The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-03-25

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! st Petersburg. March 2 150 2. M
| General Linevitch continues the retire
nent or the bulk Of his army northward.
/ The general staf now declares II is cer-
tain that Field Marshal oyama has been
compelled to relinquish the idea OF a pur-
! suit in force for ths present The Japanese
| forces on the Russian flank are too light
! - constitute serious danger and lull
| IA heavy lighting for several weeks It not
months is predicted by some of the CORE.
| spondents.
Russian correspondent warns the 81.
Petersburg authorities OF the dangers Of
japanese activity in Mongolia. where he
said their emissaries are enlisting the
lamas and arousing their old warlike
spirit.
WAR OFFICE REToRTs.
stune by the wholesale criticism lately
heaped upon the war office for its un-
preparedness and incapacity in providing
and munitions. the army organ today
lays bare what has been done since the
opening OF hospitalities giving the exact
| figures From these IL appears that up
! TO March H. the war office had dispatched
! 130s7 Officers, ,4s7 men, l4s,4s horses.
! 1871 guns and 3ls,3H tons Of nutritious and
supplies 20 the front. declaring the trans
/ portation strained the siberian railroad
| TO IT'S utmost capacity
|
! IN the far east when the war opened was
! hardly worth the name (no figures being
! given but II is known that the troops did
| not exceed $1,000 men) defending this on
the ground that Emperor Nicholas de-
sired to avoid war and therefore re-
Trained from sending reinforcerents
which surely would have provoked II.
The criticism Of the war office's failure
10 adequately supply Port Arthur is met
by the statement that II was provisioned
for a garrison OF IL battalions. the de-
cislon 10 put 80 battalions there being
taken SO late that the original calcula-
tions could not he remedied.
ADOPTING A NEW PATTERN
While Affirming that the quick firing
guns and field guns Of the Russians are
superior TO those Of the Japanese. the
war ONCE explains that the misfortune
In the ineff1eiency OF the mountain guns
was due 70 the fact that when the war
broke out Russia was just adopting
new pattern II was denied that the war
Office was deceived in regard TO the
available strength OF the Japanese army
or the organization OF the japanese re-
serves. but the army organ frankly ad-
mits that the talents OF the officers and
the wonderful spirit Of the soldiers were
miscalculated.
The publication Of this article has
created a sensat tion among military men
and I'm public circles. many or the FORMER
censurtng the general staff for disclosing
valuable military secrets and the latter
finding from the figures practically an
admission that the war has cost almost
n half million men IN killed. wounded
prisoners and sick. az the whole effective
force in the far east is now believed not
20 exceed 900 men
IINEvITcHs REPORT.
ST Petersburg. March 25.-A dispatch
from General Lnevitcn dated March "a
says:
"A Russian patrol has been fred upon
by Japanese cavalry and infantry occupy
ing the village OF Puliuschu.
There has been no change In the po-
sitlon of the armies during the day.
"on March % n detachment OF Rus
sian cavalry drove back = force of Jap
anese cavalry AppTbA'nlnk NUF HAdAlNh VI
shusn ningausa. The same day several
Japanese squadrons attacked small
Russian mounted detachment on the eN-
trsme Russian left about four miles from
the station on Nanshentsi Russian cav
airy reinforcements were sent there and
forced the Japanese. who refused 20 face
charge back TO NanshentsL their re-
treat being covered by infantry
FEEDING REFUGEEs.
Newchwang March % Since the bat
tie of Mukden the Chinese Red Cross
has been feeding $50 600 refugees. Thou
sands Of them are housed at Sinmintin.
Mukden and Lao Yang
Many farmers of the Lao Yang dis
tricts are still dependent on relief. since
tho beginning OF the relief work the Red
Cross had expended s75. ON on grain alone.
The railroad has transported over b0.Oo0
| refugees inside the great wall owing
20 the approach of warm weather the
| farmers are going 20 their hom~. but
I they are IN want 81 implements and
/ animals Special commissioners are
conducting an investigation into tho
situation and the government will un-
/ douhtedlv furnish seed grain
/ Eight hospitals are devoted to the care
| of the sick and wounded Chinese. %
which four are az Mukden and one. tho
(about ~ miles north ~ Tie Pass II Is
only a few Chinese we've Injured during
/ the recent hattie. bat during the summer
rsvages ~ disease are feared owing 20