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Show t i i i I ' " : ' ( . . -. - - -v ill ; n I i , Declaration cfflartial Law : at IiewChwan: by Russia Rus-sia Uiy Cause Depar- -, turc cf American and British Gunboats. ' . . , - Buiirxnr. : TOKIO, Ilonday, 2arch 23, 4 p. m. A telegram' received from ITew-chwang ITew-chwang this, afternoon says that at , 3 o'clock yesterday morning the Japanese Japa-nese succeeded in sinking four steam- . erg at the mouth of Port Arthur harbor. har-bor. ' - 4 . A flotilla of destroyers convoyed the merchantmen, which were subsequently subse-quently sunk, and rescued the volunteer volun-teer crews. Later the Japanese battleships bat-tleships bombarded the town and its defenses. - - - ST. PETERSBURG. March 2Sth. 4:53 p. m. Large crowds gathered before the bulletin boards to read the official accounts of the second unsuccessful attempt at-tempt of the Japanese to bottle up the Russian fleet at Port Arthur. . Lieut. Krinlzki's heroic attack upon the enemy's .warships' and torpedo boats and the action of the three Russian Rus-sian officers in boarding the burning steamers, extinguishing the flames and cutting the wires connecting with the infernal machines, evoked enthusiasm, while the almost universal exclamation appUed to Vice-Admiral Makarofl as the people turned away, was "Molo-detx." "Molo-detx." which might literally be trans- . lated, "He's a dandy." The action' of the Japanese in making ufe of infernal machines has aroused Indignation. No further dPta!!s have bn received except that the injury to the torpei6-boat torpei6-boat destroyer Sllfnl from grounding is slight, and that it can eariljr be repaired. re-paired. The Associated Press has received confirmation of the report that Admiral . Makarofl during his reconnaissance of the Elliott Islands captured a Japanese vessel looting a Chinese Junk, but the vessel was a small steamer, not a gun- boat. The crews, were taken off after both vessels were sunk. |