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Show JrVHY JAPS RETREATED ON FENG WANG CHENG NEWCHWANG, May 21. The officials offi-cials rrave not received any further Information In-formation regarding the fighting which resulted In the retreat of the Japanese on Feng Wang Cheng, but thero Ls good authority for saying that the Japanese movements in the direction of Liao Yang and Hal Cheng were for the purpose pur-pose of causing the Russians in thiB vicinity to move northward, thua giving giv-ing tho Japanese an opportunity to complete their preparatloiiH to capturo Port Arthur. When the Japaneso begin be-gin a determined movement In th! vicinity vi-cinity it will be from Feng Wang Cheng and Nowchwang. They figure that It does not matter what may be the fnto of the Yalu army if they can continue to control the sea and Port Arthur. The JapuneKe arc still fortifying the hills on the neck of land between Ta-lien Ta-lien Wan and Ivin Chou hays. Many rupld-fire gunn, .protected by sandbags, have been mounted there, with tho object ob-ject of resisting a sortie of the beleaguered be-leaguered garrlKon. A spy set fire to the woodwork of the Tvater tankB of the local railroad station sta-tion this afternoon. It is believed this was part of a plot to Injure the railroad. |