The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-05-29
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| succeeded in saving the Russian guns
| The members of the military cabinet
! pointed out that this later report was
| not official and besides he expressed com
plete confidence that Port Arthur itself
could not be reduced except at an i'm
mense cost of time and men and with
the aid of the heaviest kind of siege
guns. General Sakharoff also said he
did not believe the report that the enemy
had arrived within ten miles of Port Ar
thur twenty-four hours after the dasper-
! ate fighting at Kin Chou '
| 1t is understood that the emperor has
received several dispatches from General
| kuropatkin re~arding the situati,s some
! Of which may he given cut tonight
! The news in the foreign dispatches has
! produced the usual crop Of sensational
stories about the Russian government
conceaiing the extent of the disaster but
the only justification for this allegation
! seems TO be the sudden stoppage of all
newspaper dispatches from the seat Of
war. Most of the foreign reports are
! allowed to be printed as soon as received.
y high officer of the general staff de-
clared 10 the correspondent of the Asso-
ciated Press that the loss of the guns
reported captured was unavoidable And is
confined to those mounted in the works
on the hills below Kin Chou. as they
could not be carried away when the
Russians retired. but the brecch blocks,
he added. probably had been removed.
Besides. before the enemy could use the
guns against Port Arthur, they would
have 70 manufacture special cartridges.
Therefore the loss was not so serious
matter. The important thing to ascer-
tain was whether the japanese had cap
tured any field guns. The same officer
said the works at Kin Chou had been
hastily constructed and Were no criterion
of the works at Port Arthur, which could
not be fianked. where the forts were
scientifically directed and- connected TO
support each other.
IF the japanese lost 5000 men in TAX
ing Kin Chou" the officer added. they
will be compelled to lose 5000 men at
least il they try to take Port Arthur.
Even with such a sacrifice. I consider
the capture of the fortress TO be impos-
sible Port Arthur. in my opinion. is i'm
pregnable. so long as its food and arnmu-
milton hold OUT
CAPTAIN Roudnef formerly comma nder
of the Russian cruiser Variag. sunk Of
ChemuIpo. has been appointed TO com
mand the battleship Andrei Pervozannui.
which will not be ready for two years,
thus dispnsiug OF irresponsible reports
that either he or the members OF the
Variag's crew intended to violate their
promise not to re-enter the service dur
ing the war.
JAPS PAY HEAVILY.
y IaEr
her victories at Kin Chou. Kan Shan and
Talien wan. losing S.oo men In killed and
wounded in the repeated assaults against
those strong positions. but she scored 4
sweeping and valuable victory over the
Russians. capturing fifty guns, clearing
the way to Port Arthur and inaicting
losses on the Russians which IN the end
are expected TO total 2eo men
Il is doubted If the Russians vii stand
aZain north Of Port Arthur. They re-
tire from the field beaten and they failed
TO rally an Nan Quan Ling where II
was anticipated that q second stand /
would be made.
The desperate onsiaughts ef the Jap
anese on the heights Of Nan Shan were
telling The Russians left -31s dead n 4
the trenches there 4 compute Scs-ch I
OF this field is expected 20 srsoT n great /
ST number OF dead Nan Cssa I1nE VIZ
occupied by a sc-ce - Infantry. artif- 4
ley under the command CT General Ma
maura- The main Japanese force zpeat +
Friday night hlii;eed r. the Villages 4
around Nan shan The s1sa1exs we're !
greatly fat.EGed as a result % the con
stsut fighting. but they erateree wfsh /
mich spirit upon the a4v o5<rz asas = i
force Of Russians held S'sz Cali Pa sta
ton. which Is northwest OF Dairy. tai i
the Jsps-nese drov. them osst- Tl--~ FsEs-
SLAMS abandoned and harmed the x4zst5pa /.
and retired IN the direc:ioa - Port Ar
taEr.
The estimates os the RUSSIANS e5<sxea
II c-c defense CT x5s chss. Nan shan