Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-06
IT WAS EFFECTED AT PIzWO.
Strict Orders Given Admiral Wittsoeft
Not to Take Warships Out from
Port Arthur.
THAT PLACE WELL PR0vlSIONED.
Garrison Reduced Four Thousand
Men, Money aud Field Guns
Removed to Mdkden,

st. Petersburg, May 9, $40 .. m,--The
details Of the japanese landing at PITT
wo have just been received by the gen.
eral stan. From information brought
TO Port Arthur by the Chinese, 60 trans
ports are disembarklng two divisions,
numbering altogether 10000 men, OF
which 10000 were landed yesterday
evening.
No news has been received up TO this
hour of any other landing.
Strict orders have been given to Rear
Admiral Wittsoeft not to take out his
warships from Port Arthur.
only Il few hundred Cossacks were
on the beach when the Japanese APP
peared, They fired a few rounds and
retired to the rear.
At the present hour The landing IL
proceeding unlnterruptedy. The rail-
road and telegraph to Port Arthur are
still working.
While It liz not officially admitted, It
IL believed here that the entrance To
Port Arthur is sealed. at least for large
warships.
According to the latest information
OF the general stan, Gen. Kuroki's army
advanced some distance along the road
to Feng Wang Cheng, and then halt
ed.
There Is said to be a question whether
Lieut. Gen. Zassaitoh received Gen.
kuropatkin's order to retire on Sun
day morning IN time to execute II.
PORT ARTHUR WELL PROYI-
STONED.
Newchwang, May cit Is reported
here that the Japanese troops landed
yesterday at Pitzwo. on the Lao Tung
peninsula, numbered 10000 men.
Port Arthur, according to reliable in
formation, is well supplied with pro-
visions.
GARRISON MUCH REDUCED.
Rome May 6,--Accordng to a tele-
gram received here from Chefoo the
garrison at Port Arthur has been re-
duced to 1000 men, and all the import
ant documents, money and field guns
have been removed to Mukden.
HosoYA's REPORT.
Toxic May G. noon. The report of
|, Admiral III soya, received today, gives
details of the landing Of Japanese
troops on the Lilac Tung peninsula,
suppressing Tie location of the landing
place. The admiral says:
our Seventh division, with torpedo
boats and the Hongkong Maru and the
Nippon Maru, arrived from the advance
oase Off the Lao Tung peninsula at
$3.50 May 8, Discovering number OF
the enemys patrols, we bombarded
them for a short time and then land.
Ing party OF railors, Capt. Nomoto
leading, was ordered ashore. 1t be-
Ing low tide, II was impossible to use
the boats. and the sailors plunged into
the water, waded breast deep about H.
900 yards and reached the beach at
T20p. m. Immediately dvancing they
took possession Of range Of hills with
out firing shot and planted our flags
on the hills,
"Thc gunboats Amagai, Oshima and
Cheokai were employed to distract the
enemy's attention They discovered a
hundred Of the enemy and sheled them.
killing several.
THE first fleet OF transports, on see
ing our flag displayed on an eminence,
began landing troops at p. M The
troops who were forced to wade ashore,
were in high spirits.
Tn order 10 facilitate the further
landing of troops piers are being erect
ed. our division is assisting In the
work"
The report Of Admiral Katacka.
commander OF the Third squadron, gives
additional details Of the landing The
admiral reports that his squadron con-
yoycd the first batch Of the second
army TO Lao Tung base and adds that
the Kara karu was assisted by the
protected cruiser Akltsushlma, which
succeeded I'm floating the transport.
which reached her destination safely az
o'clock the same evening.
WASHINGTON ADVISED.
Washington, May 6.-The state do
partment has received a cablegram
from United States Minister Grscom al
Toxic confirming the press reports OF
the landing OF the japanese on the Lilac
Tung peninsula, about 40 miles above
Port Arthur The location as given ia
the japanese dispatch, however. Is Kin
Chau. This Is the narrowest point on
the peninsula and consequently. the
minister says, the railroad Is practically
closed and the investment OF Port Ar
thur has begun.
LANDING PLACE A SECRET
TOXIC, May c (noon) beyond the an
nouncoment that a certain force of the
Japanese army effected a landing at an
unnamed place on the Liao Tung PENN
sua yesterday and the report OF Adj
miral Hosoya, the government abso-
lutely refuses TO discuss the nature OF
this operation or It's plans.
Gen, Fukushlma Of the general stair
made the announcement Of this move
mrnt 10 the foreign correspondents
here. He said:
ION the dfth Of May some strength OF
the japanese army began to land on the
Liao Tung peninsula
"Whero and I'm what force ?"asked the
correspondents.
Cen Fukushima smiled in answer,
but said nothing.
From the east, west, north or
south2' asked the correspondents.
"Jut Of the skies from heaven" an.
qwercd the general, and the interview
ended,