Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-05-10
JAPANESE In DALNY
Capture Russia's Modern Port
on Yellow Sea.
CITY BUILT BY ORDER OF THE CAR
NcVvchvvang Is Almost Empty of Rus
sians-Residents Fear PiIIage by
Chinese Bandits-POrt Arthur
Weak In Food Supplies.

Chinese Bandits-POrt Arthur
Weak In Food Supplies.
LONDON, May 10.-Dispatches from
Shanghai say that the Japanese have
captured and occupied Dalny.
The capture of Dalny by the Japa'
nese is one of the biggest events of the
war. Dalny was Russia's most impor-
tant seaport ON the Yellow sea. 1t lies
on the east coast of the Liaotung pen
insula, in Victoria bay, II of the in
let's of Talienwan bay, where the Japa-
nese have landed in force.
Dalny was built almost in a year to
be the eastern terminus of the great
Transsiberian railway, to be Il port
| where would assemble the commercial
navles of the world. Erected in ODE
dience to III edict of the ear dated
July 80, 1909, Dalny was completed
before an inhabitant lived there; was
perfected, had tremendous piers, fine
dwellings, public buildings, t~heaters,
banks, parks, electric lights, trolley
considerably every modern improve
ment.
With their successive victories and
few reverses the japanese commanders
have removed in a large measure the
strict censorship maintained hitherto
over achievements and to some extent
over future movements. The forces
under General Kuroki are pursuing
their way without interference in the
direction of Liauyang, and the next
great engagement of the war will take
place there. The japanese believe that
General Kuropatkin will give battle.
lie has not been withdrawn by his
government and will not remove his
headquarters to Mukden, but will prob
ably make a stand at Liauyang.
Port Arthur is now entirely sur
rounded by the Japanese who hold the
railroad as well as the approach by
sea.
The evacuation of Newchwang is al
most complete. The Russian authori-
ties have promised to leave a sufficient
ear guard to prevent pillaging by the
Chinese bandits who are in the vicinity
and awaiting an opportunity to get in
to the city.
The Russians are communicating
cattle on the. west side of the Lao riv-
er, and the Chinese are indignant at
this procedure. Eight hundred head of
cattle have been seen at Yinkow.
Information has been received that
Port Arthur has only coal sufficient to
last the warships for six weeks and
that the food supply there will feed
5000 men for three months only.
A dispatch from Gensan, on the east
coast Of Korea, states that a large
Russian force, accompanied by many
Manchurian mounted bandits, crossed
the Yalu far above WIFI, the Japanese
base, four days ago, and moved south
east, occupying Changjin.
This place is a hundred miles west of
Songjin. Nothing further has been
heard of the movements of this Rus
sian body, which was probably sent
into Korea to harass the japanese out
posts and perhaps cover other move
ments. .n lc
1t is believed that Keneral Kuropat-
kin may have in mind a design for
fianking the Japanese along the Yalu.
A st. Petersburg dispatch this morn
ing says the war commission adjourn
ed at a late hour, but did not make
public any dispatches from the far
east. This is accepted as an indication
that no fresh fighting has occurred.
The Cossacks in touch with the Japa-
nese are simply small attachments
which are observing the movements of
the enemy in order to keep General
Kuropatkin properly Informed.
A Tokyo report says that $4,000
Russians are retiring from New
chwang to Liaoyang.
1t also says that Chinese bandits
have destroyed the road to Tashichia
and to Haicheng. Tashichia is the
junction for the Newchwang branch of
the Port Administrator line, and Hal
cheng is farther north on the main
line. The Russians are making a new
road.
Bandits have attacked and cut 9th
err parts of the railroad. The capture
of Dalny will enable the Japanese to
cut off Port Arthur's electrical supply.
The Japanese have requested the
United States government to inquire
into the fate of forty men who were
missing after the blocking of Port\ Ar
thur. 1t is believed that several of
them We're captured.
A Seoul report says:
at is believed here that a portion of
the Russian Vladivostok fleet has been
successfully shut out and is now in
the sea of Japan trying to evade the
Japanese"
The Japanese may find a weak spot
In the defenses of Port Arthur, as be.
fore, and it is believed in some quar-
tiers that they will repeat the tactics
employed in the war with China and
attempt an assault through the west
ern defenses, which are known to be
weak. .i tf'
Dispatches from Shanghai say that
the Tartar general at Mukden has de-
clined to obey Viceroy Alexeieff's or