| Show JAPS SHOW NO MERCY TREAT JUNKS WHO SMUGGLE dispatches s the junks are generally sunk by the captors and the men on board taken into port dalny chinese russians and japanese at chefko all agree that the japanese vessels blockading port arthur are paying particular attention to which tor months past have been try ing to smuggle dispatches and supplies into the fortress and that caught the crewse are roughly treated the junks generally are zunli and the men on board taken into port dalny by mistake the japanese sunk a junk aich was carrying delicacies to gen eral nogi from an admirer but a part ot the cargo was recovered general nogi commands the japanese beslee ers the japanese are employing severe measures in this respect with the idea of intimidating blockade runners russian civilians who have reached chefko from port arthur says that canned corn beet Is plentiful there anu that the fresh meat supply consists of twelve horses slaughtered dally life in the town when no bombardment Is going on proceeds much it did in times of peace church services are held as usual in the dismantled church and the band follows the former cus torn of playing in public twice a week all the russians in chefko agree that the japanese do not occupy any tort on the inner line of defenses the forts which were damaged have been repaired almost as good as new during the comparative quiet of the last beigh teen days these russians do not believe that the japanese will succeed in taking the fortress local students of tae military situa alon at port arthur basing their deduc alons upon recent developments there are of the opinion that another grand assault Is either occurring at the pres ent time or Is imminent this opinion Is based on the heavy bombardment of the russian stronghold that oc burred on september 16 for such a bombardment forms the usual prelude to an assault the arrival at chefko of important messengers from part arthur at a time when the running of the blockade Is extremely perilous furnishes an au statement that the japan ese siege works are completed and on reports of japanese success at port dalny an assault was expected to take place in a few days these report were received last week |
