The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-07-15
RUSSIANS HAPPY.
Jap Losses at Port Arthur Now Placed
at $500.

at $500.
st. Petersburg, July Is. (2:15 a. m. -
The people of st. Petersburg retired to-
night in a happy frame of mind. The
absence of a dispatch from Lieutenant
General Stoessel, commander of the mil-
itary forces at Port Arthur, regarding
the reported disaster to the japanese
last Sunday night is generally attribut-
ed to the delay in communicating Of
| fetal news owing to the absence of the
emperor.
Private dispatches received In st.
Petersburg from Russian sources in the
Far East confirm the reports from
Mukden and Chefoo According to a
usually reliable source the japanese
losses were $500 and the Russian losses
/, 800
City In Ferment Of Excitement.
The city remains in a ferment of ex-
citemert and extras are eagerly bought
up in the hope of finding the long ex-
pected dispatch from General Stoessel.
| 1t was only late tonight that dis
patch arrived which, had it become gen
orally known would have tended some
what to have dan1pened the enthusi-
asn. This was dispatch from Ia
Tche Kiao communicating and undated
dispatch from Port Arthur received
there July Is.
1t did not mention the assault or the
repulse, but it is quite possible that the
dispatch was sent from Port Arthur
earlier than July 10 so that it cannot
be fairly regarded ais contradictory ev-
idence.
1t is quite certain that up, to this
date that there is no disposition in any
quarter in st. Petersburg to question
the truth of the news. There is a gem
eral conviction that if Viceroy Alexleff
decided to communicate the report to
the general staff it must be true.
The Associated Press learns that the
war office had some hesitation in Civ
ling out the dispatch, owing to its dubi-
ltative warning. 1t is contrary to the
custom Of the war Office to publish
statements made with such reserve as
Viceroy Alexieff thought fit to adopt.
Rejoicing Increased.
The rejoicing in the Russian capital
| is increased by foreign dispatch con-
lffrming the Japanese reverse. The
question is eagerly asked IL the Rus
SLAMS took advantage of the Japanese
discontinue to follow up the blow and
linfiict a crushing defeat, with possibly
the capture of the siege guns. The
news that the Vladivostok cruisers and
torpedo boats were out again filled the
Russian cup of joy to overfiowing.
Retreat from Yin Kow.
The retreat from Yin Kow, and per-
lhaps from Ia Tche Kiao, does not
weigh in the balance. People who had
begun to grumble at General Kuropat-
kin are inclined, under the influence of
| the news from Port Arthur, to take the
opposite view, which is also voiced by
a military expert, who says the retreat
from Kai Chou was masterpiece in
tactics. This expert sees in Kuropat-
kin's strategy the flawless carrying out
of military science, departure from
which would have precipitated disaster.
In this light General Baron Stakelberg' IS
march appears to have been a stroke of
Igenius, since ne Kept IN contact with
the enemy, prevented juncture Of the
Japanese armies and generally retard-
ed the Japanese plans both in the
north and south of the Lao Tung
peninsula. ~ r--s
The transfer of General Kuropatkin's
staff to Ia Tche Kiao, and the appear
ance of great activity there bluffffed
the Japanese into devoting all their at
|tention to that quarter, leaving the
more valuable line from Lao Yang to
Mukden alone.
Even If there be no battle at Ia Tche
Kiao or Hal Cheng, the Russians are
now looking forward with entire conf
dence to the concentration of General
Kuropatkin's forces around Lao Yang,
which will mark the successful termin-
|ation of the first stage of his cam
|paign.