SPECULATIONS AS TO THE WAR.
Tlie impression at Port Artnur is wax there will be no war before the spring. The "St James's Gkiette ' Vexpre&es the opinion that japoii is certain to strike before the Russian Sqtiadron from Bifcerta reaches Port Arthur. (A cable mfci&age dated St Petersburg, December 21, stated that. Admiral Wirensrus, with the first-class battleship Oslabya, the second-class cruisers Aurora and Doiteridoinakov, and five destroyers* was at Biaerta. He will shortly be reinforced by "six destroy- j fers, proceeding to the Ear East. The Oslabya i§ a battleship of i' 2,,674 Jtons, and cap- \ able of steaming at a 'speed of 18 knots. She carries 60 guns, of which four are 10-inch . Afed ftl^freh 5-inch. The Aurora is a second- . clafcs cruiser of 6630 tons, and a speed of 20 knots, carrying 36 guns.)
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7891, 22 December 1903, Page 3
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137SPECULATIONS AS TO THE WAR. Star (Christchurch), Issue 7891, 22 December 1903, Page 3
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