Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-11-28
GEN. KUR0PATKIN
HAS AN AUTOMOBILE
1t Enables Him to Rush from One
Part to Another Of the
Entire Line
ARMIES LIE FACING EACH OTHER
Soldiers Living 10 Caves Behind Their
Trenehes-Warm Even With
out Fire,

Chefoo, Nov. 2S,-Gen Kuopatkln *
the posscssor Of a new sO-horse power
automobile with which he is able to
rush at high speed from one part to
another Of the line, g miles long, ac-
cording to N, Revoir who reached here
today from Mukden NJ. Rayolr spent
three weeks with Kuropatkiu who
wished to secure 20 automobiles speclal-
ly constructed to carry ammunition
speedily In emergencies lie Will use
them only In winter when the Manchur-
ian roads are in excellent condition.
ON his first trip IN the new automo-
bic Nuropatkln's only comment vasi
q have the advantage Of Gen, Shat
tel"
The Chinese nov regard Kuropa tlSin
and his machine with supersttlous awe.
believing the latter % be an atrocious-
" powerful specimen Of the foreign
DEVILS"
NJ. Rayoir said:
THE two armies ne facing each other,
euch having three fortified lines, The
soldiers of both armies i've mostly IN
caves behind THEN trenches which when
covered with snow have the appearance
OF a great host Of polar bears waiting
60 spring al each other The caves
are warm even without lire. The Ru--
sian troops are In the best Of spirits
and have unlimited confidence IN their
leaders, They expect Kuropatktn 10 at
tack during the winter The Russian
forces now number 100000 men, The
cavalrymen from the Don district are
superior TO their Siberian comrades the
former are intelligent, brave and active
and have fine powerful horses.
There was only few hundred
wounded az Mukden and $4,000 wounded
at Hardin
81 came out ON the Siberian railroad
which seemed 90 be doing It's trench
d0us work smoothly The warehouses
along the railroad between Mukden ami
Hardin lre fun of supplies which are
almost untouched, as ~ TO the pres
emit the army has subsisted chiefly on
the country
The handling Of the Russian artil-
lcry Is improving While the Japanese
pHillcry Are seems less effective. orig
nally the Russians did not conceal
their artillery which the japanese
quickly disabled. Now the Russians
handle ana conceal their guns with
perfect science.
The belief IS general at Mukden that
Fort Arthur viii hold out until relieved
no matter how long the much-eXpected
Russian Second Pacific SQUADRON may
take IN reaching the far east.
Gen Kuropatkln is not laxative.
His only reference To the war was The
war is progressing as l wish
HE still lives in his railroad car and
the light in his office is burning night
and day 1t is commonly stated That
the general never sleeps His officers
arc not surprised at being called 90
conference az any hour Of the night.
The generals only relaxation Is at
dinner time when the officers who are
his guests number scores. Wine Is
plentiful bat Kuropatkin drinks min
crol water. Every Russian officer seems
10 have an unlimited supply Of money,
the government being lavish IN It's ex-
pcnditurcs.
IT is my opinion that KuropatkIu win
mover retreat from Mukden unless de-
feated decisively and l think the next
battle will be O Russian victory