5 NOVEMBER 1904, Page 18

The war news this week is of no special moment,

though all the signs show that at any moment we may hear from Port Arthur of the fall of that fortress. Friday's telegrams, though they do not state that the storm has begun, show that everything is prepared, and that the Japanese are waiting in their long tunnel ready for the assault. One tunnel which leads into the heart of the fortress is said to be two miles long. On the other hand, the gallant garrison—no, men have ever fought more doggedly or more bravely—are greatly reduced by de. ath, wounds, and privation, and it is now said that they have almost reached their last shell. General Stossel, however, is still determined not to surrender, and to allow the fortress to fall by assault, and by assault only.