THE WAR IN MANCHURIA.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 782, 28 March 1905, Page 3

THE WAR IN MANCHURIA.

W J -- Japese Impartiality. V THE CHIEF OBSTACLE TO PEACE. J~- LONDON, March 26. Ejs . The military in Moscow believi " tbat General Nogi is advancing 01 Tsitsikhar, where there is a largi Russian population. Port Arthur defenders slate that s . nunilxr of Russian soldiers had ar armed affray with the Japanese soldiers, and a Japanese military tribunal was immedija'tcly convened and shot six Russians and Iwelvi 7* Japanese. The Daily Telegraph's St. Petersi*.' burg correspondent states that ai 5 " indemnity is- the chief obstacle ti ' peace. Heretofore Russia was willi> ing to make important territorial concessions. AUSTRALIAN HOUSES FOII ■- JAPAN. Nearly ten thousand horses for Japan have been purchased iu Queensland and 'New South Wales, REJOICBG H TOKIO. Oyama Praises the Russians. LINEVITCH COMPLIMENTS A FIGHTING REMNANT. RUSSIAN MINISTERS FAYOUE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. (Received March 27, 9 p.m.) LONDON, March''27. The Mikado reviews one hundred thousand troops in Tokio on April 3, in connection with a monster demonstration in honour of the victory »t Mukden. ■ General Oyama, interviewed by ' Heuter, praised the Russians as brave and able men. Ho declared the Japanese fulfilled every expectation he formed when Minister for War. The railway between Mukden and Kaiyunn has "been re-opened. The Russians retreated on Sunday from Hsingching towards Honlungchang, ninety miles to the northeast in the direction of Kirin. General Linevitch on Saturday r> * viewed the troops and complimented one hundred and twanty-six cf the remnant of the rifls regiment, which re-joined the army, after fighting «« through a superior Japanese force. M. Dclcasse admits that Admiral Rozhdestvensky left Madagascar revoral days ago. Lloyd's tele.'ram Confirms this, and states nhcir destination ii unknown. St. PETERSBURG,. March 27. The majority of the Council of Ministers agreed regarding tru opportuneness or initiating peace negotiations. The communication was ' communicated to the Czar. THE RUSSiANS WILL. CONTEST THE ADVANCE. JAPANESE PREDICTION. WILL ENTER KIRIN ON APRIL 10. ARMY SUFFERS GREAT PRIVA- : TIONS. ./ (Received March 27, 11.20 p.m.) • St. FETERSUIKU, March 27. The Novoe Y remya stales that tins , Japanese flanking colutnrt ■is eighty t miles, cast of Kiiiyuun on the Kirin roud,Where the Russians intend to contest the advance. I The Russ states that a party of Kamimura's army is marching from Korea towards Kirin unopposed. It is reported in St. FetcrsT.'iirg that General Oyama informed the Chinese tiovcrnor of Kirin thai the Japanese will enter the city on April . 10. Private ivporls from St. Peters- , burg allege th-jt General Linevitch ] is still retreating, and that the unity is suffering grcnt privations. | The general stall deny this.

THE MISSIHG FLEET. DEJECTED AT INACTIVITY. (Received March 27, 10.5 p.m.) LONDON, March 27. The Russian Admiralty appears to Ijc in igoioi|ancd of Admiral Ro2hdcstvensky'a whereabouts. An, officer, writing from Madagascar on Feb. 7, complains of the fleet feeling the horrible midsummer heat. ■« Everybody, including the Admiral, is extremely dejected at this inactivity. Their ignorance of what is happening in the outside world is becoming unbearable. Tropical diseases are '-■ causing trouble. ' 761,447 SOLDIERS FOR THE FROMT. FOURTH' JAPANESE LOAN. IMPERIAL HOUSEHOLD SUBSCRIBE, (Received March 27, 10.7 a.niT) LONDON, March 27. It is officially stated that 13,000 officers, 7<U(,447 soldiers. 146.403 horses, anil 1521 guns have been sent to Manchuria since the begin- *" ningof the war. The fourth Japanese internal loan was opened on Saturday. The imperial household subscribed twenty million yen.