Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-11-09
RATHER QUIET AGAIN
Nothing Startling in the Eastern waf
Situation
PORT ARTHUR CENTER OF INTEREST
Jeps Fottifying at all Po;nts-The
Russians Still Isstlre2-soi;se Heavy
Losses.


Ch5foo, 81 Cable.-port Arthur Ii
doomed. The correspondent Of the AS.
sociated Press here has received infor-
nation, the reliability of which is be;
yond question. that the Japanese now
occupy positions which place the east
side Of the town at their mercy, The
last assault has gained for, them posi-
tions which insure, thait ability to enter
the main east forts whenever they arc
ready.
The japanese calculate that if the
Russians do not surrender now they
will be capable of prolonging the fight
ing by making their final stand at
Liaoti ProInontory and Tigers TAIL for
month longer, with the mere hope OF
continuing the struggle. :,
Long before the second Pacific squads
ron arrives jn the Pacific the Japanese
flag, it is now believed, will wave over
the wrecked citadel. This will end
Viceroy AleXieff's dream of an uncon-
Querable city.
The Japanese have not occupied the
main forts and highest points of the
east hill, but they occupy in over,
whelming numbers positions which will
enable them to drive the Russians back
whenever they desire.
Loss Admitted at Last.
Paris, BY Cable.-The Associated
Press was put in a position to state
positively that its dispatches from
Chefoo, Port Arthur and Toki6 last
June to the effect that the Japanese
battleship Yashima had been sunk by
mine off Dalny, which dispatches
were denied by the Japanece authors.
ties at the time, have finally been of.
ficially confirmed. The Japanese gov.
ernment has notified foreign govern
mcnts OF the loss of the ship. the
number Of men who Went down With
the vessel is not known, but it is be-
lieved 10 have been SMALL: The. Off
cial details SHOW that tine Yashima
struck Russian mine and later at
tempted to make Dalny harbor, but
this proved impossible and she sank
in deep water.
The loss of the Yashima has been.
concealed by the Japanese, though
the Russian authorities have believed
for some time that the reports that
the battleship had been destroyed.
were correct. 1t is important, since
it is now disclosed that Japan has
only four modern battieships remain
ing.
The Yashima was one Of the finest
battleships of the japanese navy. Her
displacement was 1890 tous, about
the size Of the Amreicpti battleshiy,
uAIaiaerr snfitzsaiiiassk asskRdszarssIseeszzsfs1i g.
:Ar.tfs Glide re.mo odernse bat s1sas
ships, more or less damaged, and
Vice Admiral Rojestvensky's. com.
mand, which is now enroute from the
Baltic to the Far East, also numbers
five battleships. In view of the in
feriority of the Japanese in battle
ships, their armored cruiser strength
is important, they being greatly SUI
perior to the Russians in this respect.
Whole Jap Line Fortified.
Mukden, BY Cable.-There was
brisk exchange of artillery fire here
Friday, extending from the village OF
Linchtau, eastward on both sides OF
the railroad, but the firing ceased at
noon. The Japanese are continuing
their concentration opposite the Rus.
sian centre. The Japanese positions
along their whole line are strongly
fortified, and they are entrenching
along the Hun rivor to the westward.
On Monday, on the Russian extreme
right, a squadron Of Don Cossacks
charged battery OF japanese artil-
lery near Lindantoun. The Cossacks
went forward at g. gallop through a
field Of uncut millet, against the fire
of the battery, and had almost reach.
ed the guns when couple of cam
panies Of Japanees infantry rose up
and poured in several volleys, COM
pelIing the cavalrymen to ride out Of
the field at even O faster pace than
they went in. The Cossacks lest
about Is mtn.
Breslau, Prussian silesia, by cable
Three thousand Poles marched through
the streets OF Czestochowa, Russian
Poland, Wednesday, as a protest
against the mobilization. The chief
OF police and gendarmes ordered the
naradcrs to disperse, but they refused
10 do so and continued to sing Polish
sonss. A detachment of infantry then
charged the mob with bayonets, with
the result that six persons were killed
and 20 wounded.