Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 March 1904 — KEEP PLANS SECRET. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

KEEP PLANS SECRET.

Bl| Movement of Troops tn Preparation for Detialve Fijeht. A Nagasaki cablegram, via Shanghai, says that an extraordinary movement of Japanese troops to the coast is now com-

pleted. It includes the first reserves. The second reserves are now being mobilized at Tokio. The Sendai and Kumamoto divisions of the army, the best fighting men in the service, already have been transported to Chemulpo, which will continue to be the principal base in Korea.

Fusan will he made the secondary base for the dispatch of troops along the east coast and for Vladivostok. The railways have been wholly monopolized by the transportation of these troops. The men

are not permitted to leave the trains, even dining and sleeping on board. The civilian traffic between Tokio and Kobe has been reduced to a minimum. Immense activity prevails at all points of embarkation. At Kobe and other ports tons of food of all kinds and other supplies have been collected. The censorship has become increasingly strict and all correspondents have been ordered to proceed from Nagasaki to Tokio on pain of instant dismissal. The officials have made use of every device to mystify the public. They even go so far ns to place wrong numbers on troop trains in order to mislead everyone as to the strength of the forces sent to the front.

GEN. KOUROPATKIN

MANCHURIAN RAILWAY GUARDS.