MANCHURIAN CAMPAIGN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12712, 15 November 1904, Page 5

MANCHURIAN CAMPAIGN.

POSITION Of THE AMIES. THE JAPANESE FORTIFYING. By Tcle K rapU.-Pr«a» Aet'ocialion.-Copyright. (TBeCftlTia ifOTttebei: it, 16.&8 p.m.) London, November 14. Tina Japanese: are constructing Important) fortifications along their whole front' on the Shaho,to" provide a strong base from which they may operate. ■ '.«,■: ..!'!'■ RUSSIANS AGAINST WINTER '. CAMPAIGN.. . 1 (HuceSTtft KoTcmbcr U, 10.53 p.m.)London, November 14. The opinion of the Russians in | Mukden is that. General Kurofcatkin I should not undertake a winter campaign. - . ...,.• tw «nint out that the Trans-

rney porno ou« wiw. uw.«» — ,* Siberian railway cannot supply} more than 300,000 'men, apart from the question of transporting fuel and horses. Mot-cover, wood and for•age are scarce, and the local resources insufficient for the winter. 'JAPANESE REINFORCEMENTS. ' • (ftuijelfea Strata i*, w.w >.*•)' London,, November 14. Japanese vessels, with provisions and troops, are ascending the Xiao River with a view to getting; the largest possible collection of reinforcements at Liao-yang before the : river freezes. •

Transports with troops, arm's, and ammunition are arriving daily at Vnlmw ; ':',''''*.'v \y:': •' '.■','"''.'•' ' \ - . A RUSSIAN REPULSE. (Rie«i«a'»4T«aibW i», 10.29 *»•) ' London, November 14. It to officially Stated in Tokio that--200 Russian infantry and 300 cavalry appeared near Liaosaiton and were repulsed. The Russian^.-had 60 casualties and the Japanese only six. JAPANS ATTACK REPULSED, ':'■'*, :'■ :LoSritoj NOvemßer; 13. ' j ■' The .Russian Chief of Staff, General 'Sakharoff, reports that. the Japanese attacked the village of Wuchair . and were repulsed. . \ ~ -- --■ * ■■■■■ tiiiKESt IN RUSSIA. ; RIOTOUS RESERVISTS. ; lioiWidN, ■, November* 13. ' ©fit thousand reservists in Mob- ; cow plundered the liquor shops and • generally became disorderly. They • were finally penned in the Razan ' railway station, They attempted to ' escape and the troops Sred oh them, . wounding eight. . ! TROOPS SUPPRESS DISTURBi. ■ , ' ANOES. ;V^:'->.-':* : TEN KILLED; 31 INJURED. ''. .(ft*i«i**S Norember 18. 1.10 *.«ijt:. ■■■ :■'■':'■"■ iiOfrddfrj November 14. A bomb Was exploded at Kharkofi, in Russia. The explosion damaged the monument' of the poet Pushkin. Troops were summoned to suppress the disturbances in Warsaw yesterday. They fired on the people and 10 were killed (including two t policemen) and SI were injure.:;. i ■"■ ' ! JAPANESE WAR LOAN. t HIGHER TERMS GIVEN. (tUoeited November 14', 10.23 p.m.) '"> ' ■ London, • November 14, \\ ■ .■■'■'.■'■' ~•■ . -a. ■■'.■ .:•*■ ■■■„■■ . :■■■: ".'V. ~' *■ '■■ ■' 1 Baron Sone has informed the Japanese Diet that the. delay in the capture of Port Arthur and the departure of the Baltic fleet had com ~ 1 T • .k .—.„„* .1.»»„ »J™-

pell&d ( Japan to s accept loss , ad van- ■ ] tageoua terms for her recent foreign i loan than for the first. j