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Show TOGO IS MENACING HAB-BOR AND CITY ST. PETERSBURG, April 16 That Vice-Admiral Togo has not given up hopo of further damaging tho Russlon ships now that there is little possibility of their again going to sea, is shown by his bombardment bom-bardment of Port Arthur yesterday. Unquestionably Un-questionably Togo Is awaro of tho effect ot his previous bombardment, and the fact that ho has repeated It Indicates to tho officers here that he believes there Is a good chauco of a projective hitting a target. In order to drop a shell into the harbor or city a hlgh-anglo flro in necessary. neces-sary. This is tho reason the Japanese pqundron took up a position at Llao Tlshan. Other bombardments wore from tho samo point, which at tho time did not seem to bo within tho rango of tho Russian Rus-sian batteries. It Is not known whether the new guns which have been Installed at Port Arthur command this point, but It Is certain that Togo's ships escaped without with-out material damage. |