The Archive · 1904

First Consequences

Mr. A. Segawa, the Japanese Consul at

Newchwang, who withdrew from his post on the outbreak of hostilities, is returning thither, und was to leave Kobe by the str. Argo. Consul-Gevers} Ijuin at Tientsin recently proceeded to Newchwang to handle the Consular business there, pending the arrival of Mr. Segawa, Tne Yokohama Specie Bank is to re-establish its branch at Newchwang and also to establish one Dalny. The consent of the authorities has already been obtained.

Miscellaneous.

The C. EH. R. 8. Sungari, sunk by the Russians at Chemulpo on the 9th February, was towed into shallow water on the 2nd inst. It is expected that she will be raised within a week. After receiving temporary repairs she will be sent to Nagasaki.

The Russian Government has ap; for the recognition of three ndditi hospital ships at Port Arthur, viz., the auxiliary cruisers Kazan and Angara, and the C.K. R. S, Mongolia.

The Czar has invited Prince Frederic Leopold of Prussia to go to the Russian headquarters, and the Kaiser, while assenting to the proposal, has simultaneously ordered Prince Kuri anton of Hoheozollem, to attach himself to the Japanese army,

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