Show JAPS FINALLY ATTEMPT TO CROSS Y YALU ALU RIVER f I c i Two Companies Said to Have Succeeded in Reach Reaching Reaching ing the Russian Side o Togo s Fleet Starts After Vladivostok Squad Arthur Harbor Partially Blocked St Petersburg April 26 p niThe emperor has received three i official ial dispatches two ol of which are to relate to fighting on the Yalu river Their contents will be given out tonight St Petersburg April 26 20 p mIt is believed in military circles that the Japanese have commenced a movement to cross the Yalu river St Petersburg April is reported that an attempt of the Jap Japanese anese to crow crOM the thc Yalu has been frustrated A 1 April St Peters Petersburg burg correspondent of the ayt 1 4 l I It from a sure ure source that I tho th tok squadron lster day four transports i w hI 1 rh eh were 1090 m n 4 4 YANG April last L night and this morning the Japan Japanese ese Pe forced a or of the Yalu t roO n crossing b between tween chang and firing was heard near neRr Tatung 6 Xau au In which It Is believed the Japan J i ese E made a feint In order to at att t r tenton from the real point of passage 80 far no bridge spans the river It Is b oll the Ru Russian lan fire re In hi destroying the floating p parts or of the Japanese e bridges JAPANESE GOT GOP ACROSS Affair Did Not Approach Anything Like a Battle liao April TOn rOn April C 5 tw the RI that th tw Jp e frt preparatIOn to cross the lain Yalu river On in thi th of nf April oj two steamers f two torpedo hosts t were a at atthe l 1 the hf mouth of th the river Tk Thee Y shore hor at daylight ht and th the Japanese mm to build a bridge on the lift tributary A second e Ond was wali bIng prepared ten miles up stream Rm u t the same saml afternoon the Japanese occupied th the Il lanb or of Sarno Samo I link linI to which the they carried pontoon boats boItt i ct tc Th The nl night ht tit time tOt pd Isata maintaining a cr careful watch in incie cie II the troops ashore should shoud he attacked examining th the mouth tIC f the river b by mf or fit searchlights 30 the the creased 1 tb the near the vii U of where h th the k liming upon m The Russian guards hail 1 1011 furnished Aith wit a small all gun ani anit an I J t b f hi n P t the h POll lonn hear ar The wrecked j J tift non was RII a away tR y b by the current nil i further rid operations ceased mt Ih the Japanese continued to lr criM It imy another pontoon south of l A Japanese with a battery or of orrt rt a approached II at t mid fa but th the Russian skirmishers met V ith h sharp harJ firing evidently then them as alii they with th the battery toad made no attempt to the Lime Hian n fire LITTLE LIITLE RESISTANCE Plan Evidently Being Followed St S Pt April Th The t did n ise out tonight ht the h t the of oC Ut the Ja Japanese across t the h hL L III 11 It Rill as intimated that t In f hail had tn been received that tha th the Jai 1 tic f hail had crossed tI the but Mit IM they wert I b by It a statement that 10 t il i e uC of thi enemy nem should not hot I iii re 1 i all as au Important victory tile taw 1 t Calls no Int vigorously of V th the passage sage their plan 1 ln I r t the enemy as much RS as I I k from rein tb the Tf re reV V hers her that In order to render a aring ring feasible th the Japanese mAde a 1 fint fei ni 1 sn while willi th the troops f rot 1 some roum up th the river r ril il m Than Two companies weme fi thrown Into Manchuria ammi t entrenched soil Mild un tin dr r th the 0 v tr of their guns fUns reinforce re m TI i is regarded all as that when t Ui troops are In sufficient t h will tm n march a along loti I t the h Manchuria I Ilik of f he Yalu In tM the direction of An Ant t Jig 11 near which 11 lies the on which tho Iti i fl tu to where the first stand C i t RU M will m be made So o reo re reF ln F rr had reached here officially or other i ic showing casualties Oil either aide RUSSIAN SUBMARINES Weapon For the Defense J A of Port Arthur Arthurt St t Aril APril entrance Jill rIc of oC four submarine boats lit mit Arthur means the addition of a Df new newa i a lit iii I weapon for tor the d defense eUle of thi Thi Th of th the boats boat In r the railroad d had been n shrouded in inc m c rr mind and evs today In St Pet tn are to doubt doul t the report I liv ur of their at Port Ar Arthur r thur or 1 to the Ill mi miI t I rut n retort effort now tu to ION close or blockade Port Jort Arthur orthur be too dangerous It is IR thought fur for V Vice f Admiral Togo to at attempt tempt The defenders of oC the will be to guard Japanese e submarine entering the harbor a mind 41 attacking the Russian ships at anchor Th ThiS Russian submarine boats may i soon I an opportunity to tl on the 1 or of their type In war a as the Jap ae fleet I Is reported I at t and t tF tile of 1 It is absent nt frol front F 1 it th ha about u expired t J TOGO LYNG LYING I IN WAIT Squadron May N Never ver verGet Get Back J non ri o further IWI news r 1 nl am t j lat seat of f war h hums reached t J I there 1 is no confirmation or oC tl the rf re J Japanese Tr reverse on th THil Tab m r nf news however 11 is hourly lX cx I i I ii 1 from tl the Taut Yahl and Vladivostok Th general opinion that Vice Admiral