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yesterday morning and that, there.
fore he was compelled to
Exercise Great casekioa

yesterday morning and that. there
fore he was compelled to
Exercise Great ca0tisa
and t. decline the Russian offer of
an engagement. Another view Of the
Japanese admiral's purpose, which is
not so generally entertained, is that
he believed that commandments from
Pigeon bay would be disastrous to
the Russian feet il it we're com.
PEELED to remain in the harbor. he
having ascertained from observation
that the Russian ships always pass
out during the high angle lombard
ments, and that big she'll dropped
on battleship could easily pierce the
deck. and, exploding, might complete
ly destroy it,
Makaroff Reports 1t.
Vice Admiral Makaroff, command
ing the Russian naval forces at Port
Arthur, has sent the following tele-
gram to the emperor:
81 beg most humbly to report that
at 2 O'Clock this morning the enemy
made second attempt to block the
entrance to the inner roadstead. For
this purpose they dispatched four
large merchant steamers. conveyed
by SIX torpedo boats, to the entrance,
''The enemy's ships were promptly
discovered by the searchlights and
were bombarled by the batteries ana
by the guaraships Echr and OtvaiHy.
AttscG. ID the Enemy.
Fearing the enemy's ships might
break through, Lieut.. Krinizki. com.
handing the guard torpedo boat Sill
ma, attacked the enemy and de-
stroyed the bow of the foremost Jap.
anese steamer with a torpedo. This
steamer turned to the right and was
followed by two others, with the re-
suit that the three were stranded to
the right of the entrance. A fourth
steamer went to the right of the en-
emy's ships and likewise sank to the
side of the far way The Silna then
battled with the enemy's six torpedo
boats. Engineer Artif.cier Swyere1
and
Six seamen Were Killed
and the commander and twelve sea-
men were wounded.
at daybreak the enemy's battle.
ship and cruiser squadrons appeared
and l proceeded with the feet under
my charge to meet the enemy.
"The second attempt fthe Japan
ese 10 block the entrance to Port Ar
thur has failed, thanks to the ener-
getic defense by the sea and land
forces, who acted as they did during
the first attempt
1.-The harbor remains perfectly
clear
st. Petersburg, March ga report
from VladivostOk says that mine
has been discovered under the fort
ress with wires leading to Chinese
house in the town.
Fleet Of Japanese Transports.
Chefu, March 20. = The steamer
Active has arrived here from Kobe,
Japan. She reports that on the 25th
inst. she passed feet of Japanese
transports conveyed by cruisers in
the Inland sea. They were bound for
Korea.
Russian Warship Aground.
Algiers, March 20. - The Russian
torpedo boat destroyer Buina, while
entering this port yesterday, went
aground ara sustained extensive dam
ages. The vessel must be locked
Yankees Must Keep Mum.
Seoul March 20. The American
miners in North Korea find them
selves in a most difficult position.
Their ability to continue work not
withstanding the outbreak of hostili.
ties is dependent upon their strictly
minding their own business and exer
cising great caution to avoid offend
ing either of the combatants. They
have practically ceased sending out
any private correspondence in fear
that some chance expressions there.
in might be construed into evidence
Of partially.
United States Minister Allen is ex-
erting pressure to secure the release
of their special train, rs the delay is
causing embarrassment.
Jap Shells % Damage.
Wing Kow, March 29.-In the course
Of the bombardment of Port Arthur
on the 22d the Japanese dropped
more than 200 shells among the Rus
sian warships lying in the harbor.
The Retvizan, Pallada and Bayan
again were damaged. The guns in the
fort appear to have been outranged
by the guns of the Japanese feet
The Russians report, however, that a
Japanese battleship was damaged by
the guns of the Retvizan. The
steamer Europa was sunk in col
lision in the harbOr of Port Arthur.
I've repeated bombardment by the
Japanese is gadrually doing damage