The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-03-30
RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR

oSoeAA ~ WASAAul wing SloWiS, N1lSSN-
ing comparatively light attacks by the
Japanese. The Japanese are conduct
ing'a tlanking operation on the right,
and from the Russian column Japan,
csc batteries are vicible keeping pace
a short distance away.
Still on the Run.
With the Japanese Army in the
Field, via Fusan. March 21.-The Rus
sian army continues it's northern re.
treat, the Japanese following. The
Japanese have occupied Gakoman, to
the northwest of Tie Pass. Yesterday
evening the Russians cavalry camped
three miles south of Kaiyuen. Large
Russian columns are retreating to-
ward this place from the southwest.
The natives report that they are not
stopping there, where the hills make
a defense possible. If the retreat is
forced, it probably will continue to
Hardin. The Russians are reported as
being badly d~isorganized.
kuropatkin Ordered Home.
With the Japanese hanging on the
heels and tanks of the remnants of
the broken and defeated Russian
army, Gen. Kuropatkin, the old idol of
the private soldier, has been dismissed
and disgraced.
Gen. Linevitch, commander 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 gazetting the change. The order
contains not a single word of praise
and also disposes of the rumor that
Kuropatkin asked to be relieved.
The Russian military annals contain
no more bitter imperial rebuke.
Russians Anxious About Army.
Decided anxiety is felt here regard
ing the fate of the army in M%anchuria
under it's new commander, no news of
military developments the last two
days having been received. The only
dispatches from the front are the
brief announcements yesterday that
Gen. Linevitch had assumed command
and that Gen. Kuropatkin was de-
parting for st. Petersburg and the AS
ISOLATED Press Changtufu dispatch
filed the morning of March 16 and writ
ten at the station of Kaiyuan, which
was then held by the Russians. In
this correspondents opinion no pause
in the Japanese advance is probable
for some time. The Russians
Are Losing Heavily
in the rear guard actions, and Japan
csc columns are reported to be push
ing northward as fast as possible to
complete the development of the Rus
sian forces. Gen. Linevitch. however,
will have a considerable accession Of
fresh troops in a day or two, the
Fourth European corps being now at
Hardin and departing southwark.
Military officials here declare that
there are now 268 900 men at Gen. Lin
evitch's disposal in Manchuria, and it
is believed that this force will be suf-
fcient to cause the Japanese to eXer-
else greater caution in their pursuit.
Although Gen. Kuropatkin's down
fall was inevitable from the military
standpoint, nevertheless
1t Arouses Sympathy
in circles familiar with the long cam
paign that has been waged against
him by the general staff.
Gen. Linevitch is distinctively a line
officer, with a long record as a fighter.
He is almost as cordially disliked by
the general staff as is his predecessor,
and there also is bad blood between
Kuropatkin and Linevitch dating
from a personal quarrel in the days
when KuroEatkin was commander in
the trans-Baikal army, which led
Linevitch to demand satisfaction,
Kuropatkin assumed the position that
he could not fight an officer of inferior
rank. The succession of this officer
will naturally increase Gen. Kuropat-
kin's discontinue.
Jap Column is RepuIsed.
Meager reports have been received
from a Russian source of a fight eight
miles south of Tie pass between a
Russian force under Gen. Mistchenko
and a Japanese column, the identity
of which is unknown. The Japanese
were repulsed, it is said, with a loss of
! 1000 killed.
The rumor that after the evacuation
of Mukden eighty foreigners, including
an American newspaper correspond
ent, had been murdered by Chinese is
discredited by the fact that the cor.
respondent in question, Richard H.
Little, of the Chicago Daily News, re.
ported to his paper on March IA that
he had been captured by the Japanese
and was leaving Yinkow for Kobe.
A steamer arriving at Singapore re-
ports having passed a squadron OF
twenty-five Japanese warships about
twenty miles east of the entrance tc
the Straits Of Malacca. Two Japanese
cruisers and two auxiliary cruisers
previously arrived at Singapore. Pre-
sumably these vessels are on the wa,
westward in search of the Russian
second Pacific squadron, last reported
in Madagascar waters.
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