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Show WASHINGTON INFORMED llllfl 1 OF GREAT BATTLE PS jB "WASHINGTON, April SO. Reporto 111 ''1 have reached the State department, tho U JiRH sources of which tho officials do not fiHH'II care to divulge, to the effort that a great feji t mK battle has been fought in the Yalu river, ;S '!i)jH resulting in a complete Japanese vie- 11 I II 1 tory.' Details are not obtainable. jfj" lli'll The Japanese Legation here bos no llil'' lllill news conflrmlng the reports, but the matter has aroused Intense Interest in Wfr J H oulcial circles. Reports which havo lit Hliilllfll from tima to time reached; the "Wash- Iff 1 I lngton Government indicated that the jjf rH ' two armies, would not come into touch jl J I j before May 1st, and that what hereto- 9 l J jH fore occurred was nothing moro than 1$ I H ''1 outpost oklrmlshes, andi collisions be- Ri'll'l'iH twecn scouting parties. sftji jljt ijjH It Is believed now, however, that the jjpi ) llj iH weather conditions In Manchuria havo Ifflf j Improved sufficiently to facilitate the jgg,): jH movemants of troops and artillery and !fj!i" 1H that the two vanguards havo conse- lll'il, mmm Quently come together a few days In Hit' If , advance of the expected date. ftflM m Tho Stato department's advices place fpU the sccno of the Japanese crossing of &U , mmu the Yalu at Chin 'Tien Chang, a town ' ' on tho Mancburian side of tho river, Si'i I which it la reported was finally cap- tiired by the Japanese. The date of tho m battle Is stated to have been last Tues- lift''' mmm day and the delay In receiving the nbw. ml , H is ascribed to tho abeenoo of telegraphia jul Mmm facilities In this remote iuartci: of fllnji' mmm Manchuda. Ift M ''Lk |