Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-08-23
CHAIN F0RTFALLSINT0
THE HANDS OF THE JAPS
Outer Defense is Taken by the Mika.
dos Men, After a Tremendous At
tdCk---Losses Have Been Heavy
During the Siege of Port Arthur.

London, Aug. 23.-The Evenin
News this afternoon publishes a dis
patch from Che Foo under today
date announcing that the Japanes
captured "Chain Fort" of the Port Al
thur defenses, yesterday, after a tire
mendous attack.
Lao Yang Expected to Fall.
Tien Tsin, Aug 23-The Lloyds
agent at New Chwang reports as fol
lows: The Russians are OBTAINING pro
duce from the interior. Lao Yang is
expected to fall shortly New Chwang
and the country under Japanese juris
diction is progressing wonderfully
Japanese Losses are Heavy.
st. Petersburg, Aug. 23.-Despite
the popular feeling that Port Arthur
is doomed, the success with which
Lieutenant General Stoessel has been
beating off the Japanese assaults and
the heavy losses suffered by the be-
siegers, offer considerable encourage
ment to the war office. "There is a
limit beyond which troops cannot go,
no matter how gallant" said an officer
Of the general staff this morning. "a
fifth part of the army before Port Ar
thur is a small estimate of the enc
my's losses to date. If the storming
operations, which are now progressing,
fail to give foothold in the ring of
the inner defenses, the Japanese will
be compelled by sheer exhaustion to
recuperate, and I believe they will
abandon the general assault and settle
down to siege operations"
criticizes Russian Idea.
st. Petersburg, Aug. 23.-A naval
critic of Viedmosti boldly expresses
the opinion that the Port Arthur squad
ron would commit an act of folly if
it went out now, and that the squad
ron would be lost without profit to
Port Arthur. 1t would be better to dis
mantle and send the guns and men
ashore. This would reinforce General
Stoessel to the extent of nearly seven
heavy and four hundred light guns,
and six thousand men. Then if the
worse comes, the ships can be sunk
Foreign Office Not Advised.
Paris, Aug. 23.-The foreign office
here has not been advised of the de-
parture from Saigon, capital of French
Indo- China, of the Russian cruiser Di-
ana, which sought refuge there Au-
gust 20, following the battle off Port
Arthur August 10. 1t is considered
probable that the cruiser will sail for
on leaving the port, as it Is
reported no Japanese warships are
stationed south of Shanghai.
Japanese Pressing Russians.
Che Foo, Aug. 23.-According to ad-
vices brought here from Port Arthur
by a junk, the Japanese were hotly
pressing the Russian center along the
and the Russian right in the
of Golden Hill. The Chinese
declared that the Japanese occupied
Taipangtze and penetrated along the
railroad to General Stoessel's resi-
ience on August 81. AS this report
would indicate that Port Arthur had
all but fallen, the Japanese expert, at
,ached to the local consulate, received
The information with great reserve.
The information is accepted, however,
as a confirmation of the various re-
ports that the Russians have been driv-
en- out of Itzhan and that the Japan
ase are very close to the, southern
forts of the eastern deIense5..
Russian Cruiser Defeated.
Toxic, Aug. 23.-The Japanese pro-
ected cruiser Tsushima alone defeat
ID the Russian cruiser Novik. The
irst engagement occurred Saturday,
August 20, and the Japanese protected
cruiser Chitose finished the destruc-
ion of the Russian ship Sunday. De-
,ails of the engagement reached the
navy department today. The Tsushi-
ma found the Novik off Korsakovsk
larbor at 4:30 o'clock in the afternoon.
The vessel Immediately signalled the
discovery to the Chitose by wireless
Biography and at once attacked the
enemy. The Novik was hit frequently
Ind at $40 o'clock retreated to the in
Ter anchorage harbor. The cruiser
vas then enveloped In smoke and was
evidently on fire. The Tsushima had
eceived projectiles through bunk
MS numbers six and eight The boat
vas leaking badly and listing, and was
orced to withdraw from the range of
he Novik's guns for temporary re-
,airs. On Sunday the Chitose entered
he harbor and found the Russian crew
lisembarking. The Novik was shelled
or fifty minutes and left practically
wreck. The Tsushima has. been re-
,aired and is in fighting trim again.
Washington Requests Facts.
Washington. Aug. 23.--Acting Sec
'etary Of State Adee has cabled Min
ster Conger at Pekin requesting that