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JAP FORECAST. Mayor of Tokie Outlines the Futtire. (Reuter's Special War Telegram.) PARIS, Wednesday. The 1: Joarnatt" correspondent at Yokohama reports the efforts of the Japanese Press to calm the aneasinegs of Japanese public opinion alarmed at seeing Russia resolved to carry on the war nntil Japan is crushed out of existence. In the Taiyo is an article which explains to the public the plans of the Mikado's Govern- ment, wbich are set out as follows ;— After capturing Port Arthur. Liaoyang, Mukden, and Vladivostok, and driving back the Russians to the north-west of Manchuria, and catting off their road to the sea on the east aud south, the Japanese troops are to encamp in a district bounded by the Upper Yalu and the Wbite fountains, only occupying in force a few carefully-selected strategic points,where they will await the attack of the Russians until the latter lose heart. It is alleged that 250,000 men will suffice for this task, and that Japan will have no difficulty in keeping these on a war footing while working at home at the development of her internal wealth. M. Ozaki Yukio, author of the article and Mayor of Tokio, believes that this method is much to be preferred to the intervention of the Powers, but he points out that if Japan felt it her duty to ask for such intervention to termi- nate the war she would remain mistress of the aitoation. It would in fact be enough for her to draw China into the struggle, who only declared her- self nentral on Japan's advice. The conflagration which would follow this modification of China's attitude would, in the belief of the writer, bring about a cessation of hostilities. M. Ozaki Yukio finally foresses France inter- vening on behalf of her ally, and Great Britain tad the United States unable to remain mere onlookers. 100,000 Jap Reinforcements. (Exchange Special War Telegram.) ROME, Wednesday. A telegram received here from Tokio states that in answer to a request from Marshal Oyama the Minister for War has reDlied that 100,000 fresh troops, with 225 cannon, will be ready to ninfarce the Manchurian army before the and 9f the present month. Tieling Being Fortified. (Press Association Special War Telegram.) TOKIO, Wednesday, 3 p.m. Field-Marahal Oyama reports that a consider- able force of Russians remains south of the lIan Biver. The Russians are fortifying the heights on both sides of the Liao River at Tieling. A Winter Campaign Predicted. (Central News Special War Telegram.) PARIS, Wednesday. A general officer of the Russian staff, in an interview with the St. Petersburg correspondent of the Petit Parisienne," said that the Japanese would attempt to drive back Kuropat- I kin towards Tieling, but the Rnssian generalis- simo would engage them and compel them to mark time. This change in the Rassian commander's clans is explained by the fact that the abandonment of Mukden without fighting would be prejudicial from the political point of view. though not so from the military point of view. The battle, however, would not commence before three weeks time. The general declared that the campaign would not be interrupted by the winter. Russian Losses at Liaoyang. (Central News Special War Telegram.) ST. PETERSBURG, Wednesday. General Kuropatkin's detailed report of the fighting around Liaoyang between August 28th and September 5th is published to-day. The Rus- sian losses daring that period were 4,000 killed and 12,000 wounded. Harbin a Huge Hospital. (Press Association Special War Telegram.) PARIS, Wednesday. The Echo de Paris publishes the following telegram from St. Petersburg :-The total num- ber of wounled under treatment at Harbin eueejs 35,000. The town is transformed into one great hos- pital. The churches and theatres are full of invalids brought in from Liaoyang. General Rennenkampf has returned to Mukden and has resamed command of his division of Cossacks. General Linievitch remains at Vladivostok. There is no news of Port Arthur. Admiral Alexeieffs Position. (Centra: News Special War Telegram.) tPARIS, Wednesday. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the ";Echo de Paris," in an interview with a Russian ad- miral on the subject of Admiral Alexeieff's re- Ported resignation, was informed that the report was always appearing at interns, and need not be treated 1 ■wtowly. Nerntfaetan it ia sexually' believed at St. Petersburg, the correspondent says, that j his return is imminent, and that he will eventu- ally replace Count Lamsdorff at the Foreign Office. The correspondent believes that Admiral Alexeieff will return to St. Petersburg it Kuro- patkin is compelled to fall back on Harbin. lPross Association Special War Telegram.) PARIS, Wednesday. The Petit Parisienne publishes the follow- ing telegram from St. Petersburg :—General Kuropatkin, in a telegram to an intimate friend, said the situation is much improved. I expect a serious collision with the Japanese shortly, and I hope this time to assume the offensive with vigour. My health is excellent." Almost Hopeless Assault. (Press Association Special War Telegram.) TORIO, Wednesday, 2 p.m. General Nodzu reports that the heaviest fight- ing in which his army was engaged :around Liao- yang took place on the 3rd inst. The 20th Regiment, which had previously lost two regimental and four battalion commanders in succession, made an almost hopeless assault on the Russian position at Yusfangmiao, and succeeded in dislodging the enemy from the redoubts. The Japanese had no officers left above the rank of captain. An officer named Yegami took command of the regiment and led the charge, cheering on his men. The reserves unhesitatingly filled the gaps In the assaulting line. The men paid no heed to entanglements or obstructions as they rushed the Russian works shouting Banzai." One battalion lost all its officers, and a first- class private took command. One company was reduced to 14 or 15 men. The regimental tosses were from 1,200 to 1,300.

FIGHTING IN KAMCHATKA. Operations in Miniature. (Press Association Special War Telegram.) PETROPAVLOSK (KAMC HATKA.), Tnesday Since May 28tb Japanese schooners had from time to time appeared in the estuaries of the Kamchatka. Towards the middle of Jane a Japanese lieu- tenant named Gundusi, at the head of 150 naval reserves, with rifles and guns, landed at Javino and Malygino, on the west coast of the peninsula, They plundered the villages, expelled the in- habitants, and issued proclamations calling upon the people to recognise Japanese sovereignty. They hoisted the Japanese flag on the roof of a chapel at Javino and posted up a proclamation bearing words, "This territory henceforth be- longs to Japan. Anyone not recognising this shall be killed." On June 13th a sailing vessel which happened to be at Petropavlo/sk was sent under command of Lieutenant Shab, of the Reserve, with 100 men of the Militia, to the west coast, while a detachment of 100 men under a non-commissioned officer was despatched by land from Bolsherjsk. On July 26th these two detachments joined forces not far from Javino, and defeated the Japanese. Lieutenant Leitchi Bundi, their commander, was taken prisoner. The Russian losses were 1 killed and 4 wounded. The Japanese had 17 killed. They carried their wounded away with them. The Japanese flag and theproctamatioc were removed. The Rnssians burnt five ,Japanese schooners. They killed in all 70 Japanese. Note.—Kamchatka is a peninsulaattacked to the northern Dortion of Siberia.

