Show THIS WILL CAUSE WAR IF THE S TRUE japanese torpedo boats atta Attack e k hus nus sian squadron art arthu h ud an official depatch received receive at st Peters petersburg bur F say that japanese torpedo boats have attacked the russian squadron in the outer roads at port arthur and that three russian ships were damaged admiral Allex leff s official report ol 01 the attack by the japanese Is as tol fol lows I 1 most respectfully your majesty that at or about midnight ot of feb 8 9 japanese torpedo boats made a sudden attack by means of mines thines upon the russian squadron in the outer roads of the fortress of port ar thur in which the battleships lan fan and and the cruiser were damaged an inspection Is being mad made to ascertain the char acter of the damage details are tol fol lowing tor for your majesty the report from port arthur Is that the japanese torpedo boats attacked the russian fleet during the night and three of the russian ships were badly damaged the japanese who thua thul scored soared the first success of the war es undamaged the rumor that some russian mer chant ships have been captured by japanese warships war snips has reached the japanese legation in london the re port is discredited at the legation ani it lacks confirmation the chefko correspondent of the london daily mall mail cables that six japanese transports are landies troops at various ports in korea from ma va and fusan on the south of kuazan and on the west seoul is to be occupied and the land lariel ing is being coveted by torpedo dl di vision the main bod of the japan ese fleet the correspondent concludes conc lules les will sail in the direction of port ar thur in a dispatch from na adaki dated monday feb 8 a verre pendent of the london dally daily telegraph says it Is assured that the russian fleet fight the russians Ru Rus clams ionno decided upon war and their delay was due to lack of preparation and uncertainty whether certain powers would inter vene or not |