The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-05-13
JAPS IN LAO TUNG.
Their Armies Are Now swarming.
Over the Penensula in
TIE REAR OF PORT ARTHUR:

Ot0E LILO : 0ueub VIA 2 Ii ~ ~
TIE REAR OF PORT ARTHUR,
The Russians Accept the Fact With
Apparent Unconoern and AS
sert that the Fortress
Is Impregnable.
A dispatch from ST. Petersburg says
the ministry Of war has received the
following telegram from Maj. Gen.
Plug, chief Of the military staff:
According to the information i
have received, seven of the enemy's
transports, and afterwards about 40,
appeared opposite PitseWo, on the
morning of May 4. On the morning
of May 8 the Japanese began to land
at Pitsewo and on the coast near
Cape Terminal (about Is miles south-:
west OF Pitsewo) under cover of ar
tillery fire. At that moment about
go transports were observed bearing
down upon the whole front, and our
posts retired from the shore. Ali
papers In, the postoffiee at Pitsewo
were removed and Russian inhabitants
abandoned the town.
According to Chinese reports by
the evening Of May 9th about 10000
or the enemy's troops had landed and
nad taken up nuarters in the Chinese
villages near the points of debarka-
tion. The enemy sent two columns
OF about one regiment each, one in a
westerly direction and the other to
the southwark.
On May 6 passenger. train from
Port Arthur was fired upon a mile
and quarter outside Polandien (about
40 miles north Of Pert Arthur, by
loo Japanese infantrymen occupying
the heights east Of the railway. The
train carried many passengers, 200
sick occupying an ambulance cal, fly
ing the Red Cross flag. Two of the
sick were wounded. The train sue
ceeded In reaching Polandlen."
WHAT THE JAps SAY.
a dispatch from T. Kio. japan,
says the report Of Admiral Hosoya.
received Friday, gives details of the
landing of japanese troops on the
Lao Tung peninsula, suppressing the
location Of the landing place. The
admiral says:
Our seventh division, with torpedo
boats and the Hong Kong Maru and
the Nippon Maru arrived from the
advance base Of the Liao Tung penin-
sula at $50 May 9Th. Discovering a
number Of the, enemy's patrols we
bombarded them for short time, and
then landing party of sailors, Capt.
Nomoto leading, was ordered ashore.
1t being low tide it was impossible to /
use the boats and the sailors plunged
into the water, waded breast deep for
about 4 900 yards and reached the
heac sat 5Ess2p m I Ennsned u ateI md 81
yanctng they; possession of a range
of hills Without firing shot and
our flag on the hills.
The gunboatS Amagi, Oshima and
Chiokai were employed to distract the
enemy's attention. They discovered
100 Of the enemy and shelled them,
killing several. The first fleet of
on seeing our flag displayed
on an eminence, began landing troops
at p. NJ. The troops, who were
forced to wade ashore, we're in high
spirits. In order to further facilitate
the landing Of troops, piers are being
Our division is assisting in
the work"
RUSSIANS NOT WORRIED.
The Associated Press Agent at S.
Petersburg says Japanese troopss
swarming across the narrow neck of
the Liao Tung peninsula, the railroad
and telegraph communications cut
and the Russian Gibraltar isolated
and left to it's own resources this
the Russians seem to accept with
great StoiciSm.
These events have been anticipated
since the outbreak of the war and the
autorities, in a sense, appear to be re-
lieved now that the blow has fallen.
They asserted that the fortress is i'm
pregnable, and amply prOvisioned to
stand siege for year, and that it
can hold out until the time comes to
relieve it.
The Russian military authorities
seem reconciled to the cutting off Of
their stronghold but they are convinc-
ed that the fortress Is impregnable
against attacks by land or sea. Though
the enemy may invest Port Arthur, the
authorities do not believe the Japan
ese will undertake to storm the posi-
tiOn.
The Russians say despite the great
er number Of Japanese, the general
staff believes that their formidable
fortifcation still leave the defensive
superiority with the Russians, whose
staying qualities, 1t is confident, will
insure their holding out as long as
necessary.
Lieut.. Gen. Stoesell will have SUI
preme command at Port Arthur. He
is described as high class cammand-
er. His recent proclamations show
that he is imbued with determine.
tiOn to hold Port Arthur until the
last man Is killed.
Five Miners Entombed.
Five miners are entombed and
believed to be dead as q result OF a
! fierce fire which Is burning in the