RUSSIAN RETREAT. Flight Vividly Described. VIEW FROM THE CITY. So far the only correspondents who have been able to score, and send through full and graphic accounts of the tremendous struggle at Liao- yang, for which the whole world has been anxiously waiting, are those who, slipping away from the Japanese censorship, have reached a Chinese port. It was thus that the "Times" correspondent succeeded in sending his brilliant account, via Tientsin, which was published simultaneously in the South Wales Daily News." The Press Association's special correspondent now sends via Tientsin farther graphic details of the battle as viewed from the Russian side. He also describes the evacuation of Liaoyang. His message is dated September 4th, and the early part of it covers much of the details so ably dealt with by the Times correspondent. He makes one significant statement, that Japanese officers urged on their fainting men with the points of their swords." He continues :— That night (August 31st) General Stackelberg, with the 1st Army Corps, was still facing Oku, but he had lost 3,000 men, and the general position of the Japanese was so menacing to the Russians that be prepared to lall back. During the night Genera] Mischenko, who was on the extreme right with a mixed cavalry, infantry, and artillery division, was de tached and sent north-sast with a view to meeting Kuroki's movement in the direction of the railway. On the morning of th3 1st inst. all ncn- 1 combatants were ordered to leave Liaoyang, and the Commissary of Police sent an urgent order to the Liaoyang magistrate that all Chinese [ should leave the city within two days. The t Japa were seen to be in possession of Shusan, < having discovered General Stackelberg's with- ( drawal the previous night, and the Chinese in I the city grew apprehensive. The foreign [ attaches were taken north under escort. They ] foand an unbroken stream of munitions of all i kinds, artillery and troap^crowding the rail- I way bridge. Panic at Liaoyang. ] It was now known that General Knroki was 'or 'he railway 15 miles north. Crossing < the laitse on the night of the 30th he took the ( magnificent defances at Pensiku without an < effort and advanced steadily, turning the Russian left a distance of 15 miles in three days, straight- ening out the Russian line from Liaoyang direct to the coal mines east of Yentai, and threatening j to cut out Kuropatkin's seven Armv Corps. < The foreign shopkeepers sold their stocks in the streets or endeavoured to load them on rail- way trucks, but they were pat to flight by the i shells which burst over the station. At noou I wa3 lunching at the station when the first Japan- < ese shell struck the settlement, In 15 minutes the troop and hospital trains and others crowded with traders and residents cleared out.The entire station was in danger of destruction, and carts, ammunition waggons, gun limbers, and evarv available vehtciewere utilised in the emergency to remove stores from the railway sheds. Mean- I while, the Japanese mounted additional guns on Shusan under a heavy Russian shrapnel fire. A ] shell killed a cavalry horse under the nose of my horse as I was passing the telegraph office. Shetis < burst over the post office, the Red Cross tents.the station garden, the hospital, and also in the park under the ancient pagoda, where a crowd of people who had been refreshing themselves at a restaurant there, headed by the restaurant keepers, fled helter-skelter with panic-ctricken ( officers' orderlies and a hordo of miscellaneous people seeking refuge behind tbe north wall of the citv. The Chinese immediately began looting, but swift punishment overtook them. At this point the Russians filled all the trenches, rifle pits, and forts west and south of the town with fresh troops, who kept np an in- cessant fire of shrapnel over the approaches to the town, although they were without piecise knowledge of the enemy's movements. Active Retreat. All this time the main body was in active retreat. At six o'clock in the evening shells were falling just outside the west wall and on the heliograph station in the north-west corner of the city, whence the JaDanese could be seen moving forward regularly in open order under a deadly fire, advancing in splendid fashIOn over the southern hills, where the Russians bad mea- sured the distances, and their artillery wrought terrible destruction. The positions at Chiao- angtun were now deserted, and the right flank of n»°.uZa.S .army encircled (he three peaks west angtun were now deserted, and the right flank of Nodzn's army encircled the three peaks west a place. They came grandly over the ussian breastworks. One battalion lost every corporal took command. This battalion finally entrenched it3elf in tbe vicinity befo? Th* headquarters of tbe day the firin» lin ^a'an *iod Cross wa3 working in wall of the cUy b'VOUacked the southern Shells now flew thick over the Russian battnrv in the west suburb. The enirit nf V remained undaunted. One man was borne'Sst me m a litter singing of Kuropatkin's^ V over the Japanese victory Kuropatkin Leaves, At eight in the morning of September 2nd General Kuropatkin's train uroceeded north ttn thirds of the distance to Yentai, five miles f-!m which place a Rattle had begun at daybreak An incessant rain of shells covered the entire "line The critical importance of Kuroki's dash for Kuropatkin's rear and the force with which he was pressing it were now evident, and had the effect of dislodging Kuropatkin's hitherto con- cealed movements. The foreign attaches de- trained and proceeded in the direction of the battlefield. The vRussians lost, won, and lost again an important hill position. They already showed signs of discouragement. The position was, iu deed. extremely critical, and an immediate precipitate retreat of the entire Liaoyang army was only prevented By the recapture of another u eaa' Yentai. It was soon lost again, but 'he end was achieved. Kuroki relaxed his efforts and General Mischenko was sent west of the railway to make a demonstiation in the Kaoliang and cover the retreat. Moving the Wounded. ,„Afc„5 'n "*eafternoon two regiments which were Var>»<fi °n e jaa' and ^ad retreated towards Yonta. wereordered back while yet under a sharp «f T S°'nS south along the ea3t line .8ncountered these beaten troops l-X?8 lost Kr0UQd. I also met 300 a train from Mocbishan. PhfnLr fn of woauded, together with ik- ke<r°lliery> a"d refugees were seen walking hurriedly rearward. The cannonading r The morning found Kuroki's object still un- attained, but he had gained an unmistakable victory. Troops ana refugees in rickshaws were ¡ pouring north along the railroad over a road 150 yards wide, en route to Mukdsn. The Press censors at Liaoyang, Yentai, and Mukden have fled to Harbin, where correspondents have been I instructed to mail their telegrams. Aiter furious fuailades throughout the night of the 2nd of September outside Liaoyang, and a series of desperate nervous demonstrations on the part of the Russians, who weie now fully con- vinced that the Japanese were steadily, slowly, terribly creeping in on them, cannonading broke out at dawn on the 3rd. A cloud of smoke slowly asoending from the burning warehouses in the Russian settlement was visible for 10 miles. Russians Disillusioned, Cheers were heard in the kaoliang west of the railway as I passed into Liaoyang, apparently indicating thatMischenko was trying to clear hia right flank. The army was under the impression a victory had been won over Kuroki, and that the expected infantry attack west of the railway would protect the Russian position. The fact was, en the contrary, tint General Sassulitch, of Kiuliencheng fame, with a thousand men, was smoothing the roads for the retreat of the troops and artillery, and was using every device to delay the enemy. At noon the Japanese rifle fire swept through the city and beyond it to the farther bank of the Taitee. The infantry holding the southern approaches retired immediately to a position in front of the south wall. Bullets were now striking the railway station, and all timber work and the wooden bridges were in flames. Shells fell everywhere in the city, and 220 Chinesa were wounded. They collected at the Red Cross refuge, and their number threatened, to multiply, as the Russians were apparently using the city for a shelter, which fact the Japanese had discovered. Receiving assurance from General Sassulitch's staff that the evacuation would not occur before the 4th. I worked among the Chinese wounded until nightfall, when all the Russian sentries were withdrawn, and the pontoon bridges were harriedly removed. The Japanese took posses- sion, and I found myyself a prisoner unawares. Determined Battle, The battle of ijiaoyang is accepted here as determining the mastery of Manchuria. The Russians were fully equal in numerical strength to the Japanese. They had approximately 180,000 men, and their artillery was superior in range and rapidity of fire to the Japanese. The latter were forced to capture a series of strongly forti- fied positions at enormous Deril to themselves, and it was here that they proved their superiority. In spite of the strength of their defences the Russians lost mere men behind the breastworks than the attackers in the open. In the plain it was thought that the Russians would at least have the advantage in cavalry and bayonet charges, but even these expectations proved deceptive. Indeed, throughout the war the Russian bayonet charges, though pressed home with the utmost gallantry, have rarely been successful. The Russian losses amounted to 13 per cent. of the troops engaged on their side. The Japanese losses are not known, but they themselves admit that they were very heavy. The shell fire which the Japanese kept up with undiminished inten- sity for six days astounded the Russians, who were unable to account for the rapid transport of the Japanese supplies. The Japanese are preparing to make Liaoyang the headquarters of their Manchurian army. The Russians have fallen back to the Hun River positions, near Mukden. The railway is proving inadequate to supply the wants of the army. and it is considered that hostilities are practically closed for some time.

