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Show t i. I , ( .?'"".::.:; Slayer. L::e:tcd ' . i ! : "" V", July 11. Maj.-Gen. Count ShouvalofT, prefect of po-, j:. -1 , : : 1 fcr:.:crly attached to the Ministry of the Interior, was. r . .t 1 tLU n.crnir j while receiving-petitions.' One of the pe-titicr.rrs pe-titicr.rrs Crew a revolver and flred three times at the prefect, who f ;11 i!cr. 1. TLs amaj ia was arrested. ' '.' . The rriEsin, w ho was dressed as a peasant, has not been iden- tiTcl. II2 v.r.3 recently arrested as a political suspect but escaped : Jrca ths police ttaticn before his examination. ' '. fcT, n:Ti:r.3BUr.G,' July ll.Martial law . has: been pro-i. pro-i. cldme 1 in tl.3 town and district of TifLis, Cancasia. . ; 1 . .'. - In conformity with a prearranged plan. Inn dud marines on July 7 at a point previously pre-viously chosen. There, was no reylRtanee, and a portion of our army bad already ben landed. " Vnder date of July 8 IvatnV reports: "Os of our torpedo ("-'"otti rrorts On t' afternoon cf J' ' 7 t t ? "- kor- ws b'.r: - t. 1 1 f ' ' , t Ih" 'd ty t..e t. .roytr ' i at., u "Our army arrt'-" at leniUJiiaon lae afternoon of 1h Tin." - lr uate of July Admiral Kataoka f" . . ' ' . " I. t-"dron conveyed' the tmriiports throi h eiiBe fofr on July- 5. The fleet preMrv-i (rood order and reached, tha point ' cuoiien for concentration on' the evenint pf July 7. The fleet an.chord and ti.. work of -sweeping the . sea' of dangerous .obstacles was completed. The transports were led In gradually. ' The warships lowered launches and assisted In landing the , troops, guardshlpa protecting pro-tecting the operation. , i "Admiral-Dewa reported that his division di-vision had reached the landing point at In the morning and a landing was effected. effect-ed. .A reconnolsnance was conducted, but no defenses- were found. Only three guards were discovered. "Th flotilla engaged in sweeping the sea for dangerous obstacles encountered heavy current, but speedily pressed the work. A portion of the squadron and the transports were led through the cleared space and marines were landed from the combined division. Later the army relieved re-lieved the marines.'' Our sweeping division divis-ion was suddenly shelled from the hills south of Karsakorsk. -The cruiser Akagi was also exposed to the fire., but the sweeping was concluded without damage. "The army reported by wireless on July S that Karsakorsk had been taken. Our flags were visible at several points. We I were ' apprehensive on account of. tha weather, but the work of the fleet was successfully accomplished.. Admiral Na-kao Na-kao reconnoltered in the vicinity of the j .Island, but nothing unusual waa discovered, discov-ered, Early on Saturday three warships and two destroyers were dispatched to Tensuma cape. Later a destroyer entered en-tered Rollset and was vigorously shelled by a field piece, "We returned the fire and silenced the enemy's guns. "At 11 a. m. on July 8 the enemy had retreated to a point twenty-two miles north of Karsakorsk. "We captured two . 12-centhneter guns, two 12-poundera and also an amount of ammunition. - , 'IWe suffered no loss." - A. w kit i i . T.Z2:, CrucasJa, July 11. Eus-i: Eus-i: s I j 1j at a standstill. ..The 1 1 wl'.h t-a exception cf -.1:1 Z ' , tie c!ce;1v ZZZTLZ-, C 'a,'- ZSj .11. Tt t'.r;.:j ar l f . era ' t 1 I7 trocr3, lu V-s.i'.'.y has tcea quiet since tie prcclamatioa cf martial law. The C;cial Cazette has resumed publication.' pub-lication.' ' ' , . ' ( ' LC::EC:r, July ll. A dispatch to a re a e?ncy frota t retersburgr today to-day anonunces that Vlct-Admlral Tlr-ile2 Tlr-ile2 has been appointed head of the Huscian Admiralty In succession, to Admiral Avellan, -who resigned. " inCCLAirVCZ, Asiatic . Russia, July 11. Tht Jaron.es havs already t landed over 0CO troops at Zorsa- lovEk, Island of fiahalin. i TOKIO, July 11. The announcement of - landing of a- Japanese 'force at khalln Wand and the occupation of ' .arasakorsk, followed by the northern i..:ht of the garrlaon, has been received 'with great satisfaction by the Japanese. The landing of the army at Sakhalin D.arks the first entry of the Japanese upon Japanese t . rltory proper. The Japanese have expressed . themselves pleased to be again in possession of the Island, declaring th-'t they have long felt that the bargain under which they relinquished re-linquished the place forty years ago was . : unsatisfactory. The Japanese ex; ess belief that they 1 will speedily control that entire Island, j as they regard the garrison there as be-' I lng Incapable of serious resistance, and i are confident that it will certainly be captured. . , Admiral' KataoW reports, under date cf July 7. as follow : T"v sniadron went north, . and aeting . 1 |