RUSSIA AND JAPAN.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 111, 14 May 1904, Page 3

RUSSIA AND JAPAN.

SEWS OF PORT ARTHUU. RUSSIAN SHIP SUNK. LONDON, May 12. The mine transport Arnar, \vl en laying mines in the roadstet-d at Port Arthur, struck a mine end sank. Twenty of the orew were drowned. The explosions heard at l'ori Arthur are attributed to an attempt to clear the fairway of the harbour. An impression prevails that the re-opening of the railway to Port Arthur was due to the prevalence of a gale lor three days, which delayed General Oko's complete disembarkation, and necessitated the concentration and landing of a force at Pitsuwo. THE FIGHTING IN SHIN KING, LONDON, May 12. Fragmentary Russian despatches concerning skirmishes in Manchuria and other advices are interpreted to mean that some hundred and lifty thouf'.nri Japanese are deploying on a wit)*' front, running north-east through Feng-wang-cheng, and that 'General Oko's troops are advancing 'to coperate in a v .<je turning movement. A small force remains on the Liao-tung Peninsula. RUSSIAN ASSAULT' IN" AN-JU, LONDON, May 12. Five hundred Cossacks attacked Anju. Fifty were killed, and the Ja- ' panese had ten casualties. Fierce ( lighting lasted for twelve hours. NEW JAPANESE LOAN, LONDON, May 12. The Japanese loan has been issued at 93J, and is quoted in London at a premium of 3$ per cent. REPORTED CAPTURE OF DALNY, (Received May 13, 10.21 "p.m.) LONDON, May 13. The reports of the capture of | Dalny, though persistent, are premature, judging from Reuter's cau- . tiously worded St. Petersburg mesj > sage, indicating that the Russians, tn order to prevent a landing, blew up docks and piers costing millions of roubles. ANOTHER DISPUTED REPORT. LONDON, May 13, Prince Alcxiefl's report that the ' • railway to . Port Arthur has been 1 re-opened since Monday is officially , contradicted at Tokio, THE ATTACK ON AN-JU. LONDON, May 13. The attackers on An-ju were General Mandaritoff's flying column, consisting of 600 trans-Baikal and • 100 Usauri Cossacks from Ping- ' yang, The majority refused to light, their morals toeing low, Japanese sharpshooters pricked oS several of ' the officers. THE KRONSTADT FIRE. ; " ST. PETERSBURG, May 13. The attempt to lire the Kronstadt arsenal has been traced to a Nihilj iat conspiracy to destroy numerous K Government buildings and Imperial palaces. V A CRUISER REFLOATED. L (Received May 13, 10.40 p.m.) LONDON, May 13. c The sunken Russian cruiser Orel has been refloated. THE! JAPANESE CORDON. ITS RESISTLESS . ILONDON, May 13. ~ Japanese are silently preparangTfor the next coup. Tpere are indications that the right winE Is in the vicinity of Quanlienj, while the left wing, at Tarutsu4, near Wing-fang-tien, is thrown with a view of forming a - <ring' round the enemy. General Krahkevitch reports thut ten thousand Japanese are advancing £n Siu-yen, with fifty mountain . funs. ■ < • . Advices from Niu-chwang have been received, some of which state that 15,000 Japanese have occupied Hai-ciieng. General Kuroki's centre is Fen-wang-cheng, and he is advancing . cautiously on Ha.i-cheng, while on his right is a division of infantry with forty guns. A force of 15Uu cavalry is thrown in the direction of Sama-chi with a vtew to outflanking the Russians at .Mao-yang. = Twenty thousand Japanese have landed at Pitsuwoo, with held ar- ■ tillery and siege guns. \ " THE JAPANESE PLAN OF AC- \ . HON, \ ■ A RUSSIAN FORECAST. (Received May 13, 11.27 p.m.) ' LONDON, May 13. The Russians are convinced that General Kuroki intends a frontal attack on Liao-yang, and that General Oko will co-operate In attacking General Kuropatkin's right. The Japanese success depends on the rapidity of the combined movement preventing Kuropatkin from receiving needful reinforcements.