The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-12
THE RUSSIANS
 NONPLUSSED Do Not Understand Japa- neSe Movements. THEYKEEP THEM GUESSING Som. important Action Is An-
 iicipated. A Train Load of Ammunition Sent tc. Port Arthur, But Communities
 tion VIII soon Be
 Cut oR.
THEY KEEP THEM GUESSING

St. Petersburg, May I2.-(3:30 a. J. Impending movements of great import ance to the military situation in Man churia are foreshadowed by official des- patches given out late last night by the war commission
 On May 8 the Japanese forces cautious ly moved f.om Fengwang Cheng toward Hai Chang, which is thirty-two miles east by north of Newchang, and it is the opinion of the general staff that they should certainly reach their destination within two days. If the Japanese occupy fIai Chen with Port Arthur effectively cut off, New Chwang, which the Rus sians have already dismantled, would pass into their hands. The entire Lao Tung peninsula. in fact, save Port Arthur and perhaps Kai Ting, would be commanded by them.
 The satisfaction felt at the re-estah- lishment of communication with Port Arthur is increased by the knowledge that train load of ammunition has been safely delivered to the fortress. This was done in the presence of the enemy q army which landed at Pitsewo and which is apparently on the eve of being rem forced by another division on board thirty transports now lying of Port Adams.
 The troops sent by General Kuroh to the southwest of Fengwang Cheng, which 1t is established do not belong to third army, none having landed at Takushan, crossed the Tayang River May ana should by this time be operating in the Liao Tung peninsula. provided they con tinued as is regarded probable, the plan being to complete the mastery ot south ern Manchuria.
 Besides acting energetically in south- ern Manchuria and moving on Hai Chang General Kuroki kept in mind the neces- sity of outfianking General Kuropatkin a. Liae Rang, as Is shown in the fact that on the morning of May 10 he start ed a formidable force consisting of division of infantry and forty guns and I.50O cavalry toward SaimRtdza. ln.-view of General Kuropatkins statement that an examination May 10 of the line be- tween Saimatl and Feng Wang Cheng failed to show the presence of Japanese, the authorities are puzzled as to where the Japanese forces came from.
 The authorities are looking with con siderable philosophy on the division by General Kuroki of his army into three separate commands for they expect Gen eral Kuropatkin promptly to take ad- vantage of the numerical inferiority of the enemy.
 The fact that it was considered neces- sary to send a train load or ammunition to Port Arthur has aroused comment. and 1t is accepted in certain quarters as an indication that the Russians have not sufficient supplies of war material there.
 The Associated Press has received the following assurance from member Of the general staff:
 There are ample supplies of munitions of war at Port Arthur. but naturally General Kuropatkin desired to send as much as possible to the fortress. Dur ing the expected seige great quantities os shells and explosives will be fired, and we cannot afford to permit the reproach of the defenders that they could not hold Port Arthur because of a lack of pow der and shell. But I assure you there are enough supplies there for one year..
 With such large force of the en- emy before Port Arthur it Is well un- derstood here that 1t is a question of days perhaps hours, before communi- cation is again cut off. It Is predicted that there will be daring attempt at 6 repetition Of Lieutenant Colonel Spi- rydonoff's plan to get ammunition into Port Arthur.
 One fact mentioned in the official dis patches, on which the authorities lay stress is the action of the Chinese in saving a Japanese detachment from & Cossack ambuscade. Such incidents as these can only lead, 1t Is stated, to General Kuropatkin's taking deter mined measures. He cannot have enc mics within as well as without the lines.