Show J JAPS r BLOCKADE f Vl I T L Russian Cruisers Arc Reported on East Coast of in InBa Hay flay Ba of Japan 0 LAUD LAND FORGES FORCES IN Ill A SKIRMISH Cables Indicate Unmistakably That tint Armies Me rc Preparing fur or a Great Hattie Battle London lAndon Feb 29 has been en blockaded d by a Japanese e hoot since to a it Dully Dally Moll Mall dispatch dl from which adds that Incoming steamers report cruisers on the vast coast of oC In In the thu bay of ot SanJI Ju Japan JUIan an Japanese warships have hae be been n report clort cd ed In the vicinity of hut but this report of u a blockade although considered probable lute him not yet lot et been continued from other Dispatches Dl today tell of ot more skir skirmish mish mishi lighting between bot the tho advance of oC the and Japanese land forces In Korea and amid military exports say wiy unisys of a n real battle buttle tile may 1111 be bo looked for foi at any amsy time Tho rho cables ore are very ver brief brier hut but Indi Indicate cate enito unmistakably ab that tho tine minion arc ure for or n II great groat battle One cablegram from Tokio under to 10 dayH date says A number of DC the tho cavalry appeared nt at a n point cIo lII north of or Korea OUt our Infantry fired upon them them to retreat This Was wis followed In a n short hort time by b another dispatch from saying that Korean soldiers on tho tine frontier hind had been boon attacked and die dis dispersed persed by II RussIan troops St SI reports receIpt of u it 1 cablegram from Crom Mao IIno Yang dated Feb eb 28 21 which says Hays that tutt Chinese c on 1311 the tIne Yam river report that nn an advance guard of or cavalry which hud had penetrated Korea for tor a II distance of oC about versta across tine the th river lint had nn nit encounter with witha a II detachment of Japanese and that lie tho Japanese were compelled to retreat and amid fled leaving their thell horses hora s which were seized by tho tIme Cossacks Cos Gemi n dispatched cavalry and a u body of oC Infantry In pursuit and with vitis nn an order to occupy northern Korea Tho persistent rumor that In tho the re ye recent cent engagement nt at Port Arthur the Japanese sustained damage to several of their war Is iii given fresh tresh Impetus today odny by n a cablegram from miss The dispatch reads While the tile Japanese report that their fleet neet Is still concentrated In the neigh neighborhood neighborhood of or Port Arthur yet endeavors are lire being made to prevent chute In Information Information formation train from becoming public The survivors of ot the tho sunken transports who were landed lande Saturday were not allowed to see Bee anybody and amid they will be sent bent home The Japanese fleet originally con consisted I of ot 16 warships but two battle attic and nn 1 n a dispatch boat are arc now mis mill i I i I sing from frons that number anti from from two sources It has bias ben beets learned that two 1110 Japanese warships returned to In a n disabled condition It Is 18 being circulated among the Chinese that Port Arthur has bias fallen fall on The BrItish steamers laden with coal for tor Japan captured by b torpedo bout destroyers erR are reported from Suez to be bo the British from Harry Feb 3 for Cor the tho steamers st front from Harry Feb 3 S Stor for tor and tho the Norwegian steamer Matilda from fromn Jan Jami 30 for Ba eby JAPH JAIS LANDING IN London Feb I eb 29 Tho Times Che correspondent under ulI let elate date of Wei Wel lint Hal Wei Wel by b De Do Forest wireless telegraphy says nays II that tho the Japanese Ills of or the loot last few days were confined to supplies for the tho transport corps cormis anal to 40 ponies The Tho total number of at troops landed Is In Including the tho first division amid a II portion of oC the second division The Flie guards that not yet et arrived at nt tho the armory con COli consist consist of ot six II batteries belonging to the tho th twelfth division Another i ilion than lion believed d to bo ho on un a it 1 smaller scale In is taking place Immediately south lOuth of Hal Itoh Ju Jim whence the tho troops will advance parallel to tho the road roal nod Joining those now nots III In the neighborhood thus thu effecting a II gain gala of ot five days on tho the march It Is III supposed ll says the tho correspondent correspondent dent dont that troops with a is few to guns gunK ale nio now advancing beyond Seoul to toward ward Ping Vang Yang where Japanese arrived Tine The advance of the Hussion patriots In he I steadily marked hy by the tha Interruption of the telegraph which was tins broken at ut atAnus Anju Anus on Feb 21 There Is U no trustworthy Information concerning c nc tho the Russian movements The Tho Koreans estimate that thai up tip to In Feb Peb 21 crossed tho the frontier 1000 being nt itt VUu 1000 nt at mid the tho remainder scattered In lii par parThe parties ties The approach of warmer weather anti and tine the gradual J breaking up tip of tho tIme roads continues tine the la lii apt to marching north of Seoul Reoul This nile circumstance together with whit the fart fact that will still open a ri 1 fortnight hence doubtless ex ox explains plains tIne Iho lull luit In III the process f of nC f is embarkation It U IB is I believed tho the Japan cue clIO will VIIi not hot commit to 10 n II plim of which would entail marching through Korea lorel without flint filet endeavoring cnE to gain gum possession pone ulan of ot the tho iso peninsula |