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Show Russians Swept Froinl)efenses Japanese Are Now Nearing1 Port Arthur From the Land Side. I LONDON'. May SS. The Toklo dispatch dis-patch to the Associated Press and Japanese official' accounts are the only detailed descriptions that have yet reached London of the Japanese Ja-panese victory at Kin Chou. The victory vic-tory is hailed by the London press as establishing, more certainly than did the operations on the Yalu, the superiority super-iority of the Japanese on land as well as by sea, since in the case of Kin Chou, if not at the Yalu. the Russians had ample time curofully to propare their positions. It appears that the conclusive victors was Immediately followod up, for the Post's Toklo correspondent assorts that the Japanese have swept the Russians from thoir defenses west of Tallcnwan. And if the Telegraph's generally well Informed correspondent Is correct and (the Japanese are already nearlng Port Arthur, the Russians must have met a complete rout at IKn Chou. That the Russians wore not only defeated, but routed, would also appear by tho numerous nu-merous capture of tho Russian artillery. artil-lery. According to the Mail's correspondent, correspond-ent, the Japanese fifth division of veterans, vete-rans, which Is destined for the storming storm-ing of Port Arthur, has alroady landed on the Llao Tung peninsula. The Telegraph's correspondent at Japanese Ja-panese headquarters, communicating under date of May 26, says there Is no change In the situation of the first nrmy but that there are frequent outpost out-post oncountored. "I suppose," he adds, "that the lull Is due to preparations prepara-tions for a great battle In the direction of Llao Yang." The Mall's Sin Mln Tun correspondent, correspond-ent, telegraphing under date of May 2G, declares there are only 2000 troops at Mukden. |