Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-07
KUROKrS ARMY IS ADVANCING.
IL Has Reached Kao Ii Mem, Known
In the Far East as the Gate
OF Korea.
PORT ARTHUR LEFT TO ITS FATE,
Fortress and its Defenders Must Shift
For Themselves Until Aid from the
North Can Come and Rescue Them.

st. Petersburg. May 7.-(530 D. ND
According to persistent rumor Gen.
Kuropatkin decided not to give battle
at Feng Wang Cheng. The Russians
have fallen back and the Japanese
have occupied Feng Wang Cheng.
KUROKPS ARMY ADVANCING.
st. Petersburg, May 7,--Q;O2 p: m.)--
The Russian capitol has now been
without news from Port Arthur for al
most "A hours. The last telegram re-
ceiyed was filed at o'clock last night.
II Is believed that the spot where the
japanese cut the railroad and telegraph
line is near Port Adams opposite Pit
sewo.
No news Of other landings on the
Lao Tung peninsula has reached the
general staff
Important developments are hourly
expected from Feng Wang Cheng. News
Of heavy fighting there is Anticipated
shortly.
A telegram from Gen. Kuropatkin
says Gen. Kuroki's army is advancing
upon the Russian position in two diyis-
ions.
The enemy, with artillery, he reports
has reached Kao III Meun, called the
Gate Of Korea which is within 10
miles Of Feng Wang Cheng.
RUSSIA REMARKABLY CALM
st. Petersburg, May 7.-(220 p. m.)--
The calmness with which the Russians
accept the isolation Of what always has
been regarded as the Russian Gibraltar
In the far east, Is remarkable. In milf
tary circles 1t had been considered in
evitable from the first. No attempt Is
made to bellttle the energy shown by
the enemy, but from the strategic point
OF view the investment of the fortress
is regarded as relieving the military
situation on the mainland which had
been much embarrassed by the neces-
sity for maintaining the seaglrt strong
hold at the extremity of the Lao Tung
peninsula. Besides. the utmost conf
dence Is expressed In the ability OF the
fortress to Withstand seige, The whole
Of the lower end of the peninsula from
Kin Chou, thirty miles above Port Ar
thur, south, Ia an entrenched camp
commanded by a chain Of most formid-
able Notifications, which surnount the
crest of every hill Millions Of roubles
and years of work have been devoted to
rendering the place impregnable by
land or sea. The railroad circllng with
I'm this camp will permit OF the easy
transportation OF the defending troops.
JAPS HAVE BIG TASK.
According to the Russian view the
Japanese have a Herculean task before
them In the event of their attempting
the reduction Of the fortress, Successive
lines Of defenses must be carried, and
the Japanese operations cannot begin
at the advanced position OF Kin Chou,
until their Siege guns are landed. Gen.
Stoesse who Will have supreme COM
mand Of the defense of Port Arthur, Is
considered TO be able and resourceful
and to have an ndomitable will. His
orders of the day have breGthed a. spirit
of unyielding defiance. One OF them
declared that the last man must die In
the defense Of Port Arthur The latest
newspaper dispatches from the be-
leaBlered fortress contained an account
OF stirring appeal made by Gen.
Stoesse to his troops yesterday on the
occasion OF the review In honor OF the
empress names day IN which he an
nounced that he would never surrender.
In addition to the 10000 sailors on board
the ships at Port Arthur and the refu-
lar fortress artillery, probably number
ing 1000 men. the defending force con-
sists Of n division Of rlnemen and three
batteries Of artillery, a total of about
1900 men.
VALUABLE DOCUMENTS REMov-
ED.
In anticipation OF the severance of
communication all the valuable public
documents have been removed TO Muk-
den and the work OF supplying the for
tress with provisions and ammunition
| had been progressing for weeks, Tho
authorities apparently are satisfied that
| practically no or-combatants remain
there. The inhabitants Of Port Dalny
| were sent away some time ago.
The newspapers accept the news Bto-
| ically adiuring the people not 10 be
| discouraged since the cutting of OF
| Port Arthur was a foregone conclusion
| from the first
The Novoe Vremya says:
The fortress and it's defenders must
now shift for themselve until our
| army I'm efficient strength can come
| down from the north and rescue them.
! In the meantime the people must 40
custom themselves to be without III
rect news from Port Arthur"
sTROESsEL TO HIS TROOPS.
Port Arthur, May 6--(Delayed In
| transmission) Lieut. Gen Stroessel
| has issued an order to the troops OF his
| command as follows:
ION April 30 and May l the enemy
crossed the nalu river IN great force
and our troops fell back to positions
! which had been previously selected.
Yesterday the enemy effected an
| important landing on the Lao Tung
| peninsula, south OF Pitseow and In the
| vicinity Of Kin Chou bay Now our
work Is beginning. Naturally, the
enemy will destroy railway commune
| cation and endeayor to drive our
| troops back TO Port Arthur, and be-
] siege this fortress. Russa's bulwark In
| the far east We viii defend Il until
| the arrival OF the ,ops which are
| coming to relieve us,
Il consider II my duty to call upon
| you to display unceasing vigilance and
| caution. and you must be ready at all
/ times to demean yourselves towards
| your general with the dignity and or
! der Discerning the glorious troops OF
Russia. No matter what happens, you