Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 116, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1904 — War News in Brief. [ARTICLE]

War News in Brief.

Port Arthur’s fate is said to hinge on a single fort that the Japs are trying to capture. The people of Japan plan sacrifices at home to enable the nation to prosecute a long war. Oyama’s cavalry has entered the Pu valley. which leads to the railroad north of Mukden. The Japanese have landed many troops in Korea for an advance toward Vladivostok. Port Arthur’s plight grows worse, the city being absolutely cut off from the rest of the world. Fresh troops are being added to the Japanese garrison at Bentsiaputsze, now the headquarters of the army. A mysterious foreign cruiser was sighted off San Francisco and is supposed to be tile Korea, n Russian raider. Marshal Oyama is bending all his energies to a flanking move of vast proportions around the east side of Mukden. Ta Pass was taken by the Japanese after a slight engagement. The islanders are advancing on Tieling along the Liao river, according to a report from Harbin. At Mukden it is believed that the Japanese will not make a frontal attack upon that city, but will seek to engage the Russians north or northeast of there. The line of the Japanese army at Mukden is sixty miles long, stretching from a point near Fushun on the east to a point just south of Mukden and near the Hun river on the west. Major General Orloff, who was blamed for the Russian defeit nt Liaoyang, will be detached from the Mancllurian arjpy by order of Gen. Kuropatkin. He may be retired summarily or given a new command in Russia.