WAR IN THE FAR EAST

Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 102, 27 October 1904, Page 5

WAR IN THE FAR EAST

ENDLESS LINE OF RUSSIAN WOUNDED. DISTRESSED CHINESE AT MUKDEN. TRAGIC DEATH OF AN ADMIRAL. GUILTY OF ACCEPTING A BRIBE (tress association."" (Received' October 27, 9 a.m.) LONDON, 26th October. Correspondents state that there is an endless line of Russian wounded crawling along the roads leading to Mukden. A thousand distressed Chinese, who took refuge in Mukden, are living in the streets. It is reported at Tokio that comrades found an admiral guilty of accepting a bribe ,of £12,000 for information leading to the loss of the tranhport Hitachi Maru and damage to ' the Sado Maru. Death sentence w?s communicated to llini by an intimate fiiend. Then the Admiral was compelled to remove his uniform, and was beaten to death by his comrades. [The Kinshu Maru, was sunk by the Vladivo&tock squadron off Sinpo, on the 25th Apiil. The disaster was a most tragic affair. The officers and men refus- ' ed to siirrender, and immediately agreed to die. After the hull of the steamer had been penetrated by a torpedo all members of the company, over 160, appeared on deck and fired a scries of volleys. Tile Russians replied with their guns and killed many of the Japanese. The Japanese officers ordered their mdn to die, and after giving three cheers for the Emperor, committed ha.ri-kari facing the Russian warship. The Kinshu Maru was then hit by a second torpedo at her engine-room and sank, hull being divided in two.] ANOTHER BATTLE PENDING. LONDON, 26th October. The New York Herald reports that the Russians are at Shaho, making some headway southward. Ordeis have been given that Port Arthur must be reached at any price. The Kharbin hospitals are being cleared for the reception of wounded from the next battle. THE RECENT FIGHTING. OVER FIFTEEN THOUSAND JAPANESE CASUALTIES. LONDON, 26th October. Field-Marshal Oyama, Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese armies in Manchuria, reports that the Japanese losses at the Battle of Shaho were 15,897. WAREHOUSES BURNED. LOND.ON, 26th October. Eight Japanese warehouses at Antung (near the mouth of the Yalu), containing clothing, rations, and ammunition, have been burned. Incendiarism is sus.pected. Two officers who were in charge have committed suicide. ACCIDENT TO A BRITISH STEAMER. (Received October 27, 9 a.m.) LONDON, 26th October. A floating mine off Shantung struck the British steamer Tashing. The explosion tore away ten feet of the steamer's side. The vessel was saved , from sinking by a collision of the bulkheads.