Show 1 NO o ij BIG Bib ic BATTLE t I EXPECTED f rf TI SOO u t May be he One latter fatter Part of th tl the Month but on Before Defore Then JAPANESE INTO KORE KOREA Ere Eye Witness Tells of Attack ou oti Port Tor oil Arthur Honors for ui or 4 Russia RussI Is United r London March 4 The Mr Cor ouster news published morning consist I of oC more or Jr loss reliable report r pirt of lC Japanese military movements Tit j general Idea nl flu pears to be that no o Important In IlInd tui nil bat battlo I tIe Is 18 expected before beCore the tho end em of ot March MarchA MarchI I I A dispatch dl latch to the Dally DaIly nail fron Crom row dated March 2 pays ay that tha I Japanese troops havo landed a at atCh I Ch and gone sono to Piny Yang Cabling from Crom Harbin Manchuria i n a correspondent of oC tho Dally I ally given Riven a rumor that GOOW Japanese luw t landed at Wo ORa II The Shanghai correspondent corr ot of Ih Dally Telegraph asserts that three sep separate Mate arate Japanese armies have landed In III Korea Koren anti the tho Paris edition of tho Xe ew ewt t t York Toik Herald publishes n a i report from C to effect that six cruisers escorting ten transports have havo been bean seen in thu tho direction of ol the Gulf of Mao Tung fun Nothing In any allY of oC these tho reports is le Im hn Improbable probable but It I la Is probable that thuI thu tho t I Japanese o are maintaining strict secrecy ns nil to their movements Cabling from under date data ol of q i starch 2 a 1 correspondent of tho Dally Daily if Ii Telegraph h ay that although Japan I has baa lost n a 1 small cruiser and that tho thol tI tIa a machinery of oC two of oC her has hns J 9 been damaged these probably been leen fully repaired In any nn event i f Japan hUll has complete command of ot th sea sen and will effectually isolate Port Av Ar Arr 1 thur Ho lie anticipates anticipate the early renewal l r of ot naval movements thu Ihl landing of ot C Japanese troops at nt tho the best I portions anil the occupation of terri tern territory tory near Port Dalny as soon as liS tilt the winter moderates He lie predicts that I having secured the Yalu river the Jap JRp I will viiI threaten cutting the tha t I Vladivostok 1 railroad rini menacing k with the tho thet H I while a n second force Coree deals I Lino Tung Tong peninsula U It t According to tho the correspondent of tho the thoI t I Morning Post nt at u a 1 Japanese battleship has hns run aground near Che Cite CheI I f Refugees from Port Arthur tho the J 4 Nagasaki correspondent of the Times cables ables under date elate of oC March 3 believe f 1 I there thero were OOOO troops there the tho mid middle middie 4 die dle of ot February The rIe report that the tho f I Russian troops who were WO dIn dis dispatched I patched to Korea tho the beginning of Fob Feb February were no po III equipped with trans transport transI I port supplies that It wait IM thought I they would bo be compelled to return They say nay also that the tho t I treated the Japanese Jl at nt Port lort Arthur so eo brutally that they thoy lied lIell to the tho seashore it embarked In small harbor boats boRts and endeavored to 10 reach Port Dalny Dolny drowned i OF oi TilE TUB SEA su WATTLE Moscow March nt nn actor who has returned hero Train from Port lort Arthur was mi rill eye of oC events tI there thero prior to tn his departure Ho lie d nt fit a n Japanese hotel in Port Arthur und and andl l received tho the first warning of ot tn likelihood hood of hostilities from Crom his Japan so landlady on Fob cb 3 who sha ho declared that 4 the Japanese had already landed nt at and that another place would be taken On Fob Feb 7 tho Japan Japanese eso ese began leaving Port Arthur Upon orders front from Viceroy those ic ie on Feb 9 i were detained about of them being held up at nt the thu hotel hold if M had lied been tf that 1 the Chinese would begin celebrating tho NeW Now Year by iy setting off nit and anti 1 shooting guns gun BO so when firing was 4 i heard for Cor the first time from the sea It was wa va supposed to bo be b the tho Chinese cele cole celebration bration The Tho warships In port had been ot of all wooden woodell work worl on Oa deck on onIeL Fob IeL 20 29 2 but title tills had not occasioned alarm The people were surprised to tonee tolice nee lice of tire firo front from the tho Golden hill bill forts tort but even this title did IUd not hot suggest tho the truth I 1 went to sleep leep that night continued rd ed M t lI without realising that fighting was going on Tho The next morning I saw the battleship battle hh In the eastern basin of the har liar hartor harbor bor tor near the dock and the tho battleship at the entrance to the tha harbor They wore were apparently In good condl condi condition tion At 8 S the military author ties took possession of ot the and telephone service The fhe town wa still 1111 quiet and nd business went on as be ho foro Coro The Thi children went to school th thi the banks and anti shops wore open and ever eve ChInatown showed no signs si ns of oC comma commo tion At about II it on zi tho morning of or the I again heard shots I pro at once to the square ClUaN anti and the were Chi ChIne nese ne e woman omen and children were lere front from their homes glancing behind them theta as II they hurried Althe Al All 1 the shops banks anti and other places li in In town at lit once closed AVe Wo could see nee two twi great columns of ot smoke arising from fron one ana of ot the th great batteries and thought though they were due to