THE WAR IN MANCHURIA.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7741, 17 February 1905, Page 3

THE WAR IN MANCHURIA.

-NEW JAPANESE TORPEDO DESTROYERS. LONDON, Feb, 15. The destroyers Ariake and Fubuke, constructed by .Japan, have a speed of 29 knots. They have been commissioned. The destroyer Arara is being launched at Yokohama. CAPTURE OF IIRJTJSH COLLIERS STOESSEL DENIES THE TIMES' ALLEGATIONS. (Received Feb. 10, 10 p.m./ LONDON, Tell. 10. Nine i thousand Russian cavalry, with artillery, are trying to cross the Hunho at Taiha to ouillank Field Marshal Oyama's eUtreine left. The Japanese captured the British steamers Apollo and Scotsman nea! Hokkaido, carrying coal and provisions, to Vladivostok. A Standard correspondent has interviewed General Stoessel nt Port Said. He denied the Times' accusations.that the capitulation of Port Arthur was premature, and declared that he had been authorised since September to surrender when needful. The garrison never numbered 25,000, and when they surrendered there were only 5978 effectives, and what little ammunition remained was of poor quality.

REITRN OF DEFEATED MEN. y UITTEK RUSSIAN' RECRIMINA- ■ TIONS. (Received Feb. 1 li, '.1..'! 1 p.m.) LONDON, Fob. 10. French correspondents interviewing I'ort Arthur officers between Aden and Suez were amazed at the hitter recriminations between the military and naval services, and consider that, these supply proof of an appalling condition of administration. Admiral Lodeschensky, commander of the torpedo flotilla, declared he hoped, to crus'i Stoessel, Skiydloff, and Alexioll before a Court Martial.