The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-09-06
Will Be Lucky.

here IL is almost taken for granted that
Japanese occupation of Mukden must
| quickly ensue. NO serious English critic
| supposes that KuroDatkin viii dream OF
| making such another attempt TO stem the
| Japanese advance as he did at Diao Yang.
| II the Russians can reach Hardin they
! viii, according 70 English opinion, be
J Before that becomes a question of mo-
/ lnent, however, 1t is expected that des
perate engagements mrst be fought and
| the japanese are expected to risk even
| heavier casualties than they sustained ut
| Lao Yang in the final endeavor TO ami
| hllate General Kuropatkin, either on the
| way 80 Mukden or IL the neighborhood
! OF Mukden itself The fate of General
/ kurOpatkin's force depends, say the Eng
! llsh observers Of the struggle in which
! they are so vitality Interested. uDOn the
| RUSSIAN generals ability 10 -cOnfine these
! efforts to rear c,Iard actions.
Praise for Kuropatkin.
General praise is AGAIN accorded the
| Russian commander for his temporary
| eXtrication and TO the Russian troops for
| their splendid discipline in defeat. They
say that II the genius of kuropatkiu and
| Inc morale of his men had not been 50
| strikingly brought out in the receDt dis
| patches there would be scarcely an Eng
! hsh paper today that would not declare
| the fate of General kUroDatkln's entire
| force already sealed.
| Spencer Wilkinson, in the Morning
( Post, points our that if General Kuropat-
! Nil eluedNpIeu 10 retreat IN Slu&le COL
| umn his transport and force would be 50
| large that his first army corps would
| have been marching three days before the
| second could start TO follow it. The rail
| road is of little use to him, Mr.. Wilkin-
son asSerte and he says that kuTOpatkin
| must be re,reating In a series of parallel
| columns. each not larger than one army
| corps and behind these the rear guard
IF Kuropatlxin can move his army
over the thirty miles that separate Yen
! tai and Mukden." Mr. Wilkinson says.
| formances. The Japanese columns will
! have little difficulty I'm coming I'D with
| his rear guard and engaging il whenever
| they please.
After Long Centuries.
/ The Standard says: For the first time
| in centuries Europe has gone down before
| Asia and Oriental. troops have vanquished
! In fair fighting a western army
| , Yet the paper goes on TO reiterate that
| the browning triumph for the moment is
/ denied the japanese, though kuropatkin,
( despite his extraordinary achievement -
| IS st1ll exposed TO disaster.
The Daily Telegraph. after declaring
! that kuropatkin's operations and the de-
/ Tense OF Port Arthur stand ont as two
| fine achievements which have done the
! most 10 maintain the prestige of Russian
| arms throughout a campaign which other
| wise has formed a story Of unfathOmablC
( incOmpetency and uninterrupted disaster
/ ADDS that the critical moment of the re-
/ treat is only likely to be reached when
/ General kuTODaIkin arrives ut the Hun
! river. some miles south Of Mukden
/ "Ouce across this serious obstacle the
| Russian forces viii BE III sufficient safety
! though the passage of the river may be
! made a terribly expensive operation. II
! the Russian army gets 10 Mukden in any
! considerable force Japan viii have
/ reached the limit Of her advantages, and
| although we are convinced that she viii
! maintain what she has CONQUERED she
Z will have 90 face the utmost test in a de-
! fensiVe struggle before the truce Of eX-
| haustion is forced upon the combataDts-
| The Times thinks IL is impossible that
| 'the heroic rear guard which defended
| Liao Yang has had time 70 rejOin kuro-
! patkin. whose long and dangerous re-
I treat it believes TO be seriously men
/ :lcpd.
The military critic Of the Times be
/ lievcs that KurOpatkin must sacrifice hts
! rear guard if he hopes TO set the SHAT
/ tered remnants of his army to Muk-
! de- He believes THAI the Mukden gar
] rison and other trOuOs Will come south
! TO receive the fugitive army. but H.
/ is still doubtful if the Russians can shake
! themselves free from their alert ana JAN
! scrOus foe