to expectations, . 1 The Japanese censors, by mutilaVj ing them, spoiled £2OOO worth - of" cablegrams despatched from the Yalu to London and New York. RUSSIAN REINFORCEMENTS, (Recoived May 11, 10.15 p.m.) LONDON, May 11. Arrangements are being made to despatch 55,000 additional rein- ' forcomonts from Kharkoff, Rusßia has protested to the PoW ',;| ers who were signatories to t Geneva and Hague Conventions ag- . ainst Japan for firing on a Red *A Cross train at Pulantion,

MORE CONTRABAND. . (Received May 11, 10.30 p.m.) St. PETERSBURG, May 11. An Imperial ukase has been promulgated declaring cotton to be con- " traband because it is used in tn» manufacture of high explosives, PORT ARTHUR MUKDEN RAlju WAY. (Received May 11, 10.52 p.m.) LONDON, May 11. There is much speculation o» Prince Alexlefl's announcement that railway communication between Port Arthur and Mukden has been re- ■ opened. It is suggested that a portion of General Oko's army ha* been temporarily withdrawn, o>r. ,' that Admiral Stossel has bean allowed to send away non-combat* ants preparatory to the bombards Mfc ment of Port Arthur. \T FURTHER JAPANESE SUCCER* SES, •• RUSSIA'S CONCENTRATION OW UAO-YANG. J (Received May 11,10.58 p.m.), LONDON, May 11. The Daily Chronicle announces that General Oko marched three ,''< divisions to co-operate with Gen* *\ oral Kuroki. and defeated the Kua- /,- sians at Wc-fung-tien with loss. The Japanese artillery splendidly handled. Advices received from Shr, n -haikwan state 'that the Russian;* were overtaken and seriously defeated southwards of Liao-yanjf,. The Japanese guns were draped t0 summits of hills whlc',/ wero posed to be iinclim>, m ble The Russians Wily' withdrew , I north. Rusßian advi-v,*, state tnat Qm . ._ eral KuropatVj n i S drawing his (or-. !■! cm southwards of Liao-yang, aiMvafl is concentrating for the next battltjW there. VARIOUS ITEMS. . I * J LONDON, May 10., t Bawdits have cut the railway at- ' Hui-cheng. Russian consols at Berlin 10 points within a week. * The capture of Dalny will seriously interfere with Port Arthur's eloc- / trical supply. The behavious of Chinese enlisted in a Russian regiment at Harbin "' is causing anxiety. There are 3000 bandits outsJde I \iu-chwang, ready to loot when ti»- 1 town is evacuated. V Russia has ordered from St. Etien-- 1 no, in France, two hundred ttiousarUt'» ■ Lebel rifles, to bo completed at thr 'jjl rate of five hundred weekly. j A merohant In a position to know.'. ''H tow a Reutcr correspondent at Sban&t'Jjß hai-kwan that there is coal enoughjjfl at Port Arthur to suffice for the ships for six weoks, and to suffice for 8000 tnta for thrtSfelssl month*. '- *ffISPM