The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-04-14
Neither Russia Nor Japan Making An
Effort to Fight
NEWS SCARCE AND CONTRADICTORY
Russia Tries to Explain That She Has
Sustained No Serious Losses up
to This Time.

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reports that the enenly's ships were
sighted on the horizon. 1t is presumed
that the japanese were warned OF the
extra precautions which had been
taken 10 guard against surprise.
There was no Easter merry-making
2. the front. By special dispensation
TIC soldiers and sailors there were re-
!ieved % all religious exercises on ac-
count Of the necessities Of the military
sit"ation.
Vice Admiral Makarcff's torpedo
flotil!a patro!!ed the open sec. while
the warships. with full steam up. re-
NAMED outside Port Arthur.
Elsewhere throughout the theater OF
wa all is reported quiet. A high mill
tary authority, in conversation with
the associated Press. explained why
Gen. Kuropatkin's plan Of campaign
does not contemplate heavy resist
ance to the Japanese advance at the
Yalu. saying:
Either defeat or victory in battle
taere would be disadvantasecus to us.
If VIC lost we would have to fall back
through a difficult country. II we won
and say to you that Russian STRAIT
egy is based on the idea of victory,
and not on that Of defeat-success
would be fruitless. We could not fol-
liw it up without exposing the army to
TOO great risks. On account OF the
japanese control OF the sea, if we pur-
sued the enemy into the peninsular OF
Korea we would open both fanks to a
possible attack in the rear. Nc. the
japanese must come on to a point IN
the interior which we have selected.
where we can follow up crushing der
feat to the bitter end with blow after
blow and seal the fate Of the campaign.
"Cu: plans on sea and land Will con-
verge at time next summer wnen
Vice Admiral Makaroff's fleet will be
relieved by the arrival Of reinforce
ments. Then, if successful cl land. we
can clear the sea of the enemy. cut his
communications. and the japanese IN
Kcraa and Manchuria will then be at
or :.ercy.
The world must not be impatient.
The prelude to this war is not yet nm
ishcd."
1t is understood here that as the re-
suit of Gen. kuroA' tkins visit TO New
Chwang, reinforce eAents Of 100000 men
will be sent forward from Lao Yang.
Berlin. By Cable.-The Tagleblatts
war correspondent, Mai. Gaedke. writ
ing on a train while nearing Harbin,
March 10. said:
only six trains daily pass east on
the railroad to Manchuria and only
four thence to Harbin. but these con-
sist of as many as 3S cars. The rail-
road apparently is able to meet the
military demands"
The Japanese Fleet. =.
London. By Cable.-A correspon'
dent of the Times at Wei-Hai-Wei.
cabling under Fridays date. says:
THE result Of weeks cruise leads
me to believe that the Japanese fleet
is engaged covering arrangements for
a new landing of the troops recently
mobilized. A close blockade OF Port
Arthur is not maintained, presumably
because of information regarding the
state of the channel. Certainly up to
the present no Japanese transports
have enetered the gulf Of Pechi LIZ
Mobilization of Black Sea Reserves.
st. Petersburg. BY Cable.-The mob
ilization Of the Black Sea reserves IS
necessitated in order to fill gaps caus-
ed by drafting sailors to the far East.
1. is expected that similar mobillza-
ton will come into effect in the Baltic
provinces within month.
An authoritative denial is given OF
the rumor of a Russian reverse on
the Yalu. No official kilograms were
received from the front today.
The steamer Suminoye Maru called
in at Chemulpo Friday to take on
board 300 men belonging to the first
division. The newspaper correspon-
dents on board the Suminoye Maru
were not permitted to land and cor
respondent who was here waiting to
go forward with the Japanese troops
was refused permission TO embark on
the steamer.
The Russian Plan.
Paris. BY Cable.-The Russian plan
for retrieving the reverses at Port Ar
thur and Chemulpo has been communi-
Gated to one of the embassies through
official channels having access to the
highest naval authorities at st. Peters
burg. The plan is explained as fol-
lows:
Russia recognizes that the Japanese
now has preponderating naval strength
in the far East. Therefore it is essen
tial to reverse the present Japanese
preponderance. This will be attempted
by two distinct moves.
First, urgent efforts will be made to
have q naval concentration at Port
Arthur, the Baltic. Red Sea and Vladi-
..ortoo1. Aoa+, ioininp Vice Admiral