The evening world., 1904-09-05
|NAR MAY CO To the
front TO LEAD ARMY

NA. Russian Emperor Will Gol II TO the
War in the Far East.
r ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. SIT is reported, upon authority tnat
seems reliable, that the Emperor will soon start tor Manchuna 10 take
SpersonaI command of the campaign. The imperial special train has been
made ready for long journey, and il is firmly believed in official circles
that the Car has determined TO lend his presence TO The army in the field.
Dtquedng reports have reached him Of friction among the Officers
IN command. Much OF the Ill success of Ger. Kuropatkn Is aGibed to
this cause. Il Is believed that personal investigation on The part Of NE
Car will aighten out the difficulties existing and arouse the soldiers 10
Irresistible enthusiasm.
EICHTLNG STILL GOES ON.
- Il According to The latest but unomcini repor. to the War omcs some rear.
taazd hshing is progressing and the retirement Of Gen. uKropatkins main
army ID continuing There 10 another unoncial report that Gen. Kuropst-
" NJ was obliged to abandon 200 guns at Laoyans Some Of them were dis
Tsatd IN action and tho others were damaged by order Of the Russian Com
'wsndsrin Chief
q The feeling Of national grief and disappointment csurd By Cen. Kuro.
y&tkins unsuccessful atanpt to make . stand ct Liaoyang dssp and bitter
q Il ID. ID somewhat tempered by the development Of the tact thf the
Rusaian CommAndsrin CHE had removed the bat Of bic stores north.
1Ward before the battle. leaving q mere she'll At Usoyang and that he sue
82~dh in sxtrcaing his army especially Gen. sakassrgs corps. from
sktAs clutches Of the japanese.
y ne war once here believes that tho battle s virtually ended and that
4 xuropstktnS line Of retreat Is open
while admitting that Kuropatkin sustained q severe reverse the War
q oms considers nat the failure Of Field Marshal oyama to hold and cut OF
Khropstkin Is a strategic defeat for the former. The Russian military sn.
( thonhs nsure that oysms had a numerical superiority OF $4,000 men In
q the operations against Kuropatkn. .r-'-
The exact position OF the Russian right flank is not known At the War
once, but 1t Is no believed that the japanese eau now dsvsop strength
n enough to endanger is retirement, being without precise information them
4 pslves The absence Of news from Toxic OF anything decisive II also re-
gkrdsd as = good indication that Kuropatkin Is free
E~RUROPATKTN'S PLAN. ....
The omcials OF the War Once do not expect a renewal Of the nshtins
4 ar several days. which they think the Japanese will employ in recuperat-
ius while Kuropatkin collects his army preparatory to pushing the troops
northward. He nas a double track railroad and the hlshrosd. When the
Nshtins recommences It ia expected hero that It will be In the nature Of a
series Of rearsuard actions. as tho final withdrawal Is effected. There are
NJ facilities at Yenai for defense,
Acording to the military authorities. all Kuropatkins hopes and plans
pushed northwsrd after crossing the Taltse River Hsrs KuropstIins in
kg@sliea evidently wa, ,., fault; y, IL believing sls IS. tia; ,, he had I s..,Sr, him n, =
IA sirsady completed . preliminary oomesrdmsnt Of kuroiis force Fri.
y -, and was about To strike him when 20 discovered that another japanese
Z guna had crossed the = river yer. further 0S"r Upstream .. an, ,,S,n no worked .sn around s, :tn
xSsssn.
~JAPS TOOK HIM BY SURPRISE.
+ hin actually attempted TO deliver a blow against Kuroki Is not clear. At al
4 events, II he did he was compelled to desst upon the discovery Of the north
N ~ Gen Orions division. which suffered so severely, had Just arrived from
European Russia. Although this division was thrown into confusion and
te Japanese probably saved the railroad for KuropatLin. In the mean.
time Kurokl freed from Kuropatkin, marched hastily Westward 10 intercept
fsn that Kuropstkin thought stakeibergs corps was lost and 70 reported
to the War once. But Kuroki was too late Stakelberg not only succeeded
YentaiL actually arriving in time to come to the support Of the hSdprssssd
oriof.
60 MAKE ANOTHER STAND.
The military expert Of the Novoe vrsmya says the chief question n
the moment 10 whether Kuopatkin will succeed In collecting ali his forces
from Laoyang and enectins . retirement to Mukdeu In view Of the Aank.
ing position taken up by the Japanese
.hom the north. Our main hope lies In the probable exhaustion Of the Jap.
snNs after the bloody and unprecedentedy long and severe fighting which
Like his subjects, the Emperor has taken Kuropatkins defeat greatly e
heart, but the preservation Of the armys organization has BEEN great 70
Two more army corps So far a. can re learned. the Emperor shows no dis
The accounts Of the battle published in the newspapers here s. very in
complete Some OF the papers evidently have not yet awakened to the full
force OF the disaster nu, without exception they try to put a brave face Of
the situation. There Is not the slightest suggestion OF Yielding The cry o
the papers 10 that the war must 90 on until Russia Is victorious. II not thi
year then next year.