Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-04-07
ASSAULT ON
PORT ARTHUR
ENLARGED JAPANEsE FLEET
WILL ATTEMPT 70 TAKE
=, THE CITY.
DETERMINED ASSAULT AT HAND
JAPANESE CONTINUE TO AD.
VANCE IN KOREA WITHOUT
oPPoslT.oN.
BIG FORCE LANDS m hlANCuURiA
JAPANESE ARMY OF 10000 MEN
MARCHING NORTH AND
NoRTHWasT.
BIG FORCE LANDS IN MANClURlA

Landing Along the ANU.
Seoul, April 5.-Correspondents at
tached to the first Japanese column
will leave Chemulpo next Friday.
Their destination is unknown. There
are persistent reports that the Japan
ese are landing at Yongampho and
along the ANU river.
Russians Are There.
Pingyang. April s. - The Russians
hold the Yalu for seventy-five miles
from the mouth of tho river. Their
cavalry 10 concentrated In viii. No
engagement is expected on the south.
ern side of the river.
Ready to Force the YaIu.
London, April 5.-The correspond.
ent of the Times at Wei-Hai-Wei, TEL
egraphing under date Of April Z, after
he had returned from q cruise, gives
an outline Of the present situation
and says: -
Gen. Kuroki's army is now in a
position to attempt to force the Yalu
whenever and wherever he may de-
eide, but, apparently having secured
strategic position, he Is awaiting the
development Of the second Japanese
mobilization before making decisive
move. This development is already
under way, but am precluded from
detailing it" ~.
skIrmlshing Continues.
Reports Of further skirmtshing be-
tween the Russians and Japanese In
the Yalu river region are reaching
here, but no details are given.
The Daily Telegraph's Seoul cor
respondent believes the defenses Of
Port Arthur have been so weakened
that the early capture Of the port is
to be expected. There is little doubt,
the correspondent says, that only
narrow passage is left and that at the
first favorable opportunity the
Japanese Will Block
the channel. The Russians have taken
many twelve-inch guns out OF their
ships to arm the old and new de-
fences of Port Arthur.
The Daily Telegraph's Shanghai
correspondent gives an unconfirmed
900 men has landed opposite Tako-
Shan, in Southern Manchuria. and is
marching north and northwest; that
another army of 10000 has landed in
Northwestern Korea and is marching
toward the Yalu river and that Z
third force has disembarked In
Northeastern Korea and is marching
westward. .@.~a~
Russian Dander Is w..
Port Arthur, April 5.-Preparations
have been made to give the Japanese
a warm reception In case they again
attempt to block the harbor.
Vice Admiral Togo was right in sur
missing that Vice Admiral Makaroff Is
responsible for the change in Russian
naval tactics and for the inspiration
Of the Russian seamen. as
A signal man named Andronsenko,
who, during the hombardm@nt oof
Vladivostok, remained at small sig.
nal station on Askold island, near the
enemy's ships, and wired information
of their movements to the fortress,
has been decorated with the Cross Of
St. George. &
~ Continue to Advance.
Toxic, April 5.-The advance guard
Of the Japanese army in Northwest.
ern Korea yesterday afternoon, with.
out opposition, occupied the town of
Seng Cheng, on the Pekin road, eigh-
teen miles west of Chengju and about
forty miles south of VIII.
When the Japanese drove the Rus
SLAMS out of Chengju last Monday the
Russians withdrew in two columns
one going over the Koak San road
and the other over the Pekin road
The advance from Chengju was made
very rapidly. It was anticipated that
the Russians would resist this ad
vance, but they failed to do SO, and
now it is not probable that there will
be any further opposition south of the
Yalu river.
Easy for Japanese.
Chengju, because of its superior
natural surroundings, is the strongest
place between Pingyang and VIII
Besides these natural advantages
there is an old Korean fort there
which, had it been defended with
spirit, would have been hard to take
The Japanese are gratihed at thu
comparative ease with which theJ
drove the Russians from this fort.
Russian patrols are reported to b
in the country east of the Pekin road
but 1t is not probable that there Il