The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-19
AZ Aesociated Presa,)

(3y Associated Press S4
ST. Niarch l9sT-l ~ ~
The report irin
IN hief and 4 IL new cor nland la NJ an
churIa, which were issued here yeste lay,s
while relieving the in,me Ola tie feal 8ofsaile
Il Russian people that he M ncl rtatls
army a lready Is cut OF 4, and conf rniE11a
Information nlread y receive ID u that tine
retirement Is In full progress. tn row no
further light on The condition OF losses of
sthe army, and contain no. dlsquieti ting ln-a
formation. IN IL. " s$ 70 3ss ,s3
The city OF Fl koina, which is wells.ln4
the Russian rear, has been Sc zed pya
forces given out as Chimes bandit 81 puI
which may be a van guard Sfo Il Japanese
regulars Sss NJ Vi
II ow far OF how ra pidl y + teld ~ arsha
%OyaIns viii be able to continue, pu rsult
remains TO be seen, but the Chinese at
Hardin expect him there April lot H. and
sifsthis opinion proves 4 to- be founded on
n & Japanese proclama ton many persons
here, remembering the fulflllm IN t45 Of
SOyama's ances regarding the occu--3
patton Of Mul1dens March lot h. will s pc 4
inclined to accept three weeks as y the ne 4
limit. Later reports received conhrnls . Re
first statement & hat the bulk Of the 4
army has retired In "A good der II h 81:
r,omentary panics Gfected only the s 20
oilers who were crowded among the strans7 4
ports In charge of mixed and undis;-sa
aciplIned drivers and fleeing vtltans,a
causing the loss, however. OF q great eat
amount Of supplies and a. great number
OF cannon, which therwis SO they " ouldSs
have been able to bring Of as.
5S Though the mobilization }t& orders ma "
bring on sdisturbanc es and even $uprlsinss.%
for the moment the Internal con no y /
somewhat better The principal peasant
disturbances have been quieted Though
sporadic disorders still exist, there ne g
been no general spread as was dreaded,
and the authorities have manifested their
ability to cope With the situation. The
strikes have also largely ceased. and {
the industrial activity has been resumed,
until May 1st al least, when the social I
democrats profess an intention to renew
the economic agitation. 5s
A3i Dire Forebodings.
March 1s-2:1o p. M.--Te Geographic CONS
smunication with the retreating Russian
army has been cut off for over twenty
four hours. but the authorities nope ~. III $ 4
only temporarily, and say that they have \
no information that the Japanese have &
reached tho railroad IN Il Gelsrat Line
vitch's rear.
d Nevertheless, with the curtain down.,
the war Office naturally is the prey Of the
8direst forebodings. The last word from
the front was contained In a telegram
from one or the Associated Press ftus-s 4
sian correspondents, theBonly correspond-3
ent with the retiring army. II presased
an attack from the rear I, y *
The telegram, although dated Chanstntu
(forty miles north OF Tie Pass az \ III
o'clock Thursday afternoon, was sent
from Kaiyuan, thirty miles north OF Tie /
Pass. and only reached ST. Petersburg
this morning. 55& 3 XII
1t ,yns very brief saying simply Z hat n
the army was retiring in good order and &
destroying the railroad as 1t vent. hut +
was constantly pressed by the japanese,
the rear guard action being ontinuo us, III
There were ominoust words in the c0n-4
Guiding sentence, as follows; we ne s
Flieye the Japanese are making VICE
turning movement north, and that < isyS
are ready to fall upon us when we sst Z
out Of the ring-lik group Of mountains
which surround Tic Pass gorge.
In the long retreat az Hardin the Rus-
slams only have tho advantage of me ne
Mandarin road, SO far as 4 iSaiy uaii,s &
whence 1t bears eastward 70 Kirn, Whssle 4
the railroad continues north TO iiarnln,
Forming New Army, y
According to the general stat however
a good wagon road runs pa rallel 20 the
Iva lroad. . But for an army OF " quarter "
Of a million men. encumbered WITH in-
$nediments With an actlya neniy 8rsl ent
lessly pursuing and operating on i's
tanks, and the constant threat OF the
enemy: closing the line q retreat. " 70
admittea that thu single railroad and FL
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