Show JAPS SHOW NO MERCY ROUGHLY TREAT JUNKS WHO SMUGGLE dispatches the junks are generally sunk by the captors and the men on board taken into port dalny dainy chinese russians and japanese at ahfoo all agree that the japanese vessels blockading port arthur are paying particular attention to junks which for months past bavo have been try ing to smuggle dispatches and sup into the fortress and that when caught the crews crows are roughly treated the junks generally are sunk and the men on board taken into port dalny dy by mistake the japanese sunk it junk which was carrying delicacies to general noel nogi from an admirer but a part of the cargo was recovered general nogi commands the japanese bealek ere ers the japanese are employing severe measures in this respect with the idea of intimidating blockade runners russian civilians who have reached chefko from port arthur says that canned corn beef Is plentiful there and that the fresh meat supply consists of twelve horses slaughtered dally daily life in the town when no bombardment la Is going on proceeds much ws a it did in times of peace church services are held as usual in the dismantled church and the band follows the former custom of playing in public twice a week all tho the russians in chetko agree that tho the japanese do not occupy any fort on the inner line of defenses the forte forts which were damaged have apen repaired almost as good RS as now during the comparative quiet of 0 the last eighteen dabu these russians do not believe that the jamane Ja pane will sue suc ed in taking tho the fortress local students of fio vio military situation at port arthur basing their deductions upon recent developments there are tire of the opinion that another grand assault Is 1 either occurring at the present time or is imminent this opinion la Is based on the tho heavy bombardment ol 01 0 the russian stronghold that occurred on september IG for such a bombardment forms the usual prelude to an assault the arrival at chufo of important messengers from part A arthur at a time when the running of the blockade Is extremely perilous furnishes an authoritative statement that the japanese siege works are completed and aa on reports of japan e success at port dalny an assault was expected to take place in a few days these reports wore were recoiled last week |