Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-01
BUT DETAILS ARE WITHHELD.
Cavalry Believed to be Trying to Cut
The Japanese Line Com,
municatiOuS
JAPANESE CROSSING THE TAITsE.
If Oyama is Compelled to Abandon
Advance, kuropatkiu May Take
The Offensive,

ST. Petersburg oct !, 6.02 p. MI
Important developments ON the eastern
flank Of tine Monchurlan army are ad.
nittcd by the war office 10 be- proceed.
ing The details however. are withheld
for strategic reasons the authorities
departing nom silence only TO the ey.
tent OF saying that the Russian cavalry
is executing important movements,
leaving Il to be sumlsed that 1t IS
tiylng TO cut tine Japanese line OF com
munication and thus defeat the flank
advance.
Al absoluta denial is given to the
shanghai telegram reporting that "a
general engagement at Mukdon has
been won by the Japanese. The war
oiiice even declares that nothing Is
known OF serious fighting there IL Is
POINTED out that reports OF the Rus
sian retirement from Mukden are not
dlsproved by yesterdays telegram from
Cen Sakhar0h showing that Gen. lSu-
ropatkina outposts are as far south as
Yen Tai Further reconnaisances con-
linue and Indicate that the japanese
forces are stil crossing the Taltse
river at Bensihu, indicating that the
center OF gravity remains east OF the
railroad 1he Japanese apparently
have not yet succeeded In drafting suf-
ilcient men thither to drive home their
Ranking operations
Considerable significance is attached
90 Sakharofs report that chinese
bandlOs are fighting in the japanese
TunLa In tho .iua 4.
M conjunction with the attempt OF
bandits to cut the railroad between
Mukdcn and Hardin, this reveals the
existence Of a wide spread Japahtse or
ganlzation OF bandits west of the srail.
road The news from the front Is CT.
tremely meager and many confused
statements are made, II seems cues.
tonable whether Field Marshal OyanA
Is ready to assume the offensive The
army organ Ia stu expressing skeptl-
clsn Of an immediate advance. This
paper Is Inclined "a attach great im-
portance 10 the stories OF the wide
spread priyations OF disease among the
japanese troops.
NO late news II obtalnable OF the
wide japanese turning movement east
which II regarded as the chief feature
OF the japanese operations. Should
Oyama be compelled to abandon the
idea Of an advance II is intlma,ed IN a
Mukden dispatch thN Il liz possible.
win fresh troops constantly arriving,
that Gen. Kumputkn may attempt
some offensive operations
TREATMENT or JAP PRISONERS.
81 Petersburg oct I, (;36 p. mD-
The army organ, replying to "a critic
who complains that there is discrlmlna-
ton IN favor Of Japanese prisoners over
Russian soldiers, inasmuch that the
former always travel second class and
receive an allowance of 20 cents per
day, whereas the Russians are often
placed on freight cars and are allowed
only s cents, calls attention TO the
agreement made at the opening OF the
War whereby Russia pledged herself
Ia good treatment OF Japanese prison.
ers. by virtue ~ which II explains the
Japanese must receive food similar to
that which they have been accustomed
TO- The japanese officers captured are
allowed the pay OF their corresponding
rank In the Russian army.
Prince Mireky the new minister uf
the interior has selected Prince A. po-
lonsky, one Of the assistants OF the
minister Of finance, 10 be one OF his
chief lleutenants.
The torpedo boat destroyers Rczoy,
Prouzitelny. Prozorlivy, Grozniy and
GromN have been ordered 20 be pre-
pared TO join the Baltic feet al Reyal
oct g. which is considered a sure IN.
dicaton that the fleet will not sail be-
fore then.
Gen. sakharotf reports that the JAP
Rnese are still pouring across the Taitse
river at Benslhu, 30 miles northeast Of
LAO Yang. lie adds that numbers OF
Chinese bandits are with the japanese
on the Lao side Of the railroad