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Show PORT ARTHUR HAS FALLEN. Rumor Cornea From London That Japanese Have Taken the Town. Several telegrams received In Loo-don Loo-don on Friday atato thnt Port Arthur haa fullen and thnt the Japanese ar In ponitesslon of the city. The first mensngo came from Shanghai, Shang-hai, which said: A telegram received re-ceived hero from Wol Hal Wcl con-flrma con-flrma other telegrams received her todny from Chefoo to the effect that Port Arthur haa been cnptiircd. The Wcl llnl Wei telegram enya also that the Ilrltihh fleet which baa been cruising, cruis-ing, will return there tomorrow. At Wei Hal W' l thero 1a a British wireless wire-less telegraph station, and the British warshipa aro equipped with thla means of communication. It la pos-slbln pos-slbln that Wei Hal Wei has been lu wlrelcsg communication with tho fleet, snd thnt the Information of the fnll of Port Arthur wna received In this mnnnnr. A dlspntrh to Reuters Telegram company from Wei Hal Wcl, received In London on Frldny, says: "It la supposed bore that Port Arthur haa been captured, aa the British Beet la returning here tomorrow." Presumably thla report la from th tame source as the dispatch from Shanghai reporting the Wei Hal Wol rumor cited above The only basis for tha report known bore la that when Russia no longer occupies Port Arthur, the British, by the treaty, will evacuate Wei Hal Wcl, and the Inforence It that tho British fleet la returning to Wei Hal Wei to remove the stores, etc., from that place. Not much credence la attached for the moment to tho Wcl Hal Wei, though similar reports are flooding the coutl-neat |