The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-11

i of communication with Port Arthur
All they know definitely is that the
I railroad has been repaired and that at
+ 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon the FIRST
. dispatch passed over the reconstructed
+ telegraph lines
There probably has been some fight
ing, but whether with japanese YES
sells or with Che troops north of Pitse-
WO is not known. nor has the where
. abOUts of the japanese landed on the
southern part of the Lao Yang PENN
sula been definitely asceTtained. IT is
J safe 10 say, however, that no engage
: ment of Importance has occurred TO re-
establish communication. JndOubted-
ly news of such a victory would be
made public promptly, owing TO the
state of the temper of the people to-
night. All Impotence arising from
B General kuTOpatEiu's gradual with
I draWal has disappeared. The japanese,
J seeing that the withdrawal was thor
Ough, and with the care that mas dis
tinguished their past operations, after
making sure that no Russians were left
+ behind cut the vital line of cOmmuni-
/ cations.
/ The japanese division operating Nay
I and g east of Tayangho must not be
confused with the army Of PitseWor
( because the latter debaTked on May s..
If a third army had landed at Taku-
shan it could have moved 70 Feng
Wang Cheng and hauked the Russians
81. case General Kurok had encg un-
tered strong opposition.
Japs Taking Chances.
The suggestion of another japanese
debarkatiOu is generally discredited
The force acting Independently is be-
I iieved to be attached TO General KurO-
kI's army. Whether or not am army
Z was landed. the fact was Impressed
upon the Associated Press by mem
/ Der of the general staff that the jap
anese are placing southern Manchuria
absolutely under control before begin
/ ming a forward movement, thus guar
anteeing against threatened COssaCk
raids.
Whether General Kuroki intends to
move ON Lao Yang and Hal Cheng has
not yet developed, though action
( against the latter place does not now
/ appear so probable I'm view OF the dis
I patch of a force to Kunaginsieu
The marching ON Hal Cheug is not so
important as il would have been had
/ the Russians continued 10 occupy New
Chuang.
KuroIi is Posted.
General KuroId in the view of an
( authority here undoubtedly is informed
I OF the preparations for the evacuation
+ of New Chuang. and knows that the
F Auug peninsula would promptly retire
should he advance 10 Hal Cheug. In
( the light Of these considerations he
may determine to boldly march to Lao
+ yang, either by the northern road or
/ ON the road by which the Russians re-
treated and along which he has sent
scouting parties
The reports of severe euga gements.
( which are not officially confirmed. prob
! ably grew out of skiTmishes along the
HalU river before Lieutenant General
/ ZassaIitch's retirement.
Squadron at V1adivostok.
/ Information which was received by
/ the emperor today set al rest ali Tu-
mors affecting the NladivOstok squad
ron.
The Associated Press was auth0rita-
lively Informed today that there is alb
. solutely DO intention ON the part of
+ Vice Admiral Skrydl0T to order an at
F tempt To effect junction with the Port
Arthur fleet.
+ The squadron viii use VIadivostok
as q base for raids, but viii be pre-
/ served intact until the Baltic fleet ar
. Tiyes iu the Pacific. when 1T VIII pro-
5 coed to sea and report to Admiral 10
+ jestvensky at q certain determined
8 point
Force at Port Arthur
] The Associated Press is further in
! formed that the garrison az Port Ar
. thur IS stronger than heretofore has
been stated
There is no reason TO keep the
strength of the garrison at Port Ar
thur "a secret said the informant of
f the Associated Press. THE Japanese
know 1T because OF their perfect infor-
nation. We have 10000 soldiers and
10000 sailors there. The latter VIII not
be- used on the Qualifications except as
Il last extremity The japanese viii
not obtain possession of our fleet even
u they capture Port Arthur, The or
ders 10 lhe commander there are that
he shall when, after an is inevitable,
put 20 Sea and engage the enemy. We
do not propose for the japanese TO nud
iu the harb0r a number Of valuable
WaTships which they can seize and add
To their feet. Moreover. i'm battle the
/ japanese win suffer as well as our
ships and those of the latter which do
not escape viii go down 10 the bottom. %
pOrary retirement 10 the coast. or that