The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-18
JAPs' DARING EXPLOIT Official Confirmation of the Night Attack on Russian Warshiips at Port
 Arthur.
SUCCESSFUL TORPEDO WORK
TWO OF THE ENEMY'S MEN-OF-
 WAR HIT.

Japanese Torpedo Boat Destroyers Creep Up to the Mouth of inc Harbor in . Fierce storm aud Amid a Rain of Shells from Russian Forts and ships Accomplish Their Design and Safely
 Withdraw -Gs eat Japanese Army on the Move-Ready to Assatl Port Arthur
 Washington, Feb. 1.-The Japanese legation received this afternoon the fol- lowing from the foreign office at Tokio, giving details of the torpedo attack at Port Arthur on the morning of the 14th:
 'on the 18th of February, a detach- ment of torpedo boat destroyers pro- ceedded, braving the fierce north storm, ]. toward Port Arthur. At o'clock the next morning the Asagiri, Japanese torpedo boat destroyed, amidst as show CT of shells from the enemy's fort and ships, torpedoed Russian man-of-war and after firing on the enemy's guard boat. safely returned to it's headquar- ters. The Hayatori. another Japanese tor2edo boat destroyer, at 5 o'clock on hi9G oe%AisO AliOiiik&iA, elQPA O1CA4CN iO tliC mouth of the port where she found two of the enemy's men-of-war, and in defi- ance of their firing. immediately torpe- doed one of them with an effective ex- plosion and safely withdrew"
 London. Feb. 1S.-The correspondent at Chesoo of the Paris edition of the New York Herald in a dispatch in which he reports the arrival of junks bearing Japanese wounded from the Port Arthur engagement of February A. considers this to show that some thing more than a torpedo attack took place there
 The correspondent at Tokio of the Standard reports that two battleships were destroyed in this attack, while the correspondent at Tien Tsin of the Standard says, under date of Feruary 1T, that a private dispatch from Port Arthur brings the statement that the Russian squadron has again put to sea.
 St. Petersburg, Feb. 17.-A despatch received here from Port Arthur, dated February r, says that in the action off that port February IA the Russian vol unteer fleet steamer Kherson was struck by a f2-inch shell in her upper works A slight fire broke out, which was quickly extinguished. There was not loss of life.
 A despatch has been received here from Major General Pflug, chief of staff to Viceroy Alexieff. saying that Yuan Shas Kai. commander-in-chief of the Chinese army and navy, has ordered g. 800 iflen to Tsin Chou. to maintain or der. Continuing, he says, everything is quiet at New Chwang and that the in- formation that the Japanese are form ing bands of Chun Chus (handits) to attack the railroad is confirmed. Quiet prevails on the Yalu. Russian scouts did not find the enemy within a dis tance of thirty-four miles from the river.
 A government communication pub lished in the Official Messenger warns the public that it must wait patiently for news of Russian victories and says it is useless to waste men in seeking an overhasty revenge.
 Sasebo, Japan, Feb. 17.-The opinin of Japanese naval officers here is that a third fight has occurred off Port Ar thur. some of the Russian war vessels having been reported as leaving that place.
 Tokio, Feb. 17.--Eight transports witr Japanese troops from Nagasaki and several additional vessels carrying war munitions are on their way to the west coast of Corea. Detachments of Japan csc cavalry have already landed al Wiju on the Yalu river.