Show SH PLAN PLANos os to 10 Cork Couk Up Port Pmt Arthur He ilc Ic fore u a 1 Shot St March lorch 1 tA A resident of ot St Rt Petersburg who has line Just arrived here lucre front from Crol Port Arthur having left lef this the day lay Lt before the lie I first Japanese attack tells nn an Interesting story which seems sels to Indicate that hunt the thus Japanese planned to cork th Ih harbor before lefore hirIng firing tring n a shot hot Ho lie 10 says that on 01 time tho day tl of ot hula his hl depart departure lure ure uro a 1 big merchantman flying t tha th hue Jap noose flag approached thou the entrance and andIn Ind IndIn I In tho the narrowest part of ot the channel suddenly Plopped signaled I 1 am mini nl sInk Kink KinkIng lag Ing and commenced to settle Luckily a n tug lug with wih steam up 1 was wal close cose by b and towed lowed the th Japanese Ile vessel Elsel Into 1110 n a I shallow low pout part 0 of ot the thin outer harbor The rho mer was IR loaded with wih Iron Iroll Her captain declared he lie hail had been caught In a storm fluid and 1111 time the pumps which mitt had kept time the th steamer steller broke down dowl Just JUAt ns as a the hue entrance of Port 1011 Arthur Athur sins reached lench t The fhe wife witt of oC n a naval of or official final attached to The he armored cruiser HopI who huts Just arrived hero from Vladivostok described tIm the scene Acen there lucre thereat at tho thin of 01 hostilities At to S I In the tue morning of or Feb 1 b 9 a n shot stint tine hired fired by hy h the thin and Int signals e C hoisted s culling 1111 cal I I ng all ni Ii I I sea seamen and a mimi othera who Were on shore leave lelo to come cOle on oil 01 board There heo wa great I ut excitement and 11 en enthusiasm among the tho hue people on out 01 the t lie streets street The Flue warships In iii thin the harbor were surrounded with lh Ice ide 1 crowds about them lucia watched the tho ships shills liar WM colors and cheered ns as IS tile the ice Ico hc breaker opened n mu I channel At 2 S In iii time the afternoon headed bended by I the he hue HO accompanied by hy the lie hurrahs of oC the hue people gathered on the hue Ice Ic tho Iho ho lIed leet steamed out oUI An Alt Imperial order orde hind had been heen Issued summoning the hue rc and fIrst elites claH men of ot European ll to the tl tue colors for tor a 1 six weeks A order course of at training similar has hiA been 1 1111 to tn tho tie naval reserves This hla Is II Interpreted as 11 Indicating that hunt everything Is Ii being made Inlo ready rend for Cor tho hue mobilization ot oh o tho flue whole army at iny It If necessary According to to a n servIce organ the ho cost rost of oC Dm thom rations of or the tue troops averages 40 o each ench of ot which 23 28 are for Cor meat mat three lures for tor or ten tea tel nine for bread The average tor tho the Lino Llao Tong Tung soldIers Is II 45 Tho The 81 St Peters Petersburg burg bUI tn r am are starting a 1 fund to tu build a n hot hOLt to be he named Post Peat Io t Telegraph |