WAR IN THE FAR EAST.

Temuka Leader, Issue 5099, 7 June 1904, Page 4

WAR IN THE FAR EAST.

LONDON, June 2. Boforc the Japanese entered Dalny the mob liberated two hundred gaolbirds, who had the free run of the town for thirty hours. • Quantities of Japanese railway plant Imvc been landed on the peninsula. When the siege train has been landed at lolicnwon. General Oko wil] invcat ort Arthur, while the third army corps an a specially organised fl yiDff column wll co-operate with General Kuroki in the acßauce to Mukden. tSO ° PS trom and othous from elsewhere have alicady iemforced General Kuroki I'crriX!'"! ( : roSrOriVitch «>P°rt ß from . A * tllUr thiU ™«u>y of the Japanese mn.es at the entrance to the port, " discovered to have been oxplold that Bitten Japanese transports carryin. upwards of a division of troopsSe passed west of Korea towards the mouth of the Yalu. m ' SSiIUIS southward of Han,hot , n CftUSOtl Nospread starvation th.ough raiding. nnd ftro themselves now on the verge of starvation. The Korean officials at Dukchcng h a ve Hod pamc-strickon. ° Rt Vla(,ivos tock says that hospital accommodation is being prepared there for 20,000, 1)1|t if ha , f Uuu number comes, famine oUil.l b'Jconic acute. ■ 1-ive thousand sick Russians are at Mukden. French advices state that* the Ossliabya has been damaged at Kronstadt. -Hie Paris paper Lc Matin states that purveyors have been instructed to delay dohv?ry of provisions, coal and material Jor the Baltic until August. '8 ounp General Kouropatkin reports that .quiet prevails in the dir.ctioa of Fcnghueneieng, and that the Japanese have evacuated and the Russians re-occupied Suiuaki. Russian military critics attribute the defeat at Kinchuu to the Japanese batenus on Mount .Sampson dominating tiie Itussiuu positions. General I’flug states that the casualties at Kmchau were 80 officers and 7° ,ncn I a '»> adds that the Russians rtestroyetl all the r guns befor? abandoning them. St. I’etersburg telegrams state that 2 divisions of General Nodzu’s third army corps arc now landing at Takushau to reinforce Genera, Oko, making his force 120.000 and the remainder will reinforce General Kuroki. who w ll then have 110.000 men. 'ihc Russians at Vagcafau are trying to march to the relief of Port Arthur, and constant outpost engagements are occurring. The Times’ correspondent on board the Ifainiun states that refugees from Port Arthur state that the military have roipiisitioned all th? foodstuffs, leaving the natives and civilians to rely on chance supplies by junks. It is estimated that on half rations the garrison quisitionccl all the foodstuffs, leaving damaged warsnips arc moored at the jetties, everything movable having been removed. Na\al circles at Kronstadt assert that St. Petersburg's last order to the Admiral at Port Arthur is in the last eient to get into open fight with Admiral Togo. Largo bodies oi Cliunchuscs are converging on the railway north of Mukden under Japanese leaders. American correspondents state that the Japanese artillery practice is immensely superior to that of the Russians. Japanese reinforcements have landed to the north-east of Talienwan. The fifteen Japanese transports, which a previous message stated were going to the Yalu, functioned with others, which are disembarking troops at Kinguiszo. Fifty transports arc at Hinguiszc. The Japanese cavalry defeated a mixed force of Russian cavalry, infantry and artillery nine miles north of Port Adams, after a light lasting two hours. The Russians were driven northwards. Twentysix Japanese wele killed and 87 wounded. General Kuroki Ims made a proposal to General Kouropatkin for exchange of prisoners, European critics favourably comment on the frontal attack at Nanshan. The Times’ correspondent slates that it resembled Alma. The space round Mount Sampson was so restricted that the Japanese were unable to deploy, and many soldiers were compelled to wait, standing in the seaFresh difficulties have occurred between Admiral Alexieff anti General Kouropatkin. The former demands the relief of Port Arthur. The Czar referred the quarrel to the Council oi War, who ordered General Kouropatkin to relieve Port Arthur with the utmost caution. There are also differences with reference to the evacuation and reoccupation of Niuchwang. Count Lamsdorft has accepted an apology from Prince Dolgorouski, who recently assaulted him. June 4. The linal official returns show 'that 33 Japanese officers, three sergeants, and 708 rank and file wore killed, and that too officers, 12 sergeants, and 3344 others were wounded at Kinchau and Naushan, and that 109 men are missing. General Stossel’a report states—” The enemy's (ire. particularly the naval lire, annihilated our batteries at Kinchau. I ordered a gradual ’ evacuation, but the explosion, of a numbet of mines prevented Lhis, inasmuch as the Japancso turned our position directly, wading breasthigh in the sea under the protection of thair ships. Le Temps St. Petersburg correspondent slates that a column of 30,000 men were preparing to leave Port Arthur, but the project was abandoned after the fall of Kinchau, .and the landing of Japanese reinforcements. The Daily Express’s Tokiu correspondent says that it is reported that General Yamagata has been appointed Commander-in-chief to superintend the assault cm Port Arthur.

THE FEDERAL PARLIAMENT, MELBOURNE. June I. Mr Crouch's second amendment, that tho Conciliation Bill apply to ! States’ servants, was rejected on the voices. 1 Mr Watson informed the House that, the cipher message was queried by the predecessor of the present Minister of .Defence, who insisted on hav-y ing the message decoded, £jit General 'Hutton declined on the ground that the translation might alford a duo to the cipher, hut ho told tho Minister its purport. The matter had ended, but a strict enquiry will be held to ascertain how the incident reached! the press. Mr Reid characterised the attitude Of the Ministry on the Arbitration Bill as one of the greatest abandonments of principle in parliamentary history. Mr Watson’s motion to include railway servants was carried by 36 votes to 21 voles. J une 2. Mr Watson's proposals for coajitioru wore submitted to the Deakinites’i caucus, and after discussing both alliances, the caucus, by J‘3 votes to |7 votes, decided against either. An amendment was moved to exempt farm hands nnd dairying employees from the provisions of the Arbitration Bill. All- Watson (tho Premier) said that ho would oppose it by every means in his power. The condition, of farm employees, particularly those who were following the dairying industry, was appalling in the extreme, J une 3. Tho Sot-ate amended the Capital Site Bill by making the area DUO square miles, and the capital to he within fiftv miles of BofHbala. SYDNEY, June 3. Air Reid states that will consult with Mr Dcakin next week after which' •ic hopes to- challenge the position of the Government,