THE FIGHT FOR THE HILLS. Kuroki's Hard Task. The Press Association special correspondent with General Kuroki sends through, some thrill- ing details of the lighting to the liorth-east of Liaoyang, and of General Kuroki's attempt to cut Kuropatkin's retreat. His message is dated September 5th. He says General Karoki on the night of the 2nd inst. reached a position two or three miles frcm the railroad with his right division ready to strike, but General Karopatkin was able to seud a superior force against the Japanese and held General Kuroki at bay while the Russian Army made good its retreat. For two days it seemed possible that the Russians might assume the offensive on a large scale, and perhaps force the Japanese first army to abandon its position. The Russians had cut away the foliage from the trees in the front of their entrenchments on the bills, leaving the approaches bare, The Japanese were constantly under fire aud could advance only by digging successive rows of trenches. The suffering was great among the men already exhausted by several day;) of the hardest fighting and marching. They were abliged to work unceasingly with their rifles or with trenching tools,and were unable to cook their rations leat the fires might disclose their posi- tions to the enemy. The capture of the hills bad coat the Japanese heavily particularly aronnd Yentai. After cannonading it all day Thursday, and gradually forcing back the Rus- 3ian infantry on the plain without being able to dislodge them, the Japanese again resorted to their favourite plaa of making a night attack, driving the RueBians before their bayonets. They stormed the five headed hills from the north-west during the afternoon of the 2nd. Part of the division, supported by the fire of the batteries on the-plain, attempted to advance in extended formation across the wide gravelled fiats south of the river and bordering the fields, luring which they came under heavy shell fire from the Russian guns, The only protection was :he dspressious in the flats, and the shrapnel raked their ranks. NOVEL DEFENCES. Part of the centre division was engaged upon mother night assault. Approaching the trenches, ;he Japanese encountered novel defences, con- ?isting of wire strung along the ground hiehly charged with electricity. The men encountering ihem in the darkness received severe shocks. rhe Russians defending the trenches also thiew land grenades or shells among the stormers with terrifying effect, wounding many. The attempt ;o seize the hill, wh;ch would form an important vantage ground for either army, failed. One battalion fought its way into the trenches, and having exhausted its ammunition attempted to ;ut its way back with bayonets, and was almost exterminated. On tbe3d inat. the Russians with- drew, and the Japs occupied their positions in the evening without opposition. The fighting on Friday night along the entire line was the fiercest jf the battle. The Russians were determined to retake Haiyentai llill, which was necessary For the protection of the railroad. All day two jr three batteries enveloped the trenches with a continuous rapid fire of shrapnel and common shell, which burst along the summit and the western slope but the trenches were deep, ind the single regiment holding them stuck there and repulsed or withstood two or three infantry assaults. Towards dusk the Russians attacked in great force, and two hours' steady and hard infantry fighting followed. Most of the time the combatants were so close together that the artillery could not be used. Throughout the night the tenure of the hills bung in the balance" The Russians twice isaaulted, and once the Japanese were driven from their trenches on to the nearer slope. rhev refused to yield and returned to the struggle, and finally they expelled the Russians. The slaughter on both sides was great. In the meantime the Russians attempted to jverwhelm the Japanese on the five headed hills, throwing a large body of infantry against them. A. hard battle was waged for several hours with- )ut breaking the Japs lines, Describing the rearguard action the corres- pondent says The staff was gilvanisei into activity. ^Couriers galloped forward, and General Fuju announced that the army would begin the pursuit of the enemy. Close upon his words the Japanese batteries besau a brisk pounding, the left wing swept towaids the railroad, and the entire line advanced, meeting a lively rifle fire from the Russian rearguards, to which they replied, and the engagement continued until darkness. GRUESOME SPECTACLE. The spectacle which Haiyentai Hill presented has seldom been equalised in any war. The hilltop is less than a quarter of a mile long. The CreSt! aud ravines were literally honey- combed with trenches, ditches, and furrows for shelter, trenches and counter trenches ran in every direction, testifying to the numbers of attacks and different points from which the assaults had been attempted. Close to the sum- mit 200 Russians lay with their rifles where they had fallen. It appeared that they bad advanced upon the word of command, and the whole line was mowed down when almoat upon the trenches. The bodies were black, having lain there in the sun, while the firing was so constant and fierce that the Japanese were unable to bury them. fragments of steel were everywhere under foot. Several Russian drums and 200 or 300 Russian rifles and cooking pots were all torn and shattered by shot. Bayonets were twisted and broken, and the rags of uuiform3 and caps were shot. torn, and Dlood-soaked. Blood was smeared every- where in the trenches and on the turf. It was impossible to step without treading on bullets.

