The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1904-04-14
RUSSIA MOVING
WITH GREAT CARE
HER WAR PLANS ARE OF EX-
CEEDING MAGNITUDE.
TO MATURE LATE IN SUMNER
Design Is to Attain Military Strength
of 100000 Men-Big Baltic
Fleet to Sail for Port Ar
thur in July.

sot, GtleTSDuTSi ApIll ~ I-AINIL'Ou-
ally reliable information regarding the
Russian military plans confirm the re-
peated announcements that these plans
will not mature until late in the sum
mer They are Of far greater magnl-
tude than is generally believed abroad
and take into account all possible con
tingencies Gen. Kurupatkin rcmem.
bcring the experience Of Russia during
her war with Turkey, when the Rus
sian army of 10000 placed in the field
at the beginning Of the army had to be
more than doubled, has insisted that
the men and guns to be placed at his
disposal shall cover the extreme limit
required - settle the fate Of the cam
pagn.
Army Of 100000.
The Russian plans are predicted upon
Napoleon dIctum that COO fights on
the side Of the heaviest batallons,'
and they are being worked out and
timed so as to apply to a superiority
of numbers. on land and sea simulta-
neously The army Is designed 10 at
tain the enormous total Of half mil
lion at the time scheduled for the rein
forcoment Of Vice Admiral Makaroff's
fleet with the Baltic squadron. The
Seventeenth and Tenth army corps,
now drafting are expected TO reach
Manchuria by the middle Of June The
mobilization Of four other corps At
least two Of which viii be from the
Voga, will be announced by the middle
of next month and VIII start eastward
month later, reaching their dcstina-
ton at the end Of August
Baltic Fleet to Sail in July.
Rear Admiral Rojoslrchaky will hoist
his flag as commander Of tho formula
bic Baltic squadron early in July and
will sail Immediately for Port Arthur
with the following vessels The bat
tlcshpcs Slaya Borodino, Orcl, Knia2
Souyaroff, Alexander Ill, and Osliahia.
the last named being now On route
here from ChcrbOurg, the cruisers Au-
rora, Dmitri ponskoi. Sylc'laud, Al
MAJ, JemichuG and lzumrud, and the
transports Kamtschatka ana ocean
each carrying 900 tons ~ coal The
Tcmpcrlcy runycycrs ordered in the
United States are expected soon and
they Will enable the squadron 10 coal
at sea. The last possible difficulty re-
garding the passage Of tho Sucz canal
disappeared last week with the Sign
Ing of tho Aurlo-Frcnch colonial
treaty by which Great Britain adhcres
to the convention Of 1858 concerning
the free passage Of tho canal
May Never BE Fought.
London. April ~ A correspondent
Of the Times with The japanese head
quarters sends the following, dated
April II. 10y wireless telcgraphy via
WcIhaiwci: at present Information
from the land front must be bclatcd
owing 20 the distance OF the existing
Hca base from the advance guard, but
this viii soon be rcmodird. # il doubt
ful whether the lOus-cApcclcd engage
mrnt for The possession I'll the Vain
river VIII ever rake place, certainly not
unless the Russians have been rein
forced more heavily dian my lulurma-
ton leads me to believe This was
l0rosc,n by the Japanese. and hence
their strenuous Efforts 10 block Port
Arthur 80 that they may be- able to
reduce he length oil thcir land com
muuicatious 10y the establishment OF n
more convenient sea base 1t must be
remembered that unless the japanese
secure the north Of the Yalu with n
new base ~ July the land movements