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WAR APPENDIX

Japanese minister informs President that Mikado's peace envoys can reach Washington early in August.
21. Stoessel's surrender of Port Arthur said to have been found justified by Russian commission.
Twenty-two killed, one hundred wounded by attack of Cossacks on Socialist procession in Lodz.
22. Governor of Moscow posts notices of mobilization.
23. Russian minister of interior repudiates liberal interpretation of czar's response to Zemstvo delegation.
One hundred and thirty killed in rioting at Lodz; great disorder for three days.
Declared in British House of Commons that Japan has not ordered foreigners to leave Port Arthur.
24. Russian admiral at Manila granted parole for his men and liberal terms for repairs.
26. Five hundred and sixty-one dead in Lodz revolts of preceding week.
Premier Balfour announces that Russian cruisers have been ordered to spare British shipping.
27. Crew of Russian Black Sea battleship mutiny and murder several officers.
Strike riots begin in Odessa.
28. Russia announces acceptance of first ten days in August for meeting of peace envoys.
Japanese warships reported off Vladivostock.
Mutiny of Russian sailors at Libau; riots in Odessa continue; crew of Kniaz Potemkin aids strikers.
Czar declares state of war in Odessa; Japanese political parties declare that any peace to be made must be lasting.
29. Said that Russia has ordered mobilization of over 100,000 men for immediate use in Far East.
30. Mutiny of sailors at Cronstadt.
July
1. Japanese right begins sharp attack east of railway in Manchuria.
Russian cruiser Terck interned at Batavia.
Peace Envoys Announced
2. President Roosevelt announces that Muravieff and Rosen will be Russian peace envoys, Komura and Takahira the Japanese.

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