Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-07-17 | Page 1 | Jap Slaughter Was Not True

JAP SLAUGHTER WAS NOT TRUE Reported Massacre Is Unfounded.- Not a Shot Fired at P?rt Arthur on July 10 or 11. Official Denial Comes FromV'the Imperial Headquarters in'.., , Toklo. ' . ''- ':' TOKIO, July 1C. -1 p. m. The -imperial headquarters staff officially deny tho reports from St. Petersburg that the Japanese lost 30,000 men in a battle near Port Arthun, on July 10 or 11. Not a shot was fired on either date. GEN". XUROPATKIN'S HEADQUARTERS HEAD-QUARTERS IX THE FIELD, July 15. The newspaper correspondents are ignorant of the progress of the' campaign cam-paign here or elsewhere, and the movements move-ments of this army, except what little is happening In their neighborhood.