The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-03

 IS UNSHAKEN
Russians Still Have Faith in the Strategy of
 KuT0patkin.

St. Petersburg. Sept. 3--(3:1s a. m.) The text of the dispatch sent to the Emperor by General Kuropatkin Thursday evening. the gist of which was given out by the war office, and was cabled by the Associated Press at $50 o'clock Friday afternoon, was not made public Friday night as expected.
 It was promised to the local press and was awaited with feverish impa- tience until o'clock this mornfnS when 1t was announced that 1t would be issued today.
 All the news, therefore, as far as St. Petersburg is concerned, is contained in telegrams from foreign sources and there is painful suspense awaiting news from Russian sources.
 Continued and .dogged confidence in General Kuropatkin Is expressed in many quarters, and the public general ties, absolutely refuse to believe that Liaoyang has been aband oned. or If it has been, that General Kuropatkin Is not in a better position to make a strong stand north of the Taitse river.
 There seemed to be an air of consid- erable confidence iat Peterhof Friday night. An official who saw the Elm peror Friday afternoon said he was extremely confident and in good spirs its.
 Defenses Impregnable,
 Experts who are familiar with the nature of the intricate and powerful defences constructed north of the Taitse by General velitchko. one Of Russia's foremost army engineers. be- lieve that the Japanese are facing an almost impossible task in attae sElng them, especially with divided forces.
 It is pointed out that General Kuro- Ri will have to make a considerable detour to reunite his forces. The bridge heads abutting on the north bank of the Taitse river are strongly defended by entrenched artillery, while 1t is understood that there Is a strong rear guard still on the south bank to contest the Japanese advance, thus making the bridges utterly impractica- ble for Japanese crossing, The river itself. therefore. becomes an important factor in the general scheme of de- fence.
 would not be surprising. The men on both sides have already made almost superhuman efforts. and 1t Is thought that there must soon be let-up of some sort.
 The. report that Rear Admiral Prince Ouktomsky, now in command of the naval forces at Port Arthur. is to be court martialed utterly lacks con firmation.. The story possibly origin ated in the same sources as the earlier report of his deposition and of his sui eide at Port Arthur.
 A Russian Story.
 Nemirovitch Danchenko. the we'll. known Russian correspondent in the service of the Associated Press in a dispatch from Liaoyang, dated August 31, says:
 The Russian balloon corps has been of the greatest service through. out the several days fighting in locat- Ing the Japanese advance through the thick cover of the Chinese corn fields, where Japanese columns frequently tried to creep up and surprise the Rus sian positions.
 The Japanese are using lyddite and shimose powder. The latter Is terrific in Its effects, and its brown haze Is easily distinguished on the slope of the hills where hundreds of Japanese guns all day long poured in a deadly | rain of fire.
 The soldiers are in excellent spirits. | General Stakelberg Is personally visit ing and Inspecting the various posi-. | tions In some of the batteries 1t has been impossible to remove the killed or l wounded for three days"