A Plucky Midshipman.
The Bead Honoured.
lu_ro<n.___h_ the OptLi.ijl.
Russia's Hatred of Britain.
Received March 17, at 5.47 a.m. LONDON, Marcn 16.
The Daily Express' Niuchwang correspondent states a midshipman named Valoviky saved a torp?dO' destroyer during the attack on Port Arthur on the 10th, after the steersman was shot and the electric gear disabled, by taking the wheel and steering away from lour Japanese destroyers despite a hail oi bullets.
Ths (bodies of two Russians havo been recovered frcm the Varyag' sind buried at Chemulpho with full l-.-r.t-tary 'honours. Japanese drew t~e gun carriage ana bred volleys o\ cithern. The Czar has refused to allow Prince Louis Bonaparte to proceed to tho Far ICast. PARIS, March 16The newspaper Echo de '?aris .-ays General Kuropatkin lias d.ilarerd that France, Germanj-, and Austria have an agreement with Russia to prevent Britain from taking part in another Berlin treaty and robbia:; Russia of the fruits oi" her (_cmin£, victories.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7792, 17 March 1904, Page 7
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157A Plucky Midshipman. Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7792, 17 March 1904, Page 7
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