Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-08
.JAPS ARE
DRIVEN BACK.
LineVitch Reports Several Sue
CessfuI SkirmisheS With
the Enemy.
MORE PEACE GOSSIP

ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 8. = Dis
patches were received at the foreign
office yesterday from NJ. White relating
to the reception of the Russian and
Japanese missions at Oyster Bay. A
nost of irresponsible rumor were
spread concerning their purport, and
gossip wen busted itself with the Japa-
nese terms of peace, which the dis
patches were said to contain; but, ac-
cording to an official of the foreign of
fee, M. Whites dispatches stated dis
tinctly that the question of the Japa-
nese terms had not yet been discussed.
The papers devote practically their
entire telegraphic columns to dispatch
es from the United States and COM
ment in the various capitals of Europe
ON the prospects of peace. Even the
news of the wal is receiving minor at
tention.
Special dispatches from New York
to the Russian papers lay stress upon
the dread manifested in certain quar-
ters of the United States that Japanese
hegemony In the western Pacific may
bode ill for America, the American
possessions and trade aspirations in
the Pacific. These dispatches refer to
the fact that prayers were offered in
the churches throughout the country
for the successful outcome Of the peace
negotiations and quote the opinion of
various American newspapers regard
ing the Japanese demands, but with
out provoking comment.
1t is now a practical certainty that
an imperial manifesto %summoning to-
gether the representatives of the peo-
pie will be issued on Saturday. the
birthday of Grand Duke Alexis Nicho-
laievitch, heir to the Russian throne,
thereby coming at a most opportune
time, as the first news of the peace ne
gotiations, either good or i'll, will have
been received by then.
An official dispatch received here
from General Linevitch reports that Oh
Aug. = the Russians approached the
villages of Nanchenchensi and Suisulu-
chua, forcing the Japanese to e%vacuate
their frontal positions and retreat to
their Notifications. The following day
L iluC JtluutHt uuN0iNCi, Out WtIN
forced to retire. On Aug. . also the
Russians drove the Japanese from the
village of Landunchensi, twelve miles
south of Taogau.
Telegraphing under date of Aug. 8,
General Linevitch confirms the report
that the Japanese, after destroying
the post Mt Castries bay, returned to
their ships.
The chief of police of Homel has is
sued Il manifesto that. as his life has
been twice attempted by Jews of the
lowest classes, hereafter any such men
approaching within fifty PAGES of his
carriage will be shot. He also has in
structed the Cossacks to fire on houses
from which abusive remarks are made.
The police authorities at LODI. Po-
land, have arrested 16S workmen who
were leaders in the last strike. The
workmen threaten a general strike I'M
less their representatives are released
before Aug. II.
Twenty thousand persons assembled
in the Senate square at Helsingfors,
Finland, to protest against the pro-
posal of the government to remove
political offenders from the jurisdic-
ton of the local authorities, transfer
ring their trials to the Russian mill
tary court.
The meeting demanded the arrest Of
the governor and the chief of police,
who, it is declared, had fomented the
disturbances which occurred last Jan
uary. The meeting further insisted
upon the ~disbanding of the Russian
gendarmes in Finland, the abolition of
the dictatorship and censorship and
the restoration of the liberty of the
press. A resolution was passed de
claring that as the present diet was
too weak an extraordinary diet should
be summoned to discuss the question
of universal suffrage.
The police did not interfere with the