The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-14
LONDON SUMMARY.
eist Of the Dispatches to the Various
Papers.

FapelS-
London, March 1.-THE rumor Of the
evacuation Of Port Arthur is repeated
this morning from different points, but
is absolutely without confirmation.
According to the St Petersburg cor
respondent of the Daily Telegraph
vague rumorS are current there that
later kilograms describe the lombard
ment of Port Arthur as much more Sc
rious than has been admitted officially
Special dispatches from Toxic and
YinkOw also give reports of heavy Rus
sian casualties at Port Arthur amount
ing 10 forty men killed and 100 wound
ed, but they are so conflicting in de-
tails that It is not wise to give much
credence TO them. In a dispatch from
Toxic, dated March Is, n correspondents
of the Daily Telegraph says that in the
latest attack on Port Arthur two Rus
sian torpedo boat destroyers were sunk
| and great damage was done to the
docks and forts and arsenals, including
the explosion Of a powder magazine
Dalny is reported TO have been almost
entirely destroyed. Several guns there
were dismounted and the crew of four
torpedo boats in the inside harbor are
said TO have deserted.
Retvizan Hit.
The Daily Telegraph publishes dis
patch from correspondent at Yinkow,
who reports that the Russian battleship
I Retvizan at Port Arthur was hit FIVE
times by Japanese projectiles and that
! there were twenty casualties on board.
This correspondent declares further
that the presence of japanese at Feng
Huan Cheng. the Manchurian town
about ninety-seven miles northwest Of
Win, has been confirmed.
The Yinkow correspondent of the
Daily Mail reports that serious disputes
occur daily between the Russian naval
and military officers at Port Arthur, the
| latter reproaching the former with in
| competency and cowardice. The COR
respondent describes the floating of the
battleship Retvizan, and says the dock
| at Port Arthur is too small to repair
/ her. General Stoessel. in command at
| Port Arthur, has. been ordered to the
! Yalu, the correspondent concludes. and
he will be replaced by General Smirnoff.
Seen Through Glass.
In a dispatch from Chefoo, dated
/ March Il, a correspondent Of the Daily
! Mail describes an inspection of Port
/ Arthur made on the 18th instant from
a boat. The new city seemed TO be on
! fire; three columns of smoke We're as
| cending from it, The Bread hill fort
( appeared TO have suffered severely; the
| defenses We're shattered and the earth
works torn up.
No guns were visible. The line Of
| forts on the Tigers Tail also appeared
| to have suffered damage. At sunrise
no sign of life could be seen anywhere
/ and Port Arthur looked like a city Of
death.
| The torpedo boat destroyers inside did
/ not appear to have steam up.
| Special dispatches from Port Arthur
| say there are rumoTs among the Chi
nese population that the projected Jap
| anese descent on the Liaotung PENN
| sula is imminent. The Tien Tsin cor
| respondent of the Daily Chronicle re-
! ports that 10000 japanese are nearing
! New Chuang.
| The Times publishes a dispatch from
Seoul, dated March IL, in which the cor
/ respondent confirms previous reports
| that it is the intention of Japan to wait
until the ice breaks up before making
| large disembarkations, in order to
| avoid difficulties on the roads. Trans
ports are still arriving to make good
| the deficiencies on the Seoul-Chemulpo
| line, which has been denuded of troops,
! but some time is likely TO elapse be-
! fore any great achievement is at
| tempted.
| A correspondent of the Times at To-
\ kio says the latest news received there
/ shows that the Korean coast between
| Gensan and Songchin is entirely free
/ from Russian troops.