Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-22

Messenger this morning prlnts tue loi- lowing special dispatch from Liao Yang. under date of July 20:
 .'Our left flank yesterday withstood powerful onslaught of the enemy. Endorsements were sent out.
 "The Caucasian mountain brigade left Liao Yang this morning"
 The above evidently refers to the Japanese advance reported by the As sociated Press from Tatchekiao yester day on the northern Saimatsza- -Liao Yang road.
 If the advance on Mukden is contin- uing heavy fighting is imminent and general battle may be precipitated.
 Regarding the new advantage gained by the Japanese still further north of the Saimatsza-Liao Yang road, the army organ considers that the Japan csc operations there and the superiority of their forces at Molten pass, as shown in the engagement of July 1T, prove that there have been great changes in the numerical composition of the Japanese forces, and adds;
 Undoubtedly the newly formed re- serve units have been sent from Japan to strengthen the armies, and some of
 
 north from Siuyen. It is not improba- ble that the Japanese intend to make an attempt to occupy Lieutenant Gen. eral Count Keller's position at Zanze pass, which would render it much more difficult for him to take the Of fensive; but it Is scarcely probable that the Japanese intend with this column to advance upon Liao Yang or Mukden. Such move would be extremely dan gerous without a previous victory on the Liao Yang highroad and would call for the deployment of very large forces, for which the Saimatsza-Ai Yang road is not suitable"
 London, July p (2:25 p. m.)---In ac- cordance with instructions from For eign Minister LamsdOrff, Count Benck- endorff. the Russian ambassador to Great Britain. has informed Foreign Secretary LansdOwne that immediately upon fhe establishment of the presence of the broad arrow-the British gov ernment mark-upon the munitions on board the seized steamer Malacca and the fact that no other cargo of a con- traband character is on board that ves- gel. she will at once be released. In response to this notification Lord Lans- downe assured Count Benckendorm that all the boxes marked with the broad arrow were the property of the British government and the secretary added that he had been informed by the Peninsular and Oriental Co, the owners of the Malacca. that there was no contraband on board, q statement which the British government accepted because of the standing of the com- 9oany. Russia is now awaiting verin- cation Of the company's statement on the ground that fraud might have occurred and shipments of contraband substituted for goods declared on the manifest How and where this point will be determined has not been an nolinced. but Count Benckendorm has given the heartiest assurances to Ford IIansdoWne of the desire of the Russian government to settle the dis pute dtl an amicable spirit and no diff fculty in arranging this detail is ex- pected Nevertheless the British gov ernment regrets the delay in releasing the ship, fearing further public excite ment.
 The Associated Press learns that the Russian reply makes no reference to the general question of the Dardan- elles.
 The Russian diplomats here excuse NuG dCLlOA Ol u1C GO1AlAidAuGE OL lllC 6L Petersburg in seizing the Malacca on the ground that he had no idea of the significance of the broad arrow.
 Liao Yang. July 22-In the course of an interesting interview had with him in the hospital here by an Associated Press correspondent. General Rennen- kampff. who was recently wounded while reconnoitering a Japanese posi- tiOn coolly criticized the Japanese shooting as not up to the mark, and said the Japanese relied upon the quan- tity, rather than the quality, of lneir fire
 The general declared that the Japan ese are over slow and cautious. This criticism may be somewhat discounted, however, by the fact that General Ken nenkampff himself is one of the boldest and most dashing commanders in the Russian army.
 General Rennenkampf paid the high est tribute to the engineering skill of the Japanese. Their fortifications, he said. are marvels of completeness and are well constructed, located and masked. They freely use field tele- phones connecting their batteries and have excellent maps, many of which have been captured, on which ranges are marked
 'The Japanese is cunning and dan gerous foe,'' said General Rennen- kampff. .sbut he is not awful. He is slave to system lacking the necessary dash and willingness to take chances that would make him most formida- ble foe"
 Paris. July %. :45 D. m.-It was said at the foreign office at noon that the exchanges of communications go- ing on between London and St Peters burg and Paris show that the tension of the Anglo Russian situation has been materially relieved.
 It now appears that Russia has submitted to the British government a certain proposition which If accept able will serve as the basis for an .ad-