Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-03-16

st. Petersburg, March 10, 2:10 a. m.
The immediate answer of the Rus
sian government to the defeat at Muk-
den, is the announcement that a new
army will be raised and the forces in
the far east r~eorganized; that Vice
Admiral Rosestvensky will be ordered
to sail or and try conclusions with To-
60 and that the war will be prose-
cuted to the bitter end.
The Temper of Russian Autocracy.
This is the present temper of EN-
per Nicholas and his dominant ad-
visers, voiced in a firm official an
nouncement that the position of Rus
STA is unchanged, and that THE I'M
TIATIVE FOR PEACE CAN ONLY
COME FROM JAPAN. SHOULD THE
ISLAND EMPIRE CHOOSE TO TEN
DER "MODERATE' TERMS AND
RECOGNIZE ITS ADVERSARY AS
THE POWER IN THE FAR EAST,
PEACE COULD BE EASILY AR
RANGED; but the voice of her diplo-
macy in various parts of the world
indicates that she is not ready to do
this, and the Russian government,
with the full magnitude of the disas-
tire at Mukden still undetermined, but
with the 1905 campaign seemingly al
ready hopelessly compromised, re-
treat to Hardin inevitable and Vladi-
vostok practically lost, declares that
the time has not yet come when Rus
STA can be forced to humble herself.
Discussing Fresh Mobilization.
1t is reported that the dispatch of
two new army corps, including the
Fourteenth, from Poland, and several
smaller units, has already been de-
termined upon, and that plans for fur
Their mobilization are under discus
sion.
But while this is the official atti-
tude, nothing but peace talk is heard
in st, Petersburg. The difficulties of
another mobilization on a larger scale
will lie enormous; in fact, it is stated in
some quarters that it will be impos-
sible. Nevertheless it might be &C
complished.
Hopes to Exhaust Japan.
The real hope, however, for any
thing like a successful termination Of
the war is admitted to rest upon the
prospects of the financial exhaustion
of Japan. Russian resources, it is fig
ured, can stand the drain better than
those of Japan, and a protracted cam
paign, 1T is HOPED, WILL BRING
ABOUT JAPAN'S FINANCIAL RUIN.
Financial Minister Kokovsoff, at the
conclusion of a protracted con-
, ference on the national finances a few
days ago, is said to have tapped the
table before him and exclaimed: 1--WE
CAN WIN THE WAR AT THIS
DESK"
The People Don't Know Yet.
The Russian capital is still in ig-
norance of the nature and extent of the
reverse in Manchuria. The only in
formation Of its magnitude is that
which has beeen derived from the few
Toxic kilograms that have been al
lowed to be published here. To the
censor at Tie Pass the word prisoner
does not exist, and not the slightest
intimation of what, if any, units and
organizations have been cut off and
captured has reached this city either
in Gen. Kuropatkin's official dispatches
or reports from correspondents at the
front.
The Truth is Concealed.
Aside from the reports given out
by the war office there is practically
no further information of the progress
of events, the newspaper dispatches
received yesterday being principally
those filed before the retreat begar
and transported to Tie Pass among
the papers Of the telegraph office. II
is declared that at the moment thai
Gen. Kuroki's wedge, aided by the
dust storm and taking advantage o.
the failure of several Russian organi
cations to occupy appointed positions
drove itself deep into the Russian
flank, it disaranged all the plans O.
Gen. Kuropatkin, who was on thu
point Of launching a momentous coun
ter stroke, but where or how it was tt
be accomplished is not stated.
Kuropatkin Shoulders the Blame.
Gen. Kuropatkin has telegraphed tt