Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-11-28
APPEARANCES AGAIN POINT TO
BIG CONFLICT.
JAPS RECEIVE A SET BACK
Report of Severe Reverse While APP
parentIy Trying to Execute a Wide
Turning Moveuent = Impossible
for Great Armies to Winter With
in Rifle Shot of Each Other.

st. Petersburg, Nov. 24-Appear
ances again point to the possibility Of
a big battle south of Mukden. The
Japanese, according to reports, have
received a severe setback in the vicin
ity of Sintsintin, in which direction
they apparently were attempting to
execute a wide turning movement.
Military opinion here scarcely be.
heves it possible that the two great
armies can winter less than rife shot
distant from each other though
heavy defenses on each side make it
extremely difficult for either to as
sumo the offensive. 1t is believed,
however, that if the deadlock is to be
broken General Kuropatkin will let
Field Marshall Oyama take the init
alive, as the Russians have the better
of the present position, namely, a
strong line Of defence and Mukden be
hind them. making satisfactory win
ter quarters, where Russian ,sretn-
forcements are now accommodating for
the advance next spring. The Japan
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The rivers are frozen sufficiently to
permit the movement of artillery and
commissariat trains, so that the coun
try actually is better adapted to a ia
panese advance than during the sum
lne".
Liberty Convention Ends.
st. Petersburg, Nov. 24-The meet
ing of the Zemstvoists is ended and
the members are leaving in high spir-
it's, confident that no matter what the
immediate results, the meeting will
mark a turning point in Russian his
tory. "The Rubicon is crossed. No
retreat is possible is the unanimous
sentiment.
There is an intimation that the EN-
perOr has already been advised of
the action of the meeting and has eX-
pressed himself as unfavorable to it.
According to a story which is told
with much circumstantiality, the pro
curer-general of the holy synod, in
formed the emperor that in his opin-
ion the autocracy had reached the
parting of the ways; there was no
middle course, he must hold firmly to
the old regime or be prepared to grant
a constitution.
Port Arthur Garrison Deserving.
London, Nov. PA dispatch from
Toxic to the Standard reports in
creasing assertions from the Port Ar
thur garrison into the Japanese lines,
the stories deserterS tell indicating
the decentralization of the Russian de-
tenders. The same correspondent
says the Russian forts on the sea
front of Port Arthur no longer fire on
the approach of Japanese Warships.
The Japanese, according to dispatch
from Chefoo to the Chronicle, are re-
ported to have captured the British
steamer TTngchow, laden with 10000
cases of canned meat for Port Arthur
Wide Turning Movement.
Mukden, Nov. 24.-Indications are
growing that the Japanese are under
taking a wide turning movement on
the Russian left A large number Of
commissarist wagons have been OBJ
served going eastward and some ar
tillery exchanges have been reported
from the eastward.
Shows Favor to Jews.
st. Petersburg, Nov. 24.-Interior
Minister Mirsky has removed the
governor of Moghileff because of his
harsh measures against the Jews CON
trary to Mirsky's recent order.
Baltic Squadron at Port Said.
Port Said, Nov. 24-The Russian
second Pacific squadron was sighted
at o'clock this morning.