Berlin, 4th January.
The Czar gave up reviewing the troops in South-Russia a8 soon as he received the news of the fall of Port Arthur, and returned to 8t. Petersburg.
The French Government has expressed the desire that the Baltic Fleet should leave Madagascar as soon as possible.
Japanese men-of-war are cruising at present off the coasts of Java and Borneo.
There is no proof of the correctness of the reports which speak of an imminent armistice, far less to say anything of peace.
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