Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-10
GENERAL RETREAT ORDERED.
Russians Retire to Avoid Engagement
With the Japanese.

A cablegram from Paris says: A dispatch
from St. Petersburg, after announcing that
Gen. Kuropatkin will evacuate Liao-yang
and retire toward Mukedn If strategic ex-
igencies render that course desirable,
goes on to say: 1T is considered by the
general staff that the greater the distance
Kuropatkin places between himself and the
enemy, the greater the difficulty which win
confront the Japanese, whose increased i'm
pedimenta will hemper their movements.
Each day that passes without attack by
the japanese is so much gained by the
Russians
Another ST. Petersburg dispatch says an
aeronaut from Port Arthur succeeded in
efecting descent in a balloon at Tashichia,
not far from Liao-yang.
The correspondent at st. Petersburg of
the Echo de Paris telegraphs as follows:
General Kuropatkin has ordered a gem
eral retreat and no doubt intends to avoid
battle until he has sufficient forces He
100000, exclusive of the garrison at Port
Arthur, which consists of 80, 1000 and the
garrison at Niuchwang of 1900.
"A general who knows the secrets of the
men making up the required 10000 will
leave Kasan July 81, adding, We will be
very sick If the railway is not worked
well. 1t is not likely that General Kuro-
sary. If the japanese press him he will
retire from Liao-yang to Mukden, or even
to Hardin. Retreat certainly is painful.
but it now is Indispensable ;"
Hurrying Troops Far East.
A cablegram from st. Petersburg says:
The reinforcements prepared for General
Kuropatkin are being hurried. The last
stage of the mobilization of the 10th and
18th Army Corps has been signalixed by
the calling out Of the reserves in the Mos
cow and Kharkoff provinces. They win
go to the front, thus placing another 1o0,-
600 men at Kuropatkin's disposal.
The announcement Of the mobilization of
four army corps along the Volga, which
will follow in July or August, is expected
next month The reserves of each army
corps involve about 10000 men. an army
corps in time OF peace numbering 2OOO0
and in war time $4,000. 49,.
An army corps on war footing includes
three infantry divisions OF four regiments,
each of three battalions: a division of cav
airy consisting OF three regiments Of six
squadrons each; one Cossack regiment;
brigade of field artillery, and brigade Of
horse artillery of 120 guns, and also three
attachments of engineers and sappers.
By the departure of these troops the
Russian European army will lose six out
OF thirty-one army corps. The previous
drafts OF troops from European Russia had
been formed into Siberian rifle battalions
without changing the organization of the
emperor's forces on this side Of the Urals
The present units will be transferred bodi-
ly to Manchuria, retaining their present
officers and stats.
War Notes.
An imperial order declaring cotton con-
traband of war was oficially gazetted this
morning
General Huber has been appointed COM
missary general of the Russian army in
Manchuria.
An imperial ukase issued today calls out
the reserves of several districts in the gov
ernments of Pcltava Kursk, Kharkoff,
Ryazan, Kaluga and Tula. with the view of
the completion of the units to be sent to the
far east from the military districts OF Kieff
and Moscow.
se;ni-oficial dispatch from Mukden dat
ed today denies the report that the Japa-
nese have captured Port Dalny.
Capt. T. Bentley Mott, the military at
tache OF the United States embassy at
Paris. and Major Macomb. U. 8. A.. have
arrived at st. Petersburg. The former win
remain in that city, as military attache OF
the embassy, during the progress OF the
war. Major Macomb will proceed to the
'front.' Both officers have been invited to
ride with the suite of the emperor in the
big May review, which is to take place to-