| Show U I fORT fORTI I D British Government Has SaltI japs Mar Take It Within a Week WAR VAR WILL NOT HOT BE VERY V RY LONG LONe H It Is s Thought In London That H It May All Be He Over Oer Early In July P NEWS HEWS OF BATTLES VERY MEAGRE Himself is 19 Expectantly Awaiting Further Advices from the Scene Of or Conflict Feb cb 12 6 P 1 Tho ha has Information which f loads It to believe bellee lI al Japan la 19 likely Arthur a aIk 1 sion of ot to o be le I In possession Ik tram from now In the best Informed e circles It 1 s privately thought bought that the war will bo over oer by July Those t Hr ls who lire are cognizant of 01 the extraordinary thor with which Japan prepared for tor the war aio Inclined to share the tho Japanese view regarding the tho duration cf tho struggle It M Is that ho the dl of ot yesterday received hy fb the neuter Heater company compan referred to the first firsti i tIght light at Port Arthur not to a n sub WHAT HAYASHI SAYS SATS I Haroll summing up events of ot tho fur east enst BO ao far n as they have havo font jone fald to the Associated Press to dB Whatever may be bo the eventual re rc result sult of ot the war In II allowing us to occupy has tl for tor herself another Dardanelles With the fortifications of ot tho Integrity Inte of at Japan Is forever Xo No Meet can call IW pas there II Japans wishes I cn If It wo we are bent n ne we e would l not nol Hive give up The Associated A Press II SIf understands under the Japanese troops advancing ing rapidly Idly towards s the tho river There Then It II Is IA expected they the will and 1101 engage the tho I forces COreN The Japanese e declare the tho number lIum er of oC oCr r lan troops greatly exaggerated The plan of ot the Japanese appears to tobe tobe be to take lal the tho which leads al nl almost most mo t straight to Mukden They rhe pro protes fera tes to 10 no doubt that they will la able ahle to drive back the tho forces towards Harbin out that thal tho road though nominally under Hussion military control will bo sub subject i to 10 constant raids from rom Chinese band who down from tho I Proceeding tho Iho Japa Japan 1 n se Intend to cut the line of ot communication i cation mUon between Port Arthur and tho thoi i mainland of ot Manchuria not only pro willing renting reinforcements from reaching Iho tho Port ort Arthur Harrison but bIll I Ing damage on Oil the tho tall I road rond Tho view that thai tho Jala 1 nese will In III tho meantime bo Lo able to 10 CUp Arthur Is chicH based hasell on Oil 1 tho latest Information that tho Iho HUH Hus r Ian flan Kim 1 cannot he be brought to 10 bear heur on Oil any landing at lit Pigeon bo which won on the western side of ot Port Pori Arthur I and It IH believed that IhM the Ihl Japanese nd will follow tollow almost exactly to those Intended to he pur lur pursued sued at lit Santiago the troops the in III the tho rear tho Japanese lies lIel waiting for the or ot Viceroy who In n tho Iho event of ot a n attack being must Ither Ithel make mako n da h for liberty with his crippled 1 or light where they t practically odds In of ot the lack Inck of or net It II Is confidently heM held here the tho Japanese land actively In III a 1 mint Important movement which will to 10 a 1 climax as ns swiftly as did 1111 I The Japanese o minister said Only Ihl e who went through the thc j war ran quite the tho which between tile Japan Jalan j nI army In III tho the army nil to 10 the fore toru nu lit i tit tle Jealousy existed between tho two of ut tho although our navy Ia then In Us 1111 Infancy Knowing the army arlit ns liS I know It II there must mUt now no noI I 10 I tremendous to score a sue I equal to 10 Just by h the i 1111 y You may look for tor fome vory or keen I l nd f i 1 Tub In III tho Iho i ut u lords today to no I I h rices on Oil the Iho subject Ir Wit Wol Wei i Minister declared Hi Ih ruport that had I I Wet ll JIll I Wei WOI nil n rot for the tho J t Port Ar I thur HUH 11 entirely K W far i I In ht could conjecture lure It n 1 mIM f i IM added he had i t to tn the 1 t there in or l r to n If It any nil clent hll occurred to tl tho t color t to the NO o It JIh Is II IsM M rt liy hY the Ille tint thI II Kave t Uen 11 ni ft Jve from CroPt Ii uy xv lIMa n out Hod 1 UtI it II IH III thit Ii ii m t expectantly r w lUn t th U It vai UI wild iu 0 II In MaN 10 It I h 1 1 of WU II 1 II uI III III I III 1 14 I 11 t hIli II I ti r Ij In III regard to tho fate of ot relatives In Inthe Inthe the Tho movement of or Russian troops eastward ca IB Is being pushed Notice has hns been be n given slen that eastward Is suspended In fact the Siberian railroad Is monopolized by the transportation of or troops war munitions to 10 thu complete exclusion lon of ot commercial lc JAPAN HAS NO NEWS 1 Huron the minister has IL cubic cable cablegram gram from tho Iho at announcing that tho latter had not yet ct received nu nil ort of the Iho but buttle tic tle fought