The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-27
FIGHT UNLIKELY
BEFORE SPRING
Then a Terrible Contest viii
Begin in Maachurla.
WEATHER VERY UNCERTAIN
RUSSIAN WARsHIPs THROUGH
THE SUEZ CANAL.

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= General Stoegsel: The Japanese
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iVI 26-The lapse of six weeks with
out lighting on any large scale
confirming the belief that the 'ODDOs-
ing armies have relaxed for the win
ter. together with the unexpected dem
OnstratiOn of force which the Russians
have been able 10 make since the de-
pletion of their army as the result
of the lighting on the Shakhe river
emphasizes concIusively the failure OF
the Japanese TO present the assembly
Of a large Russian army in Manchuria
before spring, thus defeating the
strategy of the japanese and their
most plausible plans for the earliest
occupation of Manchuria.
Horrors For Spring.
This outcome, taken in connection
with the general situation. appears to
guarantee that with the opening of
spring there wiz begin d contest far
more terrible than any yet fought. and
points TO the termination of the war
in the next campaign. 1t is still pos
sible that there will be a general at
tack during the winter, but the wealth
er is now broken and uncertain and
seemingly renders il impossible for
the troops Of either army to abandon
their present shelters.
Gradual alterations have taken
pace in the different departments of
the Russian army since the abolition
of the viceroyalty, as Alexieff's par
tisans have returned to Europe with
him.
Daring Exploits.
The hostilities are now characterized
by individual exploits of a most dar-
ing and dangerous character. One out
come Of the close relations between the
Russians and japanese along the
Shakhe river has been the occasional
blowing up of houses by the opposing
outpcsts and the sniping of their oc-
cuOants.
The Chinese authorities have taken
preliminary steps to bring grain from
the north and to store it for the use
of the starving farmers and villagers,
This action was brought about by the
destitutiOn which is prevalent for some
twenty miles behind the Russian army.
which is Communicating all grain and
other food supplies, and also becs use
Of the fear that the army will move
north again. when the Russians viii
not allow grain to pass through their
lines from the Sungari basin. which is
the main dependence of the inhabi-
tants throughout the area devastated
by the war.
Chinese Getting Out.
Emigration froTR central Manchuria
has set in and the people are retiring
from the area occupied by the armies
TO the mountains i'm the east, and also
to Sinmintin and other neutral soil
Except for the troops, the depopula-
ton along the Russian position seems
to be complete and the villages are be-
ing RAPIDLY obliterated
Russian spectators are confident
that the army will hold its own and
are storing straw and other supplies
with a view TO the coming of time
when higher prices can be obtained.
As has been the case in all wars. there
is wide complaint that Spectators and
army contractors are fleeing the gov
ernment and the Russians are freely
pronouncinS them as the particular
curse Of their country.