Show WITH HEAVY LOSS japs are busy investing port arthur and assault is expected commanders cut off from port A i alay a m i troops swarming across the www neck of the llao tung bula ae railroad and telegraphic com and port arthur isolated nd left to its own resources are con which the russians seem to accept with ireat these events have been anticipated ibbe the outbreak of the war and the authorities in cense appear to be re now that the blow has fallen thea assert that the fortress la impregnable and amply provisioned to stand a elege tor a year and that it can hold ut until the time comes to relieve it according to official information the landing of troops from sixty transports tran began at and cape terminal on the morning 0 may 5 it is also reported that troops are at but this Is pot as the russians are known to have fortifications there and it Is bot that the japanese have the daring to enter where the russians could inflict severe injury on them complete details 0 the landing are lacking owing to the interruption of communication no was anade the few cossacks who observed taic movement retiring when the warships shelled the shore preparatory to ten thousand men were put ashore thursday and the debarkation was proceeding yesterday at the time that communication ceased it is believed that there are more than men now on land preparing for a forward movement the japanese regiments were hurried westward yesterday morning to cut the railroad and one of these it Is said fired on a train conveying wounded from port arthur while the landing was proceeding on thursday the japanese battleships ml aksa hatsuse and fuji and the cruisers iwate itt sumo adsuma and agamao made a demonstration off port arthur to prevent the possible egress of russian torpedo boats A number of japanese torpedo boats were also observed off pigeon bay it waa because he was convinced that port arthur was about to be cut off that viceroy alexieff Alex leff accompanied by his staff and grand duke doris left has on thursday several of sick and wounded and other lives were dispatched northward it la reported that the japanese ships bombarded port arthur early on the morning of may ath and succeeded at last in closing the entrance but no official of the blocking report can be obtained the exact hour at which communication with the russian stronghold ceased lias not been learned the strength of the garrison at port arthur la not revealed by ahe authorities who only say that it Is adequate for defensive purposes it Is not believed that the force there exceeds ip soldiers A large force Is not regarded as necessary as was shown from the recent withdrawal ot some of the troops who were simply a drain on the resources of the garrison the fleet must now take a secondary position and the sailors will be used to man the shore guns it necessary vice admiral and vice admiral can not now reach port arthur and will probably go to vladivostok to join the cruiser squad ron there rear admiral who 1 waa left in charge of atio fleet by roy alexieff Alex leff will operations at i port arthur it Is believed jwill render I 1 th greater number of japanese ho general staff believes their f formidable fortifications still leave the defense with ab russian i the outer line of fortification lext findt ta unquestionably no determined will be made to hold cor is it expected that deaper ate to retain dalny will be made the main defence will be of port arthur where tance the harbor has by the russians steady work has been made to increase the strength of the defence which is just as effective on the land as on the sea side lieutenant general easel will have supreme roand at port arthur he Is as commander hl recent aldow that be la imbued with a determination to bold port arthur until the last man is killed of the general etael bay the landing of the japanese u on tha peninsula and the investment of port arthur clarify the military wid the problem which general kuro must solve had kuropatkin had hla way before the war it Is said ho hae abandoned port arthur withdrawn further ta the north and waited until his army had become overwhelming in its strength when he would have moved forward but ihla was made impossible as ft consequence to the injuries sustained by the port arthur fleet and the impossibility of tho departure of tha fleet from vladivostok elih a superior japanese force outside that port therefore the commander in chief Is waiting at llao yang until uie cne roya leavo developed sufficiently to bhoj just what line lc Is purposed to follow caution forbade an attempt in forc to prevent the passage 1 of the balu yalu As the troops landed at might have been diverted toi taka the russians on th 0 hank or in the rear now that the uncertainty Is partly dispo general kuropatkin is free to act that ho purposes to energetically ergeti cally Is shown by the fact that he has sent reinforcements wang chang the indications are that ho intends to assume the aggressive and to strike general army before the lair an iw reinforced should the japanese landed at begin a northward movement enough russian troops it Is bald are api the vicinity of New chwang 0 o hold tho japanese in check until conclusions have been tried with Kii it ts not anticipated however that the japanese will march northward but it Is believed they will devote their energies to ettelt the fall af pf port arthur the receipt of news at any lime of a decisive battle near feng wang cheng will not cause a surprise hero and already rumors are circulating in the city which however lack verification and arc believed to be untrue that a battle been fought that the japanese have been defeated with havy losa and that general was wounded another rumor Is in circulation that port arthur has been captured but this also la scouted la responsible quarters |