The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-19
RUSSIANS REJOICE.
Over the Report That Kuropatl1in Is
Advancing Again.

ST. Petersburg, Oct. 19.-There is jub-
nation throughout the city over the
news that General Kuropatkin has re-
sumed the offensive, and the holiday,
which began with little heart. closed
brighter. The crowds in the streets
and the Examinations in honor of the
czarewitch's name day gave a tinge of
brilliancy to an evening otherwise de-
pressing through a constant drizzle OF
rain. News boys up to midnight raced
through the thorOughfares with evening
extras. shouting Great Russian vic
tory" and crowds bought the papers.
Groups Of men in brilliant uniforms or
in evening dress at the hotels and res
taurants discussed the change in the
fortunes of war; but the population as
a whole were slow to take fire. They
had received the news of the earlier re-
verses stolidly, and now accepted re
ports of Russian successes and the cap
ture of guns quietly, with satisfaction
but with reserve
Correspondents at the front the past
As hours had been limiting that the Rus
sian army was on the eve of another
advance but it was thought here that
the troops were too exhausted by more
than a week of titanic struggle to en-
gage in an immediate advance move
ment, therefore the news of the definite
resumption of the advance was calcu-
lated to arouse the greater satisfaction
but the realization of the significance of
news permeateS the masses here more
slowly than in American cities. The
kaleidoscope changes on the Shakhe
have been too swift for the population
to follow and so the better news from
the front has been so far taken with
comparative quiet. In the best inform
ed circles, however. it is already ac
cepted as true. 1t is believed General
Kuropatkin intended to signalize the
iTfaF7r faf nv a TiRr
Grand Duke Nicholas did at Plevna.
The failure of the war office to give
out dispatches is attributed to the hol-
iday, the censors' commission disband-
ing early. The Associated Press how
ever. hears on good authority that the
emperor has received a telegram from
kuropatkin reporting that the Rus
slams are moving forward The reverse
sustained by General Namada'S column
has not yet been reported by General
kurOpatkin or General Sakharoff eX-
cept in a reference to an unsuccessful
japanese attack near Shakhe. The As
ISOLATED Press Mukden dispatch evil
IDENTIFY refers to this affair in reporting
that the japanese left had been beaten
of with terrible loss and its retreat cut
off by Russian army corps. Another
Associated Press dispatch from Muk-
den confirms the news of the Russian
advance when the correspondent SAYS:
1t is rumored that we are moving
ahead
There is no official confirmation here
Of the report from Toxic that a Rus
sian attack on the Japanese right on
october II had been repulsed. If this
report should prove true it may in
Volve serious consequences for the
russians who crossed the Shakhe
while the river was fordable
According to the Associated Press
Mukden dispatch the water has since
risen man-high in consequence of
heavy rains, and therefore it would be
well nigh impossible ror the Russian
army to recross the river owing to the
absence of bridges. 1t would be equal
" difficult for the same reason to bring
up supplies and ammunition to enable
General kuroPatkin to follow up the
advance This may explain the state