The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-11-26
JAPANESE ARE AGAIN LIKE
LY TO ADVANCE.
Kuropatkin Will Not Take the In.
itiative-Has the Best of 1t
Now-Japanese is Strong
ly Reinforced and Con-
ditions more Fav.
orable.


of big battle south of Mukden.
The Japanese according to an Off
cial report, have received a severe
setback in the vicinity of Sintsin-
sin, in which direction they were
apparently attempting to execute a
wide turning movement. The opin-
ion here scarcely believes it possi-
bio that the two great armies can
winter less than rifle shot distant
from each other, though the heavy
defenses on each side make it ex.
tremely difficult for either to assume
the offensive.
It is believed, however, that if the
deadlock is to be broken General
Kuropatkin will let Field Marshal
Oyama take the initiative, as the
Russians have the better of the
present position, namely, strong
line of defense and Mukden behind
them, making satisfactory winter
quarters, where the Russian rein
iorcements are now accumulating
for an advance next spring. The
Japanese also are being strongly re.
! inforced.
The rivers are sufficiently frozen
to permit of the movement of ar
tillery and commiss ariat trains, so
that the country actually is better
adapted to a japanese advance
than during the summer.
London, Nov. 23.-A dispatch
: from Toxic to the Standard reports
! increasing desertions from the Port
! Arthur Garrison into the japanese
| lines, the stories the deserters tel
indicating the Generalization o1
the Russian defenders. The same
correspondent says the Russian de-
/ tenders on the seafront of Port Ar
! thur no longer fire on the approach
of the japanese warships.
! A Japanese correspondent writ.
ing to the Morning Post, betrayt
: growing anxiety concerning the
Russian second Pacific squadron
{ which probably is due to ths
I strength of Port Arthur's resisting
Z power. He points out the incon
I sistsncy of Egypt in permitting
I Vice-Admiral Rojestvensky's ship
4 to coal when not tgoing to a Russian
& port, compared with the refusal o
( such facilities when the spanisl
4 Admiral, Camara, wanted to tax
< the battle ship Palayo by the Sue
4 route six years ago, and maintain
\ it is great Britain's business to com
4 pei Egypt to maintain neutralit,
y in the present case.
2 The Daily Telegraph's correspond
y ent at Port Said says the Russian
4 warships when berthed will be com
pletely isolated fro q other shippin
: and that they will be allowed t
take on water and provisions, bu
the correspondent adds 1t is. stil
doubtful whether they will be pc,
mitted to coal, the authorities Sc d,
!, ing to be undecided on that poin
Copenhagen kilograms repo,
that the supplementary detachmer
!. of the Russian second Pacific squaC
ron is still detained at Skagen b
storms.
London, Nov. 23.-The Japanes
according to dispotch from CHI
foo t the Chronicle, are reporte
to have captured the British steam
er Tung Chow, laden with 5000
cases of canned meat for Port A
: thur.
Toxic, Nov. 23.-Army hea,
: quarters yesterday received the fo
lowing telegram from Manchuri
headquarters:
= ''On Monday, November 21,
Z the morning, our detachment ao
f vanced toward Weitzuku north
( Scienchuang, and attacked and o,
/ cupied the enemy's bivouackin