JAPAN'S ALTRUISM.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 8120, 20 September 1904, Page 2

JAPAN'S ALTRUISM.

A CIVILISING ADVANCE. RUSSIAN GUNBOAT SUNK THE ALLEGED DUM-DTJMS THE SIEGE OF POET ARTHUR RESISTANCE TO THE -LAST A CHARNEL HOUSE OF - CORPSES. - .. # . United Press Association-— By Electri* Telegraph— Copyright. (Received September 20, 9.2 a.m.) LONDON, September 19. Field-Marshal Yamagata, Commander* in-Chief of the Japanese .Army, has tele-^ graphed to Marshal Oyama, Commander*™ in-Chief in the field, to extend every P o ?^} sible consideration to the military attache*--and war correspondents, as Japan's object in the war was to ensure the safety of the Empire, the peace of the Orient the blessings of civilisation to humanity, and the promotion of the interests of all nations. ' The Japanese hope to construct a railway iirom Mukden to Siminting.. As they advance the Japanese will re-establish order , and the controj of taxation, and appoint masters to the Chinese schools. • The "Standard" states that the gunboat Grennastochy, while leaving Port Arthur to meet a French vessel running the blockade, struck a mine and sank, but the crew were saved. ■''"■'. General^Kuropatkin reports \tha6 the Japanese mistook revolver flatnose bullets for dum-dums. (The Japanese* Consul at Sydney rtgeived a cable message stating -that two kinds of dumdum bullet* were found amongst th*prizes captured at Liaoyamg. They resemble cartridges for the Russian rifles ofthe 1891 type, and some wounds are believed to have been caused by them.) Lieutenant Prince Radziwill, who reached Qhifu in a junk with despatches from General Stoessel for General Kuropatkin. states that the temper of the belligerents is absolutely merciless. General Stqessel warned the garrison that it must resist to the last, since it would undoubtedly be massacred. Three hundred nurses were advised to leave, but they declared that they preferred masascre to desertion. The stench/caused by the nnburied corpses compels the sentries to constantly keep to their noses handkerchiefs soaked in camphor.