| Show PROGRESS OF THE WAR IN THE EAST the russians sink a transport mediation positively rejected by the czar government the opposing armies on th balu yalu one of alic most herpic incident of the war was in a dispatch of april 28 slating that russian torpedo boats belonging to the vladivostok squadron sanh a japanese military transport tho maru of tonsa during the night ot april 26 with all on board with the exception of seventeen officers twenty eold sixty five ot the crow and eighty alve coolie carriers the others who refused to surrender eur render were sent to the bottom with the ship firing upon the russians until the water closed over the vessel japanese estimate ot the number drowned do not exceed 70 the russians gay that lives were lost referring to the rumors ot friendly intervention with a view to the speedy termination of the war between russia and japan the following note to all russian diplomatic representatives was published on the you are empowered to deny this statement most categorically did not wish war and everything within the limits of possibility was done by her to salvo the complications which had arisen in the far east in a peaceful manner but after the surprise on tho part of the jan which forced russia 0 o take up arms obviously no friendly mediation can have any success similarly the imperial government wll not admit the of any power whatsoever in the direct negotiations which will occur between russia and japan after the termination of hostile operations in order to determine the conditions of peace public opinion |
