A SIGNIFICANT STATEMENT.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 7874, 8 January 1904, Page 2

A SIGNIFICANT STATEMENT.

Received 6, 1.2 a. m. • » :i< ■ ' ST. PETERSBURG, Janoary fy . Prince Ukhtowßky's organ in Sfc tfebeft- 1 i burg, the Okuja Viedomoati, declaresvtfeat Japan is seeking to impose on Ru^siA | heavy sacrifices, and so to deprive Rtts'aia of her position in cnina and, cut Korea oflf fiom her entirely. $t Ruwia "yie|aed now the Japanese Chauvinists' would, makg fresh and wider tSeuiaiidsl War was cor- . tainly a scourge,' but. peace' may be a worse scourge, ■ and it- would be better to , , choose the -lesser of the ibwo evils'. ' " . < \