The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-10-01
to destroy the Russians before it is
possible for the Baltic fleet to arrive.
To pocc ro,>4,,raI

Ia Pass Captured.
London, Sept. 26.-Ta Pass, the gate
way in the hills south of Mukden,
which is essential to the Japanese for
their thanking movement on Mukden
from the east, has been captured. Col.
Gaedlle, the German military expert in
the far east, telegraphs the Berlin
Tageblatt that the pass was taken on
September 90 after light engagement.
Reinforcements for Oyama.
st. Petersburg. Sept. 27.-The cause
of the extreme deliberation in the Jap
anese advance on Mukdcn was ex-
planned by dispatch from Gen. Kuro-
patkin Monday forenoon, which indi-
Gates that Field Marshal Oyama has
not yet concentrated his forces. Fresh
troops are constantly arriving at Ben
tsiaputze, while others, which recently
reached Liaoyang, are marching up the
Taitse river to Sianchan. These re-
Inducements presumably come from
Japan. AS soon as the Fourth Japan
csc army at Sianchan is sufficiently
strong, it is now evident, the Japanese
intend to resort to their favorite flank
ing tactics. move formidable array
against Kuropatlin's left and compel
the evacuation Of Sintsintin.
Kuropatkin now reports that Japan
csc scouts have been encountered near
the Hun river, half way to Mukden,
trying to seize Kaoutou pass. ten miles
northeast of Bentsiaputze, in order to
clear the way to Fushun, and that
engaged in skirmishing with Cossacks
near Inpu, between Bentsiaputze and
the railroad.
Forward Movement.
London, Sept 2S.--Indcations point
to the imminence of forward move
ment of the Japanese armies against the
Russians at Tie pass. Sinmintin. and
Muiden. Gen. Kuropatkin is fortifying
Fakoman, northeast of Mukden, in or
der that he may be prepared for the con-
tingency of the evacuation of Sinmintin.
Indicates Closer Blockade.
The entire absence of news from Port
Arthur, 1t is feared. indicates closer
blockade there. Hitherto dispatches
from Gen. Stoessel have been coming
through semiweekly
The admiralty has not received any
details of the reported sea fight off Aniva,
at the southeastern extremity of SAX
halin. The Vladivostok squadron, 1t is
understood, is still in the harbor The
cannonading at Aniva was probably
Japanese attack on blockade runners.
News Is Meager.
ST. Petersburg, Sept. 28-The war
commission adjourned early Tuesday
evening without issuing further news
from the front. The Mukden telegram
to the Berlin Lolsal Anzeiger, reporting
that the japanese had crossed the Hun
river 90 miles above the city is believed
to refer to scouting parties of Japanese
whose presence there was recorded in
the dispatches Of September &C. The
movement of japanese forces on the
Lao river, which was reported in dis
patch from Gen. Sakharoff to the general
staff on September 26, is all the more
significant since Sianchan is the start
ing point of roads leading to Tie pass,
Mukden and Sinmintin. The announce
.ment that the Russians are fortifying
Fakoman, Is miles northeast of Mukden,
shows that Gen. Kuropatkin is preparing
to check the flanking movement on Tie
pass from the west in case Sinmintin
should have to be evacuated.
Toxic, Sept. 28.-Unofflcial estimates
place the number of sick and wounded
japanese soldiers under treatment in
Japan at $4,000. The military hospitals
in Toxic, Osaka and Hiroshima contain
10000 each. Nine thousand have re-
covered sufficiently to be sent to noun
tain and health resorts The system of
handling and treating the sick and
wounded is working splendidly and the
death rate Is exceptionally small.