RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 12818, 28 March 1905, Page 2

RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR.

_ * A MONSTER DEMONSTRATION, IN HONOUR OF THE MIKADO. ; RAILWAY REOPENED. LINEVITCH REVIEWS THE TROOPS. JAPANESE WILL ENTER KIRIN ON 10th APRIL. RUSSIANS SUFFER GREAT HARD- . SHIPS. WHERE IS THE BALTIC FLEET? ' Dnited Pres9 Association.— By Electric Telegraph,—Copyright. V -> London, March 27. The Mikado reviews one huncftrd thousand troops in Tokio on April 3, in connection with a monster demonstration in honour of the victory . at Mukden. Marshal Oyama, interviewed by Router, praised the Russians as brave and able men. He declared the Japanese fulfilled every expectation he formed when Minister for War. „ « The railway between Mukden and Kaiyuan has been re-o"pened. The Russians retreated, on Sunday from Hsingching towards Henhingchang, ninety miles to the noi\th-east in the : direction of Kirin. General Linevitch on -Saturday reviewed the troops and complimented one hundred and twenty-six of the remnant of the ride regiment, which . re-joined" Hhe army. , after fighting through a supprior Japanese force. M. Delcasse (French Foreign , Minister) admits, tha;t' Admiral Rozhdcstven1 sky left 'Madagascar several days ago. Lloyd's telegram confirms this, and states their destination is unknown. St. Petersburg, March 27. The majority of the Council' of Ministers agreed regarding the opportuneness of initiating "peace negotiations, j The communication was communicated %o the Czar. r •„<. The NoVde vreyma states that the Japanese- —flanking-— column, -i»- eighty ; miles"east Of "Kaiyuan a and- - on the • Kirin road, where the Russians intend to contest the advance. The Russ states that a party ot General Kamamura's army is march- !• ing from Korea towards Kirin unopposed. It is reported in St. Petersburg tnat Marshal Oyama informed the Chinese Governor of Kirin that the Japanese will enter the city on April 10. Private reports from St. Petersburg allege that General Lincvitch is still retreating, and th,at the army- is suffpring great privations. The general 'staflTdeny this. .London, Mar oh 27. The Russian Admiralty appears to be, in ignorance of Admiral Rozhdestvensky's whereabouts. An office!?, •' wilting froav Madagascar o4 Feb. 7, complains of the fleet feeling the horrible' midsummer heatl Everybody, including the Admiral, extremely dejected at this inactivity. Their ignorance of what is happening in the outside ' World is. becoming unbearable. Tropical diseases are causf- . ing trouble. • i It is officially stated that 13,0130 officers, 761 ;447 .soldiers, 146,408 hor&Si and 1521 * ' guns have been sent to Manchuria since' the beginning of the war. " * The fourth Japanese internal . loan was opened on Saturday. The Imperial household subscribed twenty million yen.