Show OF M WAR AB ABC C Czar Nicholas Receives News ot of the tha Disaster atu Chou St 81 Petersburg Ka May I Nicholas received the news new of the re r edt of the fighting at Kin Chou and anjIn andIn In Ua its vicinity at the palace of Tsar He at once sent for War Minister with whom his majesty with the members of his hla mili military lazy tary cabinet went over the dispatches The emperor received the report that the were ere compelled to retreat before the heavy artillery ry tire fire of the in front and of warship on their with are UIe as being Ue tte fortune of war but buthe he be was considerably agitated by the later reports that taM General Fock bad not DOJ auces in ilfe the Russian guns CUD The members of the military cabinet pointed out that this later re repOrt report pOrt w was not DOt official and I besides ex cx pressed com complete ete confidence that Port Arthur itself could not be reduced cx x cop at an Immense Immen e cost coat ot of time and men Inca and with the aid of the h heaviest kind of guns said aid he did 44 not hett 7 tte report that tM the enemy bad within ten mU miles of Port Arthur twe after the duper desperate fighting at Kin KinCh Ch ChIt It ill ii Mid that the emperor ba si re received dispatches from Gen General I kuro huro PaWn regarding the situation some eume of which may tte be given jut ut t tonight ht Tt news In the dispatches b his produced tile the crop of t ston stories a about the Ua Russian ian gO gov government conceal concealing the extent nt of hp he disaster I abut Ut the Only for tor this seems t to be h be n stoppage of aU all newspaper dispatches illat from the seat eat of war Most lost of the foreign ta are to 0 b bs Tint print Tinted of ed as seen a as received An emcee of tim tile general cera staff de dared clare to the elated Associated Press that hat the lii of guns guU captured was It if confined to f so Be moun mounted on the works on tte hlll hille be below low Kin Chou Chon as they the could not be carried away when the Russians rt re retired tired but the breech blocks he had b lIMa been removed moved Before Befort the en my I could use the guns gl before Port Arthur I they would have hav to t manufacture pe del CartrIdges Therefore tIo loss 1058 was not The Tb Important thin thing to certain ascertain was whether the Jar had batt captured an any field guns CuDOt be Plinked ame me deer ocer said the works et t 1 Jela Chou had been n hastily t d and were Weft no criterion of u the works it at Port Pen Arthur which could cou not DOt be where tte torts forts wre re cleft elen erected and to aup p port each other U If the Japa lost 3 men In IntaJ taking taJ Kin chou tb the they will lone Joee men at h least If tM they try to tate take Port Arthur v with aich ch I consider the cip p tare ture of the fortress to be impossible Port Arthur In my opinion Is sable as lor long as Its fund and ammu ammunition bold out Captain formerlY corn m mande of the cruiser Varia sunk oft off Lu Las been 1 appointed to 10 command the 1 battleship Andrel Andrei which will not be ready for tor two y years thUs ot of Ir Irresponsible responsible reports report that either h he or 01 orthe the members of Ute the a crew ta In tended to violate Ur their premise not to reenter the service during war I |