Show FIND IT A HARD TASK capture of port arthur may be de bayed for some time passengers who arrived at chelio on friday from the Kwang tung penin eula sula confirm the truthfulness of the official japanese reports of the sinking of various russian ships recently at port arthur they say tho the japanese would have been able to accomplish this in the past twp months but apparently patently ly preferred to use their guns against the russian military force it Is believed the destruction of the russian ships indicates that the jap anese have abandoned ned the hope of capturing the fortress the japanese lost three torpedo boast within the past month by mines the last one sinking during the night a attack of december on the rus blan elan b battleship attle ship sevastopol |