Show I JAPANESE PREPARING TO LAND A LARGE ARMY V tt Fleet of Over Seventy Transports Heading For ForKin ForKin Kin Chow p Attempted Landing on the Shores of K Korea rea Bay Frustrated by I Russian Troops 4 o Tien Tsin April sever several al sources reports have been rec received ived bero bera saying that a Japanese e fleet of over seventy transports is heading for forKin Kin Xin Chow north of Port Arthur Arthul St Petersburg April ISAn attempted landing by Japanese troops hoops on the tho shores of Korea Korol bay ly b veen Port Fort Arthur and the Yalu river April 12 was WaG frustrated by the Russians A Japanese torpedo boat bat flotilla scouted the of the bay but was was with such a heavy fire ro from land batteries batterie at the and that it retired Vice Admiral Almiral flagship then recalled nine transports which I were on the way to land troops A squadron of tn tm warships protecting the transports withdrew with them The Russians Have troops concentrated at i 1 Paris s April dispatch to the T Temps from St Petersburg says 1 the J e are preparing to cut the Russian line of communication i along ie peninsula or of Liao Tung at the same time that they cross YI Yaju U river Seoul April IS 18 5 p co of customs at ro re reports ports that n a strong RusSian force fOlce th number of which is not known it advancing on the great south road following the inland coast of the pro province province vince of South The passed to the or of A which was occupied by a scouting party The main body occupied Fe uk j Chyong eighty miles north of on the The flanks and roar rear were exposed with the evident intention of drawing a Japanese r attn attak k front from the tT PETERSBURG April IS l p 1 mH Is here that Rus sla Ria hg haa purchased t two 0 ba tUe lit t and t j 8 a re or of the ds I aster r the admiralty has hes given ol ers that the Baltic and Black ea be b with longitudinal bulkheads and that tl tiey ey be pierced so IO u to per pV permit mit of communication between the ws compartments ort on either Id Idof of the tIu vessels The of f the Press learns that about aboul a fortnight ago g lec je Makaroff telegraphed l 0 th emperor m that he had searched a aC C of looking junks which were hovering about the entrance of Jf the harbor and found m loaded with but In the tm stern or one ot of them was wa found a 8 contact mine This piece of en t the Japanese ane mine RUSSIAN I 1 First Boat Bot Completed Completed Sent to Port 1 Arth r in St t P t April n of t y th Afi l t fit SI n Ice lid aad forty ds of oC u were tos ti to th the ot at war Th boat hl h VM SPOt nt off ncr u in i In shape pe and ini fitted with Mn Im ImI I r for Cor firing OH i which It is iK 1 hare bave laun enormously y IM th power por 11 all tb r arc ar fourteen 1 8 t or In ours o of t lion iun It t tile the X Neva 11 works work here and It 18 1 f XI ted that aU all will b rea ready ly for Cor forto d Irh to the far east a t about the middle i f July THIRSTING POR REVENGE Activity Prevails at St Petersburg t tri I IS F ft p m mIi mi Ii I h h here rf art ar rf frosi z n which t p la t tk k They Of tm seem Imbued with r Ind Th ThA at atc c ity The I 1 than at soy tIm the werl or l J n and ond now k III for or reven r on nn th Th f t rit bulletin hoard boards art are sur ur r b little fresh n news Is IsI I 1 1 ft 11 eyewitness picture of 0 the trl boat fight and th Lii 1 tran from II a cur cor 1 I of the tho P Pre t 11 lit t of LIao nna M A laM lut i h hero and IN Ii lh the Isik of St J 1 t and or of r I T the rOIl 1 It III cn d thi first Information that Vh was Pac st Ht his p pst cn n th Ih bridge II tb the It Itt t ut all doubt ate ss to where the il ii WMS SlIt She went hew f fr ac the and eari J model I did when dur j I tJ n wh which kh hf he n In 1 4 14 11 Iv th the Instability of f Ma 2 I v nd shIp and aud t 11 It Mt l lt t th h time bf f A by I J with rf r k or f of t th the of such steel 1 JUO t Still Lacki Lacking lI Tit Tue still lacks data datar r ra to the c cause the 31 i though the talk of a boiler oc and oats continue contInues The ho an n u to 1 Vice A Mt TOUa version ton n that his bill mI mines were Wen tf po X of 0 lb the n frankly adMit that hat the they do liot know t I ii h c of nf the ter but bet some of oft t twin already Ill are to the proba pro that thc enemy YS avowal owal I Is true tru terp the my t r will be like that of your Main said Mid a member of the naval to the rhe or or of the Pr It 11 will take an fOX e I of the hun hull to I whether the explosion was Internal or orI I external