The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-17
JAPS APPEAR
AT NEW CHUANG
Troops Being Landed From a
Number Of Transports.
RUSSIANS WERE SURPRISED
EXPECTED AN ATTACK BE TH--
YALU ARMY.

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New Chuane. May I5.- .Erar- ~
= lHs-)-ihe russians wen. surprise. ~
Dt tle appearance of El- enemy ~
p an hai Chdu. twenty miles s.l-. ~
> or AlnkoW. this muruiuE- .rl.E o.
? ere expecting The YaIu army ~
@ine transports. assisted HE la- ~
= navy landed leo troops ANA t.a .
> remainder win land tonight and 81
? tomorrow Ehc number on the o.
= japanese force is NOT known The 81
= "aIsnips slelled the shore from ~
early morning until evening o.
The Japanese are expected here -
= ON Wednesday. and Che Russian o
y are rapidly eyacuct.uE the town. o.
London. May 1.-THE SHauzraf 81
= correspondent of the Morning o
= Post cabling under date gf May a
? 10, si-T-s that according TO 3 native 81
y report from Port arthur the jap =
anese are vigorously BeSl--ilg lua q
= fortress night ana day. hE land q
ana sea, that sixty japanese war -
2 ships and transports have been q
= sighted iu Blackly bay and lha- q
= heavy firing has been heard iu kil o
. Chau bay.
London, May 1.-THE Shanghai .
. correspondent of the Morning g
= Post says that the Chinese govern y
meul is addressing ana Ideull.a. g
? note 90 all its ministers abroad ra- .
y UeWuE China declaration Uf HaEl- y
. traliJy, and that an imperial edi.t .
. viii be issued eujoiuing the Chic .
= nese people u strictly observe .
= neutrality. .
OF PETERSBURG. May l7.-l-.-1 a.
y m.)-Owius TO the interruption a.
communication with Port Arthur
the admiralty has no information %.
the blowing up of the Japanese cruiser
MiyakH on May Is. Gr the tuu.I1iu-
and Gripping of an aTW0rad Tapaueea
cruiser iu Talieuwau Bay May I'D by "a
haphtha launch in command of "a T1GH-
Russian naval officer The admire Day
officers read with interest the A-=orH-
ated Press account of the former and
pointed out that by no chance rruIT
the two happenings be Identical since
the Mlyako was struck in daylight and
the other event is reported ass happen
ing at night. The admiralty while
awaiting news Of either incident points
out the feasibility of the launch eE-
plot, since the equipment for seu5irz
torpedoes from small boats IS am i'm
Neutiou of the late Vice Admiral laka-
rOh, which he utilized in the Russo
Turkish war. Whether one or tTF0-TaH-
anese ships have been cripuicd =etis-
faction is expressed at fde admiral. E
that there has been some eQuiva lent E.L
The disasters TO the Port Arthur fleet
The OreI arrived today aL CrlIsLs7
making the third baJtleshiD OF CL1
squadron destined for the far ea-
which has arrived there TO receive an
equipment of guns. The battlesliD AL
eEauder III has already been comm is-
stoned and the battIesEip B0r0dil3 is
receiving her main battery. The Sou
varon is the only battleship under con-
structi0n to be assigned TO the lar east.
and she was promised for delivery last
month Batteries are. being iustaL lied On
the protected cruisers Jemtchug ana
IzumrUg.
Despite this progress Vice Admiral
ROjestvuslzy said TO the Ass0ci 5teG
Press that there would be no hurry for
the voyage to the far east and that le
does not expect now TO arrive I'm the
Pacific before Sept. L next at the earlL-
est.