Show PORT r T A ARTHUR THUR I IS ABSOLUTELY SEALED f L Xo Official Report Received but The Correspondents Arc All Very Positive C THE RUSSIANS BADLY LICKED Calls It a n Grievous Vet let Glorious te as ns to Responsibility I lIt Tho opinion n pains gains ground here that the mho JI nean have hao nt at last effectually blocked Tort Fort Arthur No 10 reports have been n rr but the ToUlo Tollio correspondents are ari very ery positive regarding ne tae matter ar I 1 describe tho tImo delai r tel with I ll l t m h the HIP I enl enterprise cr p tine wet m undertaken a n hi Dally I Telegraph correspondent do de that tho the to Port Ar Arthur thur la 18 h absolutely and adds that t tho the o fleet n effecting Ha Its o Into tho the entrance ut at atto full to 1 i peed need and that the naval who mado malo time the two previous attempts belt bg R Ran t d permission I t lon to 10 curry carry out o d the next ext n at an mM mi t by daylight dolIght that Hint being easier callier ar am 1 I their heir request WAS n granted r p nice So 80 determined were they Ih to sue iliC c d adds the correspondent that y decided If necessary to In lose loan half their men melt The number of casualties by the Japanese has hns not yet yetti btu ti bl u Ii announced In Jn favor of ot th the Uon of or Japan e C r Fur MIC ur rss f Hs liS In blocking Part lort Arthur It ItIs ItI Is I p out that the tho previous at nt t IA hind had left the tho an al 1 narrow that a of ot vessels sunk In the fair fall ft a ay mY would probably to sen deal up UI tiK entrance hilI there thelo Is IB a no III ibb bk evasion and half hair s i 1 tin tilt denials of the 11 hI Is la no confirmation here hero of the Iho Ihor r J arl i minor t that an tn rn ho him houi ui us 11 en ell n Russian nu and Japanese squadrons h Ml hI taken place off oft Vladivostok and andst Bi st I lr c knows Imos nothing of the tho of It ItIs ItIs Itis Is raid a t tho Inn Japanese Jn have hlo na t o advanced i to 1 la miles of oC Feng Iong Wag ag Cheng and an 1 that Iha I another engagement Is ex ox ft pr ted immediately Ma la lien Cien Insistence on fact that ho was ordered to air ar pt battle by Oen Gen Is interpreted nn nit showing shoring his Intention to throw the responsibility upon that r tor for risking a light fight with his In Int f t forces and to tho reports that then hind had been censured have boon been received here hele that th Japanese Jar captured a o quantity of ot r material after aftel x battle This IN is supposed to Indicate that the HUM ins cos had made progress with tIn i tin railroad from the tho ma main In line t to the Yalu If JC this Is IA no It would b I 1 a i simple mutter for the Japanese to toI repair this Ihla line which I would u 1 material materially ly h Mint them In In their tho II advance through a 8 dint 1101 lilt alt country countr correspondents with the Jap Air at forces faces r rU on an tho Yalu me III c permitted ti U f s nd 1111 tc tho the most oat ost descriptions Ies of ot the tho people dud and the country traversed but not nol n a word about the fighting Tho St I Tien Tain correspond cn cn r he hI Is la convinced ell 1 that tho the HUH Bus tini position In southern Manchuria Is IA Iset ex et weak no nil n a consequence of the ho enormous nw of ot men detached tn to guard the tho railway and to tn obtain provisions He Ito believes that the time forces at a Hal Cheng and Ialo Lain Chunk Cheng are greatly ol Tin Tho camps ho says are lire numerous but there thero are aro few ew men In them thorn There Th Ie are orl several for tor In lu the hills between Feng Cheng and anel Nut Hal hut but the tho lino IIno of oC communication Is 18 weak and straggling Homo Home reports current hero state that lime tho Japanese loan will tv III b be bo o 10 6 nt at tl L fi 6 per pcr cent et and will 1111 bo ho Issued imul In London and New York YorkI I St HI Petersburg May Mu Tho emperor today loday received the following dispatch from Gen Oen MaJ Gen Kash t 1 l reports as RIS follows I consider It my lilY duty to re report reo report port the tho circumstance of ot the yet IH glorious battlo battle taught fought by the troops under my command with the time superior forces of at the Japanese on May 1 Early on the morning of April 30 tho the Japanese began to oppress our left leCt flank having on tho the previous evening occupied the ch