Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-09
japanese Have Made 1t Impossible
For 1t to Reinforce the Sec.
Ond Pacific Squadron.
WAS OBJECT Of THEIR ASSAULTS
Will Rely on Starving Out the Port
Arthur Garrison Until It is
Finally Captured.

Tokyo Dec. Q, evening, I'm disabling
the Russian feet at Port Arthur pre-.
Guiding the possibility Of rs being able
TO reinforce the Russian second Pa
cIha squadron, the Japanese have ac-
oomrlighed the main object OF the 1es-
perate assaults against the fortress
Which they have been making Cor The
past three months, There Is now q
strong probability that while continue
Ing the siege they viii avoid losses of
the magnitude already attending their
efforts, and instead of assau'tlng, win
rely Oh starving out the garrison until
Il is finally captured
REPORT ON COMMANDMENT
Tokyo, Dec, o. noon-The following
report dated Dec s, 10 ID. M, has tceu
received from the commander Of the
naval land ltteries In front Of Port
Arthur
Eight shells struck the protected
cruiser Pallada today and set her Oh
fire, simultaneously she began TO list
To port, lowering astern She is decm-
cd untitled for navigation
during The action we discovered The
gunboat Glliak 10 the landward north
OF The battleship Peresyiet and pun.
harded her, Eleven OF our shells were
elective This vessels IS also deemed
10 be disabled
THE hits made by our naval and
siege guns today total 30 The ar
~
ll'3O o'clock this morning. and the fire
was not eNtinguIshed az 4.l5 in the at-
teruoon Evidently the cruiser is Sc
rlously damaged
THE results OF our bombardment Of
the battleship Seyastopol the mine
ship transport Amur and the trans
ports are not yet known"
The above mentioned hits were made
with shells from heavy guns, Those
made by the small shells are not meu-
tiiQned IN the report
Another report from the same COM
mander, dated al o'clock this (tri-
day. morning, is as follows
AS the result Of our naval gun bonn
bardment yesterday Thursday, the
Bayan was hit six times aud the Amur
IA times. The Amur Is sinking astern.
"Our cannonade directed against the
glorehouses and arsenals at the north
cas- tbaso OF Palyu mountain resulted
In 80 hits, causing great damage
NO RESISTANCE BY RUSSIANS.
Tokyo, Dec, 9 5 p. m.-Considerable
establishment Is expressed here over
the fact that the Russians In no way
resisted the disabling OF the Port Ar
thur fleet. In certain quarters the
opinion is entertained that the Rus
slams opened the seacocks Of the sub
merged vessels. so as TO lessen their
exposure to the japanese fire,
The recent cessation Of mine clear
ing was taken as evidence that the fleet
did not intend TO make a sortie.
There was no sign OF life on the
Russian ships during the bombardment,
and from this fact It is concluded that
the blue jackets took refuge on land or
that they are engaged In the land de-
lenses.
with the Russian second Pacific
squadron approaching, those IN Tokyo
cannot comprehend the failure Of the
Russians 20 die hard and 20 inhict all
possible damage on the japanese fleet.
even at the cost OF weakening the ef-
fectve garrison.
Now that the Port Arthur fleet has
been disabled, Il Is deemed impossible
for the Russians 20 overcome the In
feriorlty OF the second Pacific squad
ron to Togo's fleet, unless, at present
the Black sea feet should
pass the Dardanelles.
PORT ARTHUR SHORT OF FOOD.
Headquarters Of the japanese Third
Army Before Port Arthur, Dec S. via
Fusan. Dec. g-Russiau prisoners re-
port that the food supply OF the gar
risOn Is insufficient. The men subsist
on short rations Of bread made Of a
of flour and coarsor grains
while the officers get horsehesh twice
a week.
Dysentery and typhoid, the prisoners
say, are very prevalent. Owing TO
the bad weather a supply Of fresh
vegetables cannot be obtained, and the
supply Of timed meat was finished a
month ago.
Two Russian officers captured at Two
Hundred aud Three-Metor Hill one be-
longing to the navy and the other Ia
the army. are being treated with the
greatest courtesy by the Japanese stan
I'm consideration OF similar treatment
accorded to the japanese officers cap
tured by the Russians. Special ar
have been made 10 trans
port the officers 10 Japan
This is taken as an idlcatlon Of the
disposition Of both sldes TO end the
ferocity cheracterizing the fighting Tor
months past. during which quarter was