RUSSIAN HOSPITALS IN MANCHURIA.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXI, Issue 12582, 20 January 1905, Page 3

RUSSIAN HOSPITALS IN MANCHURIA.

AcctWßtw- Of tie mana? the Far Boat psbhshed, ia the •feneaf* state that one surgeon has oir an * ttoasift to attend to 400 wounded, a eay, m'ms hospital - after the battle "if flrtFiJhaho "the airanaemest* fo* 50C to do- for; I4QO. - .Tfcerej *«e xo bandages, eo> medicaments,;, itope. 9} -th e neceassrfv appKanees for the great maj onty of r,,Twenty. hpsmtekj not '' i»,be fiftei and a ; «f Anatcts, on the reserve, Trtxe i obt to take charge of them. • The I 3&twi "ittiived in dtte course,, and .some ci v <&«■'■*»* even' sent, off to Jlanchuria, j /•Bfir lajr!r#r 1 ajr ! r#r hospitals. there was not a ' pases, everything peud.jtor-. ■ : . ,| * -POBX AETHIJR'S BEAL. "ijEFENDEI^ tiie -Centennial Ball at Bristofton ,w, nftject «f i; igs, ' '-..jjußta - dictated. by .' the editor; ffiovy ■ " The moat; rhnportaot item was The lecturer ; alleged j -■ amit vuik failure of the General ; €«*- %honEVtiie> greater credit t£ fhe defence St the ■rate iiw)rlii>j'C. and despatched one x$ .their CMftt to -<£« Csar, asking Satfrnofr s&oold 'be giTen f «Vit wasatated* todrtlwjrn ia otaJknisatfoßs'an&had'iMtTtfce connatoe# or the gjurrison. The jewifewas tto' General Smirnoff' was with the bulk of the work which kept the Russian flag ny®g "" for so " long: - Many stories were' told of "Busaian corruption, which, left, the garrison • witfrmuch les3 in the way of supplies and prcr*iiuca*tb:m originally intended, and the' responsibility of . that was attributed to i/lm;t*liAlaiA ■■ PRACTICAL JOEING BETWEEN ENEMIES. • 'A MUM the "Joji Shim- ' fprmte ; ohm* fatten frrf* the, front dejwSWnf'fcwr Bassiao m Japanese wl ;

diers on the Sha-ho, weary of the long interval -of inactivity, iave been amusing themselves by . the interchange of letters and by -various practical jokes. One letter left by the Russians near a Japanese position spoke of a rumour that the Japanese killed all thair Russian prisoners. . The writer.urged them to be more Jhumane, and reminded them that Japanese captured by 4he Russians yfere ' carefully tended. He Jnvited them to'deposit an answer- at'the same place. This was, of course, done, the liply being iir the Russian language. It explained the facts, a. photosharing tiie^ at Matsu"yaina on tlie odcasion'of Receipt of artifieial_ limbs sent by the'"Empress -for-the Rmwian wounded. •- EUeffhere-in .the field the Russians amused themselves, in a much less innocent manner, and the Japanese repli«d by leaving a bottle'6f blandy at the place with' a letter pointirig 'ont the -in-, sanitary nature of such proceedings. A few days; later ihe .place was found to have, been anced on the top of the empty brandy bot- • tie- ,7 i i GENERAL KUROKI'S ORDER TO THE ■ "General Ktrirold,' .isritering Manchuriaj addre'seed a general to 'the army. un~ der ./his . ctmunand. , -ib .contaiis thesft ! SraVi. "Tts omectr-Jstuety,.to' "measure 1 strength with"an &4my. Th'efeftire, so lofig" ! aa~no h<ntSi^ r is -towards- xniz. L«rt«rafl<t» pttraie a ['•of course, but.also to Vuci of'the ehcnn J _ has iMy/stafehaeri: These W r wett Teceived 'and : kindly treated.-' A?: for | the.people of„the»countiy, every care ehould i be taken r td inspire, them with confidence. ; Oil no' account should their be- ' injured. Above-all it must be remembered I that we are not carrying on this: war in an ' enaz^is-iand; .tbat the reople. we . are : among; are not our fo,es. :They "ore 'deserving of 'alf in that they have had to.receive mo armies,"one after the otber. Jn' .view or tlu(t fact the -«eatest ,kindnes3. should be erercifled towaMs them. f .It is a fine,; act. .a tbipg without preoedenMhat soldiers ; i|»' the Yamato race shoqld mahJi to irosa". swortts with 1 the j The'peopTS 'of'the world are ear- . nestly, ofiserviifg the-' issuer There is. ao. It ;is. set: fortb plainly in. the Imperial' >.Upop devolves the duty-'of" exhausting ,-tEe" resources of loyalty and valbm: to ihe_ r fend that • the blessings"' of peace l may be-restored. j~;• Should; we -fail, incalculablß'Calamities will-befall bur countrjfr I -Lr trutfeit.is a crucial time. Who" thia' will .pause to choose between--the-Tionour 'of advancing" to meet- death-' and. th«r igiiomiiiy'of retreating to save life? Breast to breast, shoulder Jp j: is for us to achieve, tb?.-lasting greitriess •of onr <ountry and the universal iiuiiwu itif our Sovereign..'' •*