| Show RUMORED M f f FALL LL OF f rO PORT T ARTHURI T Reports to that Effect Current In London Jondon but They Thc Lack Confirmation MANY CONJECTURES FEW FACTS In England It Is Believed That hunt Another Battle Baltic lies Has Taken faken Place sot Not Notwithstanding ot withstanding ln Denials London March are arc cur current reSet rent here hero this morning that news of the tho tall tail of Port Arthur has been re to received lit fit St Petersburg Tho The source of ot tho the cannot be bo traced sand and there Is no confirmation of at them thoma oh ob obtainable The latest reports report tiara from Port Arthur Indicated that lent tho the forces there were vero In Iii no danger of ot being forced to capitulate antI and that Hint they the were rere In tim condition to stand a lout bug siege No confirmation of ot time the report pub published published yesterday In tho the Daily l fda Tele Telegraph graph that the time Japanese lead had bombard bombarded ed clI Port lort Arthur Fob cb 29 20 limes has been bee II re ro received from any point The wires from fromia the time scene of ot war have luo been practically silent for the past 24 hours sand and In some quarters this silence In IR supposed to Indicate that Japans great attack on Port Arthur h Is actually In progress and that consequently the tho use HBO of oC tho time wires tins has been heen discontinued A dispatch train from St Ht Petersburg today toda saying paying that there thero Is III no confirmation of ot tho the report that the Japan Japanese ese squadron hand had again bombarded Port Arthur rob reI 29 but that news of oC another attack would not be sur stir surprising pricing Is I evidently sent Bent out for tho the purpose of ot discrediting the tho battle hattie story alor of at yesterday Tho Time preciseness eneRs of detail In the brief cablegram telling of ot tho time bombardment Is suds such that there thoro Is lit ut little litlie uttie tie lie reason renson to doubt dou Its correctness This latter view In IR i supported by n a dispatch from roan St Petersburg received early In Inthe tho the day which tells tell II of or a n renewed at nt attack attack tack tuck on Port Arthur by the tho Japanese ships on Feb Jeb eb 26 This dispatch Is dated at March 1 I and rends A Russian dispatch says that the Japanese renewed tho the attack on Port lort Arthur on the tho morning of If Feb eb 26 20 The Tho fleet Cleet kept beyond the range of all allbut allhut allhut hut but the most powerful land batteries ba The engagement lasted one hour tho the Japanese then theta retiring Their loss lossIs Is unknown Tho The Russian cruiser Askold had one gun dismounted and two to men sawn Injured NaVal experts expert hero here say Sl that this lat kit latter kitter ter dispatch Is II confirmatory of ot that of ot yesterday and amid that the difference In la dates of ot the engagement Is due to n a mistake In transmission The Time fact that no additional news nowa re regarding regarding garding the bombardment was received today Is not surprising when the strict strictness strictness ness of ot the censorship d by the tho Japanese In Is considered and the fact that Russia would be bo reluctant to send out news nes ot of another I no disaster dl to her herships herships herships ships A cable from Seoul Sul under date Buys Advices from the north report that 1400 I oo RussIans Russian are arc it ct roo at nt t and Id 60 0 nt at Those forces are probably pr only feelers teel sent Rent out to lo locate tho the position of ot the Japanese All the Americans formerly at nt Sun Soil chun chums with vitia the exception of ot one ono family have hl arrived at nt Ping Yang In ha a dispatch from Shanghai a I cor correspondent respondent of ot the Dally Telegraph graph re reports reports ports that tho the Japanese military au on authorities object to 10 tho the Installation of at wireless telegraphy apparatus on news newspaper paper r dispatch boats The Iho correspondent ot of tho the Dally Daily Dall Mail Moll nt set who has Just returned there from Korea I orea cables that Japanese transports carrying troops continue to arrive at nt nt at the tho rato rate of ot one a I day clay while provisions are being landed near Hwang Ju Jim Oi Dl 9 mills miles northwest t of ot at nt the tI head hM of ot the tho river where a n largo large force of ot Japanese Infantry In antry has con come concentrated A serious lI defect has lane been disclosed rd tho the correspondent continues it Is 18 feared t that most of ot tho the Japanese horses are or unserviceable The Tho Japanese n le squadron at po 0 has hue been strengthened A fleet neet of ot 12 battleships and amii cruisers hens has been bern sOd sta stationed lIonell permanently In lii Prince Jerome Jeromo gulf between Island send the anchorage Yesterday I t saw a cruiser of oC the thee Nil Ml taka typo beached belched ut itt the tho entrance of ot the thee Yang Yon creek Mio ln ho was deserted except for tor or a n guard I The Tho Koreans are ro hostile to the tho Jap and auth thoy they are Aro assisting tho time In northern Korea |
