TO-DAY'S CABLES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 12758, 11 January 1905, Page 2

TO-DAY'S CABLES.

JAPANESE CONVOY CAPTUR2D. RAISING A LOAN IN BERLIN. WHERE IS THE BALTIC FLEKT? Received January 11, 5.4 a.m. London . J anuary 1 1 . General Kuropatkin rejyrts the ambush and capture of a Japanese baggage convoy south-westward r,l taxiBerlin is underwriting the Russian loan at 2jjd per cent. Only ..ixtecii million is offering at present. Tho Times state.-, that many believe that German financiers have been saddled with thrce-ri'iiart'Ts of the loan, and that investors have been badly impressed by Port Arthur's surrender, aud Russia's internal coi.dition. It is believed tlu- Baltic Fleet is sheltering in obscure Madagascar harbours or in Comoro Islands.