Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-09-24
SHELLS RAINING
ON PORT ARTHUR.
Togo S and Ramimura's Squadrons
Are Taking Part 10 the
Great Assault.
II MAY Be THE FINAL ONE.
Present Attack is Far More Furious
1bau Former Ones Simultaneous
On Three Sides

Paris SEPT e. The Mathis ST. Pc
torsburg correspondent telegraphs az
follows.
kilograms OF which The general stan
has as yet no knowledge reached the
car at o'clock this morning ! can
affirm that they concern Port Arthur
regarding which the greatest anxiety
pevalls AZ court
"The japanese are now engaged In a
general assault, which rs more furious
than lis predecessors. attacking the
town ON three sides simultaneously and
employing their whole forces. being de-
termlncd to finish the business.
Russian mines blew up whole
baitalions. Cen Fock especially dis
ilnguIshcd himself, directing the fire
from the wall which the japanese
reached after lndcscrlbabl massacre
THE whole OF ADMIRAL Togo's ana
Vice Admiral knmlmuras squadrons
are aiding the struggle. which. II is
feared, viii be final The beslcged FORCES
are fighting AZ IN q furnace
"A perfect storm of shell Is falling on
the town. port and fortress from the
whole Hill and roafstead, Cen Stoessel
Is going from fort 10 fort encouraging
the defenders in their desperate efforts.
In 81 Petersburg the facts concern
Ing The tragic event which perhaps will
terminate by a glorious fall OF PORT
Arthur, arc wholly unknown AT court
hope has not yet been entirely aban-
dned.'
BELATED DISPATCHES.
London Sept % a series Of beated
dispal ches from correspondents with
the japanese army are published In the
newspapers this morning. but they add
little TO the knowledge of the situation
In the far cast.
The Standards correspondent, under
date OF Sept. II, comments on Gen. ku-
topatkn's Yaclllation. He says that
one time the Russians outnumbered the
Japanese, and that they have now lost
their only chance Of assuming the Of.
fehslyc before the release Of the jap.
anese troops before Port Arthur.
other correspondents confirm the re
because Of The inclemency of the wea-
ther and lack Of tents
The Morning Post thinks II is i'm.
possible precisely to place u large Jap
anesc force that Is endeayoring to turn
Gen kuropatklns left, because Ia
pass, that is, Great pass IL term
applied 10 numerous ridges and passes
In Manchurla, The paper. however,
supposes that It's immediate object may
he the coal mines OF Fusan. which
must be- south OF the Hun river, be-
cause the preiudlces Of the people of
Mukden are strongly against mining
on the north bank Of that river for fear
Of disturbing the sleeping dragon that
Ia supposed to inhabt the mountains
eastward from Mukdcn toawrd Klrin.
The correspondent at Kobe OF the
Daily Express, telegraphlng ON Sept,
%, says that the japanese stopped the
British steamer Crusader In the Tsu-
garu strait and took 1t TO Hakodate
The Times Toxic correspondent tele-
graphs Hs follows. Lieut. Gen. Sir
william Nicholson. dlrector-general OF
the military intelligence Of the British
War Office who was appointed to OBJ
serve the movements Of the japanese
army, has returned TO Toxic, owing TO
sickness. lie emphatlcally denies tho
stories OF illberal treatment OF for
eign attaches by the Japanese staff
and declares that Il would have been
impossible TO show greater courtesy,
grant larger facilities or repose fuller
confidence. Gen. Nicholson express
es the highest appreciation Of the skill
of the Russian military engineers and