RUSSIA'S ARMY AND NAVY.
-THE OZAR'« RESCRIPT. (Press Assn.— By Telegraph.— Copyright.) ST. PETERSBURG, March 20. The Czar's rescript to the army arid navy states- "The heroic defence of Port ■Arthur, which amazed the whole world by. the resolution and valor of the garri•son/was suddenly closed by a disgraceful surrender. The recent court-martial lia s punished the guilty, and re-established the unforgettable heroic deeds, of the • valiant garrison, which are- written anew on a., splendid page of the annals of Russia's warriors. . Roshdestyenski, interviewed, justified the Duma's refusal to create a .powerful fleet. It would, , he said, be better to spend the money on the army. If Russia {began to build_ 'battleships, Japan would immediately seize the rest of Sakhalien mouth and. armour Assuri and Kaniskshatka.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 11231, 21 March 1908, Page 5
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