Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-22
TAPS WILL PLAY WAITING
 GAME SAYS HAYASHI
May Be Two Three Months Before Beginning Opera tions in Manchuria--Captain of German Steamer Says Russians Have Lost Another Vessel By An Accident..Carnival Week Closes and the Rus sians Begin the Observance of Lent

London. Feb. c2.-The latest advices of Baron Hayashi, the Japanese minis ter to Great Britain, lead him to be- Iieve that Japanese troops may now wait possibly two or three months be- fore undertaking aggressive opera tions in Manchuria. He said:
 we have found that Russia is so unexpectedly unprepared that should not be surprised if the Japanese land forces contented themselves with es- ablishing a thorough organization and advancing as the construction of the railroad towards the Yalu river pro gresses. Russia appears to be less prepared than was China i,l 1895. e believe that only three trains a day ean be run through Manchuria. Sup posing these are equally divided be- tween troops and supplies, as would be necessary, Russia could not percepti- bly, strengthen her land forces before April Japan's naval coup has been so unexpectedly successful that | rather think our troops will take their time. The shallow inlets are now frozen over. retarding the disembark- ment of our forces. This Is especially true at Port Arthur, where a near landing of troops is impossible owing to the ice"
 Baron Hayashi does not credit the report that 2,5oO Russians have been killed in an outpost engagement at the iYalu river. He says there is no Japa- nese forces in that vicinity large enough to infiict such a loss.
 The only naval development Baron Hayashi expects in the near future is possible attack on the Japanese fleet by the powerful Russian torpedo fotila. at Port Arthur and hitherto unused. On the Japanese side except possible actions against Russian vlad- ivostok squadron. the Japanese minis ter does not look for developments at present, believing that Admiral Togo will be satisfied to keep the disabled Russian squadron prisoners at Port Arthur.
 The minister credits the Russians with having barely 100000 troops in Manchuria.
 Chefoo. Monday. Feb 22.-The cap tain of the German steamer Pronto. just arrived from Dalny, says posi- tively that besides the torpedo gun boat Yenised, accidentally destroyed by one of her own mines, the Rus sians have just Iost another ship by accident on the twelfth instant. This was small cruiser whose name was not learned. In avoiding some mines she ran upon rocks. from which she eventually slipped off into deep water attached to the ca 5ualty. The Rus sian authorities insist that there is mo truth in the story that force of T ,000 Japanese landed at Pigeon or Dove bay had been annihilated. Port Arthur is said to be entirely out of beef and vegetables, and drawing upon Dalny flor a slim supply. Troops are being rushed towards the Yalu with all expedition possible. TheI Pronto was sent from Port Arthur to Dalny for refugees, chiefly Japan ese women, While leaving Port Ar thur with all lights out she was fired upon by a Russian cruiser, if teen shots striking her upper works. l 1t was subsequently explained that she was mistaken for Japanese tor pedo boat The entrance to Dalny is honey combed with mines. Nothing was seen on the passage to this port Of either the Russian pr Japanese fleet.
 The small Russian cruiser reported destroyed in the above dispatch was probably the Boyarin, previously an nounced to have been blown up by al mine at Port Arthur. February IS and which another account said ran on the rocks while endeayoring to pick up a number of mines which ! had been brought to the surface dur ing violent storm It was stated dn the St Petersburg report of the dis aster that the entire crew of the Boy arin, 197 in number. were lost.
 St Petersburg, Feb 22-Carniyal week closed on Saturday night and yesterday all classes of the populace began the observance of Lent with even more than the customary rigor, doing penance and praying for the sue cess of the Russian arms
 The czar will pass the week fasting at the winter palace and immediately afterward the court will remove to Tsarskoe-Selo, seventeen miles south of St Petersburg, his majestys favor ite abode.
 The Novoe Vremya, commenting upon the report of NJ. Pavloff, who was Russian minister at Seoul, of the fight at Chemulpo, declares that ,Iapan's action there has stricken her [ fsx% ,s{.x