Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-03-15
TO DEFEND TIE PASS.
vku Accuses Russians Of Firing ON Rcd Cross Bcarers With Wounded. Harbin n Vast DisorRan-
 ixed HOhuftal,

txed Hospital.
 LONDON. March 15.-St. Petersburg dispatches say that the war council held at Tsarskoe-Selo. at which War Minister Sacharoff. General Dragimor- off and others were present, has decid- ed to continue the war to the bitter end.
 General Kuropatkin in his report has assumed full responsibility for accept ing a battle at Mukden. He has com plained to the emperor that his plans miscarried. largely through the failure of two generals, whose names he does pot. state, ,to execute his. orders. He also throws blame on some of the troops. which failed to respond proper. ly at the critical moment.
 General Oku. reporting to headquar- ters. complains of seeing wounded men being carried across plain she'll ed by Russians. He says they shelled a large party of stretcher bearers till they were out of range. Hospital carts crossing the field were plainly followed with fire of shrapnel for over mile.
 Tokyo reports say that Japan will now demand a war indemnity of be- tween $500. 100000 and $750,OO00O0.
 Dispatches from Russian headquar- ters at Tie pass say that preparations for the defense of the Notifications there are being carried on with frantic haste.
 General Kuropatkin telegraphs that General MeyendOrff. commander of the First arnfy corps. who held the famous PutilOff hill until the general retreat of the Russian army compelled him to abandon it. has been injured by fall from his horse.
 Reports from General Kuroki's head quarters. in the field. say that the great CT part of the retreating Russians are supposed to have reached Tie pass. The pursuing Japanese have frequent encounters with the rear guard. Gen. erSl Kuropatkin must remove his SUD- plies from Tie pass if he plans retire. ment to Harbin. as they will be neces- sary to maintain the army during its march. The Russians have no stores between Tie pass and Harbin.
 The country is swarming with hun gry. disheartened Russians who are surrendering in large numbers. St. Petersburg dispatch says that General Kuropatkin's resignation has been ac- cepted and that Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch has consented to take chief command in Manchuria.
 Eyewitnesses of the retreat after the battle of Mukden describe with pitt less realism how the panic stricken condition of the troops reached it's cil- max. When the Russians were near the village of Pethke shells burst among the confused procession of in- fantry and artillery and thousands of carts. The sufferings of the wounded in the course of the pursuit were be- yond description. Most of the foreign military attaches who were with the defeated army. including one British and two American officers. fell into the hands of the Japanese.
 The railway station at Harbin has been transformed into a vast amphi- theater. where the dead. the dying and the wounded are. so to speak. aban- doned. The confusion is indescribable. The officers captured were the Amer ican attaches. Captain !. V. Judson and Colonel Y. Havsrl. and British at- tache. Captain C. l. Aires. They left Liaoyang for Japan tciay.
 The dispatch adds that three Japa- uese divisions have been in action with the Third Russian corps on the line of the Fan river. between Hsientun. on the Mandarin road. and Tafanho. on the railway
 Oku-s aid NogT~ troops arc pressing westward following the road to TIe- ling. General Ncizu is marching along the Mandarin road General kuroki is p1ehing on tc TIeIing from Fushun-
 A battle at Tieling appears to be in