The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-04-08

from says
Japanese scouts entered Wiju,koTea,
At IL O'Clock this morning. The Rus
SLAMS have apparently retreated be
yond the Yalu river"
ct. Petersburg, April 1T il report
Cd that five hundred Cossacks, com
nanded by General Artamanoh. nave
occupied Unsan, Korea, forestafinS the
Japanese. who were marching on UnSan
from Chang Ju.
London, April 5.-The Times CORE
sponden at Chefoo, cabling under date
Of April 4th says there was another
b~ombardment of Port Arthur 3rd, but
that there are no authentic detahs or
the engagement available.
Shanghai. Eevening. April IA let
ter received here from Kobe, Japan,
saws the Japanese government has 2oo,-
600 troops in motion and fully 6O,ooJ
more under arms in garrisons ana at
the depots. The numbers are exclusive
of the Third Reserves, numbering 49,
coo. which have been called to the col
ers. The exact number Of troops when
nave left Japan for their various dest1-
nations are not known. but the entlre
first army has been landed and has es-
IA bIished itself in Northwestern Korea,
Hlln u d odSC" "a
Iananese general staff still carefully
guards the plan Of campaign, but 1t IS
generally believed that 1t VIII operate.
three armies, each nomlnally numoer-
tng loo, 900 men. the second army land
ing west of the Yalu river and the
third army east Of New Chwahg.
The landings Of the latter two armies
will be easily accomplished while the
light cruiser squadrons can protect both
movements.
Tt i. thought that the landing OF
Japanese forces west of the Yalu VIII
force the Russians to the lot
tifcations which they have been erect
ing north Of the Yalu, for the purpose
of oposing the crossing OF the first army
Of japan from Korea.
Tt is also anticipated that the three
great japanese forces will operate IN
conjunction, the third army, swinging
eastward from New ChWang, selzlhs
or emitting the railroad and then engag-
ing in a turning movement against the
main Russian position.
ST. Petersburg April 3.-AmbaSsador
Mccormick IS negotiating with the TOT
eign office for a treaty with ftussia'
which will give to United states cor-
porations the right to sue in Russian
courts and to Russian corporations the
rights to sue in courts of the Un1ted
states. Under the Russian law united
states corporations can be sued out
! cannot sue in the court OF the empire.
This has caused United States firms
. great annoyances as we'll as losses In
\ the past
Toxic AprII 81 d. m.-The advance
| s,Iard of the Japanese army in north
west Korea occupied the town or Sens-
! Cheng Yesterday afternoon without OPP
position. Seng-Chens is on the Pekin
| road. IS miles west of Cheng Ju ana
| about 40 miles south of W1Iu-
when the Japanes drove the Rus
| slams out of Cheng Ju last Monday the
Russians withdrew in two columns, one
going over the Koak San road and the
ether over the Pekin road. Inc Jap
anese advance from Cheng Ju WIS
made very rapidly. 1t was anticipated
that the Russians would resist TINS ao-
vance but they failed to do so and IL
is not probable that there will be any
further opposition south or the 1alu
river.
Cheng ,Iu. because of it's superior
natural surroundings. is the onS
place between Ping Yang and WDu-
Besides these natural ADVANTAGES, there
is an old Korean fort there which hal
il defended with spirit it would have
been hard TO take. The Japanese are
gratifed at the comparative ease with
which they drove the Russians from
this fort.
Russian patrols are reported to be IN
the country east of the Pekin road but
it is not probable that there is ally
considerable force of Russians in that
! section. The patrols are withdrawing
gradually to the northward toward the
Yalu.
1t is reported that the ice on the
Yalu river is we'll broken I'D and in the
future the river must be crossed either
I'm junks or over pontoon bridges.
A dispatch to the Associated Press
from Toxic dated April l said informa-
ton had been received there from 3
private source that h Japanese after