Russian Troops for the Front.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7790, 15 March 1904, Page 5

Russian Troops for the Front.

Distress in M.tncluuia.

LONDON, March 13. General Kuropatkin, in an .interview, predicted that Russia would be done with Japan at the end of July, and he would sign peace at Tokio after marching through the Island. s

The iifteenth Russian Army Corps from Moscow and the tenth from Kuiark-oii" are going to the front. The Army Corps from the Caucasus proceeds to Turkestan, and will be replaced by troops from the Volga and TiUis districts.

Russians seized all food supplies in Manchuria, and the natives arc starving in some parts, and generally are undergoing great hardships. The military governor c(: Ivirin, being unable to relieve the distress, committed suicide.

The Russians believe that the Japanese, in the bombardment of Port Arthur on the 10th, used Russian shells captured, aboard the steamer Manchuria.

Two of the Retvisan's engineers were killed.

The Dmitri Donskoi and other Russian warships which are patrolling the Mediterranean stopped and delayed a German steamer and several Britisu steamers, including a mail steamer from China.

Newspapers in St. Petersburg declare that there is an improved Reeling and less distrust of the Russians towards Britain.

The Japanese- mail service with Shanghai -has been resumed.

Sir Robert Hart, Chinese Inspec-tor-General of Customs, lias issued a circular wherein lie requires Russians and Japanese employed in the Customs Department to sign a i>romise to observe neutrality.-

Kaneko, who is visiting America in connection with the Japanese loan, was interviewed at 'Frisco. In referring to expressio-ns reg-ard-inging the Yellow Peril he -declared that Japan never thought of bringing the Yellow races together against Europeans and Americans. Her ultimate intention was to enter the rank and file oi Christendom. Chinese integrity must be preserved at all costs. Japan did not want Ohina as an- ally.