Miscellaneous Items.
• AN OFFER TO MEDIATE. SLUMP IN RUSSIAN FINANCE. LONDON. March 21. The Milan newspaper, "II Secolo," has collected thousands of signature to a pe? tition. to the Government to offer mediation, with a view to • the . termination of the war in the Far East. The. -"■■ Morning -Pest's" St. Petersburg correspondent says that Russia is prolonging'.the -war in the hope that the Powers will intervene and obtain better terms than will be conceded in a straight deal between Japan and Russia. The announcement of an internal loan caused a slump on the St. Petersburg Bourse." Russian four per cents, fell to 87, the lowest figure during the currency of the war. German banks are co-operating in the issue of the new Japanese loan. The Russian Press violently attacks France for refusing to lend more money.
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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXI, Issue 12635, 23 March 1905, Page 3
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136Miscellaneous Items. Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXI, Issue 12635, 23 March 1905, Page 3
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