THE PEACE RUMOURS.
VISCOUNT HAYASHI'S OPINION. FIGHTING IN MANCHURIA. United Press Association— By Eleotrio Telegraph — Capyfligdiis. (Received February 23, 7.24 a.m.) LONDON, February 22. Viscount Hayashi, Japanese Ambassador to the Court of St James, in an interview, expressed himself as not at all hopeful of immediate peace. The only reason for the sudden collapse of the war party in Russia would perhaps be found in the internal condition of affairs, and possibly that trouble had been painted blacker than the truth warranted. Anyhow, the Japanese did not rely on a.n unverifiable factor, but would proseoute the campaign U n *il c Russians announced their intention to sue for peace. General Kuropatkin claims to have repulsed Japanese attacks from the south and south-east, and to. bave occupied Dapinduehen, near Thinchenghan. A commander of a Cossack sotnia has burned a Japanese provision depot eastwards, and also a convoy.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 8249, 23 February 1905, Page 3
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