The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-03
THE EXPERTS
 OF ENGLAND Views of Results Of Re-
 cent Battle. H00T AT RUSSIAN CLAIM Crossing of the Taitse Is No1
 Strategy. Some Believe That the Japanese Must Cut Kuropatkin on From Muk-
 den in order to Clinch Victory.
HooT AT RUSSIAN CLAIM

London, Sept. 2.-English critics neither share Tokios jubilation over the fall of Lioyang nor lay stress on the advantage which Russian dis patches attribute to General Kuropat- kin's latest move.
 The best informed observers here, who have access to sources of infor- nation not revealed in the despatches from Tokio and not given out at St. Petersburg. declare that the battle of Liaoyang, however dramatic and his- toric in loss of life and tragic incl dent. can have no serious bearing on the eventual issue. unless the Japanese have surrounded Kuropatkin.
 The London newspapers in their headlines depict the conditions of Liaoyang as Russian rout. defeat, or debacle." Their editorials. In a more careful character. point out that the latest despatches leave the issue of the greatest battle of generation still in doubt
 From the expert British point of view, Marshal Oyamas sacrince will have been in vain unless he Is able to cut off Kuropatkin from Mukden. On this point there are chaotic hypotn- eses.
 The Daily Graphic, frankly says:
 Outcome Yet in Doubt.
 We are in the dark as to the final outcome" adding that it seems not unlikely that Kuropatkin will still manage to carry a fighting force with him to Mukdcn.
 The other critics doubt whether the Japanese in the face of "indomitable Russian pluck" are strong enough to , press home some of the preliminary successes.
 The Morning Post concludes a care full and rather impartial survey of the four days fighting with the opinion that the battle of Liaoyang will take its place beside that or Waterloo and believes that whether or not Kuro- patkins force Is able to continue its retreat, it will be broken and useless for some time to come." fhe Russian View that Furepatkfu by crossing the river divided the op- posing forces meets with slight con- Alteration, as 1t Is pointed out that all the Japanese can attack simultaneous ly from different directions, which eliminates any advantage to the Rus sian side and really aggravates the se- riousness of their position. the Jap anees forces being superior in num- bers.
 The suspense with which develop mcntS aI ldns dlN u"diaVu tpoi' be scarcely greater in Tokio than 1t Is In London.
 May Extricate His Forces. The Daily Telegraph. which hailed the initial successes at Liaoyang with degree of fnality, now admits that 'I. is now conceivable that Kuropatkin may extricate portion of his forces though this Is characterized as the supreme effort of a forlorn hope" The Daily Telegraph continues: "oae of the most exciting problems ever known in war has been narrowed down to one point. viz. whether a part of the retreating army will succeed in tearing through Yentai. leaving many thous ands of men and some hundreds of guns behind them, or whether General Kuroki will rivet the iron ring by ham mering blows. Perhaps seventh days battle must be waged before the issue can be finally decided" The Daily Telegraph's military critic In common with other English experts sees nothing but a superior Japanese force and strategy to account for Gen eral Kuropatkin's present position. This authority predicts an endeavor on the part of the Russian forces to reach Chi nese territory. The Standard bluntly voices the thought of everybody in England by saying: Tt Is retreat or rOut ."