BURNING THE DEAD. (Press Association Special War Telegram.) GENERAL KUROKI'S HEADQUARTERS (NEAR LlaOYANG), September 8th. The battle of Liaoyang was a magni- ficent victory, of which the Japanese have great reasons to be proud, although they were unable to realise their hopes of achieving another Sedan. The execution of a campaign on Buch a vast scale against an army possessing more modern guns of heavier metal and of greater range established behind fortifica- tions of unprecedented extent and completeness, excites the highest admiration of military critics. Jhere is no question but that General Kuropat- kin expected here to turn the tide of war against the Japanese. The defences of Liaoyang now indicate tbat fighting of the past week since the failure of his southern movement was not expected to be oneratinn 4 the Dal:are of Preliminary Min t mAl th t0 harass his opponents and gain time for the crucial strugle. Foreign mili- Genera^K^rn3 l.convincin^ evidence that Ja^fn^P Pi k M d pianned to defeat the Japanese m detail, and then to dispatch a With iC? Tn -0r the relief of Port Arthur. h.„ d'7>»ons at his command he should have accomplished this had the quality of his officers and soldiers equalled that of the Japanese. Not until the night of September 3rd, after five days of continuous battle, were the first steps of the retreat taken. With an almost unfordable wide river at his back and a greatlv inferior force opposing bis rear and flank, he was able to with- draw without losing a gun. One result of the tattle bat been- $0;" give the Japanese a mucb nigher opinion of the abilities of their antagonists 3 than operations elsewhere compelled them to maintain. The Japanese Army is self-possessed. ) There arc no demonstrations of rojoicicg. The work expended in preparing the theatre i of the battle is incredible in its magnitude. i Besides extensive fortifications south of the river there were practically three lines of defences E for defending the eastern approaches to the rail- k way, themselves constituting a formidable battle > area. The fighting was carried clear to the rail- way line. but although the Japanese shelled the last trains leaving on the morning of the 6th, it was impossible to intercept any of the Russian rearguard. The area over which fighting took place to the north of the river presents a terrible picture of the results of war. The fields are scored with a hundred lines of trenches marking the successive stages of the retreat. The fires in which the bodies of the fallen were consumed are still burning, and search parties are still bringing the Japanese dead to them. At every turn can be seen the graves of Russians, some dug by their own comrades, others by Japanese. On one hillside is a group of two or three hundred graves marked by roughly cut sticks. In the high grain many bodies remained undiscovered, filling the air with their stench. Flocks of ;rows hover over the fields, and about 100 Chinese dogs roam amongvthe crops. The portion of the railroad in possession of the Japanese remains practically intact. The woodwork of the railway bridge was burned, and a small section of the iron framework destroyed bnt none of the piers were injured, and the bridge could be macie fit for temporary use in a few days. The station buildings remaiu standing. Only'3 few of the houstH in the Russian settle- ment outside the city wall, which is a village of considerable size, wet^ burned. The Chinesa have hung Japanese flags over their houses. Most of the Chinese sheps and all the Russian buildings in Liaoyang were thoroughly looted on the departura of the army, both Russians and Chinese doing their share.

RUSSIAN ARMY CRIPPLED. (Press Association Special War Telegram.) PARIS, Tuesday. The Journal has received from its Man- churian correspondent a telegram datel Tien- tsin, September 12th, which has not been sub. mitted to the Russian censor. He says that the first part of the campaign may be considered as lost by the Russians, who will probably be obliged to retreat beyond Tie- ling. It was the inferiority of the Russian army, continues the telegram. as much in effective and guns as in enthusiasm, that prevented Kuro- patkin from offering a more prolonged resist- ance at Liaoyang. The Japanese will shortly make their triam- phal entry into Mukden. The Russian headquarters which at the begin- ning of the campaign estimated the numbers of the Japanese at 250,000 at the outside, now declares that the total of all the enemy's armies must be from 450,000 to 500,000. The Russian army will be reorganised in the north, but it will take several months to fill up its ranks, increase its numbers, which must be doubled, and put soldiers of the active army in the place of reservists. Above all, the weakened morale of the troops must be strengthened. It will not be possible for the Russians to assume the offensive for some time. Certainly Russia may eventually win, but it will only be after unheard-of efforts, the rewaids of which can but be far from proportionate. The two belligerents would find it to their in. terest to lay aside all national pride, and by making mutual concessions put an end to a war which will ruin both of them.

DESPATCHES FROM OYAMA. Painful Scenes at Liaoyang. (Press Association Special War Telegram.) TOKIO, Monday. A telegram from Field Marshal Oyama, which was received at midnight, give3 details of the dis- position of the Russian forces around Yentai and Mukden. The telegram says that a large force of Russian cavalry is posted at Pintaitzu, which is about 24 miles to the east of Yentai station. Another force occupies Heilingchai to the north of Pintaitzu on the Fuhao road. Bodies of cavalry with artillery are located at Huangshan- tien on the eastern Mukden road, also in the neighbourhood of Rument Zusban, which the Japanese occupy. Some cavalry has been posted at Fanchiatun, Kushutzin and Mensukutuu along the railway between Yentai and Mukden, appar- ently keeping touch, and watching the Japanese. A second report from the Manchurianaimy tells of the pitiable condition of non-combatants, at Liaoyang. The report says while holding the defence works close to the walls of Liaoyang, the Russians prohibited the removal of non-com- batants, many of whom were killed and wounded, The British Missionary, Dr. Westwater, is sheltering 200 wounded of the Japanese army, and is feeding and nursing many. The report continues :—" The condition of the non-combatants is awful and beyond descrip- tion. Of course the killed and wounded were hit by our fire, but the Russians are responsible. It is a great pity to extend the calamities to non- combatants." An additional report from the Manchurian army concerning the duna-dam bullets says Among the rifle amennnition captured at Liaoyang are two kinds of dum-dum bullets, one of which very much resembles that for the Russian rifle of the 1891 type, bnt not fitting it exactly. We made a search for the rifles used, but failed to find them. The wounds of some of our men are comparatively large, rind seem likely to have been caused by dum-dum bullets. Although we have been unable defi- nitely to ascertain the presence of these bullets, the actual photographs and paperii which will be forwarrlod later relating to the matter explain it.

