The War

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1394, 3 August 1905, Page 2

The War

LlnavitGli Reports to Czar lias Confidence in the Army Press Assooiation.-Copyn'eht. London, August 2 General Lwevitch has inforaod tho Czar that it is untrue thnt the army >is dangoronsly situatod. Its flanks, ho says, have noyer bcon turrifd. Ho also states .that tno two armies aro facing the Japsnefe some distanco from 'tho principal Eussian position,' and that ail attompts to approach nearer have been unsuccessfti)., Ho adds: " The morale of tho Kusshns inspires mo with complete confidence. Tbo army is ready for any taik." . The Pease Iqgtiatloiis DeWilie Arrives in Hsw Yorh ~ .'' Predicts a Fiasco —-—• , Nkw Yokk, August 2 ' M.de Witte, ono of tho Russian plenipotontiavios, has arrived in Now York, The New York Herald reports' that he stated ho was afraid that the negotiations \ would end within a week, as the Japanese conditions woro too intolerable to admit of i discussion. N i I Is the War to Continue ? Statement by tlia Czar StPmbrsbuhg; August 2 I Replying to an addross from the chrgy at Orenburg, the Ozar oppressed hearty • approval of (ho recommondalion to con- \ tinue the war until tho oncmy was crashod, especially as ho could not think of the ces- ' sion of territory on'the piymoat of an indemnity, ~ 1 The utterance is not considered to have , any significance, as it took place just after the interview with the Kaiser at Bjoerkoo, ; Duniiny Guns 1 . London August 2 "When .KyongyoDsj, iri Korea, was cap. f- tured, tho Japanese diseov'orod that a-num- . bov of big guns wero uvirjly painted wooden dummies. " " [ Tho Russian civil and military chief at J ;' Kirin and I'sifsibai havo congratulated th 0 Emperor of China on his birth-Say, and expresspd tho hope that he would oonfcinue , 'nfcho sovereignty of.Maehuria, ~ > The Invasion of Saghalien Japs Proclaim Ownership ' ■ < London, August 2 The Japaieso on the 28tli defeated the Russian's south of Reikor, Sughalion, and occupied P.ileo nftsr ssmo hand-to-hnnd fighting, the Russians, numbering 1000 retiring southward, Gonoral ■Haraguchi proclaimod amilitaryjidminist ation over tho whola island ' ontlie3oih.. ' ' .. ■