| Show naf y i t THREE RUSSIAN SHIPS ARE CRIPPLED BY JAPANESE A dispatch london dally telegraph from binl ow dated fell auary 29 says fifteen japanese warships tun bously bombarded ort arthur from it until 12 clock this morning the russian cruisers bovik askold and bayan accompanied by four torpedo boats steamed out to meet the at tack they were however forced to retire the askold was in a sink ing condition the was badly damaged and a torpedo boat sunk abe russian battleship was again damaged the japanese with drew in good order the pause in the war operations in the far east has been broken by an other japanese attack on port ar thur of which anly the foregoing brief account Is yet to hand this report however shows a repetition of the no 1 port arthur harbor where three russ an vessels were disabled by torpedoes on the first night of the war and where the naval battle tools place next day here also the war ship boyarin was blown up by a mine february 13 and there ia an ancon firmed report hat another battle has been fought and the russians lost eighteen more vessels it is reported that only a heavy saved the R assan fleet there from a heavy at tack sunday morn ng in the attack on port arthur february I 1 it Is re ported that two russian ships torpedoed no 2 pigeon or dove bay where the japanese landed 12 troops no 3 japanese spies dyna cited bradge on tbt no 4 where ane japanese have de strayed telegraph communication be tween port arthur and st petersburg no 5 anfang where it is rumored several thousand russian troops nave arrived no 6 point at which russian now famil ar tactics and it is pre umed t it tl s attick was made in bid weather pre io is tele graphic ces having re 8 ted a severe eife sing at port adur A usual the I 1 did thop re aim long eno agh off the harbor to e bable the gunners pta the fort 1 to got the range agi i the thre abo bayan the A kold and SOY a out to meet the attack and th s ue bests that e ther they were the on effective ships there or hat t e lire battleships were a to get out j WILL NEVER SURRENDER rusian declare they V II 11 defend port arthur to the last man general stoessel commander of the garrison at port arthur has issued a general order directing the attention of the troops and inhabitants to the jaad THE LATEST WAR MAP Jj arii cuir SW 8 1 v a T air oer b t J gy SA A troops are reported to be about to cross balu yalu river no 1 at this point the japanese are reported to have landed several thousand men probably those who are now said to be fighting at the balu yalu river no 8 where the jap anese sunk theft Russian cruisers and landed soldiers iwho have since occur pied seoul no 9 at this po nt fusan still more of the seoul army of occupation were landed f no 10 where japanese landed a the seoul alon r no 11 at point gen san jap anese ra landed and have the balu yalu river according to a late dissat h japan has about 60 trompa concentrated there no 12 vladivostok russia s pacific port from which four russian ships are said to have sailed to their de st ruction vladivostok has been 1 fact that the japanese intend to land and seize the fortress the general the japanese consider the se zure of port arthur to be a question of nat 01 al honor and from their ob enate attacks and bombardments ot ta t a fortress and bays he can only that the enemy will make eve effort to capture the fortress fai ing wh ch the japanese wi 1 de the railroad and withdraw ahe enemy however proceeds the ga al order mistaken our t cops are informed by me that we will not yield we must fight to the finish as I 1 the commandant will never give an order to surrender I 1 call on all to become convinced ot the necessity of fighting to the death those who leave without fighting will not save themselves there is no way out on three sides there Is the sea and on the fourth will be the enemy there as no means of escape except by fighting and the inhabitants said to absi on the verge of starvation 1 no straits where a battle 13 reported to have taken place which resulted in the destruction ot three russian cruisers no a city which aci cording to unconfirmed reports wa bombarded and destroyed by the cladi v astol fleet which afterward was sunk in straits no IS at this point it Is reported that the japanese have trapped three russian ships no 16 at pingfang Ping yang there are re ported to be 20 hesslan troops no 17 eiju on the balu yalu raver where detachments of japanese caa airy have sanded no 18 nagasaki one of the great seaports of japan fifteen thousand troops embarked there yesterday ana there are two damaged warships ahert waiting to go into dry dock no 19 nagasaki where troops ara boarding transports for korea aai manchuria THE dardanelles DARDA NELLES CLOSED TO RUSSIAN WARSHIPS the i historic 1 dardanelles Darda nelles again to the front in connection with the rus bian japanese war the question Is whether the czar shall be permitted to have the strong fleet now virtually bottled up in the black sea pass through the strongly fortified narrow so that it can go to the aid of cussia s be vessels in tl e far east the dardanelles Darda nelles itself is a little over forty three miles long and is from uee u ee to four miles wide but at the japs will force the issue official opinion continues to be that the japanese will make no attempt to invest port arthur immediately al Is added that they evidently are determined to force matters as rapidly as possible in 1894 they land ed on the northern part of the penin sula and the chinese made no resist ance still it took twenty eight days before port arthur was really invest ed the object of the japanese now may be to avoid this preliminary delay by disembarking their troops at pig eon bay americans leaving for east united states minister alien cables the state department from seoul that in pursuance of an arrangement he has made with the japanese minister a returning transport will bring am from ping yang a point in northwest korea near the border of manchuria the americans in seoul and vicinity have already been sent to the philippines mr alien says that russian scouts on arriving at ping yang last tuesday were pursued by the japanese narrowest part Is not more than 1 yards across this is at a point guard ed bf chanak calesi castle where huge chains are used to bar the pas sage the strait connects the sea of marmora with the aegean and Is supposed to be the key of the turkish capital the treaty closing the dardanelles Darda nelles to war vessels 0 all nations was signed at the treaty of berlin in 1878 by england france prussia austria russia and sard nia not pleas ng to russians the of chinese troops westward of malden in the district of cubana is not relished by the rus war material is being brought up and the militia posts are being strengthened it is doubted if the atti t ide of the population can be rel ed upon the people at several points re fuse to sell produce to the russians snowstorms are raging at lian yang and the frost is intense the railroad Is worl ing perfectly and troops ai e arriving uninterruptedly their health and spirits are excellent japanese would save korea the treaty signed on tuesday last between japan and korea provides for the latter conforming to japan s ideas of reform japan A pledging the safety of korean royal and teja tonal independence thorl zed to of a third korean terrt strategic o 0 the treaty just ot a movement an official against news agency of st pet forsburg publishes following dl patch port arthur feb 29 according to advices from peking prince ching has pointed out to the japanese min ister the attitude of the japanese living in china who for more than a week have been spreading menda clous reports is calculated to cause a rising the europeans the prince therefore requested the jap anese minister to tal e the necessary preventative measures chinese help ng russ ans the town of harbin manchuria Is quiet and the chinese are working willingly providing food for the rus s an community and collecting consid erable sums for the hospital trains wh ch are being prepared the wo men sit up nights working cross ng lake ba kal crossing over lake ball al for those not going by the ice railroad Is corn fort ably organized at ever seven are warm barraci s with tea and hot food for the soldiers who easily march over in one day the bag gage and food having been conveyed by horses drawing trucks in the middle of the lake are stands and re freshment rooms for and chiv lliams driving across in sleds telephones connect the barsachs bar racHs with the shore stations the weather Is albe but very cold c tk genoval a de cossacks has re his men efe in good condition and with pro provia vim korean officials |
