Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-02-10 | Page 1 | Japanese Troops Are Pouring into Korea

JAPANESE TROOPS ARE POURING INTO KOREA Short Work Made of Two Russian Warships That Attempted to Prevsnt Mikado's Army From Landing Land-ing at Chemulpo.. Tolcio, Feb, It io reported here thai the Japanese fleet engaged and defeated two Russian warships, whouo names have not yet been learned, at Chemulpo bay. It is said the engagement began at 11 a. m., and continued until 3 p. nv The smaller Russian vessel 13 reported to have been mink and tho larger one was fired and hopelessly destroyed. A part of the crews are reported to have escaped to the yhore and to have been captured. The Russian vessels were the Russian cruisers Korietz and the Varlag. London, Feb. 10. In a dispatch from Tien Tain dated February 9th a' correspondent corre-spondent of the Daily Mall says it Is reported re-ported there that the Russian cruisers Varlag and Korietz, destroyed by the Japanese at. Chemulpo, hauled down their Hags without firing a shot, and that S000 Japanese Immediately landed at Chemulpo and tho march to Seoul commenced. It was reported from Peking today that thy Japanese had . disembarked at Chemulpo, notwithstanding the presence pres-ence there of two Russian warships, and another dispatch from Chco Foo said Japan had the Varlag and the Korietz I caught at Chemulpo. Japanese troops alno landed at all tho chief points of southern and western Korea. One division of the Japanese guards holds FuKan and Chemulpo, and altogether three divisions of the Japanese guards, each of 12,000 men, have been mobilized. 4 It appears, tho correspondent continue?, con-tinue?, that the Rus5an warships at Vladlvostock are Ice-bound.