Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-05-26
MANY WAR RUMORS.
Little Credence Il Placed 10 Them
Without Oficial Confirmation.
RUSSIANS DETERMINED TO STOP JAPS
Battle Likaiy TO BE Fought ct Lao Yang
-Russians Defeated Near Yin Rsu
Five Rattalions of Japanese
Troops Wiped Ont

Five HattaIions of Japanese
Troops Wiped Ont
London, May 25.--Rumor Is unceas-
ingly busy with the war. but little
credence is placed in the varying
statements In the absence of Official
confirmation. The Daily Nails cor
respondent at Shimonoseki. Japan.
cabling under date Of May "a, asserts
that active preparations are in prog
ress for the reduction Of Port Arthur
and that these preparations will DO
intrusted to a carefully chosen force
Of veterans forming part OF the third
army. Very heavy artillery, the cor
respondents says. is being landed on
the Lao Tung peninsula.
Dispatches to the Daily Telegraph
show that on May 16 the Japanese
headquarters were still at Feng Wang
Cheng. This, the correspondents at
tribute to the necessity for joint &C
ton with the Japanese army which has
landed at Pitsewo. They explain that
communication has not yet been es-
tablished between the two Japanese
armies, but that it is expected to be
effected within q few days. The dis
patches say that the telegraph lines
between Feng Wang Cheng and the
south have been cut by Russians dis
guised as Chinese A Russian trans
port is moving from Lao Yang in the
direction Of Mukden, but 1t is not
known whether this means a retire
ment of the army or merely the re-
moval of winter clothing, which is no
longer needed. The movements OF
war correspondents, the dispatches
say, are limited to radius of mile
and a half from Feng Wang Cheng.
The Daily Telegraph's Niuchwang
correspondent declares that Gen. Ku-
ropatkin is determined to check the
Japanese at Liao Yang, where prob
ably the greatest battle Of the war
will be fought. He adds that the
Japanese land operations against Port
Arthur are meeting with little sue
cess and that Lieut. Gen. Stoessel and
Mai. Gen. Fock continue to make
well-directed but desperate sorties
against the advance Of the Japanese,
who are fighting with stubborn de-
almost unequaled In his
tory. Several hundred Japanese have
been killed during the past few days.
Japanese achievements are arriving
daily from Pitsewo and Polandien, &C
cording to this correspondent
The Seoul correspondent Of the Daily
Telegraph says that Kin Chau Is be-
ing besieged by the Japanese and its
surrender Is momentarily expected.
Included in a score of rumors Is
one sent by the Shanghai correspond
emit of the Morning Post to the effect
that the Russians have been defeated
near Yin Kau, abandoning 30 guns,
and that Gen. Kuropatkin has been ad-
vised by viceroy Alexieff to retreat to
Hardin.
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