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Show WILL COST MANY LIVES. Japs Will Attempt to Take Port Arthur Ar-thur by Assault. A special from Toklo soys: Port Arthur Is to bo taken by storm tho moment proper preparations prepara-tions havo been coniplotcd. Slcgo guns havo yet to ho placed in position posi-tion and tho land forces appointed for tho assault havo to bo strengthened. Tho unoxpected loss of two fighting vosscls has emphasized tho Insecurity of sea power and tho authorities feel that no chnnccs must bo taken that would oncourago Russia to send out tho Baltic fleet counting on finding a harbor or rofugo In Port Arthur. It is realized that tho stoimlng of tho fortress will Inevitably cost many lives, but It is said that tho waters whoro tho Japaneso ships uro forced to manouver are becoming so dangerous danger-ous bocauso of floatlug mines that heroic measures arc Imperative. |