Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-05
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the curtain which shuts out the view Oh
the spectators will rise and not before
Gen. Kuropatkin's plan Of campaign mas
been worked out and that, as previously
stated in these dispatches, it Involves INC
playing of a waiting game until the as
position of the army has been conlpieteu'
can be stated with great positiveness. II
can also be stated that these plans ak
progressing even more rapidly than en-
pccted Every day is now considered d
distinct gain for the Russians anu t'
distinct loss for the japanese. For this
reason it can be confidently predicted th'''
the Russians will do more than harrIsS
the japanese advance in Ccfea'
gradual withdrawal of the Russians uu
not mean anything as deterfIlilili'5 va
fighting capacities Of the men oil INC
spective armies. as this is part VI 'i'N
Russian tactics.
The melting of the snow in mountain
Gus country will render impossiple III III.
| spring the roads over which the japan
must come, and this IS CONSIDERED !"
| almost as effective an opposition a9
| be q Russian army corps Inc
also count anon q Japanese Idiihli9
movement in connection with lloil'"'
attack and therefore a Russian force HAS
hean disposel along the Tumen gun iie'i
New Chwang and everything there l. ne-
| ing prepared to receive the enemy
the present the Russian military '
| tiles believe that the Japanese
| this point has been blocked ny 'ie i'
ure of the attempts to bottle up anu ieh-
der irnmobile the fleet OF VICE Auiiil di
| Nakaroff. which, while free. Will De 700
| great a menace to the movement Oh jap
nnee. TRANSPORTS into the gulf of Pc Chi
~ Another effort to block Port Arthur
| is consequently expected daliS.
| one of the principal reasons Tor VICE
row Alexien's visit to Port Arthur IN
| addition to inspecting the SHIPS ana de-
| fences, is understood to nave been 1of
the purpose of consulting Vice Admiral
Makaroff with view to devising plans
for attacking these attacks, and to this
end all additional possible precautions
have been taken. Indeed. it is limited in
high iuartcrs that the aeXt time the Jap
anese appear off Port Arthur they will
find a surprise awaiting them.
Viceroy Alexicff has returned to Muk-
| den. The Associated Press correspondent
en- route to the front. writing from Har-
| bin, March Is. describes the scenes there
| as he observed them
| From all sides soldiers are pouring into
Hardin, the uncompleted railroad station
| there. had been transformed into bar
racks and almost every house III town was
occupied by soldiers.
Tristan, n short distance away, which
| In az
| the bank of the Sungari river. has becomt
a city with temporary buildings which
are being used by the troops and will
stores.
| The snow filled streets of the two elite:
lat the time the correspondent wrote were
thronged with picturesque Cossacks
bearded Siberians. sharpshooters and gal
Hoping Ordorlies, all imbued with the fevel
| to get to the front. Merchants and res
taurant keepers, the correspondent adds
were accused of extortion, but money wa:
| cheap.
Spring was coming on. although violen
snow storms continued to rage.
! st. Petersburg, April 1.-THE Russian
| newspapers continue to discuss thu
possible Anglo Franco-Russian entente
guardelly but favorably. while at tn
same time sharply criticising the Brit
| ish Thihetan expedition. For instance
the Novoe Nremya declares Great Brit
aims seizure of Thibet is bound t
cause trouble for Russia because of it
effect OH those of her possessions which
are under the influence of the Della
Lama. but it follows this declaration
with a significant article of the falsit!
of sentiment in politics, in which tn
point is made that Russian assistance
to the United States. at the most criti
cal period in her history awaited he
nothing and that the real interests o
Russia and Great Britain now call TO
an understanding.
| The Novosti favOrs an alliance, point
| ing out as 4 basis that Russia want
ports on the Pacific an pening on tn
| Persian gulf and the free passage o
the Bosphorous, for which Russia viii
| guarantce Great Britain peace in In
dia.
| The SWEET alone is bitter. declarin,
that Great Britains' diplomatic mission
| to Thibet is unmasked. having becom
one of bioodletting. showing that Grea
| Brltaln IS Fronting ny RUSSIA , dtttil
| ton being occupied elsewhere.
| Captain OF Volunteers VOronezeh VIII
has returned to Odessa from the fl
east in n ninterview charges that TIL
British ut Singap pore tried their best t.
betray him to the japanese.
Moscow. April 4.-The Gazette pub
fishes historical review of Russo
American relations. concluding:
"Henceforth the Americans will b
ungrateful Yankees
London, April 5.-Eight weeks from
the opening of the war sees Japan with
not any real fighting. apparently il
complete possession of Corea and tn
first stage of the campaign ended.
According to the Daily Mails Kobe
Japan correspondent, who telegraph
under date of April 4, a Ping Yang dis
patch has been received there confirm
ing the report fom Shanghai that Jap
anese scouts entered Wiju. Corea, at l
o'clock. A. NJ. Monday. and that tn
Russians apparently retreated beyond
the Yalu river. but no further news o
any kind is to hand throwing light OF
either land or sea operations. Every
| thing. however, is regarded as pointing
TO the immipanca IF iYNport1pt deya1