The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-26
GEAR ANNOUNCES WAR PLANS.
Continued from Pirst Page.

infantry attack upon Important positions
severe fighting taking place, When q
courier left ON Saturday morning the gar
rison was maintaining q stubborn resist
ance. There were heavy casualties on boti
! sides ..-
The Chefoo correspondent of the Dolly
Moi, telearaphing on the same date. says,
however, that the comparative calm Of the
past month had not been broken, but II
was apparent that another great attack
was at hand. He added that since the last
assault rapid progress had been made on
chain OF earthworks extending from
Pigeon Bay TO Takushan.
Large siege guns had been mounted
which exceed In number and effective
range those employed in any previous siege
in the history Of warfare. Day and night
further reenforcements OF men and guns,
stores and ammunition are arriving for
the besieging army. Nothing Is being
left to chance to render the next attack
successful.
That attack, II Japanese Official opinion
Is to be relied upon, Is to be made with the
object Of driving to sea the remnant OF the
once formidable and still powerful Russian
feet from its present shelter In the east
port. The Japanese assault will be d.
rected against the strong forts on the west
of Port Arthur, which command every part
Of the harbor.
At present the imprisoned ships are safe
and they will try to leave before these
positions are taken. There Is great
probability that when the crucial hour
arrives the Russian commander will steam
to sea in the forlorn hope of fighting his
way through the Japanese fleet and reach
ing Yladivostok or neutral ports. -.
Capt. Wirren, who succeeded Admiral
Prince Ukhtomsky in command OF the
squadron, Is clever and ambitious. Those
who know him declare that he may even
attempt q surprise attack on Admiral Togo
but the Japanese are prepared for every
possible movement and will not AFFORD
him chance to escape.
Admiral Togo has placed his ships both
east and west and within easy view Of the
entrance to the port They are not hidden
as they we're at the beginning Of the last
naval battle. Rear Admiral Kamimura
has strengthened the main squadron with
one or two ships, while Rear Admiral Uriu,
with number Of powerful cruisers and
destroyere, lies somewhere between Shang-
hal and Chefoo to prevent any possible
use of Tsingtau or the treaty ports by the
escs ping ships.
The Miaoto Islands are the headquarters
OF the Japanese destroyers and torpedo
boats. The smoke Of these watchful
"thunder-fsh, as the Chinese call them,
is seen in every part OF the Gulf. The
escape Of the Port Arthur ships into the
a. l. H,,t hot "a A-l5 NIL o<
harbor may continue to shield them until
the arrival Of the Baltic fleet, which is re-
garded as serious menace to the Japanese
command OF the sea.
II is this menace which determined
Japan to destroy at all costs and without
delay the Russian naval force now lying
in the shadow OF the white marble noun
tain. Meanwhile, there IL cessation OF
news from Port Arthur.
An attempt to svade the blockadsrs
by the use OF bottles and cans holding
documents attached to the bottom Of
junks has been futile. The steamer George
ran the blockade in August and landed
stores and ammunition at Pigeon Bay,
but the vessel was captured as she was re-
turning. Tho weasel was taken to Sasebo
by five destroyers. Her captain was
allowed to return TO China.
To prevent the egrees OF news from Port
Arthur by means Of junks the Japanese
have number Of junks in the gulf and =
system of signalling has been established,
by which all junks In the Russian service
are at once discovered and sunk.
There Is little news from Mukden. The
only official report comes from the Russian
side, whence 1t Ia stated that on Saturday
the situation was unchanged.
A despatch to the Daily Moif from st.
Petersburg says that Gen. Linievitch, with
an army corps and the Orenburg Cossaoks,
has arrived at Mukden from vladivostok.
A despatch to the Telegraph from Tein-
tsin says there h every indication that the
Japanese will Immediately advance on
Mukden.
BERLIN, Sept. 2s.-.A despatch to tho
Lokai Anssiger from Mukden says the
tendency OF the Japanese to take the offen-