Show JAPS CONTINUE TO ADVANCE an march ng toward eiju but have not yet encountered russ ano advices from tollo state that the advance guard of the japanese army in norths eltera korea cocup ed the town of seng chung saturday after noon without appos tion eng cheng Is on the pel in road eighteen miles west ct cheng ju and about forty miles south of eiju when the japanese drove the rus out cf cheng ju last monday the russians withdrew in two col dumns one going over the koab san road and the other oer the pel in road the japanese advance from cheng ju was made very rapidly it was anticipated that the would resist this advance but they tailed to do so and it is now not probable that there will be any further opposition south of the balu yalu river cheng ju because of its superior natural surroundings is the strongest place between ping yang and beside these natural advantages there is an old korean fort there which had it been defended with spirit would have been hard to take the japanese are gratified at the comparative ease with which they drove the russians from this tort russ an patrols are reported to be in the country east of the pekin road but it is not probable that there la any considerable force of russians in that section the patrols are with drawing gradually to the northward toward the balu yalu it is reported that the ice on the balu yalu Is well broken up and in the future the river must be crossed either in junks or over pontoon bridges |