The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-04-08
NEWS OF THE WEEK
RUSso-JAPANEsE WAR.

hC hCSSO.JAPANESE WAX.
Whatever hopefu1ness the peace sit
uation may have had some days ago
the situation has now completely
changed and there is every prospect
that the war will drag on again. Con-
sequently dispatches saying that
French Foreign Minister Delcasse
and DR.. Motono, the Japanese minis
ter to France, have. been comforting
at the formers house relative to peace
are inaccurate. The foregoing view
of the situation is taken by the par
ties Immediately concerned and it is
asserted with the authority OF the for
eign office and the Japanese legation.
It is understood that the Russian
imperial commission under the presi-
dency of Grand Duke Nicholas Mich
olaievitch, which has been consider
ing the question of prosecuting the
war, has completed its preliminary
report, which favOrs a continuation
OF the war, finding nothing in the
present situation either financial or
military to prevent it's prosecution.
The Associated Press is in posi-.
tion to announce that a step in the
direction of peace has been taken.
Russia has indirectly made known to
Japan the negative conditions upon
which peace may be concluded,
namely, no cession of territory and no
indemnity, leaving Japan to determine
whether negotiations can be begun
upon that basis.
A renewal of fighting is expected
shortly. The concentration of the
Russian army is complete, with its
advance lines south of the station OF
Sipinghai, seventy-four miles north of
Tie pass. The japanese are screening
their movements we'll by means of
cavalry and it is difficult to locate.
the bulk of their army.
General Karkevitch has been ap-
pointed General Linevitch's chief of
staff in place of General Salharoff,
who has been transferred to the Alex
ander committee for the care of the
wounded General Stakelberg has
also been appointed member of the
same committee.
The news from the front indicates
that Field Marshal Oyama has begun
a genuine advance of his main army
with wings far extended. Heavy re-
connaissances are being made against
the Russian center with the object of
developing the Russian position.
The British steamer Dart, which
has arrived at Durham, Natal, reports
having passed March 19 thirty Rus
sian warships and fourteen Golfers
steaming eastward $50 miles north
east of the island of Madagascar.
Reports from Manchuria show that
the Russians are destroying the rail-
way much more thoroughly than
hitherto. The evident inference is
that they do not contemplate recov-
ering the situation.
The portion of the Japanese loan
allotted to London, $75,000,00O, was
oversubscribed at least ten times.
The offers at New York for the Amer
ican portion we're overwhelming.
There is much suffering among the
Chinese in the vicinity of Mukden.
Scores of villages were destroyed in
the recent fighting and 100000 people
are homeless and destitute.
A revised official estimate Of the
Japanese casualties in the battle o.
Mukden and Tie pass place the NUN.
ber at $1,000.
More than ten trains stocked with
provisions and war material are leav-
ing ST. Petersburg daily for Vladivos-
tok
Twenty thousand Russian prisoners
captured in the battle of Mullden have
already arrived in Japan.
General Batjanoff has been appoint
ed commander of the Russian Third
Manchurian army.