Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-05-25
HEAVY FIGHTING ALL
ALONG THE LINE
Reports Are Conflicting But Events
on the Lao Tung Peninsula Are
Evidently Nearing a Crisis--Rus-
sian Vandals Desecrdte Corean
TOmbS.

Che Foo. May % A portion
of the Japanese feet bombardet
Port Arthur at II O'Clock yes
terday morning. The attack was wit
messed by Frenchman. who left Dial
ny on the night of the 22d, arriving
here tonight. He said that eight large
Warships circled about the entrance o1
the harbor at Port Arthur for one hour
firing broadsides at intervals of ten
minutes. Up to the time the French
man left Dalny, everything was quiet
there, but an attack on the part OF
the Japanese was expected hourly.
| The military and civil authorities 1t
Dalny were ready to leave. Only few
| civilians remain there. An attempt
was made a fortnight ago to destroy
the docks and piers at Dalny but it IVES
not successful, and after the receipt Vt
battleship Hatsuse. Lieutenant General
Stoessel, commander of the mi,itar.
forces at Port Arthur, ordered that The
docks and piers be not destroyed. The
Japanese are in force at Pitsewo and
Kin Chau, and are ready to march
down either side of the peninsula to-
wards Port Arthur. The German
steamer Che Foo was fired on by a
Japanese cruiser in Pechili Gulf to-
day. She misunderstood the signals of
the cruiser The Swedish steamer kar
in was also fired on during last night
while off the Liao Tio Shan promon-
tory, but it is not known whence this
fire came.
Battle Near Port Arthur.
Chicago, May 25--A special to the
Daily News from Che Foo says:
while cruising in Society Ba this
morning the Fawan ran across Jap
anese fleet of four cruisers and four
torpedo boat destroyers. The vessels
were evidently assisting some landing
party From the Chinese jhnks in the
bay it was learned that heavy f'hring
is in progress on the shore in the
neighborhood of Port Arthur.
Russians Burned Sacred Shrines of
the Coreans.
Seoul, May PA telegram has been
coast of Corea, saying that the Rus
SLAMS, after an engagement with the
Corean troops at Ham Heung on May
10 burned the shrines and royal man.
soleum which were erected by the
founder of the present Corean dynas-
ty in 1864, and which were regarded
by the Coreans as sacred. This appar-
ent wanton desecration Of tombs in
land imbued with the spirit of ances-
tor worship has caused an excited de-
nunciation of the Russians on the part
of the Seoul officials The Cossacks
who are believed to be at Kyong
Song, according to Corean reports,
have about 20 guns with them. If
this is true. this artillery is probably
composed of trans-Baikal horse bat
teries.
Attempt to Catch Cossacks.
Seoul, May 25-Colonel Kioshitas
COluluu oil ~ Gu at ANluu5 eng Oli way
18th and found the Russians divided,
one party going north and the other
east. The latter attacked Ham Heung.
1t is impossible for the Japanese infan-
try to overtake the mobile Cossacks,
so the column returned to Anju on May
20. The main commissiariat base OF
the Japanese, which had been located
at Chemulpo since the outbreak OF the
war has been transferred to Seoul.
Bloody Battle Reported.
Mukden, May 25-According to the
latest information obtainable. the Jap
anese have resumed their forward
movement. Several columns are ad-
vancing, though the bulk of the invad-
ing army is still near Feng Wang
Cheng. There are insistent reports OF
a bloody battle having taken place be-
tween the Japanese advancing along
the railroad from Pulantien and the
Russians near XII Chou, on the aLiao
Tung peninsula, resulting in the defeat
OF the Japanese with great loss. Small
parties Of Japanese scouts have been
seen northeast Of Mukden, at consid-
cradle distance, but no important body
OF the enemy has been located in this
vicinity.
Heavy Fighting on Lao Tang PENN.
sular.
Llao Yang, May 25-There are fur
ther rumors of heavy fighting at the
advanced positions of General Flocks
forces on the Lao Tung peninsula.
but the correspondent of the Associat-
ed Press has been unable officially to
confirm the report.
Communication Between I,nanese
Armies interrupted.
Paris, May 25-A dispatch TO g, the
Temps from st. Petersburg. saws that
General Kuropatkin has cut the land
communication between the armies of
Generals Kuroki and Oku.