Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-05-19
JAPS NEAR MUKDEN
Kuroki's Army Has Cut Off
Russian Line of Retreat.
EUROPATKIN CAN FIND NO REMEDY
Japanese Wings. of Army Numbering
100000 Men Join Hands south of
LiaOyang-Heavy Explosions
at Port Arthur.

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Japanese army have arrived close to
Mukden, thus cutting off General Ku.
ropatkin's line of retreat to the north
ward.
The official report of the landing of
the second Japanese army has been
received. 1t is as follows:
"The army arrived at the prear-
ranged place near Pitsewo and under
cover of the navy began landing at s
o'clock in the morning. None of the
Enemy was observed. According to ma
tive reports there were about 800 of
the enemy at Pulandien, 100 on the Pi-
tsewo road, 800 ut PitsewO and 600 in
front of the landing place. Immediate
ly detachments were sent to Pitsewo
to destroy the telegraph line and to
%Pulandien to destroy the railroad.
I'VE sent d%etachments to destroy the
railroad and telegraph wire between
Pulandien and Sanchilipu. This de-
tachment dispersed the cnemy's caval-
ry, Il hundred strong, and cut the rail
road and the wires to the northeast of
Sanchilipu in two places. One %lieuten-
ant and three men were killed and
nine men wounded.
'The railroad was thus destroyed to
the northwest of Pulandien.
1--WE then took possession of a line of
hills for four miles from Chichaton.
Thriving the enemy to the southwark.
The enemy consisted of three or four
battalions and eight guns. Our losses
were 146 men killed or wounded"
A st. Petersburg report says that the
ear has received from General Kuro-
patkin a dispatch giving a gloomy fore
east Of what is likely to happen in the
immediate future. Kuropatkin tells
the car that it is well nigh impossible
to remedy by Il concentration of troops
the strategic errors that have been
committed.
From Mukden comes a report that
the hostile armies are in touch south
east of Liaoyang. The Japanese force
Is estimated at 100000 men.
Dispatches from the theater Of war
strengthen the impression that Gen
aral Kuropatkin is in an exceedingly
perilous position.
The Russian general staff has con
drmed the reports circulated else
where by announcing that the com
mander in Manchuria was preparing
TO fall back to Mukdcn and then to
Harbin.
While the superior numbers of the
enemy compel Il retirement 1t does not
follow that General Kuropatkin will
not strike a singing blow should a
s~trategical mistake be made which
will enable him to throw Il stronger
army upon one of the advancing col
umns of his antagonist.
A special from Chefu says the dis
patch boat Fawan while passing Port
Arthur about 10 a. m. yesterday heard
six heavy explosions. They appeared
10 proceed from the inner harbor and
suggested the idea that the Russians
were blowing up their ships and docks.
A tremendous battle between the
main body of the Russians and the
Japanese was thought imminent until
General Kuropatkin, in command of
the ears troops, withdrew to Muk-
den.
The Japanese are reported to be in
trenched above Mukden in great force,
and this move of Kuropatkin is bellev-
ed to have placed him between the
enemy's forces.
A st. Petersburg report says the au-
thorities have detected and thwarted a
plot to attack the emperor with a
bomb during u military parade at st.
Petersburg.
The emperor always reviews the pa
rade on horseback, and just before he
arrived on the parade ground 1t was
' noticed that Miss MereZhevsky, daugh-
ter Of a leading Russian psychiatriast
and privy councillor, was nervous and
excited. Risking Il scandal should
their suspicious prove to be unfounded,
the authorities ordered her arrest,
which was effected u~nobtrusively. A
search disclosed a sk~illfully construct
ed bomb concealed in her clothing.
The girl did not deny her intention of
hurting the missile at the emperor, but
refused to give any other information.
Miss Merezhevsky has been an at
tendant at the courses In the Women's
university. 1t is rumored that she has
been hanged, and her aged father is
completely Frustrated.
A Newchwang dispatch says:
"After driving out 1900 Russians
and destroying the railway the Japa-
nese re-embarked from Kaichau, the
combined fleet heading southwark.
'"The Russians re-entered Newchwang
with 1000 infantry and two batteries
Of artillery, but all preparations are
made for another hasty evacuation"
Russian refugees who arrived al
Cliefu today on a junk from Port Dali
ny say that the Japanese bombarded
Port Arthur last Monday. Russian of
fcers who We're on Golden hill declar
81. according to the refugees, that dur
: ing the bombardment a Japanese bat
tleship and a cruiser struck mines and
sank. {N ssf
A st. Petersburg report says that
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