RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR.
A STRANGE DISCLOSURE
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(Received T<.-dau at 5.23 a.m.) ST. PETERSBURG. Last Night
General Kuropatkiu, who was Minister of War aud subsequently appointed Commander-in-Chief of tiie troops iv Manchuria, informed the court-martial that is trying General Stoessel aud others that the creation of Daluy so impaired the value of Port Arthur ou the eve of war that he urged the retrocession of Liaotang Peninsula conditionally upou China paying twenty-five millions sterling, and granting Russia concessions in Northern Mauchuria. Although foreign aud financial ministers concurred, the scheme failed because of Russia's entire confidence that the war would succeed.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LVIII, Issue 8945, 20 December 1907, Page 5
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102RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LVIII, Issue 8945, 20 December 1907, Page 5
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