RUSSIA AND JAPAN.
AN EXPERT'S OPINION. Bad Time Coming For Japan. LONDON, Jan. 20. Cojpnel Gadke, a German military expert writer, writing to the Standard, considers that by the end of January General Kuropalkin will have .at his disposal 340 battalions, against 268 Japanese. He thinks General Kuropntkin may try to turn the Japanese right; flank and cut them off from Korea, driving them to Taku and Liao-tung. He adds that the Japanese jubilations and talk of peace are quite premature. A GIGANTIC SCHEME. TO PIMP A HARBOUR DRY. (Received Jan. 22, 1.36 p.m.) LONDON, Jan. 21. The Japajiese contemplate damming the entrance and pumping Port Arthur out in order to salve the sunken warships. GENERAL WAR NEWS. LONDON, Jan. 20. The Mikado has sent the armies nine cart loads of presents. The prize courts have condemned tha steamers Lorely and Lethington, recently seized while trying to reach Vladivostok with provisions, etc. War risks are now seventy guineas, owing to the recent captures by the Japanese.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7719, 23 January 1905, Page 3
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166RUSSIA AND JAPAN. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7719, 23 January 1905, Page 3
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