THE EASTERN CRISIS. CABLE NEWS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 7871, 5 January 1904, Page 3

THE EASTERN CRISIS.

CABLE NEWS.

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— v — » , REORGANISATION OF THE CHINESE ARMY. (By* Telegraph.— Copyri«ft.\ Received^ 5, 1 i.^ a.m. i , PEKIN, January 4. * Prinqf' Yua^sfhlkai asks to be allowed .to relinquish bis minor offices and to apply himself ex- • clusively. to reorganisation of the Chinese army. CHINA WILL ASSIST JAPAN. JAPANESE FORTIFYING KOREA. NEXT WOVE LEFT FOR RUSSIA. j Received* 5, 9.15 a.m. . j .LONDON, January 4. ] The Daily Mail's Shanghai uOTespon-* ] dent states that the Chinese Forsijrn Of- i fio3 has definite information from St. ( Petersburg that Russia intends to retail | Manchuria. i Prince Ching and his Ministers, after t a four hours' conference, presenter? a re- ? oort on the situation to the Emrress- \ Dowagsr, copies of which were also stn 1 r to th) provn.cial authorities. f Three Chinese cruisars have been or. r dered to coal, with the object, it is believed, of joining the Japanese in i.he t evant of war. | r, The • Standard's Tientsin correspondent I a state? that the Throne has secretly '.r- p dered Chinese to assist Japanese in the t event of war, and has proposed to send r 40,000 Chinese under Japanese otheers to Liaotung. The , Standard's Tokio correspondpnt says that Japan at the end of Dccc :iber j warned ,tha Powers that the rontinjed occupation of Maifchuria might compel Japan to take decisive steps. a Mr ' Ce;inet Burleigh, wiring from « Tokio; on Sunday night, asserted that t Russia^ had sent a non-commital reply B makih^; for delay. Burleigh implies tlat n ihe Japam.se will occupy and fortfy n strategic Korean positions, 'ea/in" the t] next move to Russia. Meanwhile Mokfo tl Mesampho will be protected unai'ist B seizure. , f: It is not expected that Russia will ii- f, mediately interfere with Japan doing 0 what jshe considers proper to safeguard a hor in4ero3ts in Korea. ' C( AMERICA'S ATTITUDE. " < ■ g | Received 5, 9.15 a,.m. American newspapers strongly sympa- tH thise <wlth Japan, and -.Ware" that f, throughout the world Russia's proceedings r j are mistrusted by officials and people The (New York Sun, in reply to Russia s <;itquiry about. the United States, B stated] that America would be neutral if t, her Commercial interests in Manchuria ™ were noo curtailed. ™ ca|tadi\n offers to japan. " ci Wild JAPANESE VICTORY AFFECT : AUSTRALIA? i ' ' Received 5, 9.15 a.m. ' [ LONDON, January 4. * Fo^r Canadians who served in South; ml ^ 8 " «aye« aye vp ' u nteered to assist Japan. rti-j Spectator declares if Japan is vi--toriojis she is likely to desire predomin- R anco'and probably, lhe mastership of the Southern Archipelago, infcerferihe with , Australia s heritage in the Pacific. .