The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-09-29
OUTPOST
FIGHTING
KurOpatkin Reports SkirmiShes
Along His Whole Front.
JAPANESE ATTACKS REPULSED
Enemy Has Not Changed Its Position
East of the RaiIway--Russians Dis
courased by Lack of News From Port
Arthur--To Son Lauds War.

East Of the RaiIway--Russians Dis
couraged by Lack of News From Port
Arthur--Tolstoi's son Lauds War.
st. Petersburg. Sept 20 "A dispatch
received from General Kuropatkln dat
Ell Sept 81 announces that numerous
skirInlshes have occurred along most
parts of the Russian front The Jap
anese have not altered their positions
east Of the railroad and confine them
selves TO outpost attacks to the north
all Of which so far have been repulsed
Reconnaissance By the Russian
troops have established the fact that
the main japanese force is still along
the branch railroad to the Yentai
mines, Both sides are In constant con
tact General SamsonofTs troops par
ticularly have had frequent encounters
but have sustained very few casual
ties. The Russians have captured
some japanese cattle and horses.
The Japanese have constructed pom
toon bridges over the Taitse river at
pensihu
The general adds. @0n the night OF
Sept. % Cornet Mikhein. with a dc
tachment of TRIAL Cossacks. attacked
the japanese bivouaeked at Khouandi
causing great panic. The same day
the Orenburg Cossacks laid an ambush
for half squadron OF japanese cav
airy. who returned their fire, but soon
retired having sustained considerable
loss and leaving several dead on the
field.
Port Arthur Completely Isolated.
The information received at the war
Office concerning the situation at Port
Arthur is not reassuFing. The block
ade at last seems to be effective Ad
miral Togos ships are arresting All the
junks which try to enter the harbor
and are sending them 70 Port Dalny
1t is feared that this complete isolation
may react on the spirits Of the garri-
son,
Count Tolstois son Leo, III am arti
Gle in the Noyoe Nremya, takes a POI
sition Numerically opposed to his
father He has just returned from
seeing Off his brother, who is depart
ing for the front and writes Of the
touching scenes he witnessed at Tam
boff ais the reserve men left Cor tie
far east But young Tolstoi SAYS
nevertheless. the peasants are all
united ia agreeing that the war must
be fought out until Japan is snbdnea
He adds
"a Hard Time For Russia
..it is a hard time for Russia, but II
IL the period Of her regeneration. The
war in the far east Is a great war.
such as Russia has not seen since the
days Of Peter the Great. war for the
possession OF the eastern shores Of the
European Asiatic continent, just as in
the days of Peter it was for the west
ern shores Just as In the war with
the Swedes we suffered at Narya, but
we conquered at Poltava, we are now
suffering reyerses with the Asiatie
Swedes, but there will come day
when Japan will be vanquished "
In concluding young Tolstoi predicts
the triumph Of Russia, which, he de
clares. is destined ito become, instead
of England, the greatest nation in the
world He says the slays will spread
over and absorb all the neighboring
peoples they have already subjugated.
III the Crimea. the Caucasus. eastern
Russia and Siberia, adding:
Russia is the only power destined
to realize the dream Of world con
quest