rJ a Is waiting for th the Vladivostok I 1 II iii confirmed I hy by the Diy Daily i Toki who NYI says t iii h r I no doubt that the Japanese are dl Ih tu to cut otc off UIl the retreat a t of the ships Ban TI Times publishes details of In Ini fl flAt At i i I darl daring scheme or of u the Ru l to toI A iI I th the tI of the Baltic fleet et lt at t I It hi be said Id that twenty steamers t have n t belonging to h Jerman Norwegian mind and t HT owners under elaborate lt secret co con J dinn on mt most advantageous UI freight tr gantlet if Ie they succeed ut In running the k REMEMBER Criticism of Russian Nav Navy by the Novae t t Petersburg April U a N remark hJ fre free criticism of th the navy uV rends I mis follows I it would b be wn well to put fn an l k In 11 f the admiralty 1 Makaroff Hi iii I sib hi b iii I la lv Lu te oil or order houd cr t tL i I or of which he fel fell a victim alter heroically hl his est wIth the defective at tHe disposal death eth marks a now new er era COt fo tie the nav navy The Theold Theold old da murke marked by a muddle or of n nest anti inefficiency arc over un and we I 11 f lerne our 1 I nation thorn just at as aswell I well and lern learns from the Ut I of the theof of a reform mit the of Uw tilt na flay Th The of pro I officers according to the of nautical miles th they sabi l m work wl well In a a highly t ml navy but It Is absurdly dan dangerous frus for or ours our where the capacities of officers fluctuate As 1 n mt re suit mn or of our best rs are dl die Into retirement The uThe present war I is unlike an any previous war In that thE the whole holt naton Is following Its phases with anxiety Our nerv nerves are strained much as are aro those or of orthe the the defenders of Por Port Arthur Artnur We e weeP over our reveres reverses and rejoice at the et eat success Like the English In the Boer Beer war we are one of oC the greatest ot of time the world power powers fighting a one and the sentiment of patriotism m al all other U TOOK TO T HS HILLS People of Genan Evidently Expected a Bombardment Stoul Seoul Korea Kura Apri April In details of oC time the sinking of th the Japanese steamer GOO Goyo Mart Maru at Korea Kora this Mon Molt Monday lay day morning b by vessels or of th the squadron ha have been n receIved here Th The vessels entered time the harbor of oC at 1 II oclo k Thc The crew or of the Goyo Maru Iaru were ere ordered ashore but It Is not known tat that the they went and whether they escaped or not has not been reported The Th townspeople took ref reC refUge uge In the his hills when the Russian war warships warships ships came In and te the garrison mAde pre preparations to resist a landing party part After the Go Goyo o Maru Iaru hat had been sunk the Rue sinus retired No attack was made mad on I the town This Incident Is regarded here lS as supplementary to the recent Russian occupation or of Sung Chin which Is about I miles northeast or of Genan b by a ce ceI do doI I of an and for Cor the pur Imri purpose i 10 pose or of the strength of tile the then Japanese en n tl the Eft east cost coast of Korea J it itis Is also considered al as a diversion from time the thea a activity 01 on te the Yalu Talu river Time The at hl l iI lre tiered abut about ti i men men we reinforced last week and the tro troops U are In throwing iii breastworks TIe There J Jh al also some mp artillery at n nI the Japie authorities here con on I the situation at to b be son ous they are not apprehensive h TWO JAANE JAPANESE RELEASED Servants of Newspaper Men Were in Great Luck Luck New Chuang Apri having ben been detained for two weeks and thor lt 15 th the Ru Russian lan U ties tlE the two JalI l servants who camf came Into ort on the press boat hoat have bee released Th They were tre deported to toCh Ch ro today Th The arrived at New huAng wih with two America n nf newspaper correspondents un on bri board and th the Japanese referred to II in inthe th the aho above were their servants Th The correspondents I nil theIr servants were b by th the because I the had bad come Indirectly from Crom Th The newspaper men were rt re lese but their servants were held In custody Th The Russian government agreed In response to representations ma made e b by bythe the authorities of th the States to show them as much consideration as pea sibl sible under th the circumstances p FOR FOB I Japanese Fleet After the Vladivostok Squadron I Chicago April tA IA cable to time the Diy Daily News from Job Kobe says pays 01 ful full steam a strong or of e armored cruisers were ob observed served this morning making Il its Wi way in time Japanese Se sea I It Is be that the v are on the theIr Wl way to to emit I oft orf the Rusian Russian squad rn ron that appeared at on the usia cst coast of It is he feared however howver that BI aim t the czars cruisers art are In speed to thOe those of f the I thy they may IM escape In safety to toe shelter of if It 1 ahie suited tt the Japanese I ha have lu succeeded In luring the I from the protection of oC the I gun gilim and that there w soother JI It squadron between them and their re re retreat treat but these ar are mere rumors ANARCHIST PLOT Attempt to Blow Up Russian