Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-05
JAPANESE ADVANCE
Win Occupied Without a
Shot Being Fired.
RUSSIANS REITERATED ACROSS YALU
General Kuropatkin's Strategy Said
TO He n Plan of Retreat to Draw
the Japanese Into Manchuria
and Their Slaughter Them.

AAC AANO
and Then slaughter Them.
LONDON, April ga dispatch from
Seoul says the japanese troops have
| occupied Win. There was no fighting,
the Russians retreating across the va
lu as the victorious japanese army adj
| vanced. The Japanese have apparent
ly turned the flank Of the Russians
and are In a position to force the
| abandonment of the Yalu without a
battle.
1t is reported that a force of 100000
mon has been landed opposite Taku-
| shan, in southern Manchuria.
A Hardin report says from all sides
Russian soldiers are pouring into Har-
bin, the uneompleted railroad station
there has been transformed into a bar
racks, and almost every house In the
town is occupied by soldiers.
Pristan, a short distance away, which
until recently had been a small village
Oil the bank of the Sungari river, has
become n city with temporary build
ings, which are being used by the
troops as hotels and restaurants.
Tue snow filled streets of the two
cities are thronged with picturesque
Cossacks, bearded %Sibcrians, sharp
shooters and galloping orderlies, all i'm
bued with the fever to get to the front.
Merchants and restaurant keepers
have been accused by some Of the sol
diers of extortion, but money is cheap.
The Russian authorities at Hardin
are exercising greater vigilance to pre-
vent the news of their plans for the
movement to and the disposition of
troops in the theater of war, which are
now being made on a large scale, from
going abroad, where they might be Of
service to the enemy.
Secrets regarding what is actually
happening are being kept well. 1t is as
If an impenetrable curtain had sud
denly been rung down on the stage Of
the war in east Asia. Behind this cur
tain the greatest activity prevails.
General Kuropatkin ut his temporary
headquarters In Liaoyang is directing
the execution of his plans, moving the
troops, strengthening the positions Sc
lected, oiling the wheels of the COM
missariat and quartermaster's depart
ments, perfectlng the hospital service
md otherwise looking after the organ
tzation and innumerable wants of the
army in the field.
General Kuropatkin's plan Of cam
paign is said to be one of the gradual
retreat of his army into Manchuria,
where the Japanese following will be
crushed by overwhelming numbers.
the Russians count upon a japanese
flank ing movement In connection with
a frontal attnck, and therefore a Rus
sian force has been disposed along the
Tumen to prevent the entrance of n
Japanese column there. Another flank
ing movement is expected at the head
Of the Liaotung gulf, near Newchwang,
and everything there is being prepared
to receive the enemy, but for the pres
ent the Russian military authorities
believe that the Japanese game at this
point has been blocked by the failure
Of the attempts to bottle up and render
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Makaroff, which while free will be too
great q menace to the movement of
japanese transports in the gulf Of Pc
chilli. Another effort to block Port Ar
thur is consequently expected daily.
One OF the principal reasons for Vice
roy Alexeieff's visit to Port Arthur in
addition to inspecting the ships and de-
lenses is understood to have been for
tho purpose of consulting Vice Admit
raj Makaroff with a view to devising
plans for defeating these attacks, and
to this end all additional possible pre-
cautions have been taken. Indeed it is
limited in high quarters that the next
time the Japanese appear off Port Ar
thur they will find a hot and heavy
surprise awaiting them.
Viceroy Alexeieff has returned to
Mukden.