Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-31
STREAMS OF WOUNDED.

STREAMS OF WOUNDED.
Mukden, Jan. 80, delayed in trans
MISSION -Constant streams of wound
ed men are arriving here from the
right flank, Including Lieut.. Gen. Mist
ohenko, who is IN excellent spirits and
Is receiving visitors. According to this
official army organ the wounded num-
Der $500. The cold is intense and the
condition Of the wounded causes the
greatest anxiety. because the exposure
OF their wounds 10 the frost induces
gangrene Preventative precautions
have been taken but the wounded are
suffering the greatest pain The Jap
nese are taking good care to see that
the Russian rank and llle are not left
uniformed regarding the disturbances
In Russia. They are carrying on a
regular campaign to spread sedltlon
and discouragement among the troops.
Letters are daily thrown within the
Russian lines declaring that ali Russia
Is afiame with riot and revolt, arguing
that the soldiers are shedding their
blood In vain and calling on them 20
surrender or desert The soldiers ca
gerly read and, discuss these communi-
cations especially accounts of the
events at 81. Petersburg, Jan. % Tho
sincere hope Is expressed on all sides
that the Russian nation will foreso
internal differences and not play into
the hands Of the japanese.
DRIVE JAPANESE BACK,
Mukden. Monday, Jan 5o-(Dehyed
I'm Transmisslon).- This morning the
japanese advanced on the Russian left
drove IN the cavalry screen and bonn
barded the outlying hills. The Russians
moved up relnforcemeits, repulsed the
japanese and drove them out Of a vile
age they had occupied
NO IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS.
ST. Petersburg, Jan. 3l.--'The Associ-
ated Press kilograms from Mnnchuria
DO not indicate Developments OF i'm
portarce since Gen. Grlppenbergs or
der TO abandon tho advance. The Jap
anese yesterday made a demonstration
I'm the eastcri, district, bat apNsrert!"
n was not serious. Tho operations on
tho Russian right 7'lil probably not
occasion further heavy fighting at pres
ent ,iniess the Japanese determine IN
follow N their counte. offsUsiva move,
inant, which Is not likely In View o. the
dispatches from MukdeE, sRyihg the
cold Is more intense, thus 'rchdc; inL
the movements OF large bodies on either
ride we'll nigh impossible, One result o.
the bitter cold has been 20 crafty In
crease the mortality among the wound
ed
Military critics do not express APP
proval Of Gen Kuropatkin's offensive.
the Novoe Nremya declaring IL was
failure and the Russ saying II was
neither o reconnaissance In force nor 70
demonstration. hence Il could only have
been undertaken 60 capture a strategI-
cal point, and this object was not JUS
titled by events.
JAPANESE LOSSES VERY HEAVY.
st. Petersburg, Jan. SL--Gen. Kuro-
patkin I'm dispatches dated Jan 20 and
Jan. 30 reports that the Japanese losses
In the recent fighting were very heavy.
many being bayonetted and sabered.
The total number Of Japanese prison
efS mas llOl DteD tAhNtlAhlNtbl HuA Nltt9
already exceed 300
The Russian losses Jan. 2s among
the advance posts, were Ave officers
and 30 men.
Cen Kuropatkln says the Japanese
offensive was indecisiye, and that the
Russians who were in excellent spirits,
continue 10 occupy the villages On
their right flank, captured during the
recent lighting
The Russians continue n SUCCESSFUL
" lombard Sandepas where many
japanese have been frozen to death.
FIGHTING NOT OVER.
ST. Petersburg, Jan. 81, G:l5 p. m.--
Although tho Russians have abandon
ed their advance the latest official dis
patches received here indicate that the
lighting IL not over. The Russiann
continue TO hold the captured villages.
The Japanese resumed the offensive
Jan. 20 and desperately assaulted the
Russians, but were everywhere repuls-
cd.