RUSSIAN PRAYER FOR AID. (Press Association Special War Telegram.) ST. PETERSBURG, Sunday. The following is the text of the special prayer which the Holy Synod has ordained shall be offered up throughout the Empire on behalf of the Russian Army Mthough unworthy, we implore Thee, who art strong in battle, for aid; and humbly beseech Thee to accept our weapons in Thy cause. Give the Christ-loving army victory, and enable it to subdue the enemy. Stretch forth Thine hand from on high, and toach the hearts of the enemy so that he shall make supplication unto Thee, the God of peace, who lovest Thv creatures. Strengthen us with Thy might. 0 Defender of the orthodox faith, send down ( Thine arrows and confound the enemy. Strike them as the lightning, and deliver them into the hands of Thy faithful troops. Thou who harkendest unto Moses, bless the Emperor's doings multiply his glory confirm hia Empire with Thy almighty hands. Pre- serve nis armv send Thine angel to fortify his roops, and give them salvation. "Send peace upon us, May Thy invisible finger defend Thy servants, and show them the right path. Forgive them their ^ins, and bestow on them a crown of glory. Vouchsafe unto the Czar a peaceful life and prosperity fulfil his desires and overthrow his enemies."

WAR IN ESSEX. The autnmn manoeuvres this year have been conducted on entirely new lines and in consequence excited considerable interest all over the country. The object of the plan formed by Sir Neville Lytteltou and the new War Office staff was designed to test not the question of facing an invasion of Maior-Gen, Wynne. General French. Major-Gen. Paget. Gen. Bruce Hamilton. England by a foreign power, but the useful- ness of Mr Arnold-Forster's "striking arm force which is the great feature of his army system. This invading force under General French was supposed to be landing suddenly and unexpectedly into a foreign country and making a. dash to seize the capital, and it must be admitted that the results were not very en- couraging, as Major-General Wynne, who com- manded the Red or defending force, took up such a strong position that General French did not even give him battle, but withdrew and beat a retreat back to the coast. The Blue Army em- barked last Monday at Southampton on ten large transports for an unknown place on the Essex coast. This proved to be Clacton, which was reached at day-break on Wednesday, and the landing began at 7.30. The Blue army consisted of 12,000 men with horses, guns, waggons, and stores under Sir John French, with Brigadier- General Eyre Crabbe as bis chief of the staff, and Generals Paget and Bruce Hamilton tiE; his divisional commanders. General Scobell was at the bead of the cavalry, and in less than three hours the whole of the troops were landed with astonishing quickness, while by evening every- thing down to the last waggon and crate was ashore. Then after an armistice, called by the Duke of Connaught, who was in charge of the manoeuvres, Sir John French made a character- istic dash on Colchester and found no opposition cffered to him. General Wynne was concealing his position most [skilfully, and it was ultimately found that he bad taken up an unassailable position on the old Roman road from Braintree, to Withim, making use of the old Roman posi- tions and holding not only the railway, but the coast from Maldon. General French had to own himself foiled, and beat a retreat to Clacton, where he ie-emb&jfccd bW men, begUUUDg of this week.

LOCAL STEAMER HELD UP. Many Secretly Fixed Cargoes. Lloyd's agent at Gibraltar cables September 14th, 12.35 p.m., as follows The Pacific Steam Mavigation Company's steamer Ortona reports having passed a Russian cruiser at 5 p.m. yesterday in latitude 36 North and longitude 8 West bearding the British steamer Derwen, of Cardiff. The Derwen belongs to Messrs W. and C. T Jones, of Cardiff. She left Barry on September 7th for Port Said, having on board 6,053 tons of coal for Port Said. The cargo belongs to MessrsWorms and Co, whose agent charteied the Derwen. The position indicated is halfway between St. Vincent and the Straits of Gibraltar. Detained Steamer Leaves Cardiff. The German steamer Hans Menzell, which cleared on Tuesday for Madeira with a cargo of 3,200 tons of coal, left Roath Basin at 11 o'clock on Wednesday morning. The Captain W. Menzell, which, like the Hans Menzell, was chartered by the Hamburg- American Line on Russian account, has berthed under No..6 tip on the east side of the East Dockland is now loading. The Pallas, another German steamer, partly loaded, is still moored at the tier in the East Dock. The Hans Menzell has been detained at Cardiff since last Saturday week, and it is presumed that although nominally cleared for Madeira her instructions are to meet the Russian fleet near that point. Other German vessels have recently left Cardiff for the same destination.

SECRETLY-ARRANGED CARGOES September Clearances on Russian Account. Below we give a list of vessels-cleared at Carliff chiefly, if not entirely, on Russian account since September 1st. Hardly any of these fixtures were reported on the Cardiff freight market, and it may safely be stated that many other vessels already under charter have still to clear. Some are already under tips loading at Cardiff; others loaded at Cardiff and Newport are awaiting in- structions as to destination and the contracts under which the coal is baing supplied provide for regular shipments up to the end of Novem- ber. Owing to the secrecy with which the Russians have carried out their arrangements witb sbipowners. it is imposaibls to state how many of the ships named below are carrying cargoes to the Far East directly under the orders of the Russian Government, but very little doubt exists as to the purposs of practicably all the other vessels. Vessel. Nationality. Destination. Cargo. Loch Tay British Colombo 6800 Waddon British Shanghai 5600 St. Bedo British 9bangbai 5300 Altair Norway Cronstadt 2040 Nora Norway Cronstadt.. 1800 Nordpol Norwav Cronstadt.. 1500 Evciilda Sweden Cronstadt.. 2700 Germania British St. Vincent 3400 Lauschan German Hong Kong 5300 Onslow British LasPalmas 3900 Kirklee British Hong Kong 5100 Cunaxa British Madeira 4250 I Amsteda.m.. German 0 Bamburg.. 1400 Cairnalt British Lifcau 180G Longships British %Shanghai 6000 Mewton Hall British Shanghai 6000 Ranza British Colombo. 7000 Snorre. Norway Cronstadt 1800 Albania Sweden Cronstadt 1450 Murcia. British Canary I. 3350 Claverdale British Manila, via. Cape 6100 Castor. Norway Shanghai 1350 Talabot Norway Cronstadt 1350 i Cymbsline British LasPalmas., 5000 i Lyng Norway Cronstadt 1350 Poschan. German Hong Kong.. 4300 Euphemia German w. Cronstadt 4050 s Hans Menzell German Madeira 3250 During the past few days the Russians have i chartered at least two large vessels for the ship- i ment of Cardiff coal to Vladivostok. The freight paid in both cases was 40s per ten. ]

