Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-03-17

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 With the Japanese hanging on the heels and Hanks of the remnants of the broken, defeated Russian army, General Kuropatkin the old idol of the private soldier has been dismissed and ,disgraced and General Linevitch, com mander of the first army is appointed to succeed him in command of all the Russian land and sea forces operating against Japan. The word disgrace is written in large letters in the laconic imperial order gazetted this morning which contains not a single word of praise and also disp0ses of the rumor that Kuropatkin had asked to be re- lieved. The Russian military annals contain no more bitter imperial re buke. While it was known that the war council had already decided to supplant Kuropatkin after the Mukden disaster the decision to confer the task of saving the remainder of the army on Linevitch in the very midst of it's flight although bruited last nigEt came as surprise. It transpires that Emperor Nicholas upon the advice of General Dragomiroff and War Minis ter Sakharoff determined that the step was necessary when it became ap- parent yesterday morning that kuro- patkin while concentrating for a stand at Tie pass seemed unaware that the Japanese had worked around westward again and practically al- lowed himself to be surprised. Old reports briught hv General GriDen. berg regarding. Kur0Datkin's failing mentality also had influence. Under the, circumstances therefore it was considered imperative in view of the exceedingly peri!ous position of tue army to turn over it's comman't 10 T.inevitch who alone had been able to bring off his army in order affcr the lattle. of Mul.den. His record dvring tl,c Chinese war had also demonstrated l. C.T:Gtv as commander. kn"o' patE;n will return 10 St Pete';plrg fMti VI it'll.
 The task confided to Linevitch- of withdrawing what is left of the great army of. 35O.OOO men to Harbin is a desperate one. He is hemmed in on all sides. General Kawamura Jre- sumably is pressing northward through the mountains eastward ready to swoop down. General NOgi and Oku are on the west of the Rus sian forces. the whole line Of the railroad is threatened if not already cut and Chinese bandits are even re- ported to he in the rearof Harbin.
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 A consummation Of me MuKqcn disaster is feared. NnpOieoh's--Bi.Fht in the retreat from Moscow with ku- tusoff's cOssacks harassing the starv- ing, freezing Frenchmen was hardly as bad or dangerous.
 Nothing further has arrived from the front but it is feared that the de cimated battalions which had hardly recovered from the demorallzatiOn or the Mukden retreat have again been thrown into confusion by Field Mar shal Oyama's relentless. merciless pursuit. The war office greatly fears that more of the seize and field guns which Kuropatkin managed to save at Mukden have been sacrificed in the hurried fli"ht from Tie pass. The question of ammunition and food is also vital as it is known that the Rus sians were compelled to burn more stores at Tie pass where the cOmmis- sariat was only beginning to feed the half famished troops when the new retreat was ordered. But even in the face of the possibility Of the cOmplete loss of the army and the admitted fact that vladivOstOk is already pos sibly lost the emperor still shows no signs of yielding. Preparations for cnnffpp.yinD tho lo Ia than ever are proceeding. - Tlie dictum has gone forth that another army of 45O.OOO men is to be sent to the far east and in order to avoid delay it has been decided instead of sending only reserve men to form new armies largely of regular units leaving the re- serves to replace the regulars in gar risOn duty at home. Throughout the war many military men have con- tended that it was q fatal mistake to send reserve men to the far east. A division Of the imperial guard will be sent to the front
 It is not improbable that some of this years conscriDts will be sent. Separate armies are to be organized under Generals GrOlekOff. Gripenberg and KamarOff. Even in the most op- timistic quarters however. it is req lized that general mobilization is likely to be accompanied by wide spread disorders unless the comuDsi- tion and functions of the DOpular rep resentatiOn under the imperial rescript are more. satisfactory than now ap- pears probable. Practically no pro- gress is heinz made by the Bouligan commission. The cameron has been so much occupied with the war sitna- fiOn that he has twice DOstDonei action on General Bouliean's recommenda- lions and the latter is reDresentpd to he so dissatisfied that he desires n resign and turn over his work to his assistant. M. vatatsi.
 The war council it is also understood has definitely decided that Vice Ad- miraI Rojestvensky shall continue his voyage and give battle tO the JaDan- ese in the forlOrn hope of wrestling control of the sea from Admiral Togo
 If Rojestvensky is successful it is claimed that an entirely new compIex- Ton will he placed on the situation.
 Tn the meantime the completely dis heartenesi ranks of those who are cry ing for peace are growing. the stran. geSt convert being Prince Mestchersky who. as show by his article in the Grashdanin this morning. has become suddenly a jealous advocate of re- form declaring that to make an end of the war wouh not require more heroi<m thsn to conclude peace after victory. Re thanks God for sending defeat instead of victory which he says would only cover with Isurels the