THE WAR IN THE EAST.
DEEDS OF BRAVERY. RUSSIAN PLAN OF CAMPAIGN. KUROPATKIN'S INTENTIONS. ' '■'§>-: - ''■'" '■" 'n ' ,-' ■■■ ■ VdM -r ■■■"" "■■ i i i-n-ii. m ,,«.i..., ■~'•■'"-': SEARCH FOE'THE VLADIVOSTOK SQUADRON.
■It' is stated that the Russians have now laid mines all round the Laiotung Peninsula, on which Port Arthur is situated. The mines extend seawards for three miles. -: General Ktiropatkia'has given instructions that the present garrison must hold Port Arthur. It is announced that he intends to start operations with an army of ,250,000 men .at the Yalu River, leaving another 160,000' to guard the railways, and to concentrate at the mouth of the Yalu. V: . ■ \ i
According to a leading French newspaper the Russians seem to think that the Anglo-French rapprochement will be of advantage to them when the time for settling matters arrives after the war is over. A leading Japanese statesman, now in England, states that tho wish of Japan is that Manchuria should be an integral part of China. He also declares that Japan will do her work in such a decisive manner as to secure peace in the Far East for some decades at least. ,
By Telegraph-—Press A saoclatlon.—Copyright
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12524, 17 March 1904, Page 5
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