Show FIND IT A HARD TASK at tb J A ap of port PortA arhur hup may be de bayed for 4 some time i passengers who arrived at clie chefko foo on friday from the Kwang Kang tung penin bula 0 confirm the truthfulness of the japanese e aaa depoi reports r ts of the sinking ot of various russian ships recently at port arthur they say the japanese would have been able to accomplish this in the past two months but apparently ly preferred to use their guns R against the russian military force it Is to believed the destruction of the russian ships indicates that the jap anese have abandoned the I 1 hope lope of capturing the fortress the japanese lost three torpedo boast within the past month by mines the last one sinking during the night attack of december on the rus tian battleship sevastopol j |