heights after aCler an on ana attack a In consequence of ot which I 1 or ordered ordered ordered dered the tho regiment which had Occupied to retire across the Al AI river to our position at PI On the morning of ot the same name day an All extraordinarily prolonged and violent bombardment of our OUI whole position at Klu Men IJen Cheng commenced from tram VIJa I foresaw that the Japanese after atter the tM bombardment h In which over 2000 pro proe e es were lI re discharged rI would take the tho offensive I I j received orders ordon from tram to Lo accept acc pl battle and ani to re ret t tai ln my position nt lit My Sty left flank was defended by hy two battalions battalion ha of ot the regi mont m nl and tho Third Infantry of or the Sixth brigade The Time Japanese took tho the offensive at 5 6 1 In the tho morning dispatching at least one ono division of Infantry which advancing In column sustained unstained enor enormous enormous enormous losses but hut crossed the tho ford tord and attacked our position which wan was exposed ex exposed exposed posed to the lire fire of ot 36 30 Hold fold guns and siege batteries The Tho Japanese advanced und and uc occupied cu cuned plod pied I the position Toward noon I ascertained os that the tho t Japanese had routed the t he battalion of the regiment posted postel at 11 Chin Cow Gow and anet were turning my left heft flank II At 1 n tho Iho afternoon my loft left flank was wan reinforced by b two tw battal battalions battalIons ions of ot the Eleventh regiment rl and amid a I battery commanded by y Coh Mor asky Y which h were sent petit from the tho ic reo t e serve nerve by b Gen Cen with orders to hold their ground until the departure of ot the Ninth and quid Tenth regiments from room I ordered c the Eleventh r reg regiment ro g total to a I commanding position In tho the rear from which they could fire on tho the enemy from two to sides aides 1 J held battery In ht reserve und and ordered the T Twelfth reg regiment regiment tho the Third battery halter and tho the suns guns to lo retire under covet cover of ut the tho nth regiment I My Iy chief of oC staff lend lead tho tiro rear ream rearguard guard to Its position At 1 celock tho the Japanese up tip sD eb close clone to le tho the position held by b the tho Eleventh regiment that the Third battery hattery could not sass pats along un nu under under der doe tho the and taking up a II po 10 position sillon a lah a short distance from the aUse Use esc remained theme until the Iho end 1111 of at tho the lighting losing its Ita commander com m e I I Y YA A company with guns wan brought up front from the tho rear guard und and un the commanding this force the situation of ot Mora Iora sky battery hattery took up lip a It position on his own Initiative e He Ito lost half bolt of ot his men mell and all nil his horses honos timid and attempted to remove his guns gum by hand to the time shel sheh shelter ter tel of ot the hills under the crossfire The rime pieces die dis discharged charged about bout a bullets The rho Twelfth regiment cut it Its way through and its colors The Tho Second battery of ot the Sixth brigade having attempted to rejoin tho time reserves by hy another route could not mint ascend the he mountain In slopes dopes with only halt half its ItH It horses horsen and returning to Its itA original position received tho tim Japanese attack k The hi Eleventh regiment which held Its ground for tor two tue hours bourn moro morn with heavy henvy losses t forced u II passage at the point of the bayonet und crossed cros Id the tho ravine with lt its color colors It lost Its col rill colonel colonel onel We lost 40 49 officers and about 2000 non and men menThe menu menThe u The Japanese loosen must have hava been broil enormous It The Tho Russians retired In good order on Feng Vang ChenK Cheng It Tho men of tho Third Tl rd division maintained maintainer their excellent morale and 1111 andover over wounded proceeded with their regiments to 10 Feng Fong Wang Cheng It Ii LOSSES St Petersburg May G Ii a n m lit The Tho losses at the tho battle of ot Kin Klu III Lien Uen Cheng were wela 2000 men amen 40 far tUI greater than previously reported This Thin Is III tho the lul estimate of ut Gen 1 who directly com coin commanded t the division that suffered sued tho the ther bl of t the tho ho attack