The military interest is now virtually: concentrated in the North, as the lull was kept up in Manchuria, Nevertheless, some Tokio papers ask whether the signing of peace protocol or another great battle in Manchuria will be the next groat event to record, A Japanese officer writing to one of his friends in Tokio says that the total Russian forces in Manchuria seem to be under twenty corps and number about, 600,000. He insists that military successes do not depend upon the dumerial strength or the quality of arms, Lut they are principally due to the morale among the troops, General. Linieviteh, concentrating his troops between Pamienchang and Changchun, hopes to assume the offensive in a manner diametrically opposite to that of General Kuropatkin. But it romains to be soon whether his plan will be satisfactorily realised. The progeny consensus of opinion is that another great battle will be fought in Soptombor, if it becomes necessary.
Saghalien, In Karafuto (Saghalien) there have been no significant moves of late. In the meanwhile, the naval reconnaissances off Kamchatka and in the Okhotsk Sex are interesting, but owing to the lack of means of communication, there have been received no reports about the results of the operations. Lieut.- General Lyapnoff and twelve other Russian officers from Saghalien, with 1,000 mon, wore landed at Aomori on the 14th, The officer prisoners are to be quartered at Hirosaki and Sendai and the men at Narashino. The comparatively small number of volunteers taken prisoner is due to the fact that these soldiers have generally escaped, giving up their arms, but they ate expected to gradually surrender to the Japanese. All non-combatants from North Saghalien were dispatched to a certain point in Primorsk simultaneously with the departure vf the combatants for Japan. Tt is said that the residents of Primorsk wore found to have fled and their vacant houses Were occupied by the non-combat. ants from Saghalien,. The prisoners inj Saghalien are steadily increasing and according to the latest returns they Sra,—You asked mo to forward a letter With regard to the numerous changes from the Chairman of the Shanghai in the names of places on the Saghalien coast. and elsewhere, which have recently Chamber of Commerce dated 2nd June been made, it is reported that a letter has 1905 concerning the minting of copper been addressed to the Hydrographic coin by the Chinese authorities.
Bureau at Tokio. by Captain Pfoundes.
In I have not omitted to bring this com-this the writer points out the danger to munication to the notice of my honour-1¢ increased risk of errors able colleagues. The matter was thorough-which may he occasioned by erasing the ly looked into, but several of those prenames of well-known land-marks and sent said they wished further infor-substituting new ones not mentioned in motion on several: points.
Sailing Directions, &c. He expresses the I have, the honour to forward you hope that in making further is-nes of herewith the memorandum which charts the old names will be retained out these points, and I shall be obliged i bracketed with the new ones. The writer you will kindly forward same to the also takes the opportunity of calling Chairman of the Shanghai General attention to the need for a uniform inter-Chamber of Commerce, national standard of spelling the names of beg to romain, places on charts.
Yours truly,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.