Show JAPANESE J P S TAKE FENGI f G J ANG G CHEN CH b Was las Captured After Fierce light lug ing With vUlt Heavy Losses on Bot II Sides PORT ARTHUR IS ISOLATED Russians Arc Me Accepting a c cable able Situation Very Stoically Seoul May 7 A dispatch from An n tung tuns says It Is fa od there that tin tilt Japanese Iron Wang Chun Chong May Ia 4 after fighting lighting and that thai the losses on both boat Hides score ole vory heavy LAND IN POUCH Paris May 1 A Bt St cor eor correspondent I respondent of or tho the Keho l I cho d tie lie Im IB I Ithe the following under date of ot May 6 Tho general staff that the Inn etl at tit the tho being helm not lens lees than nud alII says saya that the tho built bulk of ut tan Cun J tinny wan rear morning about hub miles II ell from Feng Chong TIll The wits ml nIl In du three columns tho the thUd col column column column following the tho coast probably in III order older to communicate att with the thu troops landed nt tit All 11 the tho pro provisions provisions visions and ammunition were landed lauded on the tho Elliott I Islands Inlands A staff officer ol mild anid that Hint Ion don bo lie kept In tho the back background background ground during 11 tho the of tho the war and It Is fa believed that len Ion Kuro ICuro will operations I am nm positively IY able ablo to deny tho the statement that tort I rt Arthur Is la bottled up The Is la still free trec The Tho telegraph once has lino receive In Ih not net to accept messages for tor lor Arthur Vice Vito Admiral and Vice Ad Admiral miral have been lioon ordered to proceed to Mukden whence they will probably go lo to Vladivostok The cot respondent repents repeats tho the report that tho the have hao occupied Port fart Adams Adums and am says they tho are 1110 on Port Arthur tho the i arvison of or which Is fa 3 expected to make a n sortie POUT ISOLATED Ht St Petersburg May Ma 0 OW p m mA A received tonight hayn 1408 that Port Arthur Is le cut off oft Horn front nil all com corn communication communication by h land the Japanese hav having havIng i ing debarked In III Its Ils rear occupied roar rear and cut tho the telegraph Vice Admiral who In IB en route to Port lorl Arthur to take command or of the Iho naval forces forcee In the tho tar far east will wilt willbe willbe be unable tumble to reach rench hili bis destination of or very heavy hel fighting lighting near Tent reng fig Chen Ch Is If expected within 36 35 hours hourn Large reinforcement have hava reached tho the Russian position An Im hn Imperial ImperIal pedal order tins has boon been Issued attaching three h e batteries of ot artillery to o each a of ot t the tho nine nino divisions Two distinct landing operations by bythe bythe bythe the In la the tho vicinity of ot Port Arthur are aro repotted reported In diH to the Associated Press Prest Ac Ae Acor or to cables tram from from and St Petersburg the tho Japanese effected a n landing In iii force tortO and unopposed at wo 0 rt n 1 point on tho east enst coast of at the tho peninsula about 76 miles boo above I Port Arthur Aithur Another successful landing In la reported to hart hall taken place at nt Port Adams which Is la situated on an an arm of ot hay bay ha on nn tho the west coast of ot the peninsula directly lUr opposite and about 20 o miles distant from The rail railroad railroad road that connects connect Port Arthur with Mukden lon pantos P close clOge to Port Attains and It Is evident that It Is now In to tho the possession lon of ot the tho Japanese at this point A dispatch from Washington Indi Indicates 11 cates a 1 landing according lo to advices there thero nt fit Kin KIll or Jn Chow This Jaco IH is located at nl U i 1 3 a eastern shore shon of at tho lie bay hay of or orthe the tho same name namo on the tho west vent cas d dIn dis I IIII In is directly arrow neross thin peninsula front from tho 1111 port of ot Dalny Dainy It n s about 10 mills north of Port Artl 11 i r The Tho strip of or land between Dalny Eta Chow Is 11 the narrowest point of or orthe the tho peninsula Kin Chow Is about aboul half halt way any ny between Port fort Arthur ArthUl and Port PortA Admits Adams A timid Is la also on the tho railroad II 11 I Is 1 probable however that tint this land landing ing log rotors to that at Port Adams which Is on all nn nil arm oC ot the tho n II sea a II adjacent tc to Kin In Chow buy RUSSIANS STOICAL St Petersburg May 7 n m in troops trow the flit narrow neck ot of tho the Llao Llo Tung spilt ulu II tho the railroad nil road and telegraph com con cut and Port Eort Arthur Iso Intel amid loft to 10 Its own an ntO conditions which till the seem t to accord with lilt Ith great rent These events have havo been heon anticipated since the tho outbreak of ot the war tour and the tho authorities In lit n rt sense senile appear to be re relieved now that the tho