Tokio, 16th December.
Some military sections at Tokio believe that General Kuropatkin has not yet abandoned his plan for the relict of Port Arthur, because the main girdle of forts is still in Russian hands, and that the recent lull on the Shaho is due to the Russians awaiting the possession of a superlarity in numbers, The Russian casualties two months ago were about 70,000, and these it now believed have been replaced, When the rivers are frozen and the roads are hard, the communications will naturally be expedited.
The supposition that plies a suspension of hostilition is searcely justified.
The upshot of the matter seems to be that the Russians will be the next to assume the offensive. Everything suggests that it is lom for the Japanese to play a waiting game.—Our own correspondent, 17th December, There was another successful skirmish at Hsiahsuangho, northwest of Hsienchang, on the 15th inst.—Our own correspondent.
19th December.* There were Russian attacks on the Japanese on the Shaho line on the 18: h inst., which were repulsed, The Russians opened a bombardment near the Shaho railway bridge, but did no injury to the Japanese. Our own correspondent, Delayed in transmission)
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