Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-27
TO AID THEMSELVES IN LANDING
If This We're Accomplished it Would
Give Them Absolute Freedom
Ia DISSEMINATING
JAPANESE ACCOUNT OF LAST FIGHT
Unable to Determine Result Of Their
BOmbardment, but Fleet Sustained
No Damage Whatever.

81, Petersburg, Feb. 27.--Two thous-
and cars from the Russian European
system, especially fitted for the trans
po-tatlon o. troops are being sent to
the Siberian line.
NJ. Alexanrovsky who Is to take
charge Of the Red Cross field work IN
,he far east, left for the front today.
The Novoe Vremya says the slav pro-
Russian demonstrations Indicate the
willingness Of the Slavs TO come under
The Russian standard adding
Their hesitation would finally be
overcome II Russia would be less un-
compromising on the questions Of or
thodoyy and autocracy as the SlayS
enjoy constitutional government and In
many cases do not belong to the Greek
church.
The Novoe Vremya hopes the Pan
slaylst union win settle the near east
question once for all In favor of Rus
sia's aspirations.
Prince Arsene Karageorgevitch,
tbrother Of the king OF Seryia), has
been gazetted captain Of trans-Balkal
Cossaeks.
The desperate manner IN which
the Japanese are returning to
the attack In Port Arthur In spite of
their repeated repulses has Convinced
the military authorities that their main
objective for the present Is hopelessly
10 cripple the Russian fleet In order to
secure absolute freedom in the dis
embarkatlon OF troops. For this reason
the Russian commander is carefully
guarding against exposing hts ships,
keeping them In the hasbor, under the
guns Of the Notifications.
A doubt exists as to whether the
Japanese really design TO land near
Port Arthur and invest the city. The
authorities admit that they are con-
flderably mystified but the prevailing
opinion seems 10 be that the Japanese
will not hazard landing at this stage
Of The campaign 1t is pointed out
that owing to the conformation Of the
shores the only suitable landing places
near Port Arthur are well within the
range OF the batteries, and that II a
landing is attempted on the northern
part OF the peninsula the japanese
transports VIII be unable to come TO
land, and that on account OF the shelly
ing OF the shore the troops would have
10 march miles through mud and low
water, exposed to q CALLING shore IRE.
No news Is being received here con-
cernlng the operations around Vladi-
Nostock, whence under the viceroy's
orders, kilograms are forbidden except
from officers to their families and then
only with the approval OF the military
censor.
The exact whereabouts OF the Rus
sian Vladivostok squadron is not
known, but II Is presumed to be In the
harbor
Up TO the time OF filing this dispatch
nothing has been obtainable concerning
the reported japanese landing at Pos
flet bay, near Vladivostock.
JAPANESE ACCOUNT OF FIGHT.
Toxic. Feb. 27.--The official reports
OF the attempt made last Tuesday night
10 block the entrance OF the harbor OF
Port Arthur reached Toxic last night.
ltriday), The report was written by
Nive-Admiral Kamimura, division COM
mander under Admiral Togo. The re-
port recites that at certain point near
Port Arthur Tuesday evening number
or merchant steamers, escorted by a
torpedo flotilla, were dispatched for the
purpose OF closing the entrance to the
harbor. The torpedo flotilla rejoined
the fleet at 10 a. M, Wednesday, at
tea at rendezvous previously agreed
upon and reported that the steamer
Iokogu Maru had been sunk at the
foot OF the lighthouse on the left side
fthe entrance. The Bushiu Maru
was sunk outside, beyond the Hokoku
Maru The Tenshln Maru, the Buoy
Maru and Jinsen Maru were sunk at
the foot OF Laotcle Hin almost side by
side, All the above mentioned steamers
were sunk by their own crews who
were all safely rescued, The torpedo
ilotllla was unframed. The torpedo
ilotllla also reported that II dlscov-
cred the Russian cruisers Bayan and
Novlk together with few desroyers In
the outer harbor. After the dotilla re-
joined II the main fleet advanced slow
~ on Port Arthur where Il found the
Russian cruisers Bayan, Askold and
Noyik slowly moving about the outer
harbor under cover OF the batteries. A
bombardment began at long range and |
at IL 'i5 n. IN. all the ships and batteries
were responding vigorously, Shortly |
after the Novik retreated in |
TO the inner harbor.
Askold and Bayan, quickly follow
ing, demonstrated that the sinking Of |
the steamers had not blocked the en-
trance OF the harbor, A bombardment |
OF the inner harbor was then ordered
ma for ID minutes all the heavy guns
OF the japanese fleet threw shells over
the hills into the harbor The Japanese
were unable 10 determine the effect of |
the bombardment but saw huge coll
umns Of smoke arising from time to |
Time, In the meantime the japanese
cruiser squadron discovered two Rus
sian torpedo destroyers ut the foot OF