CAPTURED SS. CALCHAS. Decision of the Prize Court. ] (Central News Special Telegram.) I VLADIVOSTOK, Tuesday. The Prize Court to-day delivered its judgmeat in the case of the captured British steamer Calchas. The Court finds that the vessel was ] ju3tly seized. She had on board a cargo destined t for Japanese ports, consisting of 1,330 sacks of c flour, 77 parcels of timber, and 36 bales of E cotton. This is contraband, and has been con- c fiscateJ. The cargo destined for neutral ports, c which amounted to 1,250 tons, is not affected. c Seventy-seven parcels containing parts of v machinery will be retained for further considera- tion for three months to give the owners time to prove the neutral destination of the goods. The steamer will also be detained for the same c period to allow the owners to appeal against the c decision. f The Prize Court Procurator and the naval officer c commanding the ship which effected the seizure ] have protested against the decision. i I The above decision, if confirmed in the Superior Court, will amount to a complete i ignoring on the part of the Russian aatborl ties < of the protest lodged by the British Govern- t ment at St. Petersburg against the inclusIon of 1 provisions in the Russian list of contraband s articles. It has also been stated on behalf of his I Majesty's Government in the House of Com- r mons that raw cotton is only regarded by the I Russian Government as contraband when destined for making explosives. The manifest a shows the 36 bales on board the Calchas to be r consigned to trading companies in Japan, and ( thashipmeut from America was also purety < commercial. This decision of the Prize Court, t if allowed to pass unchallenged by Great c Britain, amounts to nothing less than prohibi- t tion of commerce between this country and 1 Japan. v

RAIDER AT SAN FRANCISCO. Another Expected. f (Central News Special War Telegram.) x PARIS. Wednesday. ( The St. Petersburg correspondent of the I 11 Echo says that the Russian General Staff aspect another Russian cruiser, the Korea, to put in at one of the American Pacific ports. The Russian Government has given instructions to 1 the cruisers to conform to the regulations which may be issued by the Onited States. The C Government hope that the United States will c act place difficulties in the way of the Lena and Korea getting sufficient coal to take them to the « nearest Russian port, which is Vladivostok. ) It is officially announced at Washington that J the Russian cruiser Lena will be allowed six f weeks to undergo repairs at San Francisco. t t The Baltic Squadron. (Central News Special War Telegram.) COPENHAGEN, Wednesday. A despatch from Korsoer says that a Japanese } officer has arrived there, apparently with the objecc of watching the Baltic fleet on its passage through the Great Belt. His movements are t being watched by the Danish police. 1 (Press Association Special War Telegram.) BERLIN, Wednesday. The Tageblatt's St. Petersburg correspon- I dent saya it is rumoured that the Russian Baltic I 9ee^ will make a stay of considerable duration I at Reval before proceeding to the Far East. j (

CARDIFF SHOP SUN-BLINDS. < ( At a meeting of Cardiff Watch Committee on ( Wednesday the question of the height of trades- E men's sun-blind3 from the pavement was discussed E The statute provides that tbe heigut shall be J 8ft., but it was pointed out that to enforce this j would inflict a hardship on many tradesmen whose blinds were sufficiently high to prevent c them being a public inconvenience. The matter was left in the hands of the head constable to j exercise his discretion.

FOUND THE FOOD THAT WROUGHT A GREAT CHANGE. ( Many people think they cannot live without meat two or three times each day, and yet to I many when taken so often it becomes almost a 1 poison, and they would enjoy muoh better baaltb. and possess far keener brains if meat were taken at, say, only one meal per day. In its place use Grape-tjnita, a. icientifically prepared food, made froorfwheat aDd barley, and so prepared that those parts of the grains most important in rebuilding the wasting tissues are retained aud presented in a form wbich is easily [ digested and quickly enter into the blood. One pound of Grape-Nuts possesses more nourishment that the body will absorb than many < pounds of meat, bread, etc. It is not the quantity of food we'eat that does us good, but the part that digests, and there is no waste in Grape-Nuts. Every ounce counts. The great good accomplished by this pure food J in the cases of a Norwegian lady and gentleman is interesting. She says A few years ago circumstancees obliged me to leave my native land, Norway, to come and live in England. After three mouths' residence in the neighbourhood of London, my health (which had always formerly been good) began to fail. I suffered from acute indigestion and constipation, so that life really be- came a burdon, and my great fear was that I should be obliged to return to Nor- way. I consulted two medical men, but the remedies they prescribed had little or no effect, and I became quite weak ana ill. I saw in the papers how beneficial Grape-Nuts food was, and thought I would try its being convinced in my own mind it was the regular English food that caused my troubles. After a week's trial I felt the Grape-Nuts diet was doing me good. I had less pain and lassitude, and altogether felt en- couraged to continue the food, and at the end of a. month may truly say 1 had not only put on 5lbs. in weight, but felt my old self again, and am now quite strong and well. I have a cousin who also came from Norway, and suffered greatly from constipation, no doubt occasioned from change of food, as they eat much more meat here than they do in Norway, so I recommended him to try.Grape-Nuts. which with great reluctance at first be did, and now be is much improved in health, which he says he owes to Grape-Nuts diet, and which he finds very agreeable. Name given by Gtftpe WatS ,C«.. XAIO. 66, SbWrlMp* £ .C.» ft .1

NOT TO BE 1 46 THE LANCET" mays e— I I The statement that I [ CADBURTs I I Cocoa I 1 is an Absolutely Pure article R H cannot. be controverted in view of a H the results of analysis which, in our I If hands, this excellent article of food has I yielded." ^2* 4

