THE EASTERN WAR.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7825, 18 May 1905, Page 2

THE EASTERN WAR.

RUSSIAN COIL SUPPLY. Reported Retannf tbe Fleet. " Housed ii Jtpu. ... —« London, May .Japan has prohibited the exnortof ;oui to while tbe ItutNians re in Indo-Chinese water*, lie iiuHKiung in u month used 3. 00 tons of com!. ' A statement officially published in okio last owning that tH* jd returned to Indo-China waUr* as been contradicted. A I'aris advice states Umt . a the (iulf of I'o-chi-li Rank another InpanMH! transport. , The Time*' Tokio correspondent telegraphing apparently earlier than Router. stall r that Admiral destvensky's return to Hontoto eau»'"•jancio anger to out <rtronger than ever. German Newspapers Frosecstel THE KAISER'S INDISCRETION. BERLIN, May l«. A prosecution bait been ordered of Uernian newspapers on a charge of lese majesty for publishing lb* KaU ser's recent speech wlwrein be Is n> ported to have referred to the Japanese as the "scourge of God." Tbe French Attitude. ANTI-SOCIALISTS EULOGISED, A PERSONAL ATTACK. LONDON, Hay 18. The Tiiues and Standard culofiaa the patriotism of the majority of Um French Chamber in resisting certain .Socialists' efforts to inopportunely force on a debate regarding Majl neutrality. They add that X.K. Vuillant'B and Pressenßo'sdiief aim was to strike a blow at M. Deicassc, Foreign Minister. Russia's Financial Straits. lllliU'-HI MM St. PKTEKMIHJRG, May Id. An Imperial decree ismed in Ht. . Petersburg authorises {he issue of two hundred million rouble* abort* , dated Treasury bonds, there being 150 million already placed. LONDON, May ft. Admiral Wirenius>. interviewed, declared that Admiral liozhdestveosky . did not violate neutrality. He merely stopped at Kamranh to clean M» boilers. Mring tan;. REPORTED OCCITATTO!!. LONDON, May 10. Reports rccelvod at Tokio slate that German troops occupied Haichiu i, north of the old channel of the Yellow River, Shanghai. The advice* regarding th- Ueriimna landing are somewhat doubtful, and are possibly due to gunboat* making a survey.

Crossing Tbe Tnmeii. JI Ignoring Jipuesa Protests, IJO TEMPS ON NEUTRALITY. STHETCHING A POIJfT FOB JAPAN. (Received May i*>, 10.68 p.m.) LONDON, May 17. Four thousand Rinnan* have crossed the Tuition River, and tbe vanguard is «t Kilju. The Kuiwianaat I'osxiet Bay have been rcinforcod. Tlic Daily Telegraph's Toklo Correspondent reimrls that despite tho Japanese third protest, the ltaltic Fleet Is still anchored at Honkobe Bay. PAKIS, May 17. Lc Temps say* that without committing herself regarding the ultimate settlement of the vrhoi* WWtrality <ixicstion, France relaxed tbo interpretation and application other, own rules in favour of Japtn, Okuma's Opinion. Cordial Relations lit! Frnee. ALONE RESTRAINED JAI'AN. OCCUPATION OF KAICUAU IMB* NIED.

(ltcceJveil May 17. 0.40 p.m.) LONDON, May 17.

Filed-Marshal Okuma, interviewed, referring to the stupor and Irritation caused the Japanese by Admiral Kozhdestvonsky's reported return ta lEonkobc Bay, said if the relations oi Japan with France had been kw

friendly, popular excitement would liave carried everything beloro it. It was urgent that France lake up » clear position, othorwlso excHouwnf would bccomo irresistible. The ooccupation of Kaichau is officially denial at Berlin.