Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-18
UNDER RUSSIAN GUNS
Japs' Torpedo Boats Make a
 Second Dash at Enemy.
CHARS CRUISERS AGAIN SUFFER
Rwss4a Claims Storms and Cold of Winter as Her Great Alliek--Ja- DAn Moves Immense Masses
 of Men Awm1nst Russfu.

DAm Moves Immense Masses
 of Men Against Russia.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 1s.-A report from London says that two Russian battleships were destroyed by the at- tack of the Japanese torpedo boats on Sunday last.
 A Tokyo dispatch says: "On the 18th of February a detachment of torpedo boat destroyers proceeded, braving the fierce north storm, toward Port Ar thur. At o'clock the next morning the Asaglri, a Japanese torpedo boat destroyer, amid shower of shells from the enemy's fort and ships, tor pedoed Russian man-of-war and, fur ther firing on the enemy's guard boat safely returned to its headquarters. The Hayatori, another Japanese torpe- do boat destroyer, at 5 o'clock of the same morning approached to the mouth of the port, where she found two os the enemy's men-of-war and, in dcfi- ance of their firing, immediately torpe- doed one of them with effective e=- plosion and safely withdrew"
 A Nagnsaki dispatch says Jara npsse soldiers on the point of embarkaticr for the front are marching through .Ae streets of many Japanese ports kestaas those of Moji, Nagaaaki and Kob&s
 Transports have embark cd uoop@ korse and foot, and guns, and more gre on the way, but the Japanese cavalry horses seem hardly worth transporting except to knacker's yard Nsvur have there been seen such sorry acsuh porsieA
 Thsrs are more than s score sf steam transports at Moji, among ether pinacss and of these numbers clear nightly for ports toward Korea
 There are ten large transport steam CTS at Nagasaki flying the army a1d not the navy transport flag Horse boxes have been fitted on board ths vesseh, and the men'S quarters are most connexions.
 Trains arrive upon the wharfs, which, With their lines, were laid in week. They cover ( mile of ground formerly . marsh but now filled Up. The troops are fed and marched to their billets and subsequently, era parked upon lighters and steam launches, by which they are taken quietly to the ships.
 The steamers, besides carrying full complement of their own boats, have each from eight to ten large, strong sampans upon their davits. These sam pans are admirably adapted for being rowed or lowed in shallow waters or through heavy surf.
 It is believed that the destination of this force is point near the mouth of the Yalu river or spot on the Liao- tung peninsula, hanktng Port Arthur.
 The Japanese have also concentrated about 6O,O00 troops at Wonsan, on the entering Manchuria.
 Japan has already landed 10000 troops in Korea, SO,0O0 of whom are extended along the fighting front south of the Yalu river.
 St. Petersburg dispatches say the rigid censorship imposed here upon all nOws from the far east completely masks the movements of Russian troops and ths plans of those in com mand, but what is being done is evi- dently satisfactory to the authorities A0RSs 0S SnCy AAhiACSC eAC OeAAOot NSh fidence that when the proper time ar- rives the enemy will be crushed. They say that the preliminary sea victories of the Japanese will be speedily for gotten.
 Russia was taken unawares at the outset, and some little time will be re- quired to complete the mobilization of Russian troops. There will be no dis position to meet the evident wish of the Japanese to rush matters to a de- cision. Russia can afford to wait'' is a common expression heard here, and time and patience always have been strong allies of the empire of the north.
 Moreover, the excessively severe win ter weather at the scene of war, 1t is averred, also fights on the side of ths cSnrs legions, as 1t did in tho days of Napoleon, when the Russian provcrb. "Janu&xy, February and March are among ths emperor's nblcst generals" was cotnod.
 At Port Arthur the tharmon1etur reg istS~S 2 degrees below zero F. The eonceutration of Russian troops will FKVSCCN Gw S@p4OaJ hH POS%AOAoi pat At AS fair to assume that viceroy Alexeien will not take the aggressive until he feals certain of his ability to Ad:uin1s- ter a decisive defeat. Therefore, in spite of the extensive landing opera tions of tho Japanese in Korea, an i'm pcrtsnt land fight is not considered A~rs ts be imminent. although 1t is be- Hsvad that the passage of the Yalu river by the Japanese will be disputed.
 Voluntary contributions to replace the ships already destroyed by the en- emy are already assuming large pro- portions. one man having given the sum of $2o,Oo0. It was through eimi- lar movement that the present volun- teer fleet was started after the Russo Turkish war.
 The report of a massacre of Jews near Kiev is denied bv the minister of