ort oft Arthur Arlhur and adding that apparently tho disembarkation dl of oC Is II proceeding torU and without disorder l older nt lit I tho port of oC Seoul Korea und and vise else elsewhere where IJ rl The Tho of oC the tho Japanese minis minister minister ter further urther announce e that M the tho minister nt Seoul und the tho Russin legation guard have 0 departed for tor China and that thai the of ot officers amI sailors who surrendered to the tho Japanese utter after the tho battle buttle fought off orr will bo sent pent to under on tile neutral os available Tho telegram adds the tho Information illation mation that nil thu tho survivors of ot tho and tho transport Sun Hun gurl url were taken on board the Iho British French warships oft on Che M I from Seoul reported he asked Mr Ir Allen the United States minister to Korea to convey the sur Hur survivors of oC tho to Shang ShanI hai hul or on board boord two American transports which were anchored oft off hut but the tho min mill minister millI ister I ter at nt Seoul was US ultimately In Instructed to 10 accept tho French offer to them thell to Shanghai on board the crul er Pascal on tho Iho condition that engaged not nol to allow them to proceed northward from dur ur Inn Ing the tho The Is tho Iho first reference made In III the dispatches to the loss of at atthe the Apparently sho was a n transport which had arrived oiT olY with tho Intention of ot landing though no men mention menton tion ton has been heon made mate of their capture by I the Iho It WI as announced Fell lIh 7 from had been heen to Seoul A STUDY OF Q Tim New Ne York Foh 1 A careful study of or the leports l have havo reached Ameri Amerl America ca CI from the tho east cast Including press dispatches and communications through channels would indi indicate cate that but two of at any mo moment 10 ment have co po occurred These tho Japanese naval on Port Ar Arthur thur on Monday Monda night and Tuesday morning and the affair at nl on Monday and uella In circles whoso knowledge of ot conditions In that of ot the world them to 10 speak with accuracy tho various reports of ot minor engagements are considered but bUI echoes of ot these two tights Cable and Ille ril I tie Iro limited ant It II IIII li II evident ns us reports of ot the Port lort Arthur nl affairs reach various points they 11 tiro IIrI promptly cabled by b resident correspondents resulting la In lan n II natural confusion c of or dates daten The Tho report of or another en engagement el sent ent by b the Hauler Tele Telegram cle gram company compan from under dato dalo of ot Feb 10 published In II this country yesterday afternoon n also undoubtedly referred to the th original Port Pori Aithur at nt attack tack tho of or which had Just reach d roldo This belief belet Is II strengthened by W the report no 10 continua continuation tion tOI has his been blen received of ot engagements 1111 It Is 11 pointed out that ouch nuch advices were received through the various embassies at Wash Washington ington promptly on tho heels of the press reports of ot tho of at Monday Tuesday The Hood tood of ot dispatches various north China points during tho Iho Hoxer revolution Is recalled For this reason the ort cabled by hy Tien of or the London Standard that n Hus plan had bombarded Is entirely disregarded Naval men In this city elly say In that to fO far ti aw M Is 18 known tho only In II position Io llon to tomake tl make a n move nt nl alil It cannot for tor n 1 moment be bethought bl thought they would be withdrawn from the defense of or this depot delI own oven If I they free of or the tho leo Ice and olt not nol block in 11 up by hy n Japanese squadron as lS has been hr n reported In view of ot the fact that no 10 cable between and China Chinn except c el by byway way of Shanghai It Is II to pay n tho Iho leant leall Important that such luch newn would be hl heard In II the Inland town of ot Tien The fhe notice sent lont out last night from St Petersburg that tho cable from rem Vladivostok to Nagasaki the c telegraph line lne from to the tho telegraph lino Ino Irom frol Seoul to toWo Wo San Sai 0 broken limits ton to tu to the tl rabies that land landat at nt Shanghai lre under censorship This Is If additional to 10 discredit the vogue vague leports of further engagement s London Feb It There Is II n lull lul In III war news No hUH been received hero ot reported at nt attempts tempts of f tho Iho 1 lo 10 land Arthur 1 pl tho Japanese luval ut ohe I Mid aid The Japanese will wi never attempt to take Pot Pol Arthur from the sea le Tho captain attaches tho greatest im importance 11 to tn the tho of or Korea lorl an tH git Japan command of at tho Iho of ot Koran preventing n Junction of ot the He le thinks from Iho tho plans previously ly ar arranged Ir ranged that tl t main muhl sound ion Is II still in the Ih vicinity of ot Port ort Ar Arthur A thur preparing for tor another anther |
