The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-12
BATTLE IMPENDING.
japanese Should Reach the Russians
Within Fortv-Eight Hours.


St. Petersburg, May 12.-(3.35 a. MI
impending events OF great Importance
10 the military situation in Msuehuria
are toreShadOWed i'm official dispatches
gwen out late last night by the war
commission.
On May 8 the japanese forces eau
uously moved from Feug Waug Cheug
toward Hal Cheug, which is thirty-tWO
mics east By north of New Chuang.
anu lt Is the opinion of The general
stan that they should certainly reach
their destination within two days If
Jhe japanese occupy Hal CheuE, with
Fort Arthur effectively cut or. New
thuauE. which the Russians have al
ready uisnautled, would pass INFO theiI
hands, The entire Lao Tung peuinsu-
Ia, in fact. save Port arthur and per-
haps haiping, would be commanded 10y
them
The satisfaction felt at the re-estab-
Lsnment Of communication with Port
Arthur Is increased by the knowledge
that q traIHlO8a of ammunition has
been safely delivered to the fortress.
This was done I'm the presence of the
ouemy.s army which landed at PitseWo.
and which is apparently on the eve of
being reinforced by another division on
board thirty transports now lying of
Port Arthur
kurokis Movements.
The troops sent by General KlfroIzf
60 the southwest of Feug Wang Chenp.
which troops, DO is established. do not
belong 10 a third army none having
landed at Takushan, crossed the Ia
5 aug river May and should by this
: time be operating I'm the Lao Tung
peninsula provided they continued as
SIS regarded probable the plan being TO
complete the mastery of southern Man
Churia.
Beside acting energeucauy i'm south
ern Mauchuria and moving on Hal
theug. General kurOki kept in mind
the necessity of OuldauHiug General
huropatkin at Lao Yang. as is shown
in the fact That ON the morning of May
DO DE started a formidable force. con-
=istiug of a division of infantry and
forty guns and 1000 cavalry toward
Salmatsi tSaimadza1. I'm view of Gen
eral AurODaLklu.s statement that am
examination May 10 of the line be-
tween Saimatsi and Feug Wang Cheng
failed To show the presence OF Japan
csc. the authorities are puzzled as 90
where the Japanese force came from.
japanese detachment Is reported
officially to have occupied I[Wau Teiu
Si5H May 6. but 1T is believed likely 10
be a. small scouting party belonging TO
lSeueral EuTgkis army
Much is Expected.
The authorities are looking with con-
siderable philosophy ON the division by
General KuToki of his army into three
separate commands for they expect
General kur0patkiu promptly 20 take
advantage of the numerical iuferiority
az the enemy.
The fact that 10 was considered nee
esSaTy To- send a traiuluad of ammuui-
1IUu TO Port Arthur has aroused COM
meut and it is regarded iu certain
quarters as am Indication that The Rus
Soy
war material there
The Associated Press has received the
following assurances from member of
the general staff
There are ample supplies of muui-
taHs of war az Port arthur, but nat
uralIy General kuropatkin desired 10
send as much as possible 90 the fort
Trss. During the expected siege great
quantities of shells and explosives VIII
be fired. and we cannot AFFORD 10 per-
INIT the TepToarh of the defenders that
they could not hold Port Arthur be-
cause of 81 lack of powder and she'll !
but I assure you there are enough /
supplies there f0r one gear.
Question of Time.
With such large force Of the enemy 4
before Port Arthur o. Is well under 4
stood here that it Is a question OF days (
Perhaps hours, before communication is /
8 kahn cut of.
4It Is predicted that there VIII be /
DARING attempt al a repetition Of Lieu +
tenant colonel SpjridOnons plan TO get 1
ammunition into Port arthur.
one facU mentioned iu the official 3
dispatch on which the authorities lay 4
stress IS the action of the Chinese I'm /
saving detachment from a Cossack 4
ambuscade- such incidents as those .
can only lead, it is said. TO General .
kurOpatklns taking determined meas /
ures. he cannot have the enemy with /
On as well as outside the lines