an all explosion but I Iwas It was soon learned that this smoke oke came from Crom the mortars Suddenly the firing stopped and tho the Japanese heeL fleet begat began to steam away It was rumored about the town that an nn explosion had hll occur occurred occurred red on board ono one of tho Japanese vet veS ea easel sels sel During the th bombardment the tho wind blow blew toward the tho forts torts mid and consequent the smoke front from our guns Interfered with the aim of or the tho HUf lan gunners It WItS was In lit Port Fort Arthur and bo 00 b that the Japanese had landed at nl Port Dulny Dalny und mid that they the would attack I Port Arthur by land Tho cabmen In Port Arthur hat had been Leen drafted Into the military service anti and It II was WIS almost Impossible for Cor those leav loin leaving leavInA big ing to get Ret their taken down downto to the railroad statIon illation HONORS TO 10 I Paris March Mor h 4 The St BI Petersburg correspondent of or the Echo do tie says rays that when Gen Oell starts for tor the tho far Car east on March 12 2 ho he will wll go goon goon goon on a special train anti and be accompanied by part uart of his staff It Is reported the tho correspondent continues that the czar said to him hUn You will return a n Held field fl ld marshal There Thore has not heen been a n field marshal mar In Russia since Count Tho The Now ky shipyard Is about to bo boo botin begin gin tin the tho construction of 10 submarine submarino vessels of ot the English type Work on these boats will bo be pushed with all nil The rite Harbin correspondent of at tho the Math says ss that a n detachment of Jars Jap mese anese cavalry commanded by has entered Mao Eur Kur Chan Routh Manchuria close cloR to the Korean l border It Is III alleged here hero he ho continues that oooo Japanese have now hen been landed at it t their objective being Man Mun hurIn In Korea thie ho weather Is cold cohl md nI there Is snow Inow Here It Is allelY tint line Tho The sea seu Is la still rough at lort ort Lort Arthur IS UNITED St lit Petersburg March 3 For the tha list fiut st time tho the emancipation of tin thu serfs erts In 1861 1881 the tho anniversary today tOllay out IM observed throughout Urn the as an n a general holiday tind with services In the churches Thu newspapers took the tho th occasion to rc re lew hiew 1 tho the reforms Introduced by Oscar III who by a stroke of or his histan hl tan n freed gets declaring that ho tho present celebration may IMY lie he re reo ns nil a turning point In marking the recognition of ot u it 1 wider ider freedom In national life liCe th the of ot which Is IA not far distant the nation properly exerts Corta the tha which have been fo so tines united by II the tho war var varAt At tho big central market of oC St Rt Pe Pc thousands stood In the tho open ut Ir Joining In the chanting ot f t a ft To Tn Daunt Several have havo gone to o the tha far cost cast to model war mr types on flit the spot Tills This Is Js believed to be th the tho first attempt of ot the kind the Russian went to near here and pro pre prel l to each man of oC the pontoon de tie detachment which left yesterday RY for tor the tar far cast a canvas bag contain containing containIng ing felt Celt boots n a shirt A it 1 t towel wc anti minor comforts Tho The government takes tho view that t tho the Japanese e Korean treaty Is la In direct contradiction to the e convention the nU dec declare ara lion end and nil oil preceding lIng International agreements proclaiming Koreas Korean and noli that as lIS It Ya drawn up Ui under duress It cannot have legal force The Tho landing landinA of or 2 Japanese at Bong Chin flay Day na Korea Koren Feb 19 reported by chief of oC staff of liC Viceroy AI Is believed recent ent re reports r reports here to be the origin of the re i ports of a n Japanese landing at ut Pos lias slit Iet hay bay ba and It Is considered to be bo an nn at attempt attempt attempt tempt to outflank the lie Russian advance from front the river The ThC Japanese ac according c cording to den Icil have 11 Ve gone to a point whence n a mountain pass leads lead 80 SO miles I to 10 the Iho headwaters of ot the tho Yalu distant dIMant Marching In that mountain mountainous flue ous region Is III declared by b experts here hereto h N to 10 b be almost Impossible The Tho absence of ot roads roada It Is I added will completely upset t the Japanese plans the only Rood IIPP Ping road in Korea leading lea through being b already In possession of ot the tho lie Russian I CHINA WILL JIB IlL NEUTRAL I Paris March 3 Is IR not given Ien by IJ tho the foreign office to the re to J I ports that China Is l on the eve ete of oC Join Joining lug ing Japan In tho the war All 11 the received rece hero Indicate that China Chinn pro liro propose I poses pose po s to observe her declaration Ir of neutrality anti and that tho Chinese troops sent north have Instructions to enforce her ItH neutrality It III Is authoritatively ly announced that France has hili not been bt n approached to 10 red cede 1111 any Islands to Russia for Use as M a stations by the latter when she sh sends lI nd her lIer hoot Hect to the tar far east cast Should make JUnke a ma I request t to this It will be bt denied ns rio such uch action be ns os n a breach of neu neutrality To show Francos Frances purpose to neutral It I is III pointed 1 out that Russia has Ims ha a II coal depot at nt near Nice but hut that Russian ships will not he be allowed to uso use that station as is In time lime of oC p ace |