The "Sinwénpao" reports that the Russians in Newchwang have begun preparations to destroy the railway in their vicinity. This is taken to show that they intend soon to evacuate that city and neighbourhood, for Reported Sinking of Two Japanese The "Sinwénpao" states that a Chefoo telegram received on Saturday reports that some Chinese refugees from Port Arthur declare that on the day before, four Japanese torpedo-boats attacked the Russian cruiser Diana which was anchored at the entrance of Port Arthur harbour the fight resulting in the sinking of two of the Japanese torpedo Fighting North of Port Arthar.
The same paper states that Chinese from Port Arthur report that on the 26th ultimo large force of Japanese attacked a Russian stronghold: thirty versts to the north, Port Arthur. The fighting was most desperate, as the Russians, considering: the place to be one of the keys of Port Artpur, held i to the death, losing over a th men, while the Japanese losses were also very heavy.
The Reformer Wang Chao 'A Peking dispatch states that the reformer, Wang Chao, who was arrested in Peking last May by Na Tung and thrown into prison under a life sentence, as reported at the time in these columns, was one of the first to get liberated on the strength of the Empress Dowager's "Decree of Clemency," issued last month.
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