Last Night's Cables.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7725, 26 March 1904, Page 5

Last Night's Cables.

Summary of Events.

{Received Last Night, at 10.25 p.m.) London, Last Night.

The Russian Army Medical Corps asserts that a typhoid epidemic has broken out amongst the Japanese troops at Seoul and Pingyang.

The Japanese have reached Tehita, and the Cossacks have occupied Mussan.

Russia denies that the Japanese have crossed the Tatung heights.

The Daily Telegraph's Tokio correspondent reports that sixteen of the warships on Tuesday night escorted seven merchant steamers, which, under cover ot the bombardment, were sunk across the entrance to Port Arthur. Three thousand Japanese volunteered to perform this • service. Admiral Togo reports that his fleet was not injured in the recent bombardment, and states that five of the Russian battleships and four cruisers and destroyers came out of the harbour, apparently trying to draw his vessels nearer the forts. Many of their shells fell near the battleship Fuji. A White Book issued shows that the last Japanese Note offered to recognise Manchuria as outside her political sphere, provided Russia recognised Korea as outside hers. This concession seems to have convinced Russia that Japan would sacrifice anything instead of fighting.

The Times' Niuchwang correspondent states that the river ice has broken up, and that Admiral Alexieff has renewed, his demands that all Chinese officials and soldiers be withdrawn from Manchuria.

Prince Alabsin, the Ruler of Mongolia, has commanded his subjects to maintain neutrality, thus rendpring illegal the present large sales to Russia of ponies, provisions and todder.

The German system of wireless telegraphy has been sent to Lake Baikal.