Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-22
SOUND Of CANNON
FIRING HEARD,
,,,,,, Report, it Was About y. Six
i'', ,';I., 70 southwark, There
B.jps Fourteen Shots
rR1 ARTHUR IS OCCUPIED
-, !, The Report but u'eondrmed--
WV o,,uo,tan Of ANU aud Ping
Yang is Certain.

r,.,ov March g!,-.Flrins was heard
. , ,ss coast apparently about six miles
!. y. ~ southwark, "A shots having been 81
. '' s.,ween : and 1880 this morning.
s,l'r ,,S 0r was hary and 1t was im'
T'' r a - distinguish objects at sea- A
E ''.",sl e report has reached here that 7
'f'a .'nI..rs and five gunOoats we're of
viuchov yesterday
PORT ARTHUR STORIES
,,,dsu. March sl,--A number Of ru-
~. are printed in the newspapers mere
a,n,l morning but they must be accepted
uh great reserve u -,
~, DAILY Telegraphs Toxic corre'
..,.d.ut cables a newspaper repre-
s',lsa Of the Japanese occupation
DIRT Arthur after a combined land
"a =, attack Saturday and Sunday
!, !. asserted that a division OF Japa'
~. landed on the Lao Tung peninsula
s,ardsy and engaged the Russians
~. port Arthur, while the feet bonn
h,asd from saturday evening until
's ny" same correspondent reports o
.,,ro encounter al Chyong syong, on
\, yah river about 80 miles north
~. AZ WIFI. In which the Russians lost
mln killed or wounded.
ms Daily Chronicles Shanghai corre-
,,andsnt hears from Newchwang that
K, Iapanese crossed Tatung pass. for
~ mDes from Hacheng, and that col
ItsnnsNilh the Russians occurred.
Reports from Seoul and Toxic are to
n. tseet that Marquis II has arranged
,ol,nd s00CON yen 1880, OOO) to Korea
On easy terms, :,
According to the Standards Tien
rgn correspondent China Is appealing
10 the powers for an extension OF a
year In The period for the payment OF
n, indemnity growing out Of the Boxer
troubles.
TNe correspondent at TIen Tsln OF
HE Daily Mall reports that kataoa, a
hpanese merchant and Russian spy,
has been assassInated by being buried
,lye but that the Japanese authorities
lSycg any knowledge OF the assass-
Iralion.
The Morning Posts Hamburg corre-
lponilnt says that Russia has pur.
chased the Hamburg steamer HATS,
shlch Is now at Vladlvost0k, for 1880.
", and that the vessels name has been
changed to Alexetrapani.
ANU OCCUPIED.
stPsteuburg. March 2l.--The follow.
l'g Official dispatch. dated Mukden,
March q, was received today;
Gen. zhllnsy reports as follows;
The troops are In good spirits and
tAHt Ia no sickness According to re-
ports received from the frontier guards
on he eastern Chinese railway, every
thing Is In order there At Udyeni sta
ton Capt uksemOff, with 70 cavalry
men, has driven on band Of 100 Chi
Ese bandits.
The occupation OF the towns Of
Anju and Ping Yang by the enemy's
lnfaniry and artillery II confirmed. An
htftased movement OF troops and
Transports On the road between Ping
Yang and ANU is noticeable.
Thirteen Of the enemy's transports
'ktnuy unloaded at Chirampo.
According TO reports, there have
len no Preparations for landing on the
east Of Coajoa or opposite Klnchow.
All reports appearing In foreign
nSipaDeTs Of the landing Of Japanese
troops at different points on the coast
ne Inventions
JAPAN'S AMBITION.
s. Petersburg, March 2l,-vladiyo.
NeS papers which have just arrived
Me say that member Of the Japanese
@l'dlale declared on the eve Of his de-
patlure that It was Japan's ambition
cfye the Russians across the Amur.
restore ManChuua to China and annex
Korea.
Ihe yladIyostok editors find It almost
IMPOSSIBLE to get out their papers. The
spply OIL paper Is practically exhaust
~ they cannot get up steam I'm the
Ee" boilers because the horses which
uIlea me water have gone, most OF the
,'poTNIs and composltors have either
ven called TO the colors or have bolted
eeiyed. ~ 's
KOREA NOT A BELLIGERENT.
~ :" petersburg. March q, 1855 n. M
~, 'Hc io'eisn Office gives an absolute de-
S Ss, " ue statement telegraphed from
. NY. WSt Korea Is regarded as belllg-
t0,aS S Russia as previously stated,
av'us sll we acts Of Krea since the dec
I,auoh OF her neutrality as being under
, ,spsIese duress. and unless the Korean
,,S nv. formally notifies the powers
,s. ~. sne mas Joined with Japan and
tsr,s, w arms Russia viii consider her
a,"sa, . but any Korean troops which
t lN ~ impede Russian movements or
SIvau ne enemy Will be considered In
% T heir nationality ''"'e
lst ,rV :, statement that the Russian min.
dnvs reNn has demanded the with.
M ys.. VI ali Chinese troops north Of
bl,d Ra.. Na', IL also Incorrect. AS ca
sSo s, russia ,s has made representations
ma r., .,e number OF Chinese troops in
no, Sss JIM gone west Of the Llao river,
NJ, ,I ! .,g a force which would consti.
Sss s,v threat and 1t Is understood China
sven assurances on the subject,