South Wales Coal Trade. S.W. MINERS' FEDERATION. Executive Conference at Cardiff' A meeting of the Council of the South Wales Miners' Federation was held cn Tuesday at the Angel Hotel, Cardiff, Me W. Abraham, M.P., pre- siding. There were also present Messrs W. Brace, A. Onions, D. Watts Morgan. Tom Evans, Enoch Morrell, U. Morgan, J. D. Morgan, Tom Davies,. John Thomas, Evan Thomas, W. H. Morgan, Vernon Hartshorn, W. E. Morgan, James Manning, James Winstone, D. Beynon, Tom Harries. Ben Davie3, C. B. Stanton, and Thomas Richards (general secretary). Abercynon Rubbish Dispute.-A deputation attended from the Abercynon Colliery reporting the existence of great dissatisfaction among the workmen owing to the action of the employers in compelling colliers to unload trams of rubbish in their working places. It was reso!ved to bring this matter before the next meeting of the Con- ciliation Board. Blaenavon Dispnte.-A dispute was considered from the Bfaenavon Collieries respecting the screening of coal. The matter was deferred until the next meeting of the Council, in order that a deputation from the workmen might attend for the purpose of devising means for getting the dis- pute effectively dealt with. Hitwain Collieries.-A deputation of the work- men on strike at Ilirwain attended the Council with reference to certain suggestions for the settlement of the matter in dispute at the Marquis of Bute's collieries, and the following resolution was unanimously adopted -That this Conncil, after bearing the Hirwain deputation as to the probability of a settlement of the dis- pute at the collieries being arrived at if a deputa- tion were appointed to wait upon the manage- ment, hereby authorises Mr C. B. Stanton, with i deputation of tbe workmen, to conduct negotia- tions. Monmouthshire Winding Enginemen,— The wages dispute of these workmen was the sub- ject of a long discussion and it wa.s resolved that the Monmouthshire District Board of the Coal- owners* Association be asked to meet a deputa- tion appointed by the Council, the Monmouth- shire agents being appointed for that purpose. Garw Vychan Colliery.-A report was recei\ed to the effect that the owners at this colliery were not observing the terms of the agreement en- tered into by Messrs W. E. Morgan and Harts- born and it was resolved that Messrs Harts- aorn and Morgan again interview the manage- ment upon the question. Garth Merthyr Lock-out.- Arrangements were made for the payment of strike pay to the men locked out at the Garth Merthyr Colliery, Maea- Seg. GARTH MERTHYR STOPPAGE. Messrs Elder Dempster, owners of the Garth Merthyr Colliery, resent the men's statement hat they were locked out. Their version of the sircumstance leading to the stoppage is to the sffect that when the notices expired the company )ffered to keep the colliery working from day to lay, but that the men refused to accept this ifler. A staff is still being employed to keep the vorkings in proper repair. Massteg Miners' Grievances.. At the monthly meeting of the Maesteg District ,f the Miners' Federation on Monday, the house ioat grievance of the workmen at North's Navi- fation was discussed, and it was eventuallv de- sided to lay the matter before Mr. 3 Bovd- Harvey, managing director of the comfeanv and f his answer is unsatisfactory to bring it befOT„ ihe Conciliation Board. 1 The men complained that the amount of coal JOW being allowed is not sufficient, and Mr J. P. 3ibbons, North's mineral agent, had said that if bey required more they must pay percentages and laciling. The voting for a selection of a district lolicitor resulted in 52 votes being recorded for Mr Evan E. Davies, Maesteg, and 30 lor Alder- nan T..1. Hughes, of Messrs (lushes and Lewis, 3ridgend, Mr Davies was therefore appointed. Che remuneration: will be 2d per member per innum. Mr David Beynon, miners' agent, eported on the lock-out at Garth Merthyr Colliery. He said the reductions asked for vere ridiculous, He did not blame he men for not consenting to work in day-to-day contracts, because when bey did so on a previous occasion men who lad taken active part in Federation work vere ariven 24 hours' notice, and had to be paid he usual victimisation allowance. A few men tad gone back on day-to-day contracts, but they vere engaged in opening out the colliery for nrther development, and not on the coal. A neeting of the Executive Council will be held at Cardiff to-dav, when the position of Garth klerthyr will be discussed. No. 2 (Rhondda) District. The monthly meeting of the No. 2 (Rhondda) District of the South Wales Miners' Federation vas held at the Park Hotel, Pontypridd, on VIonday Mr Ben Davies, the agent, gave L report of the recent conference respect- ng the Scotch wages question. All interested night live in the hope that a settlement vould be effected, but the members of the Federation in South Wales, England, and Scotland mast join in a common cause to attain he end they all had at heart. The report was Ldopted, and the action of the leaders was improved. East Glamorgan Agent. A meeting of the East Glamorgan District was leld at the Clive Hotel, Caerphilly, Mr W. Morgan, Nelson, presiding. There were nine Lpplicants for the position of miners' agent for ;he district, and the ballot was fixed to take place next month. Tredegar Agent and Conferences. The meeting of the Tredegar District was held it Blackwood on Saturday, Mr L. Holloway )residing. The Agent, Mr Onions, reported that it the Southport conference there was a strong md united feeling among the representatives Tom every part of the Miners' Federation to lefend the Scotch minimum 1I.t ail costs. Mr )nions was authorised to attend the conference m the housing question to be held at Merthyr m the 21th jnst. A motion from Risca to call a ipecial levy to supplement strike pay under special conditions was carried by a large Majority. It was thereupon decided to make a evy of 6d per full member and 3d per half mem- aer. A motion by No. 2 Pochin Lodge. Tre. iegar, to rescind the minute of the district ander which the agent was authori&ed to attend jonferences was defeated by a large majority. rweuty-five pounds were voted towards the Eladstock miners. Dowlais Non-Unionists. Mr Isaac Lewis (chairman) presided at the monthly conference of the Dowlais district held m Monday at the Clarence Hotel, East-street. ro represent the district at the meetings on the iousing question to be held at Merthyr on Sep- tember 21st Messrs John Davies, C.C. (miners' igent), George Owen, and Evan Lake were appointed. In regard to the non-Unionists still working at the collieries a watch committee was Eortned in order to report as to the numbers, &c. C10 was voted in relief of the Radstock miners. 1\ lengthy report on the transactions of the con- ferences at Paris, North Watea Co-operative C^narries, and Souihport was given by Mr John I Davies, C.C agent. Mr Davies was also named to attend the annual conference at Bristol oa October 4th. Blaina District Peaceful. I At the meeting of the Blaina district on Mon- day at Blaina, Mr George Lewis presiding, the agent (Mr James Manning) reported that the j district as a whole was practically free from disputes of a serious nature.

PRINCESS'S NEXT MOVE. i GRAVE SCANDALS-TO BE REVEALED.! Paris, Sunday. — 111 advised, perhaps, by cer- tain persons in her surroundings, Princess Louise of Coburg appears now to be upon the brink of getticg herself into a somewhat serious scrape. getticg herself into a somewhat serious scrape. She declares (says the Daily Chronicle's cor- respondent), tbroueh the friends who are repra sented to be entitled to speak for her, that unless her husband. Prince Philip of Coburg, consents to a pecuniary arrangement with her. she will reveal a series of the gravest scandals, involving some of the most exalted personages in Europe, in addition to her own husband. Should Prince Philip refuse to concede to her the pecuniary satisfaction which she claims, nbe will then send for ? deputation of the worIer. Press and relate to them all the details of the conspiracy which she alleges to have been started against her by her Imperial, Royal, aod Princely relatives, to obtain fraudulent possession of her property. Bad advice and her own inexperience have pro bably led Princess Louise to the incredible assumption that the Press, which was willing to give publicity to her protests against what was obviously very harsh and unjust treatment, could possibly lend itself to the campaign which, ac- cording (9 kviitivufa aha in now anxious to corn- msaw.

