New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-09-10
NO FIGHTING. THURSDAY.
Communication 1citk Moukdcn Open
-.4Iemef Criticised.

ST. Petersburg. Sept 9-Lieutenant General
sakharofg telegraphs that there was no fighting
on September s.
dispatch has been received from Viceroy
Alexieff. announcing that the telegraph service
between MoukdeYl and Hardin is uninterrupted.
Official news from the front to-day confirms
the reports OF The Associated Press from Mouk-
den that the japanese are stin resting their
main forces. though their outposts are in con-
tact with the Russians The Russians still hold
Sin-Tsin-Tin, and Russian cavalry is operating
wide area east of Moukden. to prevent
Japanese column from slipping through and
making its way north
The reports that six more army corps are to
be modified ars untrue. AS stated in these
dispatches. only two corps are uohilizing. and
at present there would be no object in mobillz-
ing more than the railroad is able to transport.
The present facilities permit the transportation
Of little over one corps each month. but this
IS expected TO be increased with the completion
Of the railroad around Lake BaikaI. which
Prince Kilkoff. Minister OF Railroads. reports is
expected 10 begin operations in a few days.
The War Office promises 10 give out detailed
figures tomorrow in regard 10 the number OF
Russian wounded. The press dispatches place
the figure al over twelve thousand
The long silence OF the officials regarding con-
ditions AT the front has caused the circulation OF
many wild rrlnors some OF the Russian papers
demanding in pretty outspoken fashion the
organization Of conditions at the front and also
that General Kuropatkin shall have uutram-
melled control commander in chief. This de-
mand is apparently aimed at viceroy Alexisff
who is supposed TO be responsible for insisting
that roeont rsinforeenenta should go vladi-
vnstok. in view Of the probability OF early Jap
anese operations there. 10 Hardin thus de-
priving Kuropatkn OF troops which might have
turned the scale at Liao-Yang. The Russ is
especially bold, considering the restrictions
placed on the Russian press. II declares that
numerical superiority is enough. and that
what is needed is some Of the do or die spirit
Of the Japanese The paper quotes the words OF
General Dragomiron. former Governor General
OF Kief. as follows:
Give me soldier who is firmly determined to
die for his country and Will guarantee that my
tactics will be super-excellent. The man who
VIII lay down his life is terrible. A bullet may
stop one such man, but II viii not stop a
pany II IL difficult 10 fight and more difficult 10
Vanquish them
The Russ continues:
What we need IS an entirely new organization
Of everything connected. directly indirectly
with the military operations. A good deal is ad-
fnirabie but good deal also is deploranle. The
fact that things have not gone we'll at the
theatre of may be due 20 the fact that
everything IS not directed with a single aim
subservieHt 70 single. undivided viii kuro-
patkin. now in command of the Manchurian
army. should be commander in chief
The following dispatch filed at Libau has been
received from the captain Of the Russian cruiser
Ural:
Have just returned from a thirty days expedi-
ton raiding the enemy's contraband on the
Spanish coast.
The announcement that the water supply OF
Port Arthur has been cut off does not create
particular anxiety here It is explained that the
water OF Port Arthur was never good and that
the fortress has a large distiIIng apparatus.