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Show i mmm Russian far ifficds. , ie the Park, , Has No Knowlege-oHhofAd j tH vanes of Japanese -on . Ta Tche Kiao. jH No Telegrams Have Beached'ISt.:Pe- H tersburg Prom PJuropatkin for Several Days. WWA ST. PETERSBURG, July 13. The j j H Japanese- advance to Ta Tche Kiao is"j shrowded In mystery. No telegrams; have been received by tho general staff. , or the admiralty slnco LicuL-Gcn.' ' Sakharoff's dispatch of July 10, with . ' -t lmmmmm the exception of a report from Gen. j Kuroptakln, covering the events de-j WW tailed by Gen. Sakharoff, which was ! . delayed because it had followed the ' flH Emperor on hie Journey to the Volga JWmU The special commission of censors I jH sat for only one hour, lost evening, be- 1 mWM cause It was a holiday, the festival of ; St. Peter and SL Paul, and left with-,, out receiving or giving out a single dls- j patch. The lack of news from Ta Tche 'Jl Kiao Is not causing anxiety. WmWmM Display News From Toklo. H i The evening additions of the St. Pet- , JJ ersburg newspapers prominently pub-K; jH lish the telegram from Toklo, report- 1 H lng another appearance of the Port- ' . Arthur squadron on the morning of . jH July 9 and this gladdened the heart a ! of thc crowd. The Japanese account of the fighting ' H at Kla Choti ls offset by the- admission ! H that they are being greatly worried by IH Gen. R.ennenkampff'8 cossacks. IH It has been intimated to the Associa- j H ted Press correspondent by the general H staff that it is probablo tho Japanese I H will not attempt to take Yin Kow be- ! H fore they capture Ta Tche Kiao, as . otherwise they would bo Liable to an. unexpected attack from the Ta Tche 1B Kiao'force which is within easy strik- i 'MWM ing distance, thanks to the railroad. lmWMmt Advanco Will Bo Delayed. H The Japanese advanco north, will pep- i H liaps be delayed for some days until J H the southeastern columns, converging WmWM at Sian Dian compel MaJ.-Gcn. Mist- J chenko to draw off. leaving the Slu B Yen road clear to Tanchle and Ta Tche H As soon as thc Japaneso troops enter i H Ylnkow and succeed in removing the 1 H mines from the- mouth of the. Llao river BB tho Japanese gunboats lying along the HH coast will come, up but It ls not be- jH lievcd tliut tho Japanese will venture!. H to land a force or send war materials 1 mWmm so long as the Port Arthur squadron ,' mmmmwm ls able to go out whenever It likes. WMm There ls some anxiety hero regarding HH a ronort that tho cruiser Askold has1 H been' damaged o'and it ls noticed that j H she was not mentioned in the list of ( H warships constituting tho squadron on- Its last appearance. H |
