RUSSIA AND JAPAN.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7713, 16 January 1905, Page 3

RUSSIA AND JAPAN.

I; SUNSUCCESSFUL SALLIES. No Impression on Japanese. (Received Jan. 15, 1.5 p.m.) LONDON, Jaa. 10. Russian raiders destroyed the raili way between Anshanshan and Hai- | cheng, and between .Yungkow and Haehichiao, but the Japanese immeis diately repaired it. j-. Two thousand Russian cavalry, .with guns, attacked Niucbwang on i Friday- The Japanese at first re- >■"' tired, but being reinforced they exV pelled and pursued the enemy, s- A report has also been received in Tokio that the Russians attacked Niuchwang, but were repulsed. Some a of Colonel Mistchenko's cavalry, with twelve surrounded a Japanese commissariat station ait Niucb&tun, north of Cingkor. They .were repuCsed, with 62 billed and t 150 wounded. The raiders made a .detour west of the Liao-ho, intending to (ia&h at the railway and intercept General Nogi's big guns. \ Japanese cavalry on Wednesday, after a four hours" tight west of Tan.- . masas, south-west of Liao-yang, repuiaad four companies of Cossacksi, .with heavy losses. Subsequently the Japanese were reinforced and drew the Russians at Lieuerhapao. They then engaged and pursued them. k LOSSES AT SHA-HO. RUSSIANS GREATLY PREPONDERATE. LONDON, Jan. 14. The Times' military critic states that beyond doubt there were 60,000 Russian casualties at the battle of Sha-ho, and only 16,000 Japanese. WITHIN THE FORTRESS. ' JAPANESE MISSING FRIENDS INQUIRIES. LONDON, Jan. 14. ' The Times' Tokio correspondent y says the total number of Japanese prisoners found in Port W Arthur, including wounded, was 76 He discover}' has caused emotion in 1 Japan, inasmuch a s it is .believed that hundreds o£ men fell within the Russian lines and these must have been allowed to perish. The Times' Port Arthur correspondent declares there were 55,000 soldiers, seamen, and civilians in Port Arthur at the beginning of tho siege- Ten thousand were killed or died of sickness. There are no signs of privations, the food in tjtoro being sufficient for aaother two months. YENTURESOME BRITISHERS CAPTURED. . CARRY COAL TO VLADIVOSTOK. LONDON, Jan. 14. Thfe Japanese captured the British steamer Lefhmgton while carrying coal to and conveyed her to Sasebo. They also captured in the Sea of Japan, the British steamed Roseley, with 6500 tons of Cardiff coal for Vladivostok. A DOUBTFUL PROTEST. RUSSIA'S WEAK CASE. «. LONDON, Jan. 14. Russia's protest to the Powers is interpreted to indicate an intention tq place on record her grievances against China when negotiations are for a permanent settlement, though her own recent cavalry raSds were made through Chinese territory, JAPAN'S PROUD MOMENT. AND ITS COST IN BLOOD. LONDON, Jan. 14. Detachments of all Japanese regiments made a triumphal entry into Port Aifthur yesterday, with their tattered and bloodstained colours flying and bugles Boundtng. Japanese casualties since the .battle Nanshan totalled 55,000, onefilth of whom were killed. " TO THE BITTER END." RUSSIA WILL CONTINUE WAR. LONDON, Jan. 14. The Russian Embassy in Paris states that Admiral Dubasoff's oppnioßQ Are personal, since Russia is determined to carry the war to tho bitter end. VARIOUS ITEMS. LONDON, Jan'. 13. A Russian loan in Germany iand Holland has been covered tenfold. An official report from Port Arthur states that the Russians, before and after the surrender, acted in perfect fairness. % Six hundred Japanese naval officers have been promoted. Russiaf baa sent a circular to the Powers, in which she claims the i%ht to act in her own interests, in the matter of Chinese neutrality which is Constantly being violated, China being usable to fulfil lier ' ol>ligatiotw. The Japanese repulsed a Cossacks' attempt to cut the railway al Haicheng, and defeated a detachment of Cossacks at Iloneiwan in Korea, killing nine men.