The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-11
RUSSIANS ARE,
WOFltI, /, y 81 lJE'
AppalrentlySM Must s CON q baildot1s
Port: Arthur and p Dall1,y "a IoYoSl8
sss Already Scare ss13 ss,$
JAPs sWARMlNG KOREA I ] "a.
AnSArnly ofS Two EIulld red Tlllolls
sand Trans portc, ,!1 speed dilsyiiS.sa sy'.iiS.a
3ts CLASHES B Uts AN oSB attles g5sSS3
ss;ociat y: Press 4 N


SSiL4oNDoN, I, .AIarct 10. Cab1eg ANS frofii
sTien I'ih ind q te q te fcollrag
,lc1it rlc,t v among tlie Russlans beyond any
ftlllnG susp ~ II
for abandoning New calWaug and ea4si
psrts8oc the army here gyee thatA lI3
New hwang iii tho hand N n ~ f,anassS
is I'M possible PprEsS
Arthur llould hold out agai st \
siega vi III to- deco
nav aSsy1 .day
anti
Dalny. arn tllsSl !yl
T5liouscs. 81 4 hoy 5ar also send1h s,ipsI
ftlous forcas u from Fo "a r liur3 Sbac XII
IIarbin and m NJ den, " wi tlls tho vldcnta
purpose 8 rod uclng url 'l bes
fed in the event o 81 aie S5s %
"A THAT the food supply Port
rs li at IA nd to as has beer ortea
4 from Russian sources. ia Is "a ev ldent from
,sthe circums tances that SUPP les of ca
to:Aoel HE garrison, are be n6E sm ugglcd
sin@fron Shan Hais an and 9th a NJ.
i1,ese cities desplte Chlnese n 80 verlirs;
$ment's & attitude OF neutrnlity
n Still 1T is expected that the Russians \
al Port Arthur will make Desperate
defense and that the sfinal ina pters OF =
Japanese ifves tmclt OF that port Is ike-5s
ly 10 live In the annals OF heroic war
fare but that the lrusI L tsill N ~;
1considereG certain. y III ss ss
'rho strcng Of tho ia pail cam
IA Illustrated lii a. message . thp CONF
mittee sNagasaki sent via s lianG I'M rs
since tile ginning o. 81 host les ~
mas transported tos Korea ten "a ylsioonsS y On I
Of her army amounting III al 70 sNpyynl q
OF two hundred thousands n, en-, ll II
any Occidental will tlnd altl1leutsy
ins1na tching. # ss7j II III Il iss I'LL
gbgss fleet q & transports boa ,e arln q Il
portion1of the second army ,s
sstenmtng toward &6 the east coast t3sS 3sS
llorea IT, Will land Is z g l1le
jnortfwnrd OF l',iSa Y. . sa32
With its Transports DOT tins . tlie sei ~ y Bg
about the war sect tion, the
apparently reffectlvd bonn ba rel
Port Arthur mud n Ead iyosto re- "
Eplainetl. mot tia
to accomplish tho 7impossi bio nnd snia.alh$s a
tmodorn land tiflca tons
attack, but these lombard mcnts 4 $serNa8S
2to Insure tho remaining q ttSSSs
4whu tover Russian ships are me tliesa;;SF ;;SF
3llarbors and 50 keep ON n
8rering with tho trflns sports. @, |. s
1.-The Russians have a denied ~ lit "
INluulyuStOkhl |itt'' -
Btho SJapanesc, and there a re no con rttN
advices from lie y panese side,
possible that the story of u pal ele 81
IN ma OUT of Toxic was q II erro bu ttiSg
as the Russians do not give airy tois-s
nation us TO tho present wlsearenhou 8,
81 their fleet, whether It is mt laedtSo
stok or elsewhere. and the recen Z ] apansrS5
ESQ attack on Vladiyostok did not no show
its presence there is q 1uestio y whether
tho Russian denial should be accented s..
literally or not q, y
Meanwhile the outpost fighting I, gtIsgS 4
southern Manchurla and along the ! AL aitS
continues with the general resu Y ina ina G5SS
tic Russians retire; but there is ~ tls 8 ss
Significance to be attached to the results
Of these skirmishes Of scouts V ressi
ported that the Russians have 4 thlrt " Z 5SS ~
thousand mon az New cfwang, tWeM.S2ss ..es.,,
thousand at Port Arthur. and istTo 9g Iss
forces at Chin Chow and lFp chau, there ylaai
commanding both banks OF the a Lane
River 1t Is said that starvation, feolttt
ana harsh treatment have broken tlles8s sss
spirit OF thu Russian troops. Who 4ate are ~
mostly recruits, Is Z, Il, 3sJ