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Otago Witness, Issue 2674, 14 June 1905, Page 29

INVENTIONS PROTECTED.

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'. President Roosevelt states that Mr Meyer's instructions are to ascertain from the* Czar what the United Stxites can do towards assisting to secure peace. The various markets are buoyant, consequent on the peace negotiation rumours. The Canopus and Goliath, sent to Strengthen the China station and recalled, ■will be attached respectively to the Atlantic and Mediterranean stations. June 9. ,'A private telegram from Manchuria which, has reached St. Petersburg contains the startling intelligence that the Japanese 'have occupied Ommoso, 75 miles east of Kirin. They must have crossed the Tv-men River far inland, evading the Russian outposts. Ommoso commands the roads from Kirin and Ninguta to Vladivostock and^ (Korea. The capture implies the severance of communications between Kirin and iNinguta, placing the Japanese within striking .distance of the railway between Bjarbin and Vladivostock. The Russians at Manila assert that the 'Japanese completely surprised Admiral Biozhdestvensky. The Russians vessels -were not cleared for action, the gun crews were- not at- their posts, and there was HO time to get things into fighting trim. •Two lines of torpedoers suddenly appeared and enveloped the fleet, while the Japanese battleships from a distance poured a hail of lOin and 13in shells. The Russian cruisers manned the port batteries and the battleships the starboard batteries to repel the torpedoers. They did not attempt to man the others. The Japanese then executed a manoeuvre, and threw the whole fleet into confusion. '■ ;Two encircling lines of torpedoers met the southward fleet, and, instead of continuing circling, turned in obedience to (Admiral Togo's signal and advanced at full speed between the Russian lines. )Hardly a battleship or cruiser escaped seriWis damage. They were practically helpless, became demoralised, and not a shot was fired during the torpedoers' final dash. .Then Admiral Togo's battleships and cruisers encircled the armada, the big guns completing the destruction. Advices from Tokio state that owing to the rough sea the submarines were not used effectively at the naval battle of Tsu-shima. , Captain Ruitoff, of the cruiser Nakhimoff, states' that while the Baltic fleet was at Kamranh Bay two French cruisers invited them inside the harbour, and allowed them to telegraph home. 'The prisoners captured- at Tsu-shima ■number 6142. The Czar has ordered Admiral Enkvist, who ' is at; "Manila, with! three cruisers, to intern "his ships and effect necessary repairs. • i The French Chamber's International Arbitration party, and the House of Commons' Commercial Committee have petitioned their respective Governments, askingj at" first favourable opportunity to offer their good offices to cause peace between ,!Ru6sia and Japan. 1 The Japanese are dislodging the Russians eastwards of Cheng-cheng-tsu. They have occupied an eminence to the north-east-ward and repulsed three Russian attacks at Son-pang-tai, Tao-tun, -and Shi-tsu-ti, near Chang-tu. ' Although it is semi-ofEcially denied in J3t. Petersburg that Russia has instructed . the embassies to ascertain Japan's demands, The Times states that Count Lamsdorff's accredited mouthpiece declares that

if Japan will disclose her terms Russia will give them sincere consideraiion, and If possible accept them. Baron Takahira Kaneko, Japanese Minister at Washington, states that Japan will not disclose her terms until there is' evidence of Russia's bona fides. ' Private information from St. Petersburg states that Russia is now, as she was after the battle of Mukden, endeavouring through diplomatic by-ways to ascertain (be scope of Japan's demands. ' Mr Meyer (American Ambassador at St. Petersburg) has cabled President Roosevelt that his audience with the Czar ■was marked with the greatest cordiality, and that there were favourable prospects of the acceptance of the American proffer of friendly offices. The Czar expresses his. .willingness to consider terms of peace. June 10. Field-marshall Oyama's reports indicate a steady advance along the Kai-yuan and Kirin road. Admiral Train at Manila interned the jlussian warships. The officers and men iwere released on parole. The Czar telegraphed to Admiral Kozhdestvensky ; "We heartily thank you and all members of the squadron for loyal fulfilment of duty. The gods will jiot give you success, but the" country is jproud of your courage. We wish you a £peedy recovery. May God console us The Czar also thanked Admiral Enkvist md Commander Ilmaz, hoping that the Consciousness that they had sacredly fulllled their, duty would console them in the jieavy trial Russia was experiencing. - Notwithstanding Russia's indirect Jfeelers, the Military Council at TsarskoeJBelo. decided to mobolise two army corps, one in Polland and the other in South j&ussia.

