Berlin, 20th October.
The Vienna report to the "Times"
Russia intends forcing the Ramage of the the negotiations are not successful,
Dardanelles. Nothing is known about about an Anglo-Russian agreement with such steps in official German circles. regard to the Tibetan question is con-'The Bremen " Weser Zeitung" a fow sidered evorywhereas a absurd. Regarding days ago attacked very strongly the Ham-this question the leading German papers burg ing firms on account of their state that Germany no desires whi partaking in the shipments of coal for Mancharis, cas ever, just as is the case regarding; la. The Hamburg shipping firms declared: firstly that they have The "Novoje Vremya' demands an shipped coal only to neutral ports and agreement with the Netherlands as to never to Russian mon-of-war on the high the cession of s point in the East Indian seas; secondly that not less than thirty Archipelago for harbour and coaling British steamers have a share in these station. shipments. Thereupon the " Weser Zei-It is orted from South America thatiJapan has purchased the Argentinian tung" now withdraws its reproaches. The Hamburg-America Line, in parti-armoured cruisers Garibaldi and cular, states that they did not take any Puoyrredon (7,000 tons each), which were part in the delivery of coal at Viadivosbuilt by Ansaldo in Genoa in 1895 and tock.
1898, and the Chilian cruisers O'Higgins Lloyd's Bureau reports that the British (8,600 tons) and Esmeralda (7,100 tons), steamer Maori King, under the n which were built by Armstrong in 1896 of Hoffnung, has left for the and 1897. In the meantime the ships: an enormous cargo of refrigera will stay in the present harbours until for the provisioning of the Ruséian fleet. peace has boon restored.
24th October. labourers at Copenhagen for "he building is sian agents are engaging drilled The London report, according to which the Baltic squadron has fired upon British of ships in Russia. trawlers, causing thereby loss of ships and Prince Khilkoff, the Russian Minister crew, has caused profound surprise here. of Communications, states that the It is generally supposed that a mistake Baikal Railway can forward trai speed of twenty versts (twelve mil has been made, and the convicti
'1st October.
Hendrik Witbooi has captured the station of Nauchas.
The American Ambassador in St. Peters burg has handed to the Russian Government the official protest against the using of Chinese clothing by Russian soldiers.
The Russian Budget provides ten million roubles for the preparing of a second rail of the Siberian railway.
The Japanese fugitives have left Bromerhaven by the steamer Gora for! Japan. The farewell was most hearty. A committee of the "Vaterlindische:
United States, whose arrival at San Francisco is expected on the 11th November, is considered here to be an attempt to animate again the sympathies for Japan in America.
'A now dock has boon founded in St.
Petersburg with a capital of ten million roubles.
There are rumours in Paris that the Paris banks have closed a new Russian loan. The report, however, lacks confirmation so far.
According to ® newspaper report from Frauen Verein" (Patriotic Women's As- Odessa, the commander of the Black Sea sociation) handed to the fugitives on board of the ship many gifts, for which Mr. Max Noessler, the Japanese Consul at Bremen, returned thanks. Then Captain Kikuchi, the Japanese attache, called for three "Banzai Bremerhaven."
The " New York Herald" reports that General Kuroki is lying seriously caused by an attack of dysentery, in fact that he dying.
Fleet declared that this squadron was utterly unfit for service in East Asia.
Captain Jacobleff, late commander of the Petropavlovek, has stated in the "Russi" that it will take the Baltic squadron three months to reach East Asia. The single passage of the ships through the Suez Canal would cause a very great delay. It was utterly impossible to coal in the open ses, there-
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