Show RUSSIAN MOVEMENTS ARE KEPT QUIET v m the reported loss of japanese regiments at port arthur is officially denied st petersburg feb 13 the asso is authorized to deny the report that japanese troops have landed at port arthur with the loss dt two regiments nothing Is known here officially regarding the movements qt the squadron but the reports that it had sunk japanese transports and destroyed Hak are generally discredited it being pointed out that it Is impossible for the squadron to have been in two places almost simultaneously A naval expert says that it the Hak story la true admiral will be able to come south by the eastern coast of japan and cause enoi ious havoc along the chore and to shipping and ultimately effect a juncture with admiral Viren lus on his way to the far east from europe viceroy Alexi etts silence about the squadron is explained as follows for strategic reasons the viceroy as commander in chief is empowered to dispose of the ships and men without consulting headquarters the enumeration of the russian ships engaged at port arthur was purposely omitted in the official reports as it would have given a valuable information to the enemy A telegram has been received from a resident of port arthur in which the sender claims he saw one japanese sink the fact that no mention was made ot ahls in the viceroys vice roys dispatch docs not disprove the story because the viceroy is careful not to announce anything outside of personally established it Is pointed out on high authority that the japanese are not likely to admit such a loss and it Is recalled Ye called that during the chinese war they were most secretive about casualties the telegraph between port arthur and the balu yalu alfer Is belle ired to be broken which explains the absence ot direct news regarding the naval engagement oft however doubt Is entertained here as to the fate of the and korzetz Kor letz the allowing up ol 01 the russian torpedo transport as the result ot accidentally striking a mine at port arthur was telegraphed here yesterday but the news was not given out until the names of the officers killed were known so as to avoid needless anxiety among relatives ot the surviving officers according to the the wag laying mines at the entrance of tallen wan bay with the object of closing it against attack from the sea observing that one of the mines bad risen to the surface the yan esel approached tor the purpose ot lifting it up whan the vessel came in contact hii another mine which exploded ant caused the disaster the first feeling of depression Is disappearing and entire confidence Is expressed in the ultimate success of the russian arms A distinguished russian said the slight reverses which we sustained at the outset have had a good effect the russians no longer despise the enemy that was a mistake which we made the japanese certainly are fighter who will bo treated with te respect they deserve |