Expectation of peace Is less sanguine lh.an that felt at Washington, Viscount Hayashi, interviewed, said Japan's attitude was unchanged. She was Willing to negotiate w^ejiever Russia offi-

cially intimated a desire to enter into direct negotiations.

After receiving assurances from Tokio and St. Petersburg that a proposal would be welcome, President Roosevelt sent a note to Japan and Russia suggesting that the time had conve in the interests of all mankind for him to try and terminate a war which set back the world's prtigress. He earnestly urged the combatants in their own interests, and also those of the whole civilised world, to open direct and exclusive negotiations with each other without intermediaries, and see if it was possible to come to terms. President Roosevelt is willing to arrange preliminaries if desired.

June 11.

Russia and Japan have agreed to appoint plenipotentaries, who will probably meet in Washington.

It is understood in St. Petersburg that Japan asks for a protectorate over Korea, the total Russian evacuation of Manchuria, Japanese retention of Port Arthur and the Liao-tung Peninsula, the cession to Japan of the railway to Harbin, with a probable reimbursement of Russian capital, the cession of Saghalien to Japan, the question of indemnity to be -considered last. Much depends on the durability of pe.a :e — if only patched up, Japan's terms will be heavier.

The Tokio stock market is buoyant and lively, with an upward tendency.

Washington advices anticipate an armistice when the plenipotentiaries are appointed.

June 12. Field-marshal Oyama reports further progress by- the Japanese in Manchuria.

The Daily Telegraph's Tokio correspondent reports that General Linevitch is in a hopeless position, and is virtually surrounded.

France consistently supports President Roosevelt's efforts to bring about peace, and urged the Russians to accept the proposal to open immediately direct and exclusive negotiations with the Japanese without intermediaries to see if it was possible to come to terms. The Kaiser similarly urged Russia.

Japan and Russia have accepted President Roosevelt's proposal with expressions of gratification at his offer and goodwill.

Coivnt Lamsdorff verbally communicated to Mr Meyer, American Ambassador at St. Petersburg,- Russia's consent to meet Japanese representatives. He explained that in official quarters in St. Petersburg Russia 'had for some time past been anxious to know the Japanese conditions, providing she did not require to take the initiative or appear to initiate. He also declared that whatever meting was now arranged would be for the purpose of communicating the Japanese terms, which would be referred to the Russian Government, and, if found to constitute a proper basis for negotiation, plenipotentiaries would be appointed.

The Times' St. Petersburg correspondent reports that after certain Russian statesmen's abortive attempt to stop the war after the battle of Mukden, President Roosevelt decided on the first favourable opportunity to take the initiative to bring "about peace. He sounded Great Britain, France, and German}'. The latter"s assent was readily given. France and Great Britain as allies of the belligerents were precluded from taking a prominent part. President Roosevelt's opportunity came after the battle of Tsu-shima. Mr Meyer, by virtue of clause 3 of The Hague Convention, submitted informally to the Czfr President Roosevelt's friendly counsel to negotiate for peace. The Czar there and then agreed to meet President Roosevelt's wishes.

A significant Japanese reply repeats the language of the proposal, and expresses readiness to appoint plenipotentiaries for the purpose of discussing terms of peace directly and exclusively with Russia, adding a stipulation for peace upon terms fully guaranteeing its stability.

Japanese newspapers are firm but cautious. They insist there should be some guarantee for the protection of Japanese interests before an armistice is agreed to. They warn the public against too sanguine an expectation of peace, and predict that if the negotiations fail the struggle will be protracted.

Advices from Tokio state that the genera] opinion is distrustful of Russia's sincerity. The situation is considered favourable for Russia^ inasmuch as the war is confined to the territory of a neutral Power, and Russian dominions are intact.

