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Show Believed, That Attack Tas Made to Cover Landing of Troops, to Be Undertaken Within Next Few Days. - . : . - J : ' ' -s ' . -, . BULLKTIir. . TO:0, MABCH 23 6 :10 P. VLA BPECIAI. DISPATCH fSOU JIO 31 , . OPPOSITE SHXKOSrOZEKI, JAPAN) SAYS THE JAPAHXS-S ITXET HADE AJTOTHEB ATTACK? 03T POST ABTHtTB. MAUCH 18TH, EO-C-BASDEB THE CITY AND ITS DITJSES, AND rOXTOHT A mi-IOTTS ENaAQEMENT "WTTH THE ETJSSIAZf IXEET OUTSIDE THE HAB-30 HAB-30 E, DESTEOYmO ONE EUSSIA1T. BATTLESHIP. SEVEN JAPANESE' " CASUALTIES BESULTED. THEEE IS NO INTOBIIATION CONCERN-INO CONCERN-INO THE JAPANESE FLEET'S CONDITION. ' THE NAVY SXPABT- v JttENT AR NOT BEEN ADVISED OP 'THIS ENGAGEMENT, BUT EVIDENTLY EVI-DENTLY EXPECTS NEWS. ,' W DAMAGE DONE ' BY BOMBARDMENT, SAY i r RUSSIAN REPORTS ST. PETERSBURG, March 23, 1:17 p. rn. Further details of yesterday's attack at-tack on Port Arthur are expected during dur-ing the day, but nothing in the way of private or newspaper dispatches supplementing sup-plementing the official accounts has been received up to the present time. : According to the Information here, there now exists a complete embargo upon newspaper dispatches direct from Port Arthur. ' The military authorities seem to manifest man-ifest no displeasure at the Japanese tactics yesterday. On the contrary, they , rtc!tre that such .bombardrdents only, v par out. the guns. and machinery of ti.e bhlps and. waste ammunition without with-out compensating advantages. They point to the comparatively insignificant damage done by the bombardments of Santiago by the American fleet as proof ' of their futility.' ' From the positions taken by the Japanese, Jap-anese, . the latter could not see either the Jown or te batteries. The range was from six to eight miles, with a high angle of fire, and precision was1 impossible. Although the general target tar-get was large, only a lucky chance could really damage the batteries or ships, j fio far as known, the Japanese accomplished ac-complished nothing yesterday. On the ther hand, the Russians had better luck, a shell from the battleship Retsl-. Retsl-. van. which was firing over the hill, landing on one of the Japanese battleships. battle-ships. Of course, it is admitted that these pot shots are trying to the garrison. garri-son. . Vice-Admlral Makaroff. the naval commander at Port Arthur, is being commended for his self-restraint in not risking his ships In an engagement with the enemy. , - The feeling here is that the Japanese tactics are preliminary to a landing on the peninsula in an attempt to cut off Port Arthur simultaneously with an-. an-. other bombardment and commencement " . ' ',' " of a siege. For this the Russians declare de-clare they are fully prepared. The Russians are being massed in force along their first 11ns, from Feng Huang Cheng northward for thirty miles, while their second line extends from Mukden to Nai Cheng. All the rolling stock required for use In the Far East baa now crossed Lake Baikal. The last locomotive was taken over yesterday. 1 JAPANESE EDITOR , ALLEGED TO EE SPY ' . IN PAY OF RUSSIA ; - . ; TOKIO,, Wednesday March ' 22. The House of Represantativvs today appointed a committee of alghtaea jnsmbeas to in-. vst!gale4h charge that Telsuke Aklmya, a Member of Parliament, Is in the employ of the Russian Government. ' y ' Aklmya is the publisher of the Kirosh it-bun,-a Toklo paper which has been bitterly bit-terly assailing the Government, particularly particu-larly upon its financial policy. It has also charged, the Government with having forced capitalists to subscribe, the' war bonds recently Issued and has predicted that a second loan -will prove a (allure. A local prosecution which was. instituted resulted in a decision yesterday ordering the permanent suppression of the publication publi-cation and the imprisonment of the paper's pa-per's signatory for four months. ' The case was subsequently appealed and both Akytma and his friend fiercely deny the charge that he is a spy.-- . Hearing before, the committee and the latter discussion -of the question. In the House promises to be exceedingly bitter. ' ' New Received in Paris. PARIS,' March 23. The Foreign office has received details of the bombardment bombard-ment of Port Arthur March 21st to 22nd. similar to the St. Petersburg official report, re-port, and also a mall report of the Chemulpo Che-mulpo engagement detailing the Taction of the commanders and; non-participation of the commander of ; the ' United States 'gunboat Vlcksburg in the protest aarainst the attack on the Variag and Korleta. ' v ' . |