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Show RUSSIA READY TO MAKE PROPOSALS OF PEACE TO JAPAN; RUSSIAN VESSELS REPORTED AS CRUISING OFF CEYLON . ss st a sssssss ssfc sssssss i Conflict Between Peasants and Soldiers in Polandin Which Eighteen Persons Are Killed BULLETIN. . - ST. PETERSBURG, March 23, 6:05 p. m. The Ministers and support ers cf the court who advocate the submission of pacific proposals to Japan, as previously set forth in these dispat ches, so as to ascertain whether an honorable basis of peace is possible, believe they have carried the day, and the Associated Press hears on hlg h authority that an actual step is im- minent, if not already taken. BULLETIN. POBT LOUIS, Island of Mauritius, March 23, 5:55 p. m. A steamer from Colombo, Ceylon, which arrived here today, reports that during the night of March 16 she met a Russian torpedo boat, which was followed by a squadron of warships some distance behind. The steamer was unable to -Y make out the number or character of the ships. BULLETIN. LONDON, March 23, 3:07 p. m. The Cabinet met this afternoon at the Foreign office. According to' a news agency, the Ministers assembled to consider a proposal for the interventio & of the powers in the Russo-Japanese war. No confirmation of the report has thus far been obtainable. result of the shooting of Infantry sent to -quell disturbances. A crowd of peasants from Benlgno-wa Benlgno-wa proceeded to Lamenta to induce the farm laborers to strike and rioting riot-ing occurred. The chief of police, with a company of soldiers, went to the scent; and the troops fired two volleys at the peasants, killing two on the spot and wounding fifty. The latter were brought In carts to the hospitals, where seven mea and one woman subsequently died. Eleven others" are dying. Kutno is situated seventy miles west of Warsaw. It has a population of s bout 10,000 souls. Russian Internal Loan. ST. PETERSBURG, March 23. The internal loan of $100,000,000 was signed today. The price of the issue Is 86 and the bonds are redeemable in fifty years. No Encounter With Japs. ST. PETERSBURG. March 23. Gen. Linevitch telegraphed under date of March 22 that he had no news of any encounters with the Japanese on March 21. ' Compulsory Education. ST. PETERSBURG. March 23. One of the best signs of the times is the announcement an-nouncement today that in a fortnight the Ministry of Public Instruction will undertake the elaboration of a plan for a compulsory system of primary education. educa-tion. Representatives of the schools in the principal cities are Invited to participate par-ticipate In the drawing up of the plan. BULLETIN. LONDON, March 23, 4:50 p. m. It Is authoritatively stated that the Cabinet Cab-inet meeting today had no connection whatever with intervention in the ' . Par Eastern war. BULLETIN. ST. PETERSBURG, March23. The police guarding the palace of the Grand Duke Alexis have arrested a suspicious-looking loiterer, who was found to be carrying a bomb. The Grand Duke is stated to have gone abroad incognito a fortnight ago. BULLETIN. GTJNSHU PASS, Manchuria, March 23, 108 Miles North of Tie Pass. The Japanese are following the Russian Rus-sian rear guard, which is moving north from San Tou Pu at the rate of eight and a half miles a day. On both flanks the Japanese are operating operat-ing a wide turning movement, but the strength of the flanking forces has not been definitely ascertained. TOKIO, March 23. noon. An official report from Imperial army headquarters headquar-ters says: "Our detachment pursuing the enemy Blared Changtu on March 21, at 2:30 p. m. "A large body of the enemy in disorder disor-der Is retreating toward the northeast, along the'line of the raUway. "A part of the enemy's cavalry has halted at a point within two miles north of Changiu." EIGHTEEN ARE DEAD FROM VOLLEY. FIRED BY TROOPS IN POLAND KUTNO, Russian Poland, March 23. Ten peasants were killed and fifty were wounded at Lamenta, March 21, as the |