Fell From the Oliff. SWANSEA WOMAN KILLED- A Gower Goast Tragedy. A shocking fatality occurred on afternoon on the Gower coast, tIje^ Bracelet and Langland Bays, to a woman from Swansea, the scene being tgtlh and awkward path along the cliffs. Mrs of 6, Rodney-street, Swansea, wife of a wright, went to ftlumbles by the 2 o'clock with two female friends, and walked toLa Bay. While they were returning along ous path, at a soot where the cliff Jp Mis Morgan fell over the ledge to below. A man named Theodore Davies, not far away, went to the coastguard s and telephoned for a doctor and the and it was probably an hour before tbe recovered. She had evidently been *$ instantaneously, her skull being smash0"1 her lace rendered almost unrecognisable, -pnlft Sergeant Hopkins, of the Mumbles Station, on receiving information, desp9 tpi P.C. Burns with tbe ambulance and ropeS' the body was with great difficultv broO^Jjj. the top of the cliff. Dr. Marks, of who came with the police,found that life b»d$ extinct for some time. The coastguarci #jjd other persons rendered valuable assistant' the body was removed to the Mumbles r Sfation. telf The hasbaud of the woman was summoned from Swansea. In conversation tøJ. a Press representative he said that his 0 60 years of a.ge, and was out for au pleasure trip. How the mishap not been thoroughly explained, and oD0,.ed'5 women with her had been so severely sbo #$1^ consequence of the affair that she had from fits ever since, and had been unabl0 any particulars. oBt Dr. Marks, seen at the police station k? correspondent, was not at that juncture 9 jj»« make any statement beyond that the won"1 W' sustained terrible in juries. Our corresp^f. 1 however, saw the body, and it appears sides a fractured skull Mrs Morgan a several other broken bones, including tha' left arm. j,»<> The Urban Authority at a recent meeti1^^ instructed thsir surveyor to make a rep01 the best method of rendering this path gerous. At the meeting of the Urban A0' on Tuesday night they were notified of accident. The Chairman took pains to 0f however, that it was not due to any Council. They were not answerable foe of the road, though they were now power onder a Commons Act to take ov control. It was decided to take 3teps to the path more passable, if permission c t obtained from the Duke of Beaufort's a £ e the other copyholders, the sam to be speIJ £ 40. Narrative of An Eye-Witness. The inquest on the body of Mrs ^ar £ gans, who fell over the cliffs at tbe M010. Tuesday, will be held to-day (ThursdaJ^nf; Swansea Hospital before the Borough d,e Mrs Morgans was very well known in ^etoO trict in which she lived. She had a family, among whom were several « t" footballers, including Ernie Morgan, Swansea first fifteen, Frank Morgan, tb'3 -jff captain of the Tiverton team, and Tedaj ^an, who used to plav for Swansea 2o a' Mrs Clements, a next-door neighbour* deceased, hps re<;n,ini_-d oonscousuess aW deceased, hps re<;n,ini_-d a terrible shook- Ske says that she ("r I mother-in-law," who lives at Birmingha^'ACT,A the deceased were returning to t0 the lower e I iff path, and when they catvo s pcfy uiui^erous part she advised Mrs Morg8,0^ venture. Mrs Morgans said she had beei it before, and it was quite safe, and 9^0^et to get over it. When part of the way 0 >2 jhanged her mind, and turned to come b» r in doing so missed her footing and fell 0 iliffs. by The footpath is now to be improved District Council.

British BattleshipCh^ GERMAN CRUISER'S STRANGE AC1'11'' The correspondent on the China V Western Morning News," writing fr°^ a hai wei, on Tuesday, August 2nd, says u The battleship Ocean, Captain Tb Greet, with the destroyer Hart in arrived here about six o'clock this eve Hong Kong, and saluted the Chief. On her passage here an incident which caused considerable excitement the officers and crew. A large German tfv p which had been cruising about the coast 0,000 is Imi-wei, fell in with the Ocean about p day, and commenced to steam after she continued to do notwithstanding that ensign hoisted on the Ocean clearly indicft gjrj, nationality of the British ship. As iffy gradually assumed the character of a Cbat 0 p y ters began to assume a serious aspe" I V io cause no little anxiety on the Oces" eventually cast off the Hart, which she Qgt^J tow, turned towards the pursuing cruiser, and asked, by signal, for an e*P 9 KJ of her action. The German's reply 'she had a code for Chifu.' At the she endeavoured to make towards the ^|i but was out-manoeuvred by the Ocea^i j, passed between them. j,<A A warship towing a destroyer durio^M ti es is, of course, certain to attract and this incident serves to show the 01 ?jtJ ,1| and even hazardous position that the caP J J a warship may find himself called up?1^ withoot notice cr warning, a position wb'0^ Aj be rendered even more critical should 'c £ at night, or even in a fog. In this case A V tain of the Ocean is to be congratulated jf y, discretion he showed at the moment difficult to balance reasons nicely, for t remembeied that his ship was five days\0' Kong Kong, and be was therefore not fjjey' kj* in possession of much information as of affairs in the vicinity of belligerent r l)| especially as the conditions are likely il( daily, and even hourly." .fy S

MERELY MARY ANN. y A & ,t) The intersst and charm of .jj'S ju are very conspicuous in the new comedy Doke of York's Theatre in Mr Israel .jd'1 1 Merely Marv Ann. Tho play shabby genteel London lodging hou30* ,|,0<ij3 i' the heroine is maid-of-all-work. But > I salis is transformed into a butterfly, effected through the agency of Lady e$e$$I professional chaperone, and the drawing-room of the country house. "*0oet'0] iff' Hall. Here the ski it and taste of the e*j|l provider of pretty stage pictures have t and the well-known firm of Ootzman0 ft(j|0 40* .W of 63-79, Hamustead-road, W., have room extremely charming, Rose-re"$ cover fine old carved Italian walnut pb&'e&'i the light falls from beautiful can o'? grand piano in draped with rich broideries quaintly handsome jar le<>o<n ). Sheffield plate and other artistic ^e' pf air of luxury and refined taste adds to the charm of a delightful will no doubc give playgoers some for adding to tha beauty of tberr ow

MISSING CASK OF ST0UT* V Benjamin Goodwin, collier, Kj appeared at the Pontypridd jot0ffji Wednesday on a charge of breaki th0 gfrfji and stealing a cask of ported -urarioO*, 1A Vj) of 10s 6d. Mrs Mary Reynolds. Clydach Vale, stated that she V C* cask, which had not been tappedj fonpd Sunday morning. P.C. at the prisoner s home on the i 0p p -y jv his mother said that all were Jefen<l^A night except Benjamin, the p (Aj stated that the cask was not gnU<li aoflisP M Saturday nigbt, but was there t be -ffiij He ing, Defendant told the Bene □nn(jay^)t^ |k cask in his mother's house on d jjjj helped to drink its conten -• jj0 (J who took it there. He beef' t drinking a great deal of whwKy J 9ft^V § on Saturday night, both be t1** aiiffi' k time. He added that ^^jdipg fe and Mr Tame-! Roberts the pre y a, told him that he was also a hoO90^" A i The charge of breaking ln„o j„t8' in1!1 A drawn, b £ t a fine of £ 3 or 28 days j, was imposed for the f

"GOUT 'anu | ioe has been 0^]Jrimnnicate Pj Apply Captain Hardi k\r gardens Actoo Hi*