CABLE NEWS. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH-COPYRIGHT.] WAR IN FAR EAST

Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 89, 12 October 1904, Page 5

CABLE NEWS. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH-COPYRIGHT.] WAR IN FAR EAST

THE RUSSIAN CHANGE OF FRONT. UNEASY FEELING IN ST. PETERSBURG. THE HAZARD OF THE DIE. * i LONDON, 11th October. The Daily Express states tnafc General Nodzu is enticing General Kuropatkin south so as to enable Field-Marshal Oyama to complete a turning movement. It is stated that official opinion at Sb. Petersburg is very uneasy at General Kuropatkin staking everything on a single blow. ARTILLERY DUEL NEAR MUKDEN. JAPANESE BEING PRESSED BACK. (Received October 12, 8.35 a.m.) LONDON, 11th October. An artillery duel is in progress twelve miles from Mukden between the Japanese and Kuropatkin's right, and also with the centre. The Japanese are being pressed back. (Received October 12, 8.45 a.m.) LONDON, lltb October. The Russians are crossing the Hun River. JAPANESE REINFORCEMENTS. (Received October 12, 7.42 a.m.) LONDON, 11th October. Mukden telegrams assert that the Japanese have received reinforcements from Yinkow to the extent of 15,000 men, and expect more divisions in a few days. The Grand Almoner of the Manchuria army prayed that General Kuropatkin's force will conquer as champion of Christianity. REASON FOR GENERAL KUROPATKIN'S ADVANCE. (Received October 12, 8.35 a.m.) LONDON, 11th October. French correspondents at St. Petersburg declare that the true inwardness of General Kuropatkin's advance is the desire of the ho-ae authorities to galvanise the people's patriotism, owing to their sullen unwillingness to join the colours. DEMORALISATION OF RUSSIAN TROOPS. SICKNESS RAGING AT KHARBIN. LONDON, 11th October. A doctor, who has just returned from the front, is said to have assured the St. Petersburg correspondent of the New York Herald that the morale of the Russian troops was very low after the battle of Liaoyang. The doctor added that virulent typhus and typhoid were raging at Kharbiu, the fatalities being appalling. He considers the troops so discouraged and demoralised that the campaign is virtually over. ' , SEIGE OF PORT ARTHUR. STATE OF THE~WATER SUPPLY. CAPTURE AND RE-CAPTURE OF AN OUTPOST. (Received October 12, 7.42 a.m.) LONDON, 11th October. General Velitahko, who planned ths defences of Port Arthur, declares that there is a lake inside the works, also two enormous condensers. Russian agents at Chefoo state that the Japanese on the sth landed a force at Takhe Bay (one the coast due east of Port Arthur), the Russians retiring. On the 6th. Russian artillery expelled the Japanese, destroying one gun. The Times declares that it is probable Port Arthur is in a worse state than General Stoessel admits. (Received October 12, 8.35 a.m.) LONDON, Uth October. After the sortie near Takhe Bay the Russians seized and re-occupied the heights there. The Japanese subsequently failed to dislodge them. APPEAL TO THE JAPANESE* PEOPLE. THE END STILL FAR DISTANT. LONDON, 11th October. The Mikado has appealed to his people to be patient and steadfast, since the final accomplishment of their purpose is yet very far distant. THE BARGAINING FOR CHILIAN WARSHIPS. SANTIAGO, 11th October. It is stated ,that the sale of Chilian warshipjs has collapsed, ihrough 'the Argentine declining to correspondingly reduce her navy. '