Show SEVERE FIGHTING RUSSIANS AND BANDITS ARE CLASHING IN FAR EAST london march 3 hardly a word of newa has come from the seat of war with the exception of the russian official dispatches published hero this morning and it now beems clear that the story in the morning telegraph two lays ago of a bombardment ot port arthur by the japanese on february Is nothing more than a re echo of loua attacks from comes an unconfirmed report that bandit armed with modern rifles have attacked a russian post to the west of hal chane 22 miles east by north ot new chwang that there was severe fighting and that both sides lost heavily this report Is discredited at but it u Is true it indicates that a serious danger Is confronting russia in these well armed brigand bands according to the dally malls account of this affair six japanese found among the bandits were killed this would tend to show that the japanese are organizing the bandits reports received here from boklo declare that japan has granted permission tor fifty three foreign newspaper correspondents to accompany the japanese forces the date of their departure has not been fixed A mile and a quarter of the siberian railroad according to the boklo re ports has been destroyed in the guta district between vladivostok and harbin fortifying strong points south of mukden thousands of coolies who are working day and night on the ramparts and entrenchments of hal cheng are compelled to labor without pay heartrending stories are appearing in the english newspapers ot the sufferings of refugees from port arthur on the train journey to european russia it is bitterly cold and there Is a scarcity of food and water several children have been suffocated under the rugs and shawls with which they were covered in attempts to keep them warm owing to exposure and exhaustion ha an epidemic of influenza has broken out among the refugees |