War Warship WarS Warship S ship nt at I Apri April sensational storY 11 Iii afloat here of a an attempt to destroy I time battleship Alexander Il J to time tho reports a sailor lor sw saw a stranger I wearing th the uniform of an officer going down Into limb the engine rom room Of the battlO ship followed him and sw saw the stranger er something connected with wire re reI t the dynamo dynamos After time the stranger stranger Itt left the sailor examined the attachment and I round found It to b be a bomb The sailor at onCe cut the wires ran up on deck to tel tell what had and found that time the stran atran gr ger had hanged himsel himself The l crew rew of the AI Alexander II III were instructed not to speak Jak of time occurrence it II Is sid said time Ow was a a madman 01 or a a member o ot some revolutionary organization to wh whose Jt lot It hd had falln to blow u Up the Alexan Alea III I lI J NO OFFICIAL NEWS Czar Waiting For Pora a Report Prom From Vladivostok Squadron St Petersburg AIrl Arli The staff has D no of th the reports from Tokio l ad d Seoul of the destruction Uon of oC a Japanese b by ton tor bt boat rt tt Genn or the peo appearance there ther of oC three Ruela crate ens app h belonging t to the Vladivostok Suad squad ron Whether hether Captain Essen commander loc lof th VladIvostok squadron has taken I thE the squadron on a a riding raiding expedition down the roast is 15 I a secret which naturally would not b be divulged d I if true I i it was waa fr fer the purpose of the people on the COst coast and In the hope of with Ith the Japanese e trans pert fleet but no official l news new or of time the rl no suit of such a raid could reach St P er burg until Captain returns return to purL ort DELAY Balic Baltic Fleet Cannot str Start For Several Week Weeks St SL burg Apri April 28 26 1 P ro t th the Baltic Clet fleet I is tn leave m Ill a if for the the tar east it n re in n S mf me of the are re ju just t rr Into ant neil those being rm cent Continued on i APS I Ifo fo RIY ed from Page cannot be The Ther r P rt may to fact Ut t ttO l are eu otil to tI The bl t tt t the admiralty works I Crt to Iter Th HI earnest con to all que In the in July 0 BaUlt fleet 10 the t Vc who wm I anti Rear Admiral In con su All oC followIng the north route has been abandoned In eed It was Admiral originally the Cape or GOOd It 18 more flOW that s nd supply will go b that route and and torpedo boats will pass canal Thc Ions will on the Indian coast FOt the e to by way of the Cape or Good Hope too much time the of It lar e ei i r coal and tilt fouling or the b And bottoms of the js to avoid on account I of the or at Port Arthur It hi understood that the now no regarding the restriction tion Impo e b the Suez Admiral of the with which the or the canai wa There Je evidence of a more on the part of the British Jt as to the that coul take place ut Liverpool and the authorities cven placed placeda a tt the Consuls ALMOST Russians Get Out of Port Arthur Only t High Tide St Petersburg 53 p mA Jetter written b Colonel a member ot the star or Admiral who at th time of the thel l lJ throws Ii ht on the Pert Arthur He ld Our from the great or not being able to get I out Q this h at Is lp awkward I It I high dawn lh has not d to rt b up wIth IMPunity on ebb and tf tl I 1 il e I f I Inc hE would not take of it but the time It was high before 18 he red the out the prE by he the Japan and th dan 1 of III out a narrow ark a iI ir I i st to Kow an a E steamer with om The wire less tek graph bell At that mO r the fleet In sight we the ste mer and junks e found It was a fal II larm larmIn In of Into bAttle order the rammed the I the fire ship attack or 7 I oPt with in a launch OF THE CRUISE Japs Will to Look After Vlad Vladivostok Squadron St Petersburg 6 p a h from the of the VlAdivostok c the rp or of ofa a Japanese oC tons at Oon Mn Gt rm n the or the ron Is to de all tra the Ia of Japan show the In rs and the to the to guard all theIr t t e that Ru troops v tnt to I west of the river fhe re IJ rt grown out of die loe o k fortt on the west of the IW to dt In that the and th rom as c 10 haR from till and It It said China has no ground to prot t Admiral Makes a Speech St 2 G It m Vice dlo appointed o thc In the far toda the baracks or the naval guard Addre the he made his tint to the going oot of he Baltic ht alo J our to rl t for the em countr Turks It I Inow now the that I lead yO as ot th fl t which you are going 0 Join on the bAttleship Alexander Hoped to Break Through former of In an I tuot fI as Ia hen J Look or the Kt I k tilt t Port Arthur for lons Ad re lied ollow your own jud and It Its not true that 1 a ked t he other captain to me n I out of the harbor th and All 1 that the t out Into ope 8 I then to b ak their to Fight Again i Pu Ia or the nf anti ort t II that O kler rIH one of but mer ho ran a aln r ll tJ n r 1 bere to Hf th to warshiP a wert b omen A to th Petit Its nt I aa A 18 h re that to of the Ir Kieft t O with the ob obJect or tM the Quiet at Port Arthur St Pt rc April XA Purl Arthur tIM with 00 have Wen att etI with S MAli if In or the fer t r Report Not Confirmed St Pet April a ix II ton bae au new to the of att I |