RUSSIA AND JAPAN.

Mataura Ensign, Issue 1415, 24 November 1904, Page 6

RUSSIA AND JAPAN.

LONDON, November 21. One thousand daily rcuil„rce General Nogi ut fort Arthur. He also receives many jjuns. 'Hie Russians assert that ihe Japuucsc throw hit,, the trenches u peculiar missle like a long sausage. «ii.u it bursts the foul odor causes the soldiers to fuint. | Tunm-lline; operations enable the i Jupunesc to explode the flanking defences of and Sung-shu-sliun, destroying the }j U lk of the Russiun machine guns and breastworks. Oen.ral \ojd r.poits that on the I'.Hhhe shelled and explode a Russian inaeazine near the arsenal. The liussiuns wme seen removing the naval nuns to Liuo-ti-sbun. Jt is reported in Paris thut the Jtussiun taxes will be increased 25 per cent. Field Marshal Oyauia reports that the .Japanese infantry scattered the Russian infuntry, with mussed laments behind, trying to construct works at l.euii-cliun-tun. Il is reported at Shmiejhai thut. besides the lioztoropni, three destroyers carried identical despatches for Ch'i-fu. 'I lie ■)a)ianeso stopped two, but the fate of the third is unknown, The .lapancs 1 n „ t ,■„,. ~„.•„. mine north of K.-ckwaushan, became the .•oiinlerscarp e-alleiies had been evacuated. While the other explosions, caused heavy losses and much damnee, it is not clear lliat llie forts Were captured. i Officers ami m.n of Fo.Ucrshum's squadron at Crete i„d.|) K ,,| in wld intoxication. Their discipline is y,iy i lax, and they have alrea.lv inm.h.vd 1 live inhabitants of the island. Forty sailors of the s.piadron huve diserteil. . di-ch.riiiu that I hey have no conlid ice in their ollicers. I The Japanese captured the tiermaii -t-l •!• liulelall while elldeav oline lo I run the blockade at Port Arthur. | The .lapanese are constructing eoavl forts at I'ie.con Hay. I The Russians at Shaho captured a small convoy with warm rlothiue;. Xoej i- receiving rather more cnfoice uts than Oynmn. Of the time Russian destrover* ; which endeavored lo reach Chefu from I I'oil Arthur the Knstirja sank one after half an hour's liedit. rcsciimu ' four of her crew. The Statsushimu sank another after iceiyine; „„ i„etleeI live blow from „ torpedo,' and two ! e,,iil.oats torpedoed the third, sinkiuh.r "Hi all aboard oil l.inolishan. | The Russians di-plnv.d reckless braVerv. The..- w.iv a number of v.oiiiidj.ii oil. e, s aboard the destroyers. Cem-ral Ihilshorli, chief of'the Red I Cross corps at I'ort Arthur, accuses I the .lapan.se of deliberately ,lisr.-urd- | in- the Ceneva Convention and the obbVation- of The flauue Conferene... I The 'Daily F.xprfss slates that uu i Knelishmau nutm-d R<.ehe purchased. i for the R.is.-ian Coveriunciit. Yarrow's .' turleue torpcloer Cat..line on the i pretext that he was L'ninir on a I yacht int! er,ii.-e. lb- eneae.-d a Hriti.sh 'crew and proceeded to l.ibail. where ! the .-,••«■ w.,e handsomely paid and J relumed to llruvesen.l. I The .-learner lial.-laii. .aptiir.nl by i the .lapanese. was formerly the Ib't- ! ish steamer Thai..-. Her cniyo con- [ sist.d of winter clothes, blankets, m.ilieii'.' and an enormous quantity of salt beef. Anione the passengers bv the tierman mail steamer, which has arricd ai Perth, is Karon Flychl. a diplomalie courier for the French Ooveinmcit en route to the I'aciiic islands. He staled that in France there was u ereat f.eline of admiration for the .lapanese, and if there was not so much Fiench money invested in Russia the f.eline would be much stronger. The e-enernl opinion in diplomatic 1 cirri, s wa- that the Anelo French acre, meal was arranged solely to ; n'.'enl will, Russia.

A .lii|i;m<■■(■ naval ollior was a |ms-scn-er to Colombo. 11,- is |,HH-,-,.,lin tf to l!ii' I'ti'-ili'- Islands In Match lli.' ; movement :of about forty UiMrtn i ve--e's v. liit-li arc reported to have a render oils t.Ui-n- to coul Ui'' Ualtic , llcl. ! Koiiropatkin reports thul four volunteers atlai-k.il u (')iini'si! buildinc; occupied l>y -."> .lupii'iiiw! mid lik'W it tip l>y means of hand p-enadcs. | Folkerhuni's sipiudrou, which is ul I'ort Said, comprises tin' liuttleships Sissoivi'liliy and Nuvuriii, the cruise™ Svii'tiuiia. /licuitcliutr, and Aluiuz, six dest rovers, and nine transports. i 'l'll.- '.Standard' states that the (jov- ! I'l'iiinciit. lii'i-oiiiintr suspicious, vainly ti-it-i 1 to stop tin- turbine torpi'dorr Caroline, which passed tlirotiuli the liultit: Canal undetected. Outside ' Kirl a (iiTiimn (ititirdshiji tried liml»|i the Caroline, which went full sliced ailiead and escaped. I In the recent repulse at Lolielv Hill the Japanese |„ st vp Killed and 2WI I wound-d. I Adniiral l'.irileli allirnis tihut a wer- ; cliantnian frotn Vladivostok conveyed j 111 eaiinon. ammunition, and provisions and ."iiio artilleryuieii, to I'ort Arj thur. Another with a siniilai cant" I was chased, and returned to Yladivos- | lock. The supplementary I'.altic ileet is deI (aiiii-d at Skau iminj.' to romrli wi-u----j the,- and the ne.-rssity for slijrhl ivI pairs, j \le\ielV lias been made a lneiulicr of ] the Kmpire and (he committee of .Mill- : ist.'is.