JAPAN and RUSSIA.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 8054, 5 July 1904, Page 3

JAPAN and RUSSIA.

THE POSITION AT LIAOYANG. THE INVESTMENT OF PORT ARTHUR. JAPANESE TACTICS. United Presg Association — By Eleotrio -• Telegraph — Copyright. , (Received July 5, 8.15 a.m.) LONDON, July 4. There are indications that the Japanese ■have abandoned the advance via Taling, preferring to mass t&eir. forces on their right. General Kuroki, with two divisions, including the Imperial Guards, twenty miles eastward of Liaoyang, lias occupied commanding positions. The Japanese dominate the Russians at Siniiencheng. Mr Bennet Burleigh, the war correspondent, reports that the besiegers of Port Arthur hold Chanlingtze Mountain, which | is the key of. the position.

The "Times" states that the Russians are threatened with a washout on the railway and disaster of unparalleled magnitude, inasmuch as If the mountain tracks are practicable, as is usual at this time of the year, the Japanese may surround their ! enemy by holding General Keller fast at Liaoyang, and pinning the Russians between Haicheng and Kaiping by detached groups.