Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-05-06
BELIEF GROWING
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staff, upon Gen. Kuropatkin's prevent
| ing juncture of the Japanese forces.
1t is understood here that Gen. Zas-
salitch has already been relieved of his
| command for disobedience and that his
| action Is under investigation. In con-
| nection with the obstinate stand made
by the Russians at the Yalu against in
structions and in face Of an overwhelm-
| ing superiority of men and especially OF
guns, an interesting bit of the history
| of what occurred during the maneuverS
| near st. Petersburg last summer is be-
ing recounted, which illustrats this
trait in Gen. Zassalitch's character. He
commanded an infantry division ana
insisted on storming heights command
ed by artillery and in the face of fre
which theoretically wiped out his COM
mand. The judges were so dlSguStcd
that they rewarded the blunder with
zero mark against the generals name.
Under the old rules and traditureS or
the Russian army the second and third
batteries of the third artillery brigade
and the third battery of the third prl-
gadc. which lost their guns at the bat
tie Of ku-Lien-C hang would be stricken
of batteries losing guns and those or
regiments losing their colors or other-
wise disgracing themselves formerly
disappeared from the list. THIS WAS l'ie
case Of the celebrated immortal hussars
in 1926 which participated IN tie ,o.-
spiracy against Emperor Nlcholas' o''-
ly few years ago the resuia'II1i va"
rescinded owing to a realization oi .iie
fact that it would work great III us'ioe
in tho case of batteries and regiments
forced by circumstances TO sacrlilce
themselves, as was the case OH 'uiiu"s'
No further official news has been re-
ceived here regarding the RUSSIAN
losses, but Gen. Kashtailnsky eSti-
mate. 1000 men is accepted as repre-
senting practically their fuli extent. 1t
is generally believed that the Japanese
lost between three and tour thousand
men. This is based upon reports OF eye
witnesses. There has been absolutely
no statement of the number of priso-
ners captured by the japanese. but the
general staff is inclined to admit that
300 men were captured, though the stall
asserts that il has no actual means of
knowing definitely how many prisoners
are in the hand of the Japanese.
Not a single newspaper dispatch has
vet been received beyond the several
colorless kilograms from the Russian
headouarters at Liao Yang which sim
ply repeat the official news.
A correspondent of the Novosti, who
was at the front. was killed.
Chee Foo. May 80 p M-The steamer
Sikh. which loft Port Arthur week~<go,
seven damaged Russian ships are in. the
inner harbor. including the battleships
Retvizan. Carevitch and Pohieda the
morcd cruiser Bayan. The small dock at
the Tigers Tail peninsula Port Arthur
is captured. Civilians have difficulty III
\ former officer of the Chinese army
who has returned here from Manchuria
says there Were less than ''.Gn liuSsian
garri.:on of port Arthur and on the Yalu.
The Russians. he adds. occupy strong
Iy fortified position between kiu Len
Cherc and Fcng Wang ChenE.
st. Petersburg, May 5.-3.27 p. M.-Vicc
Admiral Boseobrazoff. who is to command
the first division of the Pacific fleet un-
for Port Arthur The new Russian bat
tleship Orel, which ran aground on Il sand
bank in the Ncva, May J. mas been i"at.
ed and taken to CronStadt. Only lew
of her plates were injured.
st. Petersburg. May 5.-The effect of the
disaster to the Russian arms on the Ialu
on the Chinese is watched with Keen in
tcreSt and considerable apprehension.
The Russian Eovcrnmcnt appears to be
satisfied with the situation for the mo-
mcnt. and Paul Lossar. the Russian min
lister at Pckin. is making daily reports
to the foreign office. The report received
from the minister, today. contained moth
ing diSuIi"tnE.
The Pckin government. according to
Russian reports. seems to lac acting i'll
pcrfcct good faith and insists that it is
intent upon preserving neutrality.
Nevertheless the Russian authorities re-
gard China as n powder ma agaZinr. They
realize the danger in the present stun
tion and the necessity for constant pres
sure on the Pckin government.
The danger Of an anti-fnrcign move
mcnt throughout the Chimes" cmpir" cN-
lists not only for Russia, but for all the
powers and Russia has at least three
times since the outbreak of TIL" war adj
dressed the powers on the subject tn"
last time being less than DAYS ago. The