New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-02-24
HEAVY RUSSIAN
LOSSES REPORTED
TWENTY-FIVEHU
KILLED IN CONFLICTS ALONG
THE YALU RIVER.
ENGAGEMENTS OCCUR
NEAR TOWN OF WIJU
Loss Of Japanese Unknown-Aggres-
sive Operations May Be Postponed
for Two or Three Months-Kaiser
Watching Balkans.

sive Operations May Be Postponed
for Two or Three Months-Kaiser
Watching Balkans.
Che Foo, Feb. 23.-The japanese
squadron has captured four Russian
torpedo boat destroyers at Port Arthur,
and has sent their crews as prisoners
to Elliott Island temporarily. It is re-
ported that the Japanese used Russian
signals with the greatest success.
The Japanese manned all four of the
captured destroyers, which were unin-
jured, and Admiral Togo has added
them to his squadron.
London, Feb. 23.-The Nagasaki cor
respondent of the Daily Telegraph,
wiring under the date of today Tues
day. reports that the japanese squad.
ron has captured four Russian torpedo
boats at Port Arthur by using Russian
signal lights
This dispatch appears to confirm re.
ports from various quarters of fresh
attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur
Che Foo, Feb. ga report has just
been received which indicates that the
Japanese success in the second torpedo
attack on Port Arthur was greater
than at first supposed The torpedo
boats sank or damaged two battleships,
in addition to a torpedo boat which
was scouting at the harbor entrance
The Heytori sank as she was turning
to leave.
London, Feb 23.-The Daily Mails
Suez correspondent cables that the
Russian transports, Orel, Smolensk
and Saratof have been ordered to re-
turn to the Black Sea with troops
St. Petersburg, Feb. 23.-In the pre-
liminary fighting along the Yalu river
$500 Russians have been killed.
The engagements have been between
the Russian and Japanese ouIposIs,
near Wiju. No reports of the Japan
csc losses are obtainahle Z
The Russian advance guard has been
driven back.
New Chwang. Feb. 23.--In engage
| ments between outposts on the Yalu
the Russians have suffered consider
able loss. No details are given.
May Postpone Aggressive Operations.
London, Feb. 23.-The latest advices
of Baron Hayashi, the Japanese minis
| ter to Great Britain, lead him to believe
that the japanese troops may now wait
possibly two OR three months before I'M
dertaking aggressive operations in Man
| churia.
| Baron Hayashi does not credit the re-
| port that $500 Russian soldiers have
been killed in an outpost engagement
at the Yalu river. He says there is no
| Japanese force in that vicinity large
enough to inf1ict such loss.
The only naval development Baron
Hayashi expects in the near future is a
! possible attack on the Japanese fleet by
the powerful Russian torpedo fotilla at
! Port Arthur and hitherto unused. On
the Japanese side, except possible &C.
tions against the Russian Vladivostok
squadron, the Japanese minister does
not look for developments at present.
believing that Admiral Togo will be sat-
| isfed to keep the disabled Russian
squadron prisoners at Port Arthur. The
minister credits the Russians with hav-
Ing barely 100000 troops in Manchuria
British Steamer Captured.
The owners Of the British steamer
Resale from Cardiff, November %, fol-
Vladivostok, and which sailed from
Nagasaki January Is, have been notified
that she has been captured by the Rus.
slams at Vladivostok.
Kentucky Ordered to Hong-Kong.
Washington, Feb. 23.-The battleshiI
Kentucky, flagship of the American.
Kong, where she will be locked for the
purpose of making minor repairs. 1t i.
regarded as probable that Admira
Evans will have the remainder of The
battleship squadron accompany him tt
i Hong Kong, althoughhe has not advised
the department to this effect It. is no
intended at present that the battleship!
shall go further north.
Kaiser Watching Balkans.
London, Feb. 23.-Advices from Der
lin to the Birmingham Post Monda,
state that the kaiser, approaching tn,
extreme seriousness of affairs in tn,
far east. and recognizing the fact tina
Russia will have her resources taxet
to the utmost for some time to come
has assured the car Of his resolve t,
prevent by all possible means an out
break in the Balkans.
Every pressure will be brought OF
Turkey to This end.
tits regarded as certain. say the ad
vices, that the sultan will listen to th,
kaiser more readily than to any othe
man.
Another Russian Ship Lost.
8 Chefoo, Feb. 23.-The captain of tn
German steamer Pronto, just arrive,
from Dalny, says positively that be
sides the torpedo gunboat Yenesei, &C
) cidentally destroyed by one of her owl
mines, the Russians have just lost an
other ship by accident on the 18th inst
This was small cruiser, whose nam,