Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-03-20
Emperor May Beseech in Public in the
Hour of Russia's Necessity
Order Coming Out Of Chaos in the Rem
nants of Army at Tie Pass
Japanese Not Pressing Their Advantage
Details Of the Great Fight

the men singing, and scarcely O strag-
gler was lost in the long, difficult
march. Other organizations made
equally praiseworthy retreats and es-
pecially the rearguards Of all the ar
mics, who performed their difficult
task steadily and resoiutely. There Is
much to be said also for the panic
stricken condition of the troops. They
were largely composed of undisci-
plined men, and wagon drivers were
mingled with soldiers, who for Is
| days were under constant fire, crowd
| ed together in a mass whence egress
was impossible.
Mukdens Terrible Price.
The struggle for the possession of
Mukden cost both sides close on 2O0,-
900 men. The Russian loss of officers
includes a large proportion of the regi-
mental commanders and field officers.
| All the newspaper correspondents.
with the exception of three or four,
nave left for the north, because there
| is nowhere to live and nothing to eat
| Chagrined by defeat, many Russian Of
fcers are in surly mood and much OF
their grudgingly given information is
colored with jealousy and rampant
spirit of cabal 1t is, however, posi-
BILE now to give a general review of
the battle, connected story emerging
out of the confusion incident to the
evacuation of Mukden and the forced
retreat to Tie pass.
Authentic Story of Battle.
! On February "a, all was ready for
an attack on the westward. Various
portions of the army had been dis
posed for an advance on the right
flank. Suddenly in the evening of that
| day the order to advance was can
celled and a second order was given
for the transfer of General Rennen-
kampffs first Siberian corps and sew
eral other organizations to the east
flank, which was pressed heavily by
large force of Japanese. From that
| time forward the Japanese, who were
well informed as to all the Russian
movements, began heavy attacks along
| the whole front The Russians gener-
ally held their ground, doing we'll I'M
| til February %, when an unexpected
attack developed in the southwest, be-
| fore which the Russian right,
weakened by the withdrawal of almost
| two corps, yielded. BY March l it be-
came evident that the Japanese were
moving around the Russian right in
| five heavy columns, and it became i'm
perative to withdraw the thin line
| from the southwest and form a new
| line from the bridge across the Sha
river parallel with the railroad. The
change of front was accomplished with
remarkable celebrity, but various or
carnations became badly mixed.
The Russians On March occupied
their former positions on the Sha river
as far as the bridge, thence to Madya-
pu, on the Hun river, and thence par
allel with the railway, six miles dis
tant, the right resting on the Sinmin-
tin road. The Japanese on March 5
beginning to turn even this position
with a view to cutting off retreat, the
Russian right was extended eastward
| from the Sinmintin road to the rail
way.
On the seventh, both sides began
vigorous offensive operations, the
Japanese attacking with especial en-
ergy the forces of General Tserpitsky,
which were holding a position from
Madyapu as far as the heights east of
Mukden station, while the Russians
under General Gerngross, assumed an
attack in the direction of Tatchekiao,
and on the northern front General
Launitz's command beat back all at
tacks. On the whole, the outcome of
the fighting on the seventh was favor
able to the Russians, who repulsed
several attacks on the southern front
and assumed the offensive.
Fail to Open schools.
Warsaw, March 15--Authorities
yesterday were unsuccessful in an
attempt to reopen the commercial and
technical schools The pupils as
sembled in the class rooms at the
regular hour, where they remained
few minutes and then simultaneously
marched out. The educational stu
alton is causing much concern. In
consequence of peasant agitation the
censor yesterday issued an order pro-
hibiting the press from referring to
agrarian questions
No Peace, No Money.
London March 15.-The Mail de-
clares that the French government
has given Partisan banking houses