Show WARRIORS OF CZAR AND MIKADO PLAYING TAG the voluminous dispatches from the far east are again characterized by absence of real light on the situation numerous unconfirmed and conflict ing rumors are given and among them Is a report of another at port arthur in which the russians lost eight vessels sunk and ten cap aured A correspondent of the dally daily mall mail who witnessed the engagement ott oft 16 V 76 of port arthur confirms his previous ac counts of the fight and asserts again that one japanese torpedo boat was sunk and another deserted by its crew in a sinking condition and probably captured by the russians he says also that the japanese lost one bat and had one cruiser put out of action and that the colonel ot of the fifteenth russian regiment was killed by a shell during the bombardment cablegrams to the daily mall mail from wel wei hal hat we wei and New chwang report a japanese fleet with transports cruising in fit the gulf of pe chila chi LI apparently patently ly with the idea ot of effecting a landing near port dalny dainy cables from the tar far east would in dacate that the main army and navy forces of both russia and japan are playing a waiting game the japanese it Is known are bus bug ily fly engaged in a mobilization of the army and it Is reported that a portion of the navy arm of the mikado s force is cruising in the north searching tor for the czar s fleet another squadron Is heard of through brief cables one just received states that the russian post at dalny dainy was bom born barded february and a force of marines landed another cable from wel wei hal hat wel wei says that on the morning of february the japanese occupied ching haia hala wen a russian coaling station close to russia if reports be true Is taking advantage of existing conditions to patch up her warships at port arthur and get her land forces in line the fleet from upon which the russians must tor for the pres ent at least largely rely is still I 1 in n sight cruising in the sea of japan A report to the effect that katsuma on the inland sea has been bombarded by the russian squadron Is stated to be untrue |