The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-10-10
HASEGAWA REMOVED.
Japanese Governments First Instance Of Dis
satisfaction With an Army Officer.

AdviceS from Tokyo say that the tlrSt
known dissatisfaction Of the japanese
imperial government with the progress
of the war is shown in the removal of
Lieutenant General Baron Hasegawa
from the command of the imperial
guards division. The official bulletin
announces that he is to retire from
the field TO take command Of the mill
tary administration in Korea. OF
course major general of little eXpe-
rience in war could fill the bill in 10
rea. and the bulletin may he accepted
as proof that Baron Oyama places on
Hasegawn whatever discredit may at
tach To the delay of the Japanese army
in the battle of KwanSulten and scv-
eral weeks later in the turning opera.
tons which Kurok attempted at the
spur of the Yentai coal mines.
Baron Hasegawa commanded what is
known as the imperial bodygHrd,
comprising four infantry regiments
two regiments of cavalry, three of ar
tillery and the Third battalion of en-.
ginecrs The valOr of the imperial
guards at the Yalu river has gone
into history. Their charge up noun
tain slopes northeast of AntunG in the
face of rapid fire batteries and their
capture of the Russian guns was one
of the great achievements of the early
war The guards have comprised the
right wing of Kuroki's army almost
from the beginning There has been
no question of the fighting ability Of
the men or of their good work with
the field guns but their failure in two
battles TO make progress where the
left and the center were victorious nc
doubt has thrown discredit upon their
direct commander Hasegawa.
In the battle of Kwansuiten. which
marked the beginning of Kuroki's
strategy before Liaoyang, the Japanese
had planned the development of the
right and left of General Kuropatkin's
advanced position. The Japanese cen.
ter, with inferior guns. had advanced
across a chain of hills against the ter
rife artillery fire of the Russians. Gen
oral Kuropatkin's heavy guns as well
as his light feldpieCes We're manned
by picked European soldiers, who were
able to find the japanese batteries
with great effect. la spite of this Gen
eral Kuroki's center continued to adj
vance, his object being to hold the
Russian line, even with loss to him
self while his enveloping movement
was going on. 1t was in this days
battle, near dawn on the LIST of August,
that General Count Keller was killed.
Although the Japanese left wing was
able to get around the enemy, the
japanese right was repuSed at sew
eral points and. while the battle as n
whole was successful after two DAYS,
the enveloping movement was not car.
ried on as laid out by Kuroki. The
fault is ascribed to General Baron
Hasegawa.
A Chefu report says that the In
creased activity of the japanese fleet |
Port Arthur in the stop |
ping of merchantmen is due to a look |
out which is kept for three British
ships, which 1t is suspected intend to |
attempt to enter Port Arthur with |
timed meats and vegetables.
The British steamer Victoria was
stopped near Weihaiwei last night. and
the foregoing explanation was made tC
her by the japanese boarding officer.
Mccormick Aids Prisoners of War.
BERLIN, Oct. 10. - The American
to Russia, Mr.. McCor.
mick, spent yesterday in Berlin He
with Japanese Minister
Inouye regarding the arrangements for
the transportation of the japanese in
Russia to Japan. The first party of
these passed through Berlin on Oct. 1,
and several hundred others, being the
total of all those wishing to return
home, are expected to pass through
this week. The arrangements for the
repatriation have worked most salts
The Russian government is
providing special trains for the pur.
pose and is bearing part of the ex-
Dense. Ambassador Mccormick con.
-inued his journey to the United States
aSt nfUht