Show f EARlY U CAPTURE rT f r T T I Telegram Announcing the Taking of 20 Meter hilt Revives ILOIe e of f It JAPANESE PEOPLE CHEERED IT II ITI I f e of or and aud ud Prolongation lOll tion o of 01 Siege Caused C Them to o Ih c tl RUSSIANS CANT PANI O WT BELIEVE REPORT l I ff Confirmed tho Iho War r Office O U It Will WUL bc bea t Desperate Blow To Fortress I i Mb Da Ute 1 N t tel teli lt i m An the thO and cap cep capot of ot 3 J 1 l ter r lull hili WitS vL received rl I I h bythe o people It ItI I lv iv 1 4 i hop M ot of un rn earl early ry capture Pert rott The people have I iver wt despaired ot of the of ot tho thors thoi i rs but bu tho fortitude of at tho thu de dej j and Md the prolongation of ot tho which exceeds by lJ months montI the thew I w 1 lt t liberal preliminary estimate ot to of ot j it ht time Ume required ll to thO me re reduction reI reduction of or this stronghold has hu beena beona beon 1 I of deep regret combined with th Ih lots loa 10 ot of life Ufa und disappointments UT er r the fact tact that tha tho th siege eloge has toI a large largo loreo oreo of men n field fidd Marshal Ilar strength at a 1 diio 1119 when Ihen ha needed every available I Kill was wall wa the tho date flate set under the tho net nd when whon recruits could m the army by b tho the news 1111 mm i Gen Oen No N Nogi gl l thousands of tho the empire marched to bar barkl kl 11 end and donned uniforms tot foe the tho i tue m Following nn RU honored custom in iI h relatives of tho the recruits carrying AUKS and escorted the tho new Mine to theIr In III uy liy 11 there have been scores of little littlen n rl cessions ions escorting detachment of ot i conscripts The Tile of ot n who have Joined the tile color colors today under the conscription net Re nan han not nott t x CANT LI VU IT 11 Ft 1 Petersburg Dec W war r of ot fr here is I not yot ot to accent report that the th Japanese JUI AlleSe before Pert Foil Arthur luve taken 03 Meter lull hill iut ut if It is 18 t continued the war flie 1 admits that It will be bo a II desperate Mm for the gallant defenders of ot tho Iho Tho The the therbur and If the Japanese O can oan mount Ite guns on Its iti It they can canini Iii ini II out tho the Russian Rushan squadron or Imo It at Its anchorage Those Thos fn La fitI I r with the supporting plans plane of or tho the thoI I I ins F I think It Is by luy no means meana certain I in even Hen though are forced I I retire from Meter hill bill tho Jup II nf can place pR In position heavy henvy Runs RUn the tho fire r which the other forts torta i m In n bring to beer bear on It Still the war fl i reluctantly that thata hh i ti a 1 breach in tho the chain renders the extremely critical find and though I i garrison arrion 11 be able alia n to lucid hold out ou outi t i tho th Golden nill Tigers Tall rail and Ila Lia Ilai i forts for sometime sj tIme It may mark nc lip beginning of the tho end ond The war of ti II I is l convinced that with the approach f he the Russian Second Pacific Japanese considered that the tho nation of the Port Arthur squadron n tie na lighting fiRMing factor wee was absolutely vital ILl ui lI accounting for tor the reckless 1 I of at life lite In order to secure Be ure a peel pol n directly commanding the harbor harbOl FROM FItt t TEns Dee l ti t reports re tep rs as It follows At midnight n a body ball of ot MI thi th Infantry attacked 1 mountain Our officers picket there rl thin them I Japanese force torce In tho the neighbor wj heed of ot reports that about t L lock In tho the afternoon of ot Nov Not O 23 S a n way of ot the enemy consisting of ot in tn nd cavalry advanced on Slant su heights We repulsed them at bout hout out 7 in the th evening eV Tho The santo name t 1 4 In m the afternoon the enemy alry and Ind artillery Our fire Are drove them back The same tiny day our forces roused loee wea to the Infantry and I appearing north ot of |