Japan and Russia Begin Direct Talks Not Through Intermediaries
Baron Hayashi rejects mediation by France or others while signaling openness to direct talks with Russia once negotiations start. Meanwhile Japanese forces near Mukden sort captured stores and repair the Hun river bridge as weather improves. Casualty estimates rise to about 57,000 with 20,000 Russian prisoners already in Japan, and Russian rear guards retreat toward Gunshu Pass amid suspected communication cuts from Harbin.
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Tendon
Russia
Japan
Hayashi
Associated Press
M. DelCasse
Miniter Hayashi
Lranee
Mukden
Tie Pass
Tokio
Mayeda
Gunshu Pass
Sipinghi
Choumaodzi
General Commissariat
Europe
Kuropatkin
St. Petersburg
United States
France
Great Britain
Navy cruiser carries Mexican envoy remains to Vera Cruz
The cruiser Columbia, chosen by the navy department to transport the late Mexican ambassador’s remains from the United States to Vera Cruz, has departed Pensacola for New York. Also Riga reports a minor state of siege proclaimed in Livonia by the interior minister.
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New York
Washington
Columbia
Navy Department
United States
Vera Cruz
Pensacola
Riga
Minister of the Interior
Livonia
Russia Prepares for War as Commission Reviews Crisis
In St Petersburg a high level military commission under Grand Duke Nicholas reviews military, naval, financial, Siberian and diplomatic factors. The panel aims to present its report in ten days to the emperor as Russia signals peace, yet readiness for conflict.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Lamsdorff
Grodekoff
Kamaroff
Siberian
Grand Duke
Nicholas Nicholaievitch
Nabasoff
International Commission
North Sea
Technical Board of the Admiralty
Nicholas
M. Maximovitch
Warsaw
Poland
Ife
Vistula
Thirty Warships and Collieries Seen Heading East
The British steamer Dart reports passing on March 19 thirty warships and fourteen collieries steaming eastward 250 miles northeast of Madagascar, likely the Russian Second Pacific squadron under Vice Admiral Rojestvensky. In Texas near Luling, Sol Driver and his son Tom, both Black, died after being overcome by damp in a well.
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Durbin
Italy
Dart
Rangoon
Madagascar
Rojestvensky
Nossi Island
Madascar
Luling
Tex
Sol Driver
Tom
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Zanneti Block
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the Brazos
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