blow hn hoK hns fallen tallen They rhey assert that tho the fortress Is III 1111 im impregnable pregnable and und amply provisioned to tc stand n I siege for fol n it 1 year Y and that It Itcan call can hold out until the tho time conies comes to relieve It to 10 Information tho the landing Inn of or troops from CO transports began bEl hi gnu nn simultaneously nt at and Capo Cape Terminal on the tho morning of ot May 1111 6 It Is also nillo reported that troops are In ruling landing nt at how but this tide Is he not nol credited an as tho the aro are known to Imo havo fortifications ther and It Is not that tar tho Japanese e had the tho daring to land Imul Immediately under thu entranced wed position front from which tho the Hus nus stank slant could inflict severe severo Injury on thorn them DETAILS AIm AUH LACKING J Complete Completo details of ot tho the landing are locking owing to tho mho Interruption of ot communication No resistance was waB made the tho few tew Cossacks who observed the thu movement retiring when tho the war shelled tho the shore preparatory to debarkation Ten thousand were svere put ashore on Oil I Thursday and the lile debarkation was yesterday at Bt the tho time tune that communication ceased COI It Is II bellowed believed b that there them are ore more marc than men mennow mennow mennow now on land preparing for tor a I forward movement JAPS JAPE WESTWARD Two regiments regiment re were hur rind westward yesterday morning to cut the railroad and telegraph corn com communication om Ono One of or these It Is sold sahl wounded tired on n 1 train conveying from Port Arthur While tho the landing wis vuis proceedings on Thursday the tho Japanese battleships Ml 1011 hum leu and d Fuji tho the cruisers Iwate Adsuma n and made a n demon oft off Port Arthur to prevent the tho possible egress of ot torpedo boats bonta A number of ot Japanese torpedo boats were also observed ort oft Pigeon bay It wits was because ho he was that Port Arthur was about to bo be cut ort oft that Viceroy accompanied by ills his Grand Duke Duko Boris left letl hastily On Thursday several trainloads train trainloads loads londs of sick nick and wounded and other were ere dispatched north northward northward ward It Is reported that the Japanese ships bombarded Port Arthur early on the morning of ot May fn 0 C and succeeded l nt at listIn list last In closing clo the tho entrance but no of ot the blocking report ran cnn bo to obtained The exact hour at nl which communication with the lie Russian stronghold ceased ccase has not been established b STRENGTH AT POUT PORT ARTILUR AnTHun The strength str of or the at nt Port Arthur Is If not revealed by the authorities ties tieR who will only say suy that It Is ado unto for tor defensive purposes It Is not believed that the force there th re exceeds eXI ex eells soldiers sold A largo large force Is not regarded as nf net necessary essary as was shown from the recent withdrawal of ot some of or the tho troops who were simply n a drain on the tho resource of the The Tho fleet must now take a secondary position and tho the sailors will bu bl used t tc to toman man the th shore chore guns It If necessary Vice Admiral Ad nral and Vice Ad Admiral d I aural miral cannot now react leach I Port Arthur and will ivill probably go RO tc to Vla b n f t lt c to Join jolty tho ilia cruiser crul er squad squadron ron there near Hear A lm tIni nl aI Wit who wan vas 1 loft lett In charge of ot the fleet bj by Viceroy will direct operations at Rl Port Arthur Is a good eel cel and It la 1 hollowed believed he lie will lender Bendel excellent t service Despite the greater number of ot Jap Japa tin the e general staff ahlff believes that a their formidable hlo fortifications mill leave leavo the defensive doton lo superiority with the whoso whose staying qualities It II Is confident will Ins re their hold holding ing lag out as ns as 08 necessary y While the line lino of or fortifications extends to tl 1 unquestionably 1 i no 1 tr determined effort will be bo rondo made to 10 boll them nor Is It expected that a n desperate despe deeper rate rato attempt to retain Dalny will be lio made Tho main defense will be ho of ot Port Arthur Atthur where since the mho harbor has been Lern occupied by b the Russians steady work has hns progressed to com coin complete lileto the system of ot defense which Is just an as effective on the tho lie land as au on tho the tea sea side I IN COMMAND Stoessel will havo have su nu command at It Port 1011 Arthur Ho lie Hois HoIs lieis is described nfl its a ll command commander er or Ills His recent proclamations show that he hc U is Imbued with a determination tion to hold Port Arthur until the last lastman lastman man Is III killed of or tho the general staff start say Sl that the tho landing of or the Japanese army on tho the