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Show Si BBAMIE SOON Namcrons - Small Silr-i Silr-i , mlshcs Between Oppcs-; Oppcs-; ln$r: Forces; Pert Ar-I Ar-I ; thur Closely Guarded ; From Expected Attack; v TOKIO, April 12. g p. m.Xt la believed be-lieved here ' that fighting; has com- menced a the Talu river. It is known that the Ruasians occupy the right bank of the river In force. Na direct information from the Talu district has been received here, but the pwltlon of the Russians is known, ana while It is doubted that they will be able to prevent the Japanese froig croasinr the river, that they will offer some opposition Is regarded as certain It is not believed, however, that there ! will be any' serious engagements during -the -Japanese operations to cross the Talu. roreign 'Attaches Beady. ' The foreign military observers. Attached At-tached to the first Japanese army have been directed to - hold themselves In readiness to move, and it is expected that they" will leave for the front in a few days. The American attaches ars Col. E. H. Crowder of the general staff and Capt. Frederick Marsh of the artil- lery -corps. The British attaches are Lieut.-Oen. Ian Hamilton, Col. Hume. Capt Jardine and Capt. Vincent. The German representative is MaJ. Von "EX- ' sel, and the French attache is CoL Cor-vlsart. Cor-vlsart. ' . .. JLEP0BTD;JAP ABJCY -' "'a' iroxr irxAa vmv. . SEOUL, TCorea OSotyy. -April 11th, 4.J9 ; ' -p. m. The Japanese authorities hera say there have been frequent .skirmishes be-twsen be-twsen Sakju and Wiju. - The main body of tho first Japanese army is in tha neigh-borbood neigh-borbood of WIJu. About fiat-chested, sandal-shod Korean Ko-rean Infantrrmen left Sooul today for the northern part of Ham Hlung Do province, on the frontier of tho Kirln district of Manchuria, to keep In order the bandits who are coostantly embroiled with tho Chinese settlers in the Tumen region, which hask resulted In diplomatic representations repre-sentations on th subject from China. It Is conaliered doubtful whether thase troops will- reach their denUnatton, as fears are being expressed that they will desert. . .' EXTRA PRECAUTIONS AT POET ARTHUR AGAINST SURPRISE BY JAPANESE. PORT ARTHUR (Monday). April 11. (Delayed , in transmission.) Telegraphic communication has been ' interrupted recently re-cently owing to the torrential raina. The railroad embankments' In South - Uao-churia Uao-churia have been damaged, thus delaying the movements of troops. The embankment embank-ment of the railroad running-' to 8han Hal Kwan is aubmcrged at several points. A squadron of battleships and torpedo boats has just returned here from a cruise far out to sea. Easter passed without the anticipated Japanese attack. Every precaution was taken to prevent a surprise. Vice-Admiral Makarolt, who personally super-vises super-vises nightly tho precautionary measures, spent Easter eve in a guardboat. During the usual Eaater night service the church windows were covered, so as -to prevent the lights being seen by tho enemy, and the absence of all illumination In the town was a constant reminder to tho Inhabitants Inhabi-tants of the possibility of an attack. The troops celebrated aster Sunday at their posts. Grand Duke Boris, who left here AprU 8th, has returned to Port Arthur. |
