THE WAR IN MANCHURIA.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 791, 6 April 1905, Page 2

THE WAR IN MANCHURIA.

m 0 HI .II NoB-Cembitiib u Lhh HuHl Ut,W DBTSTE CHUBI. SCUCK FIMUBHLS. LONDON, April 4. General Llnevitch has advised European non-combatants to leave liar* bin, though no wjrious fighting ll •xpcctod (or a fortnight. Ono hundred thousand destitute Chi now arc in tho vicinity of Uukdc«. Scores of village* have been doutroyodv and the gnsat lade of (arm animals and fr.-ed JuiploiuunU Itupgirs the prospect of the crop. 'ltw Chinese (Government ii (ceding and bousing OO.OOy. A CAVALRY SCREE*. HUasiANH CANNOT I'IUKCE IT. DKI"KCTIV£ INTtXLIOENCK. (licccived April 5, 11.36 p.ui.) St. I'ETBIiSBURQ, April 5. The Novoe Vremya's military expert foresoes tho Japanese entry to Kirin on tbe 20ttv and to Hariri* on Kay 0< The Cavalry form an admirable screen for the Japanese movement*. The Russians are unable to pierce lilhese screens owing to defective iot tclligonoe servicd. u ii ,oro ° '• (ram itarbbsßaii, on the Mongolian Cron®broMt of Kwacgifaeagazc. MORUIBON'S DESPATCH. Following U the text of the do* Pf tch "»t to the Times Wy Dr. HorPWt Arthur—tho despatch which Stossel haa vlrpurously condemned * h ° tag n <>t «*» ell this (the state of Port Arthur) can form any conception of the stupendous Strength of the position* bold by the Russians, or of the taendtfto displayed in the capture of tho foru. Port Arthur was stoutly defended by, the Russian aoldlers, and for lons' the resistance was splendid : but the Heath, on Dec. 18, of General Kondrachenko, who was responsible for |the plan of defence, was u disastrous to the morale of the garrison |as tho death of Admiral MMkatoff ,to that of the fleet* Xo foreign officer can explain the reason for the capitulation. Want of men certainly .cannot explain/ ii, Tbe Japanese found in the fortress more than 25,000 strong, ablo4Mdied soldier* capable of making a sortie. They wen well clad and .well nourished, and included several hundred* of unscathed officers. Over 300 officers are beltcv. Ed to have been killed and wounded during the siege. ( "Nor was failure of ammunition the reason for the surrender/'- continues Dr. Morrison's despatch, "for the first indication which tbe bwkg* era had that tho fortress would (all was the reckless throwing away of small-arm and gun-fire ammunition, which was aimlessly discharged from all the defences throughout two days. Yet, in spite of this, and In spite of the ammunit ion thrown into the harbour, largo quantities remain. Three magazines have boen exploded ; but tho largest mngatine of all—that In the torpedo depot south of H e «wtc orn harirour—has not been touched, and is full to the raaf of all kinds of ammunition for the naval guns. "Tticro was ample food for three months, even If we assume that tin supplies #rould not betrepknislrady hy junks from the mainland. Tho waters teem with fish, and there were 2000 horses in fairly good condition. No private stores had been commandeered. "One large building In the naval dockyard contained 0000 tons of dour untouched, most of which bad recently landed from the .British steadier King Arthur ; and man}' private stores were full of provisions. There was also abundance of champagne and other wines and medical comforts, , 1 -