" WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN."
STORY OF RUSSO-JAP WAR
KUROPATKIN'S MEMOIRS
(United Press Association.—Copyright.) Received Sept. 3, 10.45 p.m.
NEW YORK, Sept. 3. "McClurc's Magazine" publishes Kuropatkin's memoirs, which show that through Bezobrazoff's influence, the Czar invested, two million roubles in the Yalu timber concession. The Grand Dukes and favoured' Nobles also heavily invested. Be2obrazoff had enormous influence with the Czar and Dowager Empress. Kuropatkin warned the Czar that the timber concession and BezobrazoffV policy might cause war. He suggested withdrawal from Manchuria and the handing over of Port Arthur and Kwantung. to' China. Eight weeks later war opened in the Yalu. ;.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12145, 4 September 1908, Page 5
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