The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-20
Lessar 4 els China That Unless
Brigands Are X allied of
Troubl e Fol ows: sj
5sLAvs8 SUSPECT! 4 JAPAN \
IS GETT'l.NlG SEC s. RET E; HELP
They Canrio Il Lid erstands Where
a apanes Fleet Goes folr i, Pro- ro-
y. vision 5 and Coal, and ! Iil'i I VI
Conclude That TIL IS q !, 81
Some Quiet slr Iii il: 5ss:s.
1lesc II, s.f 5ssi

II Especial Gable tos The Times: I2ispatch.) 81
9I LONDON, 8 Biafcl n epo 10 have
reached hero through SRussla sources
that there has been = collision between
consIderabl bod sssof Russlan ana Jap.
anese troops, an 81 that the apancs 8 Se
suffered reverse, losing heavily an
killed. wound ed AM pinred Iss
ono report has at !, 500 OF he Jap
$anese were taken soners.
sS The reports al mot state where the al
legged battle u took z place. but Il Is sup
posed Is have been s,ica E yy iju, AS e be;
/ Japanese have been salo WY al yancings Oh
that I, point a forS gone time. The porti
that the advance / guards Of the two g g s.!
mics have At last come together = re
ggarded as ably trues but In the opIrl--
Ion Sof xperts the fighting, IL there has
been any. IS I q matter iof outposts. tho
impression being that the r russians VIII
not make any thing like q general engage
55ment south OF the Yalu.sS II q.
The Ice IS bout due tt 70
{break 1 up u and Sfnf defeat south of ,Iat
river. unless the line Of retreat has been
kept OPEN which would be a ficult B.if
the Ice IS breaking woul d IN eanS theSanni-
hilat ton y * the emf ire Russian Y orce.sIt
3 is believed that the sFs Sian Troops IN
Northern Korea ere for he pu uEE
pose Of Forcing tie sJ sI,a1 % es9 a;ssmpxe
slowly rather than to ffgh and unless s.
the Japanese have reach the Yal ali and !
have attempted q to cross, It as not pc.
51ieved there has been thing like <. 2
general enga cement According to sthe
last authentic vices received from the
front. at. is not thougt ut to be possible
that the attempt to cross 1.-THE al y ma
been made or can be- made Il Tor & severe q
days to come. :.
nan Is Y a great source OF annoyance 70
Russia, and yesterday NJ. sLessar = con- 2.
yeyed a very pointed notice to the pek s
government that II the Chinese govern
Ement did not repress the brigan 40 anu
regular troops VINO have been attacking.
the Russian railway lines. the Russian
Government would be obliged to disregard
China s. neutrality. al - II
sS Moreover. tile Cars naval experts Who
sshava% heen studying lily the puzzle
. : - where Vice dmiral Togn's fleet -
scoaIinr and provisioning between Its ap-
nearances OFF Port Ar thur, & are BET coming
more and more convinced that # IS using
- q base some quiet spot on ne $ChllIlese
coast IS VI " III
IA fters each disappe CO no q "oi l
Is heard OF the fleets reabou e until
Il reappears. AZ calculati ION Of time and
distances shows that Isis impossibt'le 9, ,fori
TIKI. fleet is steam to NaEasaki Y Or y Hire
shimal take on beard coal and ammu III Y
ton and come back 4
lis Ais certain that the pa a war
ships could not take on coal. much less
heavy pro jcctiles at sea In the 70 60 q
Tie prevailing roug h went her, 8s5
81. Peters burg dspatcfe dicatoa nat ,aa
81 Is tie general opinion IN official scir-
iclea 8 that the present attitude OF the Y
United states Is due to misundi -. a. nd
inEs. which will DO corrected soon There 1e
~ no diminution Of the! conf idence o.
bothTtho classes and the masses that the
japanese will be vanqu ished. OF flcially
ti,c war Is mot consider red kaS calamity
heca So sundou btedly has awake ed the sl1e
dormant patriotism OF the masses and
rallied 1 them to the Russian colo i5ll
All are eager to # shoW lss their pa pa
triotism By making sacri fices. 81
k.s Tic reports that Port Arthur and
N Wi iyostok will be evacuated arouse
amusement In st. Petersburg, The of
ficlals declare that such assertions em No