anti and whoso whose r report was amts received yesterday by b till the emperor Many are aro Inclined to place limo tho Russian lessen oven liven higher Gen Gln mentions also that moro morn than wounded had arrived at a t Feng Fen Wang Cheng and theta thew may not bo hI Included In In his hili calculations Ho lie made marte no at attempt attempt attempt tempt to estimate tho the Japanese p losses merely slating that they the must have been heon colossal colo Aal The fhe or the Russian loupes losses es had nn an almost shaming effect on the authorities and c aroused general g grief g at cI c only l by hy pv satisfaction at tho time bravery displayed by the tho th Russian troops Not Nul for tor a moment was use there thero any In Iti to puy lilt such flitch n 11 terrible ler for tor delaying the crossing of or tho limo Yalu Tide This fuel fart was wu WIl known throughout the time city mind and gave rise to re reports reports ports ortt attributed to 1111 sources that ten Jen hind had II censured 1 h If this wan sax PK so mo Gen flan telo tele telegraphed graphed criticism of ot wax was carefully cut ut nut out of ot the time dispatches which hate hl I b heon beon on published mid and the Impression now flow held Is IA that h hv Its hit v milli remain In Manchuria report the tho fact Unit that the Russians the time RI loss lo In tn order to save the time tv t two o which were lI An Antl tang tl II 1 The Tho nt WH wits given limn tho lust of ot honor at tt the thA tour rear with lions to hold barlt tilt the e o Tho Twelfth regiment nt and n 1 the Third quick tiring detach detachment ment were directed to retire 1 Hy lIy It the time tame the latter movement com coat the Japanese unit had almost sur SUI surrounded surrounded rounded the position This The Twelfth wa compelled l I to charge with time the Ih and succeed Id lid I In lu breaking through the line Ilse 1111 Tho The Second buttery battory hll tt or quirk quick living with horses hornen could tint not mm move e the time anti and etc t to I abandon Ii but m b a theta them Tho The omen men of or the He I put nut their to time the I wheels In III nn 1111 effort eurt to push Ilu h tho the guns up U the this mountain side clde IIII but hut the Japanese e etire I tire the wn HO so hot lint that they returned ined tn to the Iho of tho limo Eleventh ment Noncom Nearer NOli 11 nearer n Ill approached the Japanese und and n a charge upon the Kiev me ruth cuth and the time Second battery wa Wilt was Imminent It o the were wore aban abandoned dUlled donee Then rim emi t a II l priest led the troops nod and l the they Y hi tho time terrible nun oil scrotum thu tho t lie valley voile Kin Kill Lien Cheng Is III history and wo must now dent deal with Impending said nn un of lit the general staff sturt to lo lothe the time Associated A Press s Tho Time Idea I ton hAil ban prevailed that limo flue Rus sinns would not lIot make mallo a 1 stand at Feng 1 Wang n n Cheng h hut but the fact that a o Jump Jail occupation of ot that point palm would enable 0 tab 1 a n II movement mott rn t elit to 10 southwest t thus cutting oft off the thO Llao lung Tung penin peninsula sula hl which Ihl h Is hI taken Into consideration by b the authorities leads buds to tho the expectation tation tuition that Gen Orvi will don doe p atch strong reinforcements thorn thoro and make moko a tl determined stand rime Tho activity of ot time Hie Japanese I It Is I remarked here U is not mint only north of ot the time Yalu lulu from which there IK Is I constant scouting a but also 1110 off ort time the Lien LIAo Tung peninsula though the tho failure to seat seal Port Arthur Arthu may 1111 Interfere with smith tho the operations operation lP they the hind had been h en expected to carry out on the west coast of ot that peninsula la HEmIN OPINION Berlin stay May 4 Time The newspapers have hao largely given up tip their disposition to belittle the Japanese victory nn on tho the Yulu Yalu The lit list II Rt et oh of ot th the tho editors ore lire now followed by hy articles tram from military critics tI one of ot whom de do declares elates clares the tho lollS of ot half the tho Russian ar nr artillery tillery Ullery spells defeat II This writer pronounces time the Japanese action to have Ino been heen magnificent while mill all tho the critics emphasize time the of the victory |