Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-11
=, -, NIGHT All Our Armies Com
n.oced to Retreat, " Was His
pOl.ful Message
EVERY ONE DISCUSSING PEACE.
o...,,ores Have Yet Been Made
=" government Made No Attempt
To Pallutc Shock.

- petersburg March II, 1880 a. me-
rsst night all our armies oOi"''''''''
10 retreat" 49,, ,t.,orv a,
nnsslan Japanese war was made
,ns On 81 Petersburg last night, but
N ', ,be paltry eight words from Gen
V ,,a,oro,kin to Emperor Nicholas'which
p ,',,. aung about the streets in newspa'
", extras and passed from mouth to
mouth .,,,,, IN tho
lad of every one, and two words
. " on every lp-surrender-peace--
,ns former dreaded, the latter hoped
cor Kuropatkn ia no maker OF
,1.ssss his words never are quoted
ph WAN e famous Gan Is lost save hon.
n.s but MIS- laconic message hldes more
o,obebly than any other two sentences
a Inc literature OF war.
~ g, Petersburg knows nothing OF the
,,,snt OF the disaster, not even the lines
- K,ropstkin's retreat whether the
varts 10 ne pass Is sull open, whether
~ q endeavorlng to cut his way
through to safety, or whether, as many
~ No pesslmists believe, he has taken
N NE mountains. II II be the latter he
wnI inevitably be hemmed IN and
starved into surrender as Marshal Ba,
,,lne was at Metz.
The dispatch has been studied as
closely as was ever the most abstruse
,ayt Of Scripture over which dogma
iieians have wrestled and from the
works IAN our armies" the optimistic
draw the deduction that the bulk OF the
Russian forces got away clear, the COM
msnder.in-chlef sacrificing, however,
he devoted rear guard. who ilung
themselves as prey 10 tho Japanese
wolves who were closing IN on their
Trail. and sacrificed also, IL Is conceded
On either hand the greater part OF his
heavy artillery, especially the siege
guns, and enormous quantities Of sup,
Plies and munitions.
on the present situation Of the army
whether II is utterly routed or merely
beaten. Of the proportion OF Russians
hit In Japanese hands, or OF the pros
pect Of the escape OF the remainder-St,
Petersburg at this moment knows less
than the smallest hamlet IN America.
Since the Associated Press Mukden dis
patch was filed ut o'clock Friday
morning no dispatch save the brief Of
fical announcement of the retreat has
come from the Russian army, Gen. Kur-
oplkins preceding dispatch giving the
last details as 10 the positions OF the
army having been written at Q o'clock
Thursday evening,
The members Of the general stafr,
when asked Tor information, said. wye
know nothing We hope he viii bring
The army of safely; but we do not
know how he Will do It. We only know
an."
Every one now is discussing peace,
which many Of the staunchest advo-
Gates OF the war. bureaucrats and ofn-
GERS declare to be inevitable. II open.
ly Is bnlted that Rojestvensky's fleet
has been recalled and is now on the
way homeward. The admiralty, when
asked II the report were true, said.
we don't know call again tomorrow.
ana declined 10 comment on the signl.
hcance Of the cancellation OF the pur-
chase Of golfers or the direction OF
kolesWenskys voyage from Madaga.
scar waters
II can be stated, however, that no
oVeltures for peace yet have been
made and none ls likely 20 be made
ior few days, before the extent of the
disaster has developed.
Aside from peace, defeat may bring