Telegraphic News

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume LIV, Issue 2853, 4 March 1904, Page 2

Telegraphic News

from our spkoial 00bub8p0ndhnts. [By Tbleoraphj. London, March 1. The cruiser General Admiral's mission in the Azores is to intercept Japanese colliers. Other Russian cruisers are hovering at the entrance to the Chinnel, and in the vicinity of Algiers. The Dimitri Donskoi has been allowed five days in which to effect impairs at Suez.

The Japanese are paying liberally for everything in Korea, and behaving with great orderliness, thus winring golden opinions. The Japanese Government have published an argumentative reply to Count Lamsdorffs recent circular, alleging that the Japanese had been guilty of treachery. It cites facts and figures, showing that Russia for many months had accalerated warlike preparations, and exhibited no inclination for friendly negotiations. She had sought to enforce Japan iLto submission by dint of military preponderance.

Russia has apologised to the United States for statin? that the American gunboat Vicksburg refused to succour the Varyag's crew after the Chemulpho fighc. She blames Britain for circulating the first report.

The American Press declares that there -will be trouble if Russia enforces her declaration regarding contraband of war in a harsh spirit, especially that dealing with fon Istufis.

In the Houst of Commons, in the the debate en the naval estimates, Sir Edward Grey said that while he regretted that there was no normal stop in the increase of expenditure, he recognised that it was unreasonable during the war in the Far East to expect other countries to lose the present moment for altering their naval programme, j Lord Tennyson received an ovation at Freshwater, Isle of "Wight. Replying to an address of welcome, Lord Tennyson urged the people not to heed the hysterical statement that Australia was on the road to ruin. Australia

was a land of vast resources, and the people were full of British. common sense. There was a great destiny awaiting her. and she would always take her place worthily in the Council of the Empire.

Lieutenant Gruich. one of the assassins of the lati King and Queen of Servia, who was acfcing as King Peter's aide-de-camp, has been relieved of his duties.

In the amateur billiard championship, first round of a thousand up, D. W. J , Good, ex-champion, beat P. L. Sim, a New Zealander, by 786.