Show JAPANESE J rA f t ORI DRiVE t I RUSSIA S OUT I I Compelled to leave Kal lal Chou as I I The Result of an 11 n En Engagement t tALL ALL QUIET AT PORT ARTHUR Are Arc Being Sent to the He Bc c Fortress for or Gen Stoessel WILL FACILITATE OBSERVATION World May Soon Hear of the First Battle hattie in the Air Bombardment May Soon be May 18 As a n result ot of tho tha engagement which wilch tho ho Japanese hud had on Monday with tho garrison at nt Kal Chou on tho the west coast of tho Llao Tuns ula tho the driven out of or Kal ICal al Chou which Is Ia tho the nearest earet point to with the tho exception of ot the Lino Llao river where thoro there thoroIs Is j nt water ater to allow o of tho the land landIng landIng landof Ing of or troops Chinese who recently arrived hero here from while confirming tho the above also say lIay that the thc Japanese aio aie skirmishing on eIther cither side sillo of the thu rail railroad railroad railroad road north and south of or Kin Ili In Chou Circulars have havo been 1 cen posted at nt New Now chwan and In Its It vicinity signed by bythe bythe bythe the chief chic of stat start of tho the Japanese army n vl the Chinese to maintain order and ard secure Blocks of ot o provisions transport wagons for tor which tho lie Japa Jaila Japanese nese neso will vIll pay full tull value Tho The small mull Russian guard remaining at IH l ready to leave on the thu near approach of ot o tho the enemy Quantities of wood and oil all have havo boon been placed on oil board the gunboat be In waters to used In destroying her by tire tiro when tho the last evacuate BALLOONS INTO INfO SEN SENSt St Petersburg May 18 p m rn The Tho admiralty today received nn an d front from Hear float Admiral 1 Port lv I eved to have haVO been dated from there thore Arthur May U H reporting r that tho the since Inco lighting had ha been b en no telegraph line lino was WaH cut tho the Japanese having attacked 1 verY not ship thins was well with the squad run The dispatch was gratifying lo to lothe the authorities not only for or the news nelS contained but hut because Its receipt es It II tote tele till tho tart Met that while the graph line IB lB severed n a system of ot com corn by menus ot of Chinese r run lun runners un ners mra has been Inaugurated In 10 order or to ta deliver tho the Lino Yang dispatches en entrusted entrusted trusted to ta him the runner runnel hall hail to j ass tho he Japanese lines Hues already through tho the narrow neck o or of the tho thrown Just dust Port Tort Arthur for foi forthe peninsula of or cutting oft ort nil all ration lUon the tho ho purpose between Oon Gon and rIte Thu passage of ot the run tho the fortress ir wax WM dangerous but th the tho tusk task was waa ncr compared to JuU Jint It will Ihl be v when hen light Invest Port the th Japanese forces Arthur One o of the tho reasons for to l the thc desperate effort tort of or the tho to get g t to Port called an nn am ammunition ammunition ammunition Arthur what U la lc train has haK been revealed by Information which leaked out today There little need It appears for tor quantities bO M bOIng beIng ammunition great more moro Gen don stored storell In iii the tho fortress but Ing was wall exceedingly anxious to be provided with balloons The rhe highest point of ot the fortress Is tho the I Nest Nat train from rom which much of ot tho the surrounding country can bo b wen licon but balloons 1 will with facilitate obI the tho war tho Russian authorities loaded on a n vessel balloon equipment for tor Manchuria but It was waR captured by the Japanese who will use It perhaps In operations against Port Arthur the tho need of ot providing Gen with 1 all nil tho the requisite Instruments ments with which to conduct tho the de do defense fens Cense of ot Port Arthur Gen den Is Ia bothered believed to have hao sent balloons balloon on the tho ammunition train The Tho nus lan bat bal balloons loons loans are aro stationary rt It the te Japanese try to drift balloons balloon over Port Arthur and drop explosives nn en the fortress an said l today tOIl ny the he Ill world will hoar of ot the th first bat battit battIt tit fit in tho the air MAY MA 1 SOON BOMBARD TAllon May Iny 18 A dispatch h to the News from Lino Lillo Yang Vang dated today taito nays tays that according to news which reached there today from Port Arthur there have havo been heln no HO further at attacks tacks ox o 0 tho the beleaguered port fluce May 13 Tho The who landed at nt If i Is s added appear to ha he push puah pushIng Ing 1111 preparations for fol a 11 land attack which It Is 10 l will bo ho accompanied Ild by a 11 rell of ot the bombardment tho the operations having for tor their object tr t tearing clearing of or mines from I r bay DAILY ImmUrES Washington J r Iy y 18 Tho Japanese legation hue has d the tho following ca front from TokI Tok The Tho commander f the tho landing force on the Ilao Lino fung penInsula reports that between tho the lith Instant there thero have havo been dall Jap o detachments 81 driving ing InK tho the enemy back anie nn tho the telegraph and railway iV I on tho the fight fighting fightIng ing tho the Japanese occupied vho tt th heights hel and ont coo half ha miles from rom Kin 1111 Chou boo hou Tho The Japanese vero Including killed WILT I PM Al BACK BACKSt St Petersburg May 18 G I m mC r C in the intimations th It u Is Uen IJen purpose to l old a combat with the 0 at nt atthe tho the present n f tho the woe wor lh the ae ate m nt was made by tho the general vart taff art that tho the Is IA H preparations to full back n Mukden anti and then on Harbin |