Salt Lake Telegram | 1904-12-09 | Page 2 | Starve out Port Arthur

STARVE OUT ; PORT ARTHUR j Jars Will Not Make Fur-j v ther Assaults on the Garrison. a i -:TOKIO. Dec. 9. In disabling the Rus- : ; sjan fleet at Port Arthur, precluding the , possibility of Its being able to relh- force the Russian second Pacific squad- " ron, the Japanese have accomplished the main object of the desperate1 as- ! saults against the fortress which they have been making for the past three - months. j Z "There Is now a strong probability that, - while continuing the siege, they will Z avoid losses of the magnitude already attending their efforts, and. Instead of - assaulting, will rely on starving out the rrlson until It is finally captured.