peninsula I and tho the Investment of ot Port Arthur clarify tho the military situ situation and the problem which Gen den Ku Iu must moat solve sole Had find Kuropat Kuropatkin kin had hud his way before the tho war It Is said Bald he ho would wound have hao abandoned Port Arthur withdrawn rawn further to tho the north end waited until his army hid had become overwhelming In Its strength when he would have moved 1 forward hum but this was Wae made Impossible as Ie a n con consequence consequence sequence of at tho the Injuries sustained by tho the Port Arthur fleet and the mho of ot tho the departure of or the fleet from Vladivostok with n a superior Jap Japanese anese force toreo outside lo that port There Therefore Therefore fore tore the In Is wait waitIng waitIng waitIng Ing at Llao Yang until tho the plans shall hare havo developed sufficiently to o show Just what 9 at line lino It Is supposed au ed to follow Caution forbade an attempt In force to o prevent flea Jen passage o of ot ottha the tha Yalu as tho the troops s landed at wo might ml ht have b eh diverted to take the Russians on the Hank flank or In Inthe Inthe inthe the rear real lino IN 1 11 TO ACT Now that tho the uncertainty Is partly dispelled Gen Oln J from the tho Inner miner lines is free trec to act That he purposes pUrpOse to move energetically Is mown by the fact riot that he ho has sent re reinforcements r to Fong Fang Wang Nang Cheng The Indications arc are that ho he Intends Immediately to assume the aggressive and ind to strike Gem Oen army be he before tore fore ore the latter can cnn be reinforced trough through Korea Should the Japanese landed at tit begin a n northward movement enough Russian troops It Is III isaid said aid are In the tho vicinity of ot lo to o hold the Japanese In check until conclusions have been tried with Ku J u rold It is not anticipated however howeler that hat tha the Japanese will wilt march northward north northward northward ward but It Is believed they will tie der deoto derrote vote rote their energies to effect the tall fall of ot f Port Arthur The Tho receipt of or news nt at any nn tune time of at ofa a n r decisive battle near Feng Fang Wang heng Cheng will not pause ause surprise here and already rumors are circulating In In I the Iho ho city which however lack verification and Ind are believed be to lo be untrue that a II battle has hils been fought that lint the Jup have havo been defeated with heavy loss lo s rued that wits was wound wounded ed Id Another rumor lo to In that Port Arthur has hns been captured but brit this thin In Is also scouted In hr responsible i quarters LONDON JAPS JAIS London Jondon 7 Tho press Is IH loud In It its expressions of ot admiration for fOl tho the brilliant Japanese strategy In dealing In rapid succession three great I blows the battle of ot tho time Yalu tho the seal neat sealIng lug Ing In of at Port Arthur and tho time landing at lit and the development of at these opening moves Is If awaited with tho the greatest Interest It 11 Is In believed to bo ho bonot benot not 1101 unlikely that the primary object will bo be an nn assault of Port Purt Arthur and andIn an In endeavor to capture the Russian sleet there thore This Plea Idea 1 Is If favored by Henry JI Spencer Wilkinson In the Post Posta a 11 journal generally Informed on Jap Jair Japanese anese Other OIlier journals believe bellevo that tho the Japanese e have havo been contented cont to place n rt small email force torce as us n a mask nt fit Port Arthur ArthUl nUll aud nut will send their hell main forces from to cn cooperate with Gen Kuroki army In which case It if the tile Russian assertion Hint large ro 10 rot rotI I havo have been hO 11 sent ent to bang Feng I eng Wong Wang Cheng Chong Is II true n a great land but bat battle buttie tie tle Is Imminent there thero or nt at Lino Yang it Is In believed behoved that butt It Is Japans second army arm that landed at lit and the tho destination of tho lie third army Is still to bo ho No further news neww line has reached London beyond belated dispatches front from cone corro with the Japanese army on onlie the lie Yalu detailing events circuits preceding tilt tho recent battle The correspondent asserts that lint simultaneously with tho the attack on Port Arthur tho the Japanese laid cables between one ono of 01 the thc Islands and the flit mainland t as nil a protection Ia o on to t thelm n their helm landing place The rhe Telegraphs felc correspondent at To Tor klo says the nine sunken nt at alPort Port Arthur Arlhur were laden Indell with lIh a 1 mass masa massof of ot stone and cement rue Tho correspondent of or the Standard at fit Tien Tait sables cables that Viceroy r 11 eels fP andall and andall has haB called on en tho the Tartar general all aU the at nt Fong Pong Tien Ilen to quit that place immediately |