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Show RUSSIA IS i HOPELESS Has No Course Open to Save Port Arthur From .the Japs. JJaeeaeJeaJeeeeeeee2 J. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 8, 2:30 a. m. Foreign telegrams received here stating that the Japanese 4-have 4-have succeeded in mounting heavy 4" guns on 203-Meter hill, are regarded 4- as seriously significant, and have 4" created a deep impression at. the 4. $ War office. 41 4 If the reports ' of the sinking of 4 the Russian warships in the harbor 4 4 of Port Arthur are confirmed it de- 4" 4 stroys the last hope of a sortie, 4 4 and when the end comes nothing 4 4 remains but to sink those that re- 4 4 main in deep water to prevent them 4 4 from falling into the hands of the 4 4 enemy. 4" 4 The War office Is unable to 4 4 Identify Akasaka hill. Evidently 4 4 it is a Japanese name. 4 4- The importance of 203-Meter hill 4 4 to the garrison is evidenced by Gen. 4. 4- Stoessel's desperate efforts to re- 4" 4 capture It. |