Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-04-26

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London. April 25.-The Morning
Posts Shanghai correspondent says
that spies have Informed the Russians
at Kin Chau that Japanese warships
conveying Transports with 10000 troops
are stedminS northWard.
According to the Daily Mail New
Chwang correspondent it is generally
thought possible in naval and military
circles that a peaceful settlement of the
Far Eastern trouble can be reached
through the mediation of the powers.
The correspondent of the Standard ut
che Foo saws he hears that Japan has
again protested to the Pckin govern
mcnt against Russian troops being per
mittcd to occupy places near the Lao
river.
Tie Daily TcIcgraph's Shanghai cor
respondent cables that Il second Japa-
ncsc army will sail shortly and will
land on the Island of DiaWato, near
YOngampho.
81. Petersburg. April 25.-Exact!j
what form of mediation WAS to be
brought. or IT, indeed. mediation or
good offices" were actually offered.
what steps were to be taken, how far
they had progressed or where. are not
disclosed. All that can he stated with
absolute poSitiVcncsS is that whatever
has occurred in the direction of ending
he war was above the level of cabi-
nets and chanccllnrics and had its birth
III the personal solicitations of the En-
prror's uncle and grandfather.
1t is known that after the disaster
to the Potropavloysk sk tn" King of Don
maik wrote tho Emperor a letter of
Symrathy in which he expressed the
hop. that u way could Dc found -
avoid further bloOdshcd. 1t is pre-
S,Imod. although there is nothing alb
solutc on this point. that the situation
was canvasscd during the family re-
union at Copenhagen and that Il bal
lon d'cssai' was put out in Il friendly
fashion from Paris.
Whether a communication or APP
rropriation on the subject ever reached
the Emperor or not has not been
learned. hut it is certain that the mat
ter reached such a stage as to compel
its consideration and to induce the
definite announcement made. this af-
tcrnoon. that the war must be fought
out to Il finish and that the powers
must keep their hands Oft both during
the war and during the peace ncsotia-
tions at its conclusion.
Ter days ago Il dispatch from Toxic
printed here said that Japan, in full
possession OF Corc?. might possibly be
willing to stop T." war on the basis of
The existing situation. This dispatch
attracted little attention at the time,
hut il is now thought possible that it
might have had some connection with
the movement for mediation.
1t is apparent to every Keen observer
hero that tho Russian people are not II,
a temper to consider peace. They are
thoroughly aroused by Il desire to
avenSc the losses ami humiliationS they
have sustained. and even if the En-
peror himself, absolute monarch as he
is. were disposed to listen to propo-
sitions to end the war at this Juncture.
he would Go 50 against the almost
unanimous protest of his subjects.
St. Petersburg, April CA dispatch
from Port Arthur denies report that
10000 Japanese have landed at Dalny.
The dispatch states that there is no
change in the situation on the Lao
Tuns peninsula.
ST. Petersburg. April 25.-The En-
reror has received the following tele-
gram from Gen. Kuropatkin:
General SassulItch reports under
date of April "a that during recent days
the Japanese have been observed land
ing pontoon material and collecting
b9Rts in preparation for the construc-
ton of bridges in the neiGhborhood of
Win and also near the village of 81
gou. 10 miles further up the river.
"On April 2G = japanese detachment
consisting Of two companies of infan-
try and a small body Of cavalry.
crossed the Yalu II miles below Siao-
poussikhe. Gen. Sassulitch immedi-
ately reinforced the cordons on our
front. Small parties of the enemy were