Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-09-12
KUROPATKIN IS
STILL "RETIRING .
He is Withdrawing the Bulk of
His Army Northward From
Mukden
HOW HIS STRATEGY WAS UPSET.
NJi Gen. 0rlod Failed to Hold Kuro.
kl's Extreme Lelt--Reports Of
intervention

ST. pelersbug Sept ~, $40 D. me-
NO fresh light has been thrown on the
situation al the front unomclal lntor-
nation tends 20 confirm the reports
that Gen. Kuopatkn is Withdrawing
the bulk of his army northward from
Mukden. The rain continues 40 the
front The three armies Of Field Mar.
sinai Oyama are reported TO have united
north Of the Taitse river but there Is
nothing yet 10 indicate that they are
sufficiently rccUperated TO resume the
advance The best unofficial opinion
Is that Kuropatkin does not conlem
plate making q serious stand at Muk.
dem
The spirit aumutng me japanese
troops Is shown by me translation Of %
letter written by a spartan Japanese
mother TO her son which has reached
the war office The letter was found
on the body Of her son II adiured him
TO fight nobly for the mIkad0 and his
country and Informed him that his cap
ture would be considered an everlasting
disgrace upon the family ancestors and
that II he died OH the battlefield Il
would be an honor which his family
would celebrate for a week.
WHY STRATEGY FAILED
A Russian correspondent says Kuro-
patklns strategy was upset by the
failure Of Mai Gen Orion to hold Gen.
Kurokls extreme right According to
this correspondent Kuropatkns plan
Was 10 catch KuroN after he had
crossed the Taitse river by q quick
and clever movement Orlons mission
was TO attack desperately Sept. 2 the
front OF kurokis army which had
marched northwest 10 hold him and.
II possible, to drive him back towards
Kuropatkn. while the latter. sever
Ing kurokrs communication. struck
with all his might NJ hs flank and rear
But orion was unequal 10 the task as-
signed 10 him His division had just
arrived from Russia and rs fighting
efficiency WAS not known When he
struck Kur0ki orion was wounded ear.
~ in the fight and was compelled to
hand over his command To make the
matter worse the horse Of his chief Of
stan boted The division could not
resist the onslaught ~ Japanese troops
and gave way and retreated, In The
meanwhile kuropatklu was just
launching his attack. but when he
found the Japanese were turning his
left, he was compelled TO abandon the
offensive. Withdraw and ordered a re.
treat As II turned out, however. Gen.
Stakelberg had come 10 OrlOns rescue
and checked the japanese Ranking
just before they reached Yen
TAI Had KuropatkIn held ON little
longer the fate Of the day might have
been different as this was the critical
for Kurokl referred to In the
dispatches from the Japanese side.
REPORTS or INTERVENTION
ST. Petersburg, Sept, ~, 1880 a. M
Reports Of impending Intervention by
the powers 20 end the war are consider. |
ed today by the Noyoe Yrcmya which !
says there Is no prospect Of such action
by France, which country would sin |
,erely like to see peace The paper says |
Il rather that Germany should under |
take the task Of separating the COM
Datants. while Germany has not the |
same material interests 10 he affected |
~ France and the United states
on the other hand the N0yOe Nrem-
IN continues America Is entirely too |
BUSY with the national election 10 un-
lertake such a daring task, 80 that
Russia may as well look forward 20 |
he conclusion Of the war without pros
iect that any world power viii even
Ittempt to interfere,
RUSSIANS RETIRING.
Mukden, Saturday, Sept, 10. via Pc
lin. Sept l2-The Russians are contin-
ling their retirement TO TIE pass. The
Japanese advance rs slow, though the
military situation is not unfayorable 10
hem Many Russian companies now
onslst Of only 80 men. Notwithstand.
ng the Russian reverse the rctreatlng
roops are cheerful.
OPERATIONS AT A sTANDsTILL.
Mukden, Sept l2,-Last night rain
gain fell In torrents and today II is
The roads are impossible.
NV AllllNhi NlFNtN'llAn hlf CT u NAhIlN~
till, The town Is so crowded that
0odstuits are almost unprocurabe.
'rices have trebled and Quadrupled
he division suffers lost almost all their
upplles during the Russian retreat
Williams are beseging the railroad
tatlon and other eating places. but IL
3 well nigh impossible to get food
The Yen Tai railroad referred 10 by
zen Sakharoh Is probably the branch
DAD connecting the Yen Tai coal mines
With Yen Tai on the main line between
LAO YANG and Mukden,
RUSSIAN CAVALRY SEEN.
Toxic Sept i2, 2p. m.-Field Marshal
,yama reports that large body OF
russian cavalry has appeared az PIN
iit2u eastward OF the railroad between
ZEN Tai and Mukden lie adds that
be- Russians are merely keeping IN
ouch with the japanese