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Show JAPS SHOW NO MERCy ROUGHLY TREAT JUNKS WHO SMUGGLE DISPATCHE8. The Junks Are Generally Sunk by the Captors and the Men on Board Taken Into Port Dalny. Chinese, Kusslnns and Jnpaneso at Clicfoo all agree that tho Japanese vossels blockndlng Port Arthur aro paying particular uttcntlon to Junks which for months past have been trying try-ing to smuggle dispatches and supplies sup-plies Into the fortress and that when caught thu crows are roughly treated. Tho Junks geneinlly are sunk and tho mon on board tnken Into Port Dalny. lly mistake the Japancso sunk a Junk which was carrying delicacies to General Gen-eral Nogl from an admirer, but a part of tho cargo waa recovered. General Nogl commands the Japanese besiegers. besieg-ers. The Japanese are employing se-vero se-vero measures In this respect with the Idea of Intimidating blockade runners. Russian civilians who have reached Cliofoo from Port Arthur says that canned corn beef Is plentiful there and that the fresh meat supply consists of twelve horses slaughtered dally Life In tho town when no bombardment Is going on, proceeds much as It did In times of peace Church services are held as usual In tho dismantled church and tho band follows the former custom cus-tom of playing In public twlco a week. All tho Russians In Cbofoo agree that tho Japancso do not occupy any fort on the Inner line of defenses. The forts which wore damaged have been repaired almost ns good as now during tho comparative (pilot of the last elgh teen days. Theso Husslans do not bcllevo that tho Japanese will succeed In taking tho fortress Local students of the military situation situa-tion at Port Arthur, basing their deductions deduc-tions upon recent developments there, aro of tho opinion that another grand assault Is either occurring at the presont pres-ont tlmo or Is Immlnont. This opinion Is based on tho heavy bombardment of tho Russian stronghold that occurred oc-curred on September 1C, for such a bombardment forms tho usual prelude to nn assault Tho arrival at Chefoo of Important mossongers from Part Arthur at a tlmo when tho running of tho blockade 1b oxtremoly perilous, furnishes an am thorltatlvo statement that tho Japanese Japan-ese slego works are completed, and on reports of Japanese success nt Port Dalny an assault was expected to tako place In a fow days These reports woro received last week. |