Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-06-01

Port Arthur falls. Every delay is i'm
portant to Kuropatkn. Stoesse upon
receiving these orders hurriedly prepared
q succession Of positions.
Kuropatkin on Offensive.
Paris, May 800 a. ma st. Peters
| burg telegram to the Journal says that
Kuropatkin has begun an offensive
movement southwark. The Russian adj
| vance guard is supposed to have reached
q point thirty-Seven miles north Of Kin
chou.
Kuroki Fools Russians.
st. Petersburg, May 3O.-2:1S p. M
According to information received by the
Associated Press from a high source i'm
portant news regarding the Japanese
plan of campaign which has reached the
Russian authorities since the battle of
klnchou compels the conviction that the
advance of Gen. Kuroki and the activity
of nis scouts northwest and southwest of
Feug Wang Cheng are parts of we'll
| executed feint to prevent Gen. Kuropat-
kin from detaching a strong force to
hamper Gen. Oku' s operations on the
Lao Tung peninsula.
Under cover Of Gen. Kuroki's screens,
it is added, part of the Japanese army
| landed at Taku Shan will be moved
southward into the peninsula, while
| lAuroN attempts to make Kuropatkin be-
| NcNe I0aC he 1nCGQQS TO 1OrCo q decisive
/ engagement with him.
Aim at Port Arthur.
This information would tend to prove
! that the primary object of the Japanese
campaign all along has been Port Ar
thur, and that once that fortress is IN
their hands, unless an exceedingly IA
vorable opportunity offers to attack
kuropatkin. the Japanese plan is simply
to make their tenure secure and force
the Russian commander to assume the
offensive. Moreover there is Informal
ton to the effect that the Japanese pro
pose to storm Port Arthur with the
briefest possible delay, after having first
closed the harbor to render the egress Of
the Russian ships impossible at the last
moment, thus forcing the Russians to
destroy them without subjecting the Jap
| anese to the inevitable losses which must
occur if the Russian squadron gets out
for q last fight before going to the bot
tom.
The previous repeated efforts of the
Japanese to cork the harbor have been
! as much with the view to this ultimate
situation as for protecting landings.
Know Nothing of Fight.
Nothing is known here of the Chefoo
reports of fighting at Yingchontse, four
teen miles from Port Arthur, but the
general staff hardly believes the enemy
Coulu nave advanced so plQiy.
The admiralty denies the reports of
the loss of two Russian torpedo boat de-
stroyers while laying mines which de-
stroyed the japanese battleship Hatsuse
The officials say Port Arthur has been
heard from since the Hatsuse was blown
up, and if the report of the loss of the
torpedo boat destroyers was true they
would have known it.
No surprise is expressed at the admi-
rally at the Toxic report of the evidence
contained in intercepted Russian dis
patches that the Hatsuse was blown UP
by Russian stationary mines. The Off
Gals decline, however, to comment on
the subject, except to reiterate their de-
NAL Of the charge that the Russians used
floating or driving mines which the Of
ficials have insisted on from the outset
Japs Capture Powder.
London, May 3O.-A dispatch to The
Central News from Toxic, today, after
covering the news previously contained in
the dispatches to the Associated Press.
detalllng the lighting on the Kwan Tung
peninsula, adds that the Japanese cap
tured a quantity of powder and fifty-six
railroad cars at Liu Shu Tun
The dispatch also says that the. Japa-
nese, after defeating the Cossacks at All
Yang Pien Men, northeast Of Feng Wang
Cheng, occupied that place and reinforce.
ments were sent forward to support
Them
Repairs Railway.
Lao Yang, Sunday, May 29-Lieut.-
Col. Shiridohoff of the Fourth Trans
amur railway battalion, has repaired the
railway line north Of Kinchou, between
the stations at Sininchen and Van Zalin,
tween Bfangoy and Wafandian.
The Chinese are readily offering them
selves Tor employment.
TvDhoon flinders Taos
A typhoon prevails which hinders the
japanese landing operations and heavy
| rains are spelling the roads.
The Russians, it is reported, have cap
tured a japanese convoy.
Four Lines of Defense.
Chefoo, May 3O.-S p. m.-From Chi
nese sources it is learned that the Rus
slams have four lines of defense between
Nan Shan and Port Arthur.
Capture Russian Scouts.
Toxic, May 3O.-3 p. m.-Gen. Kuroki
reports number Of outpost affairs and
the capture Of eight Russian scouts.
Jap Army Sent to Korea.
Washington, D. c., May 3O.-Advices
received here report the departure from
Japan of another army division. While
It's destination is not stated. it is con-
Jectured that these troops are about to
CloSc Ill the russians rear IN nOrtnea
Korea, cutting off the raiding parties
which have threatened Gen. Kuroki's
communications.
There are no less than $4,000 soldiers
in the expedition.
Japs Capture Al Yang.
| Seoul, May go a. m-Delayed il
Iransmission).-It has been reported
here that Japanese troops, after an en-
gagement with Russian forces, in which
the latter were defeated, have occupied
Al Yang, village to the north of Kuan
Lien Cheng.
This latter place is about forty miles
to the east of Feng Wang Cheng.
There are at present no Russians at
Ham Heung, on the eastern coast of
Korea; the troops which were there have
marched to the south. The Korean SOL
ders who were sent to Ham Heung have
been withdrawn.