The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-09-09

Information may be withheld for strate-
sfc reasons but the public IL disposed TO
regard It otherwise resulting in the cir
culation OF the widest reports, some OF
the Russian papers demanding I'm pretty
outspoken fashion the reorganization OF
the conditions at the front and also de-
manding that Gen. Kuropatkin be given
untrammsiled control. as commander-in-
chief evidently aiming at viceroy Alex
iefr. who is supposed TO be responsible for
insisting latterly that the reinforce
nsnts should go TO Vladivostok in view
Of the probability OF early Japanese oper-
ations there or at Harbin. thus depriving
Kuropatkfn Of troops which might have
turned the scale at Lao Yang
A BOLD ASSERTION.
= The Russ Is especially bold. considering
the restrictions placed on the Russian
press. II declares that numerical superior
tty is not enough and that what is needed
As some OF the do-or-die spirit OF the Jap
anese. The paper quotes the words of
Gen. Dragomiroff. former governor gen
eral of Kieff and authority OH military
matters as follows;
Give me a soldier who Is firmly deter
mined TO die for his country ~s0d / Will
guarantee that my tactics will be super
excellent The man who will lay down his
life Is terrible. bullet may stop such
man but IL Will not stop a company. II is
difficult 20 fight and more difficult to
vanouish them"
A NEW ORGANIZATION.
j. The Russ continues what we need is
an entirely new organization OF every
thing connected directly or indirectly with
the military operations. good deal Is
admirable. but good deal Is deplorable.
The fact that things have not gone well
at the theatre OF war may be due to the
fact that everything is not directed with
the single aim. subservient 10 a single.
undivided VIII. Kuropatkin, now entrust-
ed with the command OF the Manchurian
army, should be commander chief"
q The following dispatch. filed at Libau,
has been received from the captain OF
the Russian cruiser Ural: Have Just
returned from thirty days expedition
raidsng the enemy's contrahand on the
Spanish coast"
The announcement that the water sup
ply OF Port Arthur has been cut on does
not create particular anxiety here. 1t is
explained that the water OF Port Arthur
was never good and that the fortress is
provided with distilling apparatus.
RIoASSURING DISPATCH.
The reassuring dispatch OF the Asso-
ciated Press from Mukden. filed shortly
after midnight, is the latest word from
the front IL disposes OF the many SEN
eational rumors and indicates that Field !
Marshal Oyama has failed TO cut OF or |
seriously Interfere with the retreating |
Russian army, which has now 81 fely ar |
rlved at Mukden.
QUIET At MUKDEN.
Mukden. Sept. s.-All continues quiet at
Niukden- All anxiety regarding the Rus |
sian transport Is over. The Japanese I
have crossed the Shakhe and are now
resting. Only the Russian and japanese I
outposts are In direct contact. Thousands /
or wounded are being sent north.
ALExIEFF HEARD FROM
ST. Petersburg. Sept "a dispatch has
been received from viceroy Alexieff, an
nouncing that the railway and telegraph !
line between Harbin and Mukden are both /
uninterrupted
EvACUATINd MUKDEN.
Berlin. Sept "a dispatch to the Lokal |
Anzeiger from Mukden. timed IL 40 a. m |
today. says the evacuation OF Mukden ls \
now In progress and adds that the Jap /
anase have not yet crossed the river |
Hun, which flows a few miles south OF |
Mukden.
CONFUSED AND DEMoRALIZED.
Shanghai. Sept 9.--Night--A special
messenger OF the Tartar general at Muk-
den, who escaped from that city through
the Gordon OF Russian outposts. reports.
the Russian army Is utterly confused
and demoraliEed. especially the remainder
OF the two Russian army corps. which re-
Gently Joined General Kuropatlxin's forces.
KILLED WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
Toxic. Sept "a private telegram re-
ceived here says that small Russian ex-
pedition from Kamchatka visited Senshu
Island. north OF the Island or Hokaido
and in the absence OF the men. killed
the omen and children and burned the
houses.
Official confirmation Is lacking in io-
gard TO his report, which seems lncredi-
BILE.
A CORRESPONDENTS STORY.
Mukden, Wednesday, Sept. 7-Via Pc
KIN, Sept. "a correspondent OF the As
sociated Press. who has just returned 20
Mukden with the Russian rear guard AZ
ter having accompanied the army tho
whole time since the battle OF IIao
Yang says the losses ON both sides were
enormous. Az moderate estimate he
places them at 5000
He conhrms>the reports that the ovb,.
ing az Lao Yang rivalled IN nerconess
the sanguinary battles of tho American
Civil war
Gen. Kurokis flank movement east %
the Russian position precipitated the re-
treat from Lao Yang When the Russians /
left Lao Yang the town was strcwn with ,
corpees of the slain. The japanese she'll \
fre continued until Sept when the \
bridges over the Taiise were destroyed /
The Russians admit that their positions /
at Lao Yang were too extended for their /
army 20 hold The greater portion ~ the /
Russian forces crossed the Taitse during 4
the night of sept and engaged Gen.
Kurok with two corps.
CONDITIONS CHANGED.
The nghting on tie nrst day was IA.
vorable 90 the Russians bat the condl-
lions changed al night time
The Russian Infantry suffered heavily
from shrapnel and rife fire.. The Fight