The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-07-22
RUSSO=JAPANESE WAR

OH SoluplOu DOllNll10 lClJ llcIS yes
terday for Alexandria. The admiral
has been in communication with the
commander of the East Indian squad.
ron on the subject, it is believed, of
policing the Mediterranean in Red
sea and OF conveying British ships SO
as to prevent Interference by the Rus.
sian warships.
Britain Will Make a Howl.
London, July 19.-The Constantine.
pie correspondent of the Standard, in
in a dispatch dated July II, says:
THE Russian guardship Chernomor-
OTTO passed through the bosphorus
from the Black Sea this morning"
The Chernomorotzo is a gun vessel
belonging to the Black sea feet and
she carries two eight-inch guns. She
is equipped with two torpedo tubes
and carries a crew of 100.
Almost without exception the news
papers this morning comment upon
the Russian volunteer fleet steamers
passing the d~ardanelles. and the gov
eminent is urged to TAX action, espe-
Sldliy All SAC pIOlCCSIOA "a
commerce in the Red sea and neigh
boring waters.
Government Protest.
The Daily Telegraph, concluding an
outspoken protest, written with traces
of government inspiration, says:
There is a limit to complaisance
when neutral commerce under the
British flag is molested in a way to
which we have been for a century and
a half unused"
Special dispatches from Berlin
echo the feeling of irritation that ex-
lists in London.
The Standards Toxic correspondent
says, cabling under date of July II, the
Jill Shimpo, in an editorial, expresses
the hope that Great Britain will see
that Turkey lends Russia no assis-
lance by allowing steamers of the vol
unteer fleet to pass the dardanelles.
The Jill Shimpo declares that Great
Britain is bound under the terms of
the Anglo-Japanese alliance to pre-
vent such assistance being given.
Skirmishes Between Patrols.
Kuroki's Headquarters, in the Field,
Manchuria, near Molten Pass, July 10.
The situation should develop o
The Russian force under Kuropat-
kin, stationed between the Japanese
front and the railway, is being strong
ly reinforced. The outposts of the OPP
posing armies are in close touch.
Skirmishes between patrols occur
every now and then.
Little rain has fallen in the past
fortnight, and consequently the trans
port arrangements Of the Japanese
have not been much impeded.
Heavy Firing Is Heard.
Tien-tsin, July 10. - 1t has been
learned from a Chinese source here
that heavy firing has been heard out
side of Tatchekiao for the past two
hours.
Battle or Port Arthur.
Shanghai, July ia naval engage
ment took place yesterday Off Port Ar
thur. Details as to the result of the
engagement have not yet been re-
ported. The Fawan, the steamer on
which the correspondent of a Chicago
newspaper has been cruising in the
neighborhood of the naval operations,
has been seized by the Russians and
towed into the harbor OF Port Arthur.
Niuchwang has been practically
evacuated by the Russians. but the re-
mort fhof fhn Tonop0Cn hnvo ooorniod
the town appears to be premature.
The Russian gunboat Sivoutch at
tempted to leave the harbor, but was
sighted by the Japanese warships out
side, and the captain deemed it ad-
visable to return with the ship to it's
anchorage up the river.
Daily Attacks.
Chicago, July 17.-Richard H. Little,
Daily News staff correspondent, cables
his paper as follows from Niuchwang:
Kuropatkin's line of battle has been
extended and strengthened. 1t now
practically reaches from Liao~yang to
Tatchekiao. The Japanese troops are
making daily attacks on T%aipingshan
and other points around Tatchekiao.
Military men here are of the opinion
that the greatest battle Of the war up
to this point has already begun, and
that it will be decided south Of Lao
yang.
Story Of Disaster a Hoax.
st. Petersburg, July lit appears
now that the dispatch reporting the
loss of 10000 Japanese was a miser-
able hoax on the part OF the Japanese
themselves, suggested in order to mis-
lead Gen. K~uropatkin and to cause
him to advance.
The consequent modification and
disgust felt here has no limits.
To make matters worse. according
to the latest dispatches, Gen. Oku is
seriously threatening N%iuchwang with
a large force, while Field Marshal
Oyama has taken personal direction of
the investing forces at Port Arthur,
and the best ship in the Russian navy
in the Far East. the Novik. is dam
aged.