Hong Kong Telegraph 1904-05-04

Hong Kong Telegraph 1904-05-04

Year: 1904

TRIALS OF RUSSIA. MORE VIEWS ON ENGLAND'S ATTITUDE. Who is there over eight years of age who does not remember the Black Week of December 1899? The picked generals of Britain were defeated by a mounted peasantry, whose chief could barely write his own name. RUSSIA'S RESERVE POWER. AN OFFICIAL VIEW. LEGITIMATE AMBITIONS OF RUSSIA. THE FIGHT ON THE YALU. STUBBORN RESISTANCE BY RUSSIANS. SECOND LINE OF DEFENCE STORMED. MANY PRISONERS TAKEN. JAPANESE LOSSES. DESPERATE FIGHTING. CHINA LABOUR IN SAMOA. The War. THE WRECK NEAR SWATOW. NOT A STEAMER. NATIVE LOTTERIES FORB DDEN JAPAN'S SUCCESS ON THE YALU. RUSSIANS' STUBBORN RETREAT. THE BUILDING OF HARBIN. WAR NEWS FROM SHANGHAI. THE ANGLO-FRENCH TREATY. NEUTRALITY OF THE SUEZ CANAL. ON THE FRENCH SHORE. CHORUS OF APPROVAL. THE CAUSE OF PEACE. AN EXCEPTION. NOT MUCH SACRIFICE CERTAINLY. RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR FUND. CHRISTIAN MISSIONS IN CHINA. A CHARGE REFUTED.