PORT ARTHUR'S DOOM.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 258, 4 November 1904, Page 2

PORT ARTHUR'S DOOM.

TUNNELLING UNDER THE FOilT- | RESS COMPLETED. MINES READY IX) EXPLODE,' LONDON, Nov. 2. The D a ily News stau« ttat ttaa mining 0 < two fori a at the extremity of a tunnel under l'ori Arthur is being completed to-day. will not be exploded u«til General Stoesael is given an opportunity oi surrendering. The fortress'* guß» are outruaigi'd. (Received Nov. S, 11.55 p.m.) . LONDON, Nov, {I. Official Tokio despatches tltas tunnel mining uirnd counter mining attacks. The miners had desperate lights in the trenches, end dynamite was used on both nidus.. Shells digaWed the cruiser viet, lired another warohlp, aad <Ur magad others. The Japanese retain the cap tun<l position, "

MOVEMENT IN MANCHURIA, JAPANESE PRESSING ON RUS» SIAN LEFT. (Received Nov. 3, 11.55 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 3. General Sakliarofl reports that tip Japanese have commenced « tor~ ward movement against the extreme left wing. They have ro-occupifa Sandepu, on the Russian right Wing.. THE POPE INTERVIEWED. » ' HE HOPES FOR DIVINE INTERr VENTION, .... (Received Nov. 4, 1.80 a.m.). . • LONDON, Nov.. a. . Popo Plus X., interviewed, regtvtUxl the absence of a couimon action to end the war, whlich was butchery. He hopeci the Divine Providers would soon stop the bloody struggle.