| Show I J JAPANESE PANtS AFTER PORT A ARTHURI T I Russian General Staff Staf Convinced Will Wit Devote Himself To Its Fall Fal ARE HEADING OFF KUROPATKIN Object Is I to Prevent Him ilium Moving Mating South No Direct Attack Atack To be he Impending Rt St Petersburg May a 24 2 3 p m nt Tho The prevailing opinion nt lt it the heed head of ot time the general start staff IH Is that lint the lie withdrawal of or time the Japanese JIJI upon Illon Peng teng Ien Wun Cheng Ch means that the time en enemy el emily emy hoe has decided to deVote lote to operations Port Arthur eril flint the present object of ot Uen en Kur lu Jd l with time tho first army supported bj h l G Ge n Nadya with wih tie the third army arm nov nv IAn lug Ing near Mar I 1 IR to watch Gen Oun prevent H a I move south Duth yard wArd which would toke take len den Ohu Oku ku and the th lie second 9 army on ni the time Mao Lion Tunc peninsula In lit time the rear A direct upon Ion firm Kuropat huts main force U Is not rout ron to bo Je Impending moore than outpost are al nl although though h some omo mo of ot the thelo these o may mar be nr or Iu Ahm scouts nr in Ol b lh all atul nd tar far nr tile minor of ot the en oil el my detachments west of ut the river th r und and Ind northward of or Mol Ting Ping nu Ling arc ale to 10 he be In II lie Ihl nature of ot I screens If I the two IWO Himles of ot the tue Ilus Itus 1111 she n ore are trying to 10 Worle work a n force around in II Ih rear 1111 ar of cit lt Oln Gen or o are nrc arC planning a n lee of ot court course the fact tnt Is sedulously con on her Is displayed at atthe atthe the near noor approach of the lie rainy season lelon which will wil retard If It not completely t 1011 Held nell operations U Is II playing directly Into tub the th hands The will wil to 10 hold bold New Nett Kal I AI Chou Thou and Chou un on until ill til tl a n move mos mo In hi II force Is tR made lae lint Cheng with wih the lie object of cutting oft off or Ihl retirement of or the hill force nt it lt Kill mi thou hol unit which Is III to stand off or an nn or ordinary force of ot the lie emmy discourage age n e the landing of or there or 1 it t Ilung Vo Yo Ohm Thin The hl Japanese are not nt In force north of o there thI Is good warrant for tor forthe the time belief that Gen Oln line has a 1 i strong line extending south from Mao Liao 1111 anti and west Welt of lint Hal Cheng pm alert Ing lug nit nil advance upon Chou auth 11 The e Gazette that ni n mi nho body ho In 1 knows 1101 whether China Chinn will wil remain neutral until time tho ond of tho the war or whether two Iwo powers JoIel ono omin Japans ally ami auth the Its wi remain during the noce negotiations lotions The Tho ho HUSH nU M says Chinas ce Into the time would be e tho Ito signal for tor an tin Oi |
