Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-10-26

Shakhe. the replllse OF the attacks OF
the japanese left and the hard drub.
bling given General lamada, with the
capture of fourteen additional guns
has given way this morning to a calm.
er and more sober appraisement of
these partial successes. There Is no
official confirmation of the report that
General Kuropatkin has resumed a
genuine offensive. Rather the general
japanese offensive has exhausted It..
self and that the position Of the armies
Is now sort OF deadlock with the
country rendered so sodden by the
heavy rain as 20 compel temporary
suspension of general operations. A
complete veil hides the movements
east, but both Kuropatkin's and SAX.
haroff's reports say there were no col.
llsions on that portion OF the battle.
ground Monday or Tuesday. Field
Marshal Oyama evidently considers
that Lone Tree Hill, from which Kuro.
patldn could pivot a turning move.
ment against his left. to be of vital
Importance, as both Sunday and Mon.
day nights. the latter during terrific
storm. made desperate efforts to re-.
capture II, accompanying the assaults
with demonstratiye attacks against
other points. But all the efforts fail
ed. Neither Kuropatl,in nor Sakharoff
in the dispatches given out this morn
ing. send details of the defeat of va.
al h.., ,f 10
japanese guns. pitiful pictures are
painted by the war correspondents Of
the shclterless troops biyOuacliing in
the cold rain, the roads converted into
.Gulgmircs. and the streams flooded.
The military critics are not yet sat.
isfcd that Oyama is ready to relin.
Cllsh the offensive. expressing the
opinion that h. may still try to break
through the Russian center In order
to compel Kuropatkin to retire to the
line OF the Hun river, unless as they
believe, he has become convinced that
the superiority OF tho Russian mum.
beers and reserves makes his withdraw.
al to the line Ol the Taitso river adj.
visable. General Coleman asserts
positively that up to yesterday Kuro
patkin had not brought anything like
all the regiments of his reserves into
action. and the number OF fresh units
behind which his battered troops could
reform accounts for Kuropatkin's abii
lty 10 resume the offensive. The line
OF battle thus far engaged. counting
westward from the east. General
Geisman says. comprised General Bill.
dcrling's Seventeenth European Corps.
parts OF General Sobolen's Sixth East
Siberian Corps, portions Of General
Slouchevsky's Tenth Corps, General
Meyendorlfs First European Corps.
and General Zasalitch's Second Slbc
rian Corps. The extreme Russian lett
which essaycd turning movement
and was meeting with success. accord
ing to Russian accounts, when the sit.
uation at the right center compelled
its Withdrawal, consisted Of General
Tyanhofr's Third Corps and General
Zaroubaleff's Fourth East Siberian
Corps. the Third Corps bearing the
brunt of the assaults on the group ct
passes OF the Tumin range. There
fore, two complete corps. General Sta
kelberg's First Corps and General
Dembowskrs Fifth Siberian Corps
and part Of Ave other corps are still
unused
The dispatch from correspondent
of the Associated Press at Mukden
filed this morning saying that there
was no fighting yesterday and no fir
ing during the night. indicates that
the Japanese are retiring as the light
OF fires was seen against the heavens
possibly showing that they were burn
ing their stores. The correspondent
also reports that a resumption of the
battle Is probable as soon as the
roads permit. the Russians being ev
erywhere In close touch with the Jap
anese.
| The Associated Press learns that
the reports representing Emperor
Nicholas as being Respondent and de
pressed are far from the truth. Gen
eral Velitchko, who saw him Monday
night, declares that while the Emperor
Is greatly grieyed at the terrible sac
rifice OF life. he Is as firmly resolved
as ever that the war must be prose
cuted to a successful conclusion. ant
that he Is by no means satisfied tina
Kuropatkin, in whom he expressed thu
fullest confidence, would not be abb,
to turn the tables on OyamG peter
the present engagement Is ended. b.
General Velitchko who returns at ono
to the front, the Emperor sent a pei
sonal message to Kuropatkin, renew
Ing his expressions of faith and conf
dence, and announcing his READINGS
to send such reinforcements OF me
, and guns as Kuropatkin might ask To-