The Irish standard., 1904-09-17
The Hunting Season Is Now Open.

casualties were not more than 10000.
London, Sept. 13.-The Daily Nails
correspondent with the japanese re-
peats from Tientsin the report that
Lieut.. Gen. Linevitch. with $4,000 men,
invaded northeastern Korea and cut Gen.
! Kuroki's communications with Feng-
wangcheng.
Kuropatkin Criticised.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 14.-The con-
tinued delay in the receipt here of any
thing like a detailed official account
! either of the battle of Liaoyang or of the
present situation at the front is proving
more irritating to the public of st. Pc
tersburg than any previous phase Of the
war, and has given rise to numerous
alarmist stories of the alleged precar-
ious situation of Gen. Kuropatkin' S
army. None of these stories, however,
are traceable to any authentic source,
The fact seems to be that military opera
lions in the neighborhood of Mukden are
almost suspended on account of the effect
of the rains upon the roads. There is no
current news to record, while if Gen.
Kuropatkin has transmitted any full &C
count of the recent great battle, it has
not been allowed to circulate The per-
sistent silence is doing more than any
thing else to discredit the Russian COM
mander-in-chiefin the eyes of the public,
with whom he has heretofore been an
almost deified hero.
Prepare to Attack Port Arthur.
London, Sept. 12.-With Liaoyang
captured and Kuropatkin's army in full
retreat to the north the japanese are
preparing for the grand assault on Port
Arthur. From the extent of their prep
arations they apparently are bent on
the immediate downfall of the Russian
Gibraltar. The fighting about the cit
adel has not ceased for the time being,
however. A Japenese officer passing
through Tsingtau, China, reports that
$4,000 of his comrades have fallen dur
ing the last few days and that the
bombardment is going on day by day.
Alexief Resigns.
London, Sept IA dispatch to Reu-
ter's Telegram company from st. Pc
tersburg says it is understood that
Viceroy Alexieff, in view of the para
mount military exigencies in the far
east, has placed his resignation in the
hands of the emperor but that no de-
cision with regard to it has yet been
made.
Called to Arms.
st. Petersburg, Sept. 1.-THE en-
peror has called to arms the reserve
troops in % circuits of the govern
ments of Kherson, Bessarabia, Ekater-
inoslav and Taurida, belonging to the
military district of Odessa, and also
one category of reserve officers
throughout the empire
Jap Losses at Liaoyang.
Washington, Sept ia dispatch
from TOXIC which reached the Japanese
legation places the total casualties on
the Japanese side at the battle of Lao
yang at 1859 officers and men killed
and wounded.
Indications of Winter Campaign.
London, Sept. 13.-The sanguinary
side of the Russo-Japanese conflict is
not now in evidence, and with the
practical suspension of news from the
front the interest for the time being
centers in rumors-that Viceroy Alex
Jeff has resigned, as reported Sunday:
that Gen. Kuropatkin is to be replaced
by Lieut. Gen. Linevitch, now in COM
mand of the forces at Vladivostok, and
other statements which cannot be
traced to authentic sources, but all of
which, if true, will have a most i'm
portant bearing on the situation.