The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-23
RUSSIANS. HAVE ELUDED THE Willy .IAAPIS1
FILLED
OF PEcHlii
ANCHORAGE FLOATING
S OF TIE law FNATioNsgs
EFFORT TO
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LONDON, May iii mes his
morning prints a aispat tchs from Il tsSc cor ors5
respondent aboard the Sss tea sflen IIat:s
nun. which is cruising about The elssll
| low Sea. stuting that the Russ ans tnS
Port Arthur in their despera1toI have
resorted TO unheard ofNaxp dents to-
destroy the Japanese fleet operating
against the Port The henlnl et
Russians. according to- the dispatch,
have strtwn mines all over til Is 6s ttlf ofs5
Pecnill Many of these IA ines have
broken away from thsir ara ehora ge,ss
and now float aEou u he sitaif ;iS con-
stant menace 10 neutral So vel a3s f.s8$ M
belIigerent ships.
The Haimun reports picilin s. I'D sses.s
cral OF these mines not far I'M 1SAV Veissl
Hal Wei on the otheraside Of the8st stra itaEss
OF pecfiit, one hundred miles rom the6
Port.
This act continues the al ispatcii,ss
..even as the act Of a desp parata gar5s
rison. must be In vIolati ion sof he law
of nations. 1fss
ST PETERSBURG MAJ 33..----szAk kds kdss5
vices from MuSden, Man huria, ate
that news Of a Japanes disaster has
just reached the Russian nScanpst ere.sa
The advices$ say that he news Sfss be-
lieved as the Japanese ad vance has
been suspended. 3ss5 As
Kuroli.s force has been const tantly
harra ssed by forces Of Cessacisss
which keep him on the aler
The correspond ent reports that
Port Arthur Is effectualIy ISOLATED I'M
the rear Regarding this act of II 1esss
japanese he say s q iyis sion.S it3gsgill
be remembered landed above "a q Els
lott group Of Islands at itsesvo,S
seized the railway Poland and plant
ed themselves as q stop AGAIN MO- ne
Russians reinforcements to the
North.
simultaneously the two remaining
divisions landed In the shore af Kerr
Bay just North OF Iaiu shts-'r an
im1ned diate .sasz&ft es .narr isf tsss;s ssss
mus at KiHsS< Bay ting
FEPort Arthur ahf sae-s Is1,xansyr tll1 serlSSs
insrla 1t will be the dlt tlilsa
corps to reduce Port s1 Art hui.
Tho untoward es entss oI 81 ne nilsI#
week viii only mulatez i11 ~.
efforts TO reduce Port 4 II sirE$SssSl ~
coup de ,nain.''3
The reason such effect has not been
seriously made before this II eonsss
cludes, Is that the japanese feet atEfass
had irs hands fall ATTENDING q III tiaeg$
conveying Of transporss hen 81 lisS iss8
ssor.. is completed til heSss as Fort
Arthur clash Will come
LONDON, May atcalsfs
from New Chwang received y iiisFasF ems I'M
ing states that Russian arti q cry an md
mounted -infantry are reoccyp ngst hat
place in force. ssssss
A telegram from Chea Foe GA etess
a Russian sea cap tain, N farrivedSs
there from Port Art thur tod a:sass
stating that there are now
thousand Russian troop r,TssS
thur, and the officers IN com man are
confident theywiH be abb iesto hold the
Port against any attack 81 sthesJ apfaIfisa
ese The forts are being "a apsfl l5FssS
placed in the finest ghtings cror1da Hon
willie the vessels damaged by han
}ese shells and torpeaoes are a bout
ready to go into eonInis ission A sal n
The saa captai ssassa soy author
for the report OF a sea- fight onaAi ay
Goth between Japanese gunb boatsS and and
torpedo boats and he Russia IAN lfaEess
batteries, in viii CHI g. sIaal gstltboaf
ana two torpedo boats we're 50 az
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