The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-24

PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 23.-The re-
port is confirmed here that vessels OF
the Russian Baltic fleet stopped and
Wight.
ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. "a 2:o5 a.
m.-There is no change in the relative
positions of the armies on the Shakhe
River. General Sakharoff telegraphs
that the Russians have been lombard
ing Lamuting and the Buddhist Temple
at Linshinpu, while the Japanese have
been Smelling the Russian position at
Shakhe and near Linshinpu. A dis
patch from Mukden reports that the
Japanese are terrifying an important
height south of Shakhe, and that
neither side shows a disposition either
to advance or retire. Another dispatch
from the Russian front says the stu
alton is not yet ripe for the resump-
ton Of the offensive.
This meager but significant adrnis-
sion-all that the censor allows to pass
over the wires-doubtless indicates that
General Kuropatkin is maturing i'm
portant plans and distributing his
forces in readiness for another attempt
to break the Japanese resistance. The
roads are now dried by wind and frost:
the cold is intense and flooded fields
have been frozen. Thus military move
ments are facilitated, though at the
same time it will be more difficult to
carry on intrenching work.
A dispatch from the Russian front
gives rumor that the Russian force
has made detour to the west, arriv-
ing abreast Of Liaoyang, but there is
no confirmation of this report.
CONCENTRATING AT KAU PASS.
Great importance is attached to a
report from Toxic that 200 Russians
have crossed the Taitse River east of
Bensihu and that 10000 are concentrat-
ed at Kau Pass, twenty miles north
west. This may indicate the direction
of Kuropatkin's next blow, or, possib-
ly, it Is intended to discomfort the jap
anese and compel them to weaken their
forces on the railroad. Whatever Ku-
ropatkin's ultimate object may be there
is no doubt that he is DESTROYS of OBJ
tanning the most reliable information
as to the number and disposition of the
force opposing his eastern flank. The
Cossacks may be relied upon to harass
the Japanese line of communication.
besides accommodating.
General Kuropatkin is with the CEN
ter of his army. On October 81 he per-
sonally conveyed the congratulations
of Emperor Nicholas to Colonel Putt
loft and the Nineteenth Rifles for the
capture of Lone Tree Hill.
The Japanese estimate that the Rus
sian losses in the battle Of the Shakhe
amount to- $4,000 is not confirmed here.
A telegram from Hardin reports the
passage north Of $4,000 wounded. The
remainder, who are quartered in hos
pitfalls at Mukden, cannot exceed a few
thousand.
NINETEENTH CORPS TO GO.
Lieutenant General Rezvy, command
ing the Twenty-first Infantry Division.
has been appointed to the command of
the Nineteenth Army Corps of the VII
ma district. This appointment is be-
lleved to indicate the inclusion of the
Nineteenth Corps in the Second Man
churian Army.
The return OF Grand Duke Nicholas
to ST. Petersburg has evoked no COM
ment and there is no further talk of
his appointment to the chief command
in Manchuria.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Boerse Ga
zette has telegraphed to that paper
from Chefu that the Port Arthur
squadron is anchored in the roadstead,
from which statement there has orig
mated a rumor that the squadron has
gone out to sea. OF this report there
is no confirmation. 1t is believed the
correspondent has made an error in
using the word ''roadstead" for IAN
chorage," which comedies with his
statement that the Japanese are bonn
harding the warships with high an