A RUSSIAN RAIDER.
IN WAIT FOR A BRITISH STBAIMBB LONDON, September 4. Tie Russian cruiser Don is off Cies Island, at the entrance to Vigo, a seaport in the province of Pontevedra (Spain), awaiting the departure of a British steamer from Vigo, suspected of carrying guns'under coal. DIANA TO DISARM. ADMIRALTY ORDERS. ('Received September 5, 10.44 p.m.) LONDON, September o. Advices from. Saigon, the capital of French Cochin-China, state that the Russian Admiralty has ; issued orders that the cruiser Diana, which sought refuge at Saigon, is to disarm. RETURN OF A CORRESPONDENT. AN AUSTRALIAN’S OPINIONS. OVERTURES FOR PEACE PREDICTED. (Received September 5, 11.28 p.m.) BRISBANE, September 5. Commander Ccilquhoun, who was aboard the steamer Hairauu as representative of “The Times” in the naval warfare off Port Arthur, has returned. He predicts that the Russian defeat at Liaoyang will lead to overtures for peace within a couple of months.He questions whether Russia could feed half a million men in Manchuria. He considers that the Russian army was beaten before a blow was struck. Her strategy in the first instance urns bad, and the disposition of her forces wretched. ■ _
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXVII, Issue 5374, 6 September 1904, Page 5
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