Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-06-06
JAPANESE WILL NOT RELINoUIsH
ADVANTAGE.
RUSSIANS IN A DILEMMA
Have Not Men Enough in the Field 10
Cope With the Enemy and Would
BE Unable to Feed the Necessary
Reinforeements for General Kuro,
patkin.

London, June 2. The foreign Office
characterizes the report that mediation
fin the Russ0-Japansse war is pending
in the immediate future AS "rdhnish.
Baron Havashi, who as japanese sen
Tor minister and the most powerful rep
reseutative abroad would be the nrsl
20 hear ut any such move, says:
Not a whisper OF mediation has
reached me. For US to stay our hands
al this moment would be senseless
folly. Russia appears TO be IN a ser
i0us q Iemma. She has not enough
men In the field 20 scope with cur var
Iuus points OF attack. II she sends the
achievements that General kuropat-
kin SD much needs she cannot iced
them. / 90 not credit the TumOr In
Rome OF General Kuropatkin's defeat,
although within The next Iew days
news VI a battle may come at any mo
meut. II seems evident that Genera
KurOpatkin intends TO fight al Lao
yanE. / believe he has decided 10 do
this. not SO much from a military point
of view as because Of the pressure
from the court and political circles at
St Petersburg. About month is Ike
Is TO eIpase before any determined as
sault can be made on Port Arthur"
Cars Officers Report.
St Petersburg, June 2-Viceroy
AlexieK telegraphs TO the emperor I'M
der date OF May 81:
Rear Admirals WittsOeft and Orig
Or0vitch report that up TO May 2S nu
merous Japanese mines have been dis
covered and exploded in the rOadstead
OF Port Arthur. The japanese eyl
IDENTIFY have replaced the fireships
which they formerly used by mines
s0wn rs the merchant steamers in
their service"
The emperor received the following
dispatch from General KurOpatlIin,
dated May 81:
"AIl Is quiet i'm the direction Of Feng
wangcheng. Siuysn is not occupied by
Japanese attachments. The japanese
we're observed retiring from Sedzykho
and SalitsaiputsO valleys, in an easter
~ direction. May 30 two companies or
japanese infantry and 30 dragons ad.
vanced along the Takushan road TO
ward Oualassi for the purpose OF turn
ing the left flank OF our outpOsts. Our
scouts discovered the movement and
firing ensued, in the course OF which
one CUssack was wounded and one
horse killed. There has been no fur.
Their japanese advance from Saimatsza
toward FengchOuling pass, on the Lao
yang road"
General Sakahroff telegraphs under
yesterdays date:
According to reports the japanese
commander i'm the action OF May 30
near VafangOw had three battaliOns of
infantry i'm reserve. our losses were
II killed. % wounded. and Lieutenant
Meyer and another officer name not
ascertaned, wounded. The japanese
losses were very considerable. One
squadron of thu thirteenth Japanese
cavalry was annihilated in a hand 10
hand encounter and another squadron
which came 10 its assistance suffered
great loss from the FIRE OF our frontier
guards and rilemen. We captured 10
horses"
no Confirmation Of Battles.
Lordon. June mo confirmation
has vet been received Of the reported
heavy lighting near Port Arthur o.
with General KurOpatkin' army. al
though the latter is not regarded as
improbable. Rumors persist that
the court influence at St. Petersburg
is being actively exercised to induce
General Kuropatkin to assume the
offensive in an endeav0r by a victory
a. retrieve the Russian military repu-
tation.
Kur0patkin Must Fight.
The TeIegraph's St. Petersburg cor
respondent says:
"A recent council OF war decided
that General KurOpatkin should risk
an engagement. The emperor rati-
fled this judgment. even going so far
as To authorize the dispatch OF troops
from the German frontier TO the far
east ON the ground that as Germany
vas benevolent she might be trust
ed safely. All hopes are centered
now in General KurOpatkin. who will
make desperate efforts to save Port
Arthur"
Against these statements must be
placed the official contradiction com
municated 10 the Associated Press
and already cabled. that General
Kuropatzin would move southwark.
Prepare for Russian Defeat.
London, June 2.-The Moscow cora
spundeut OF the Times learns tina,
Hardin is TO be fortified speedily
against contingency of siege. The
heavy siege guns that have
left St Petersburg already
are intended for Hardin and
others will be sent frOf Cronstadt
and other f0rtresses for the same pur-
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