The Russians, on the 24th inst., made an attempt on a somewhat large scale to drive the Japanese from their advanced position on the west of Kai-yuan. The Russians employed about 15,000 troops for this purpose. They moved in three bodies — one down to Kirin-Kai-yuan road, or.o down the railway against Chang-tu, and one down the Chan-chung-Faku-mun road against Hsi-aota-tsz, which will be found on the map 11 miles north of Faku-mun. The strongest of the.se forces (numerically) was the one that marched down the railway — 4-800 infantry and 2400 cavalry. — but this body had no artillery, whereas the foree — 4000 infantry and 2400 cavalry— which attacked Kai-yuan had eight gun*. The Hsi-aota-tsz force consisted of cavalry (1800 sabres) and eight guns, but had no infantry. Doubtless the Russian plan was to deliver the three attacks simultaneously, but, apparently by some miscalculation, they pressed home tho Kai-yuan enterprise prematurely, and suffered such a crushing defeat there that the other two columns jfofcnsatod ai onoa. At Kai-yna-n the Japan-

I esc had 38 killed and wounded, whereas tho Russians loft 200 dead, and must therefore have suffered about 1000 casualties altogether. This is the first operation of any importance sinoe Linevitch assumed the command-in-chief, and it docs ' not enhance his reputation. Japanese critics are inclined to view tho affair as a reconnaissance in force. If so, they justly say, it was carried out most clumsily. When a general orders a reconnaissance in force ho is necessarily prepared to suffer some loss ; but it is the very essence of a reconnaissance that it should reconnoitre, instead of falling into such a plight as overtook the Russians at Kai-yuan on the 24-th. So. far from discovering anything, they were themselves surprised. The official report uses the term " engeki " to describe the manner of the Japanese attack. This has always been understood to mean "envelop" or " outflank," but Tokio papers, evidently speaking- in the sequel of inquiries, attribute to it tho included significance of '* ambush," and, if that bo so, it would seem that a force of some 7000 Russians, advancing to reconnoitre Kai-yuan, found themselves ambushed by the Japanese, and had to retire with a loss of 10 or 12 per cent, of their number. It is now definitely known that the Russians, as anticipated, have chosen the Chang-chuug-Kirin line for a new defensive position, and that they are assiduously getting up reinforcements and carrying out works of defence. The reinforcements that have reached the front hitherto number about an army corps, and these are the troops that hav^ be«n moved up to Pamien-ching, Taolu, and Hai-mncr-chiug, which are the advanced positions of the enemy: Pamiencbing being on the Chan-chung-Fakumun road, Taolu on the immediate .east of the Kirin-Kai-yuan road, and Hai-lung-ching on the Kirin-Hsing-king road. This army corps was en route for Manchuria at the time of the Mukden fight. The van of the troops sent out from Russia to fill up the vacancies caused by the big battle has only jue.t reached Harbin, and is not yet in the fighting line. Hence it" would seem that at least four months must elapse before Russia sends out sufficient reinforcements to restore the army to its . pre-Mukden strength. According to present knowledge the Russians in Linevitch's lines number 150,000. or at the very most 180.000, if those that fled without arms be included. Linevitch is at Kung-tu-ling. which is a place of great importance, the railway station and its adjoining buildings being on a larger scale than those at Mukden or Tieh-ling. Kung-tu-ling is 63 miles north of Chans;-tu. which is the_ most advanced post held by the Japanese in the west of the field, and the distance from Kung-chu-ling to Ohang-chun is *0 miles. It will be seen, therefore, that so soon as the Japanese advance is resumed early next month events will crowd upon each other quieklv. The Asahi's correspondent says that Linevitch is much embarrassed for want of provisions, and that the Russian force at Kung-chu-ling, is one army corps under General Zastrov. In Kirin there are about 10,000 Russians, and at Itung-ehou there is, a division which preserves touch with Feng-hua, and uses a considerable body of cavalry as feelers. Kung-chu-ling would ihus seem to be the principal point of concentration, and there are said to be about 100,000 men massed there. Northward of Chang-chun the country is very coor, and oifers no facilities for defence. Kung-chu-ling also has no considerable advantages as a military position. It is said that six trains arrive there daily from Harbin with provisions, and that the> surrounding country has no resources for feeding the troojDsk, raid it as they may. There are some 80 gotnias of Russian cavalry covering the Russian lines. They are very active, and Muschunko seems to have resumed the command. The Chinese, it is 6sid, are acting as guards of the Japanese telegraphs, and are showing much .goodwill. "Vladivostock .appears to be causing the Russians great anxiety. Despite their reduced forces, they are detaching bodies of jenen to strengthen its garrison. Russian prisoners now in Japan, according to official investigations made on April 26, number 60,190, including 913 officers.