The resson the thO navI staff WMS i in lInNi Ht at first to the of To s claim was If true tru the were Ore laid not only without d crr n hut but without even en arousing tIe the faint oct FU I Toos leI Ort as to th the n pa papers dates the of tie lil as Arli I 1 whereas tUI It f on April ll it Togo TOlo also Claims that K 14 nIght attack was made on Port Arthur on OH April 11 which is officially The t taff Cf has no information in hi to the rumored appearance e of f transports oft off Yin How the I pert ort of New huang Chuang I Loss of Japanese Cruiser A special tele telegram T m from Port Arthur saya th the cruiser Bayan exceeded her trial MI need when she went out to the r ue of the tor torpedo beat destroyer fr The same dl dispatch patch report that II a Japan eee wee was sunk adding that the casa Is unknown I The a ar t article t I he j of trying to ra Ute lovek ac she h lies b t ft 1 Itt at a ai i i lI of from twenty to t nt ne fathom anti nd is Ia brok broken n to toJ toA J I e A rf mass maM was as yester yesterday da day for Cor the repose of the soul of C Colonel lo fOl fOlI I who was reported to I have hae lost hi his life at the of th the Pt rUla tr During th the n night ht I I hi his wire rt M a telegram ram l saying h hI he I was alive U hut but I injured TIle The Ruse RuN discusses th the suggestion u of I t the ht retirement t J t the ht n from Port Arthur the of oC Ow In ISI 1512 end And pointing out that G General who it was first fint thou thought t to lK be mad yet It I proved In the ei to be the undoing of Napoleon h And Also Admiral a which wat as not followed for a al l t sortie front from with ith th the wooden ships t the allies In l 14 Th r comes m to th the that no what the fate of Port Arthur Artour nay he b It will have hae no hc bearing un on the ultimate result of the campaign Russian Admirals Opinion I A admiral who W k the theor that a submarine boat sank the in the full tull rf report port of th the tr cabled tu to the A AssoCiated P frem rein Line Liao YanK Yang as follows It not flOe pro proe sh struck a mine mineO 01 O tilE the contrary It I in t that the was wa distance ta oCt of f It Wilt was tu to la lay contact mutes oft e of the tue depth u ut of t they water The Th story I Is Ir t with the mh theory LIke hund Grund Duke k he was a down downto to a U greet t U lie M mn t P Petro was Mt At a would hN have ben t the h fa favor or I position for a i submarine best Som Of It the r which hl h suggest th thI the I Pt hot boat theory thory lay great l strom upon the Ita b by one Olaf of the I ro nf 1 l hn who is 14 quoted Ms 8 saying the had submarine I tem hoat ts obtained from In InVie VI Vie Admiral Sk the HIP theof 1 tOr tOrI I of YI arrivee her I Tuesday night A bi U Is being arranged In hlll his honor ap I and n d lag hag officers to AdmIral al t tf IoU I cL CLOSING S SCENE I Furt er nt Sinking of the I St let Petersburg bu April lS Ii p In I the he drama tk description of f thE slaking I of er the at Arthur ArthurI I from Jao last fit night b hg K a KI I e nl of the A l Prom Continued l on Pace TWo JAPANESE PREPARING TO LAND A LARGE ARMY 5 Continued at Page Pago L La a portion or of the account was delayed It ItIs itis Is Ail as follows S th lovak came abreast of oC ElectrIc cliff The torpedo boats were entering the harbor When sUddenly from the starboard side of the bo bow a white column shot up S There WAS tries a double muffled explosion and the flagship became covered with orange brown smoke There firIng a broadside cried a gunner standing side Ide me but through mi my binoculars I speechless and horror see ee fragments of wreck wreckage a falling tram from above the broken rigging of the f re remaIn meat maIn antI and flames of oC fire shooting out sinking lInking sinking walled meone beside me inc meThe The began to settle slowly b by the head heeling far over oer to starboard until her rail ww was under waler Her bow had already dl and andROW stow ROW the foremast was sinking I could still Kill see the conning towed Then her smokestacks disappeared They to full fail through the water and the sea be began gait gan to en engulf the mainmast Her after turret with Its guns pointing quickly vanished then hp he stern with th port propeller sun revolving I could see figures figur desperately clutching at the slip pery hull and nd tongues of flame A last explosion and all was over rhe flag ship shin was wag no more Boats from the Ule w torpedo odo destroyer hurri hurried to the of the disaster It was 1141 40 In iii the morning |