The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-10-01
WILL FIGHT OUT THE ISSUE
CAR TAKES STEPS TO CHANGE
THE TIDE OF BATTLE.
Will Organize Second Manchurian
ArIny-Japs Engaged in Fierce
Assault on Port Arthur.

81. petersburg, Sept 26.-Ihe dl-
vision and reorganization of the Man
churian army, regarding which there
have been rumorS ever since the battle
of Liaoyang, was officially announced
Sunday in all imperial rescript APP
pointing Maj Gen. Grippenberg. COM
mandcr of the Third army corps in the
province of Wilma, as commander OF
the second army now being modified
for immediate dispatch to the far east,
leaving Gen. Kuropatllin in command
of the first army. The emperor is per-
sonally convinced that the political as
we'll as the military prestige of the
empire is ut stake and that every
other consideration must give way be-
fore the eXigencies of war. The re-
sources of the empire in men and
money must be drained, if necessary,
in order to turn the scale and vindi.
ganlzation amounts 10 formal notice to
the world, as the emperor frankly ex-
plains in his rescript, that he intends
TO vastly increase the number of troops
at the theater of war in order to force
the struggle to a successful issue in
the shortest possible time.
Will Fight Out the Issue.
It is intended to silence definitely ali
talk of foreign intervention by the an
nouncement that Russia means to
fight out the issue with Japan on the
field of battle.
Fighting at Port Arthur.
Chefoo, Sept. 2G.-As result of the
battle before Port Arthur which began
on September 10 the Japanese succeeded
in capturing several important positions
and the Russian tenure of the big forts
guarding the north, northeast and north
west sides Of the town is seriously
threatened. Chinese information places
the Japanese losses under 1900 for the
three days fighting. and this compare
lively small casualty list is due to the
excessive care used by the japanese in
making their preparations for the ad-
vance. Russian sources, however, claim
to have information that the Japanese
losses were unusually severe, amount
Ing to fully three times the number
mentioned above. Possibly the most
important capture during the three days
fighting was that of Fort Kuropatkin
which, while of miner value with regard
to preventing the entrance into the town
of the japanese, had been constructed
for the purpose of protecting the sourca
Of the garrison's water supply. The con-
troll of this water supply is now in the
hands Of the Japanese
Military experts here are of the
opinion that If the japanese capture
, either Rihlung or Kikwan forts or the
ltz and Anshn forts the doom of Port
Arthur is sealed, and for this reason
the Importance of the results obtained
by the Japanese in their latest assaults
upon the Russian positions is obvious
Waiting to Destroy Russian Fleet.
London, Sept. 26.-The Daily Nails
Chefoo correspondent says that the
Japanese are now devoting their ener-
gies to an attempt to drive the Rus
sian feet from Port Arthur. The JAP
anese assault is directed against the
forts commanding the harbor, while
Admiral Togo, with his feet rein
forced, is waiting outside and has
placed powerful cruisers and torpedo
boat destroyers in positions to prevent
the possible use of Tsingtau or treaty
ports by the Russian vessels. japan
the correspondent says, is determined