Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-06-23
KUROPAT-
KIN TALKING
IntinlateS Some
thing Coming.

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ed War Correspondent
Says japan Has Best Mill
tary.-RusSians TO Prevenk
Japanese Securing . Base
for Supplies.
st Petersburg, June % 1:1O D. my
The expectation of great battle has
been intensified by General Kuppnaf.
kin's speech to General Stakelberei
corps on Monday at Kai-Chou. When
the commander-in-chief said he would
see the troops again soon, that thew
must settle the Japanese prompts.
and tnat they We're not going home uia-
u this had been done. The general Isl
understood to have meant that bS
would return from Lao Yang with 4
large force and give battle. It is point
ed out that he can afford to leave al
comparatively small garrison at Lilac
Yang IN view of the absence OF any dfz.
rect advance from Feng- WanQ-Ohen
and the concentration Of the JapaneeS.
forces south. In the opinion OF manvS
conservative military men h11ropafs
klns massing of troops at Kai-0hoi
does not necessarily indicate his intan
ton to give battle, but merely to checf
the Japanese advance and defer the oc.
cupation Of New Chwang, the posses
sion of uStch would be OF great adj
vantage to the Japanese during the
rainy season, affording the enemy
housing accommodation ana enablEnw
them to land supplies and harass fhe
Russians The occupation Of Sia1ne.
Yo-Shan twenty-five miles southeast az
Kai-Chou) by Japanese detachnent
indicates that the connection between
the enemy's armies is practically asz
sured. Siung- Yo~Ehan is half Wsv ke&
tween General Oku's and General XIII
roki's positions. at Senuchen and Sa1IS
Yen respectively. In the opinion of
the general staff the Siung- YoAShAn de-
tachment is an outpost OF the Siu-Y en-
army or of another force recently laud+
ed at Ching Tai -Tsze, fifteen miles
southwest OF Taku-Shan. The roads,
from Siu-Yen and Ching Tai Tsze pass
Sung Yo7Shan, whence they proceed
respectively to Senuchen and Kai- Chou
The information of the war Office ac-
counts for the position of twelve Jap
anese divisions. The whereabouts Of
two others is unknown. These are the
sixth and seventh, which pr0fn1]lV
We're the last to arrive. as they come
from Hakodate. One or both may have
just landed. furnishing link between
the armies of KHraki and Olu.
According to the latest reports Ols1i'6
main army is still several miles south
of Senuchen
Vancouver, b. O.. June 23.-Aocord.
ing to Otto Won Gottberg, war co5S
respondent for the Lokal Anzeiger 0f
Berlin, who is returning home on ac-
count of i'll health, and who has arr
rived here from the Orient, the Japan.
ese are superior to any European army
force. In an interview he said:
Japan wants Korea Every profnls
nent Japanese government and military
official from General Kuroki down has
at different times admitted that the aim
of Japan is to annex Korea.
II consider both the naval and milf
| tary branches of the Japanese flghtin4
force as considerably superior to that
of Russia. at least as shown SO farl1fx
the campaign
'sThe artillery duel really determined
the result of the battle of the Yallf
The work of the Japanese artillery,
| equipped as they were with their new
explosive, was so disastrous to the Rus.
sian artillery that the latter was fpraaA
tically annihilated
General Kuroki impressed me as
| being very able strateg1st. Flo IS
very slave, always cool, and during all
the fighting witnessed he was com
stantly smoking cigar, as If nothing
important was going on.
| ANOTHER ATTACK REPORTEp
Che Foo, June % C2:30 p. m.)-It -
reported here that the Japanese made
determined attack upon Port Arthur
from land and sea yesterday, June 81
| and also during the night Two steam,
ery just arrived passed Port Arthur nt
/ o'clock this morning, some distance
| Off shore. The captains, both reliable
men, say they did not hear any. firing
ut that hour.
JAPAN'S SUPREME COMMANDERS.
| Toxic, June % I'll a. m.)--The Mar
quis Oyama, formerly marshal and
chief of the general staff has been APP
pointed to the supreme command Of
/ the imperial armies In the field. Ills
chief Of staff VIII be Lieutenant Gson
eral Kodama. late chief of general
staff. Their positions vacated on the
general staff in this city VIII be flied
| by Field Marshal Yamagatn and Ma
jor General Nagaoka
LANDING M KOREA.
| Seoul, Korea, June % g p m.)--ss.ss>e
Japanese government steamer Manchu
with members Of parliament foreign
correspondents and officials on board,
| arrived at ChemuIpo last night. The
visitors landed to-day and were greeted
by Acting Minister Haghiwara. They
Will be received at luncheon tomorrow
by the emperor
] HARvARD-YALB BALL GAME
| Cambridge. Mass, June 23.-Fair