The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-14
ANXIETY Ar sT PETERSBURG.
War Office in the Dark As to Exist
inc Conditions.


ST. Petersburg. May 13.-(2:I5 %. MI
emperor Nicholas viii leave Tsars-
hoye-oelo Sunday evening Tor Moscow
and hharkon. returning there ON Mon
day, May o.
Aueh uncertainty exists here as to
exactly what Is occurring at The the
stIe OF war as much in regard to the
russian movements as those of the
enemy. General kuropatkiu's plans are
most carefully guarded Although he
4s DVieFed 10 be concentrating troops
near Lao Yang, very little actual ne
formation ON the subject is ObtainabIa.
me general impression. however. is
tHaL neaNy nghLluE will 0ecuI Within Ia
fortnight. AdViczs received hv The
general star indicate that the JAPAN
S9e are pushing Jhe campaign inn south
efn Mancnurla with great energy Tue
rainy season, which VIII render the
roads almost impossible begins I'm six
weeks, and the latest belief here is that
the enemy hopes Go make his position
secure by a decisive engagement before
the rams set i'm. The army organ be-
Leves that at least eight divisions Of
inc enemy. not counting 10000 men iu
the lower part of the Lao Tung Deuin-
Flla, are i'm southern Mauchuria As
10 the force advancing along the lit
lulal ioH the Ialu, where it is be-
LeFed another army has landed, m-
formation rs very Incomplete.
japanese Army Separated.
The three divisions of General Kur5-
hi army separated at Feug Waug
-Aens According 20 the reports of the
RUSSIAN scouts, 10000 infantry with
forty guns and 1900 cavalry. moved
north TO Samatski tSai Ma Kan
whence they could strike aftbe- 1TuIl5e-.
or Lao Yang The flank Of this force
D. protected by a battalion of infantry.
three squadTOus of cavalry and q
mountain battery at kualE Chan
sang A division of Japanese guards
proceeded west to Han Chan and 10000
infantry with fifty guns mostly noun
lgiu pieces. moved southwest toward
Eai Ping and reached the SaHdavuu
lofd or the Ia Yang river Tuesday
leaving Wednesday for Suyau Chiu
How many reserves came up behind
- tHtm ON the Feng Wang Cheug road is
not known.
Fight Must Soon Come.
All Of these forces at their rate Of
travelling are due at their destinations
sunday oT Monday The Russians are
1E the dark as TO the place where 10
await the Japanese attack. IL is con-.
11eTed probable that the northern
N'Hire nIN 1e heavily reinforced and
llat "a simultaneous attack of the
FIutlCu division VIII clear the railroad
ID Ne" thuang and permit the enemy
10 move directly ngrthWard and strike
Iue russian flank az Lao Yang or
-tuhlcu Iu cooperation with the force
which Was at Samatsf Wednesday
ne Russians intend to make am at
tempt TO hold one or two stations on
1ne railroad, but which of them is not
known According 10 the last accounts
lle} are stlu lu possession of kaf Ping
1ai Cheug and Tab Che Kiaw To is
q.
mounted al New Chuaug have been
taken 90 The latter place
The valley of the TIA yang where a
large force of The enemy. strength nm.
known is moving westward is gen=r-
ely billy Dut there are fairly good
roads t0 FeUg Wang ChenE. Kai Ping
aua sun CheuE. uu tue railroad and
down Tie east coast OF the Liao TuDr
peninsula 20 PitseW0. There are two
3 rds az the ia Yang. below iIs COM
1Ience with the Zedzih. one at SaIid-
zaypu. twenty miles above Taku Shan.
ana the other sixty miles lower down
The Iuu Nuu Mia. the latter being for
cavalry.
Raiding by Cossacks.
no Information IS v0uchsafed- regard
ins the raiding Cossacks who appeared
south of the Talu
80 further particulars are 10 be had
kagardlug the blowing up of Port Dali
BIZ, which Isl considered go have been
Necessary in view of the Japanese com
plete command of the sea- 10 prevent
she employment of a ready-made base
OF operations against Port arthur.
The newspapers do NOT SHOW any dis
position TO revive the criticism OF the
action OF the commander of the United
states cruiser NiCksDurg az Chemulpo
on account of ST. PavlOns report. A
high official of The admiralty said TO the
correspondent OF the Associated Press.
so far as the Russian navy Is con-
cerHed, the incident is dead and buried.
we accepted Commando MarshaUs
statement that he could not take any
foreign sailors on board without iu-
EITuCIiCns-
Grand Duke cyril IS suffering from
displacement of the heart resulting
from extreme weakness and ueeessi-
Eating complete rest for long time. I'd
s doubtful il he can accompany the