31 DECEMBER 1904, page 1

Desultory Fighting Is Meanwhile Reported From The Sha-ho,...

the iron hand of winter seems to have imposed a kind of truce upon the confronting armies. It is rumoured, on the statements of prisoners taken at the capture of the......

Further Service There, Since The Russian Fleet Was Now Com-

pletely out of action, only the Otvajni ' and a few destroyers remaining. In his report Admiral Togo congratulated his men, and paid a tribute to the valour of the besieging......

The Czar Has Spoken, But The Long-expected Manifesto Is An

inconclusive and wordy document, bearing traces of indecision in every line. On December 26th he addressed to the Senate an Imperial Decree, entitled "A Scheme for the......

The Russian Press Has Welcomed The Manifesto With...

German and French criticism is fairly repre- sented in the comments of the Conservative Berlin Post, that the Czar's programme "does not venture to lay the axe to the root of......

T He Fighting By Land In The Far East Continues To

centre at Port Arthur. As we begin to understand the nature of the defences and the desperate expedients which the Japanese are compelled to adopt, feats like the capture of the......

News Of The Week.

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