The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-28
LOST 5000 men
Japanese Casualties in Hin Chou
Battle We're Heavy.
The Russians Left 400 Dead on
the Field.
FIFTY OF CZAR'S GUNS.
Fell Into the Hands of the Vic.
tOrious Enemy.
MikadO's Forces Continue to
Press Toward Port Arthur.

Washington, May 2S.-The following
cablegram from the foreign office at
Toxic was received at the japanese Ie-
cation today:
Toxic, May 2s.-The commander of
the army attacking Kin Chou reports
that a detachment of our troops con-
sisting of infantry, artillery and engi-
neers occupied Nan Kwan Ling on the
morning of May 27. The enemy fed in
the direction of Port Arthur, after
burning a railway station at Shan Shi
Hi Tao northwest of Dalny. On the
26th our troops captured so guns, be-
sides many other things. The number
of the enelny's dead alone and left in
the field amounted to 400. Our casual
ties including dead and wounded is es-
timated at 1900.
Attack Talien Wan.
Rome, May 2S.=According to a dis
patch from Toxic received here the
Japanese have attacked the town of
Talien Wan. Their occupation of the
junction of the Dalny railroad with
the main Port Arthur line isolates
| Port Dalny.
Russians Gone From DaIny.
New Chwang, May 28.-Morning-A
staff officer just from Mukden says the
! deliberation and precision of the en-
! SURPRISED
who at first believed the Japanese
4 campaign would be one of dashing
Irecklessness with more theatrical dis
/ play about the maneuvers than STRAIT
1 egy.
A Chinese merchant just arrived who
! left Dalny five days ago. says the Rus
slams have left the town which at the
time of his departure had not been Oc-
cupied by the Japanese forces. The
latter were still engaged in landing
troops at Kin Chou bay It is said
upon excellent authority that the Jap
anese plan is to use force of 100, 900
men in their operations against Port
Arthur and take it by storm in fort
night. They realize that their losses
in the execution of this plan viii be
severe but il is considered better to
risk that than to keep 4 large army
idle for eight months. They do not
propose. it is further said, to penetrate
intog the interior of the country any
further than Mukden.
The Russian authorities have Sc
cured two million pounds in coin by
French steamer
japanese Losses on the Sea.
Toxic Nav $50 A M=Revised fig
ures show that 81 on-commissioned Of
ficers and 378 blue jackets were killed
and drowned, seven officers, 13 nom
commissioned officers and so blue jack
cts slightly wounded and u blue jack
cts seriously wounded in the sinking of
the Japanese battleship Hatsuse off
Port Arthur. Two hundred and 80 non
commissioned officers and men lost their
lives on the cruiser OSh1nO Which was
rammed and sunk by the cruiser Ka-
suga on the same day that the Hatsuse
was blown up. The navy department
has not yet received a detailed report
of the two disasters.
No Worry About CossacISs.
Toxic May $50 A. M-The Japa-
nese are not seriously disturbed by the
Russian operations in eastern Korea.
The movements of the Cossack cavalry
~. .--s[.
them is being closely watched by the
japanese who are confident in their
ability to protect their communications
and maintain the military supremacy
of the japanese in Korea. The Yalu
victory which opened the YaIu estuary
to water communication diminishes the
Importance of the line of land COM
municatiOns from Chinampo to Wiju.
The loss of their naval power compels
the Russians to avoid the sea along
the eastern coast of Korea and limits
their operations to the land where
transportation difficulties prevent the
concentration and operation of a large
land force.
Japanese Have Hard Job.
St Petersburg, May 28--Captain
Jakovleff, former commander of the
battleship PetropavlOVsk who was
wounded when his ship was destroyed
at Port Arthur April 13, in an inter
view regarding the possibility of the
Japanese capturing Port Arthur, de-
with magnificent artillery to accom-
pliSn the task.
Asked as to the number of men in
the Port Arthur garrison, Captain
JakoVlef said it was much larger than
was stated in the telegra pflic reports
much over 25,000-but he declined to
state what would be the exact number
when the defenders of the Kin Chou
positions retired within the fortress.
He discussed with some detail the
difficulties of the approach. After the
outer line of the fOrtificatiOnS is reach
ed, said he, a number of detached posi-
tions must be captured before the en-
eny could even reach the inner ring of
defenses- The taking cf each position
would necessitate bloody battle and
their capture would leave the citadel
untouched and, to his mind, impregna-
bic.
A great deal of course would depend
upon the relative merits of the artil-
lery of the opposing forces. The Rus
sian guns could not be judged by the
results on the Yalu. where the Russians
had only light advance guard artillery
against the heavy siege guns, which
the japanese We're bringing up for
use in Mancnuria. Port Arthur Cap
tain Jakovlen said. had mounted num-
erous large guns landwards, while
Makaroffs s system of range finding is
so nearly perfect that the japanese
never ventured within reach of the
shore batteries.
AS illustrating the fact that the Jap
anese artillery is not necessarily in
vincible the captain said the battleship
PetropavlOvsk was struck by a 12-inch
shell at a distance of two and three
quarter miles and her armor was pen
etrated to a depth of only two inches.
He declared that Port Arthur was
provisioned for a year and said all the
damaged ships there had been repair
ed except the Retvizan and the Caro-
Witch The latter, he asserted, ought