Otherwise there is little progress to report in the campaign.
It is believed in St. Petersburg that Newchwang is in the possession of' the Japanese, though no official confirmation has been received. Two Russian destroyers are said to have escaped from Port Arthur, and to be still at large ; but it is difficult to see how they can avoid capture Or mining, as Admiral Kamimura blocks the way to Vladivostok. In the land advance the Japanese main forces are concentrating between Feng-hwang-cheng and the Yalu. They command Kin-chan, but have not occupied the town; and their Fabian tactics are evidently disconcerting the Russians at Mukden. If, as appears probable, they are already numerically superior to their opponents, the anxiety is well founded, for there is a third Japanese army unaccounted for, and any day may see this new force added to the army which is facing Kuro- patkin. The Japanese are quite prepared to delay a little in order to make sure of a crushing preponderance in numbers.
