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Show THIS WILL CAUSE WAR . IF THE REPORT 18 TRUE Japanese Torpedo Boats Attack Russian Rus-sian Squadron at Port Arthur. An ofllclal dispatch received at St. Petersburg says that Japanese torpedo boat3 havo attacked the Russian squadron In tho outer roads at Port Arthur, nnd that threo nusslan ships wore damaged. Admiral Allexloff's official report of tho attack by tho Japaneso Is as follows: fol-lows: "I most respectfully Inform your majosty that at or about midnight of Fob. 8-9, Japaneso torpedo boat3 mado a Budden attack by moans of mines upon tho Russian squadron In tho outer roads of tho fortress of Port Arthur, Ar-thur, In which tho battleships RetvU-Ian RetvU-Ian and Ccsarevltch and tho cruiser Pallada were damaged. An Inspection Is being mado to ascertain tho character char-acter of tho damage. Dotalls aro following fol-lowing for your majesty." The report from Port Arthur Is that tho Japaneso torpedo boats attacked tho Russian fleet during the night and threo of tho Russian ships wero badly damaged. Tho Japaneso) who thus scored tho first bucccss of tho war, escaped es-caped undamaged. Tho rumor that somo Russian merchant mer-chant Bhlps have boon captured by Japaneso warships has reached the Japaneso legation In London. The ro-port ro-port Is discredited nt tho legation and It lacks confirmation. Tho Chcfoo correspondent of tho London Dally Mall cables that, six Japaneso transports nro landing troops at various ports In Korea, from Ma-sampho Ma-sampho and Fusan, on the south of Kunzan, Mokpho and Chemulpo, on tho west. Seoul Is to bo occupied and tho landing land-ing Is being covered by torpedo division. di-vision. Tho main body of tho Japaneso Japan-eso fleet, the correspondent concludes, will sail In tho direction of Port Arthur. Ar-thur. In a dispatch from Nn-nsakl, dated Monday, Feb. 8, a ccrrcncndent of the I ondon Dally TcloTraph says: "It Is assured that tho Russian fleet will fight. Tho Russians lens ago decided upon war, and their delay was duo to lack of pronarotlon and uncertainty whether ccrtnln powers would Intervene Inter-vene or not." |