Tokio, 15th April.
The Russian forces in Manchuria, which amounted to 160,000 early in February, are now estimated at 200,000.
Different accounts state that the Russians from Fénghuangchéng and other points are now concentrating at Liaoyang, thus restricting the field of operations.
This is considered at Tokio to be inevitable, in view of the fact that Japan has entire command of the sea and can transport her. troops freely, while the Russian reinforcements are transportable by railway only.
he Russians, nevertheless, have been recently using all possible means to check the crossing of the Yalu by the Japanese, erecting bridge heads among other defences, The Russians'on the right bank of the Yalu ure estimated to number 10,000, and it is impossible to send a big force there within a fortnight. Naturally, therefore, the Japanese consider that the Russians will be unable to prevent their crossing the river, in view of the fact that a ie-fence of a river bank, to be-satis-of the sang Maree. Gee oon factory, requires double.the strength correspondent.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.