Show JAPS WILL ADVANCE BROWN MEN ANXIOUS TO MOVE FORWARD activity of the japanese outposts is regarded as intended to screen movements of their arm es official advices from the far east given out wednesday morning de scribes a series of skirmishes on the southern front of general kuropat kin s army the only importance of which lies in the fact that the japan ese are showing a disposition to press forward and feel out the russian positions general s cos sacks in every case drove back the opposing forces the activity of the japanese out posts is doubtless intended to screen movements of their armies and there fore may be regarded as precursory symptoms of final preparations for an advance which probably will begin within a week A special messenger has brought to the emperor general kuropatkin s full LOCATION OF FU PASS fu pass which has becomer the ob eject of attack by the japanese Is in dilated in the map it Is located about fifteen miles almost directly east ol 01 mukden and la but a short distance from the tombs of the chinese em derors not to be confound ed with bieling north of mukden and whence the japanese drove the russians also are shown they are about sixty miles northeast of Lioa yang the operations thare in dacate a sweeping northeastward turn ing movement on the part of the jap anese aport of the battle of liao yang the messenger who submitted to an in arview declares that the main army i concentrated at tie pass and that is not likely general kuropatkin ill make a determined stand at muk en there were recurrent rumors tall of port arthur but they have not the slightest fo mukden reports that the days are fine and warm but that the nights are growing bitterly cold snow has fallen at hing chang an official re port from tokio giving an account of a skirmish contains the announcement that the state of affairs at the front of our army remains unchanged |