The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-09-20
Very Little Transpiring at
the Present Time.
ARMIES GET INTO SHAPE.
Russians Do Not Believe Re-
ports About Japs' Advance.
SITUATION AT PORTARTHUR
A Dispatch from Toxic to a London
Paper Says that the Japanese are
Vigorously Smelling the Russian Po-
sitions at Mukden.

st. Petersburg. Sept. 1e.-The re-
ports that Gen. Kuroki is pushing on
northeast OF Mukden are not borne out
by official kilograms that have been
received here. According to the lat
est advices, the Japanese forces con-
tinue to increase at Bianiupuza and
Yentai. A decisive advance in the
direction of Mukden is, therefore, not
expected to occur for some days.
Meanwhile indications increase OF the
probability of the Japanese meeting
with resistance. The Russian forces
at Mukden undoubtedly are very large
and every days delay enables the
commander-in-chief to perfect his de-
fenses.
Mukden, Sept. 19.-The armies hav-
ing recovered from the effects Of the
recent fighting before Lao Yang, an
early development of the situation
may be expected. A mysterious move
ment eastward is on foot on the part
of bands of young Chinese suitable for
military service. All the leading Chi
nese who have aided the Russians are
leaving Mukden.
Che Foo, Sept. 19.-Chinese, Rus
SLAMS and Japanese here all agree that
the japanese vessels blockading Port
Arthur are paying particular attention
to junks which for months past have
been trying to smuggle supplies into
the fortress and that when they are
caught the crews are roughly treated.
The junks generally are sunk and the
men on board taken into Port Dalny.
By mistake the Japanese sunk a junk
which was carrying delicacies to Gen.
Nog from an admirer, but a part Of
the cargo was recovered.
Local students of the military stu
alton at Port Arthur, basing their de-
ductions upon recent developments
there, are of the opinion that another
grand assault is either occurring at
| the present time or is imminent This
opinion is based on the very heavy
| bombardment of the Russian strong
hold that occurred on September 16,
for such a bombardment forms the
| usual prelude to an assault; on the ar
| rival here of important messengers
from Port Arthur at a time when the
| running Of the blockade is extremely
perilous; on a recent authoritative
statement that the Japanese siege
works are completed, and on reports
from Japanese sources that at Port
Dalny an assault was expected to take
place in a few days.
According to Lieut. Prince Radzivil
of the Russian army. who reached
here yesterday from Port Arthur bear.
ing dispatches from Lieut. Gen. Stoes-
sci. the chief of the
forces of the Russian stronghold. to
Il Iii hn - fse
belligerents at Port Arthur has reach.
ed an absolutely merciless stage
Prince Radzivil declares that the
men Of both armies are absolutely
venomous in their antagonism. Gen
1 Stoessel has addressed his garrison
| saying that the present mood Of the
Japanese indicates clearly the neces-
sity of resisting them to the last droI
of Russian blood. because IL the Jap
| anese soldiers entered the fortress II
undoubtedly would be impossible fol
| their officers to control them and pre-
| vent a massacre For this reason
Lieut.. Gen. Stoessel is making no OBJ
lection to civilians leaving Port Ar.
thur. When the 300 women who are
in Port Arthur engaged in hospita
work were advised to leave, they re
piled that they would rather face the
possibility of massacre than desert
their posts.
| The disarming of the Lena at SaI
Francisco is accounted here as having
been inevitable in view of the consid
cradle length of time required to re
pair the vessels boilers. The Rus.
editorially points out that the United
States declaration of neutrality ex
pressly provides for vessels of belig
| erent power using American ports fol
needful repairs, but admits that Rus
sia could scarcely expect to be allowed
| to keep a warship eight months in
neutral port without disarming.
The Bourse Gazette in this connec
ton recalls the fact that a Russian
fleet put in and was repaired at Mar,
Island in 1876, just before the Turkisi
| war, and adds the remark that the re
pairs proved costly but thorough
Similar results, the Bourse Gazett,
| adds, might have been expressed IL
the case of the Lena
London, Sept. 19.-It is asserted III
a dispatch from Toxic to the EXPIRES.
that the Japanese are furiously shell
| ing the Russian positions at Mukden
/ preparatory to general advance anC
endeavoring, by a wide turning move
ment, to cut of Gen. Kuropatkin's re-
treat.