The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-12
MANY 5RLJMORS a
FROM FAR EAST
Another Battle Said @to IT,. ! HI;avsB 7; ''t.'I
Been Fought,, With Destrlic
ton Of Russian Fleet. 33sSi
IMPOSSIBLE 10 OBTAIN 8I55
C0NFIRMATIO OF STORY

Troops Russians Said tos$ s5sSI
Have Bomb barded = apa- ss5
nese City China 4 May Ma s1|ls.
Get ..;irl il the Fight: :.pt:# s.si
Especial Gable The ,oa, times mes
LONDON, Feb. u II The osE
important developments in ttlosi
days news in the Russo-J pa1leseil
war, is 8$t the ammo ouncement thatE
Russia is neg rotating for perinis-:I
5sion@to have fler#B lack Sea I fleet &
spass8througll the p Dardanelles and
her Baltic fleet through the Ger
man Canal. III IN 35s5 ssss
AS the British 8 F'oreigns Offices
points out ,gansa tempt on thespartA
of Russia to send fleet through
the Dardanelles without 5England'ss
permission, would be a grave
breach ofstreaty. Whether or not
.s.EnglandSis repaired toy go to tie
length $of preventing the move
:1nentsby!force 5iffneces ,it wilt
take &tilnesto tell The general be-
us that lie will Vet oStllo#
proposal and bach up her x etos
withsler feet # Russia attemp PTS
osignore ss.sS .tsl
It sis pro oba b1e& that the Baltic
fleet will be granted the use ofs
THE German Canal, though It's
held that this Would$be staining
neutrality. 55.s3
Naval experts say if the tWQ
Russian squadrons should Sue
sceed in getting 70 the seat of sWar El'r'
before Japan has disposed Of the
vessels already there, it might
make the Japanese position pre-
carious. The combined Baltic
and Black Sea fleet comprises
twelve battleships and three ar-as
1nored cruisers. n 5sS
5.. Not Landing in Force.
N ID details have come yet Of tle|
attempt Of the apanese to land1.N1 t1.s1
north Of Port Arthur on the SiaoS$5
Tung 2 Pellinsular, Which5is alleged
ito have been repulsed BY the Russ ]! ii
slams. $
1t is probable that this doeai.
not mean an attempt to land in:
force, but lis more likely to- be-
simply parties Of marines Who;aroS
attempting to cut the railroad be-.
Stween,'D Dalny and. New ChWang-lE
The fact tllat.lcWs is strictly GEN. sl 1
.sured at. Port Arthur now and thasSl
the Japanese, are not giving our,
anything Of \ their lnovenle lentsa!
makes difficult to get the details, a,
of this movements. Unless the
Russians are covering the road
between these9tWo points il force &,
and are using extreme vlgi dance,
lit will not be at all surprising if
la dashtfor the purposesof DESTROY
ing bridges and tearing up trac cks5 s'5s 4, !,
lis not successful If indeed some-s
thing Of this sort has not already
been accomplished. siss
Another Battle.
a report received here this
morning to the effect that arl -Sg
nor in Toxic declared there had
been another naval battle off Port 38
Arthur, which had resulted III the
complete destructionSof the Rus
sian feet, caused much excite
.ment, There has been no yerltl-@
cation OF the report, either ottl-
sciallys or otherwise and as subscr@I
Iquent news has been received &
from Chefoo, Iien ,rsin and oth.
er points likely to have heard OIL OH
such a fight, it's not credited,
ss Reports reach here from China
which makes it appear there Will
be no little difficulty in keeping
her out Of the fight. #, as. Sis
stated, there are 10000 drllleds
Chinese soldiers on the border be.
tween Manchuria and 'e Gf1ll, 81.
they may create diversion Which AN
would make the task OF Japan ~
reaching Harbin, said to be thaI
objective Of the campaign, musk ll.i; AZ
easier y, u \ 81
Iflthe reported capture ST Port
ssl,a.y. he true. and " seems not 1|s u