The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-11-19
Armies in the Far East
May Not Leave Their
Quarters
TIE SITUATION IS SERIOUS
Both Are Housed in Lines at Duaan.
te' Which Neither Could Take
From the other-AII Wells
Gone Dry,

Mukden, Nov. 16 via Tientsin, Nov
l7.-Four days sharp cold has silenced
the artillery and infantry fire between
the opposing forces and has driven the
soldiers into their dugouts along the
entire intrenchment line.
The apparent impossibility for eth.
er side to eject the other IRON their
burrows and The fact that in the
event one side succeeded in advancing
it could not lig the other ont Of its
cantonments on account of the frost.
Seems to promise a winters inactivity
although the 'apanese. three days ago
made small reconnaissance toward
the extreme east and pushed back the
Russian cavalry few miles as though
they We're investigating the possibilt,
ties for thanking movement.
1t seems impossible that either side
in any case could more than occupy
its opponents winter quarters. The
Wells along the lines are dry and both
sides use the Shakhe river. Which the
soldiers approach unarmed and get
water, recognizing a mutual sanction
not to fire al single soldier. Hero
The noble are of war is confined to
dsticuffs and swapping cigarettes.
jack knives and food all Of which are
priced. Familiarities are inevitable
where long liues are IN contact e1n-
Gnually The armies have nov been
stationary for so long that they are
drawing supplies Of fuel and horse
forage from The distant rear, all other
supplies heing exhausted
Dowaeer Empress Honored.
The perfunctory ceremonies Of three
days celebration of tie biarthday of
the dowager empress of China began
November 13-At the drum tower.
and also at bell tower. which are fea
trres Of the main street Of all capitals
large shrines were erected inclosing
a tablet inscribed with the word jan
SOU, which ike banzai1 means ten
ltiOubuuu ages " tue dyuuotys
Before the tablet are food offerings
ana also incense. Last night hun
dred ornamental fancy lanterns and
transparencies with congratulatory
inscriptions were displayed in the
main streets, but not single soul
came for the purpose Of witnessing
the ilIuminations. The streets were
deserted Many Japanese lanterns
were included in the display, as Jap
anese products, mostly spurious imi-
tations Of foreign commodities for the
use Of the troops. have arrived here
il large quantities.
Today beinz the dowagers birthday
flags ana streamers were to be seen
fin all the streets The Tartar General
Taichochi. and the territorial officials
bowed to the dowager's tablet in the
deserted ancestral palace and the per-
iod Of ten days prayer in all the dy-
nastic shrines about this. "Chins's sec
ond capital" continues The Tartar
general with the Olhcials or tne hFS
boards, and s'so the native military
mandarin, dined with General Kuro'
pstkin at the Conlucian temple. Out
side the west gate the native guilds
hold their celebrations.
Though conscious that the profits
the retail trade are greatly in ex-
cess Of normal times, The guilds, new
ertheless on account OF Mukden being
no longer a wholesale market and
way station tor the immense goods
and grain caravans, lament the desert
cd highways and condole with the ofii-
cials Of the Ave boards, by which Man
churia, like China proper, is ordinarily
governed and who now await year to
wear the promised restoration Of their
functions.