| Show PORT ARTHUR IS MADE impregnable TO SIEGE A town is triply fortified and russians wait 1 with equanimity the long delayed japanese assault may 12 9 sa P m st petersburg evident from a it Is officer at port written by an artillery general april 20 that arthur commander stossel Stow sel the russian the theotas ther Tas then dally pectin the communications cutting off ot tola was everything reported that officer and ex siege withstand a ready to the fact that pressed surprise at the had delayed so 10 enemy tap regna was the was a triple row 1 adding that there ot forta around the port arthur glacis fronted by a moat each position being beyond barbed wire of hedge ata a roofs behind all the with bomb proof batteries the officer further declared that they had plenty of supplies and ammunition and that the garrison waa in excellent spirits and confident ot being able to hold tor nine months or of the dumber against any a year it they possessed elege kuns general kuropatkin offered general stoessel but the latter declined them saying be enough men aad did not care to run the risk ot an ept dealo as the of information reaching the general indicates that there 1 much i among the in korea typhus especially isaid to ba rampant SL may 12 vice admiral Chouk nin it Is announced haa been appointed to command the black sea fleet london may 13 earl percy under secretary of state for foreign affairs la a letter published la the times says information reached the government from a well informed source at new chwang that no apprehension now appears to be entertained by residents of danger to life or property there ant that ae a precautionary measure the I 1 government bae ordered a warship to proceed to chan wane tao st petersburg may 12 the ministry of war has received the following dispatch from major general dated may 11 according to information received may 10 from feng wang cheng one ot the guards divisions advanced abong the hal cheng road and about a division and 2500 cavalry were to ad vance the feng wang cheng i to sumatra up to the present time there has been discovered at kwan tien aleo advance guards consisting of a battalion of infantry and three of cavalry with a mountain battery according to reports received the japanese troops who before may ath in the neighborhood of feng wang cheng dig of in two sections the elret a days te the southwest of the feng want cheng roaul and the second on the lower lourae of the bayang river the latter commenced to cross on the came day thare Is no precise information art TO hand regarding the forces which have landed at Pits ewo |
