The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-29
AT KUROKps MERCY.
Kuropatkin's Army is in Helpless State
 at LiMOyamg..

Kurcpatkin's Army is in Helpless state
 at Lla0yang..
 London, Aug. 29.-The London papers this morning have numerous special despatches from the Far East. most of them dealing with the position of Port Arthur. It is pointed out that the Japanese tactics are very similar to those adopted by General oyama in 1894, but that granting that the Japa- nese have penetrated as far as repre- scented, which is considered doubtful, there are still formidable forts to be silenced before general assault is possible.
 Equal interest Is displayed here in what is regarded as precarious posi- ton of General Kuropatkin's force.
 According to a despatch to The Daily Mail from Koupangtze dated Au- gust 27, Russian stan officers confess themselves in the dark as to the mean ing of the Japanese movements and that consequently they have no definite plans.
 Ten days ago, feeling that Liaoyang would be surrounded. General Kuropat- kin began to draw his troops north ward. Then on the Japanese retiring he Drought them back again. but con- tinued his preparations for effecting a TttTodt lHeTt IS nO QouOt, SayS tue correspondent that the Russian army is now completely at the mercy of the Japanese whenever they choose to at- tack.
 The Liaoyang correspondent of The Daily Telegraph in a despetch dated August 2S says that the Japanese are pushing on against three sides of the city near which Is continuous fight ing.
 A great quantity of transports has been sent north, leaving Liaoyang ready for all eventualities. The rumor that the Japanese lost guns at Sfaulins the correspondent says turns out to be incorrect. The correspondent con- tinues:
 'The Japanese are reported to be tack. They concentrate searchlights on the point attacked, thus preventing the garrison from seeing anything"
 Describing recent fighting, the cor respondent says:
 ''The shooting on both sides was splendid, the Russians contesting every inch of the ground with all their char acteristic stubbornness. The Japan ese attack from the direction of Liao River has not yet developed"
 Special dispatches from Shanghai re- port that there is hitch regarding the cruiser Askold and the destroyer Grosevoi. The Japanese Government having discovered. the dispatches say that the paroled crews of the Variag and Korietz have been drafted into the Baltic fleet, now insists that China shall retain the crews of the cruiser and de stroyer until the end of the war
 The Tientsin correspondent of The Standard, discussing the distance which the Japanese now are from Port Arthur. declare that they are unabia to approach nearer the new town ow. ing to the fire from the Russian ships The Japanese commander, the corre spondent says, has ordered' that no shells be thrown into the town for the sake of the n-combatants.
 The attempt to attack the fort from the south side has been abandonei l. The Japanese having penetrated the lines both to the westward and east. ward, will advance from the north with view of assaulting the forts from the inside. The correspondent adds, owing to the extensive mine area, the co-operation of the fleet Is difficult.