The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1905-03-31
Russians Continue Retreat
ing With Peace Talk
on the Side

waters of the Pacific mad been forever
thwarted.
But such is not the case" says an
informant. Il have reason TO believe
the Russian government under the
leadership of Prince Hilkoff, a man
we'll known to me personally, and a
most brilliant and capable admins
traitor he is, already has in hand a
project for outaanking the japanese
and for reaching the Pacific by new
route, Prince Hilkoff is a man OF
wonderful energy. He is the master
of the trans.Siberian railway. Once
secure peace and give him the neces
sary authority and money and 1t will
not be long till Russia has a railway
Ia the Pacific better located and short.
er than the line which now must be
lost through the game of war.
IF you will turn TO a map OF Asia,
continued this gentleman, you will
see that from Lake Baikal to New
chwang the railway now describes
nearly one-half the arc of a circle.
There is no reason in the world why
a new line should not be built cutting
approximately straight across the
country. From Lake Pr it would run
south, west of the Khingan mountains.
across the plains of Mongolia, perhaps
following the great caravan route, and
crossing the ALASKAN mountains into
China proper not far from the Great
Wall would arrive at Peking When
/ was in Russia 1 was told the govern.
ment had once made preliminary
survey of this line and at one time
thought seriously Of adopting it as
route to the Yellow Sea. The pro.
ieei is now almost certain 10 be re.
yived. There are no serious topO-
graphical difficulties in the way. BY
building about 800 miles Of new road
the trans-Siberian line could be car
ried to the Chinese capital and at
Peking it would nave connections with
The Peking and Tien Tsin railway and
across TO the Gulf Of Peclili. This
new route TO the warm water of the
Pacific would he several hundred
miles shorter than the existing line
around via Harbin and Mukden. So
ar as the location of the railway Is
concerned the hanking movement
| would be almost ideal. II would carry
ne Russian railway system TO the
back door of China and thence to the
| very heart of the country.
WARSAW, March 27.-Baron Won
Nolkenjvon, the noted chief Of police
If Warsaw, is presumably dying this
| afternoon as the result Of a bomt
brown into mis- carriage last evening
while he was riding to Praga, sub
lrb to investigate some revolutionar!
proceedings reported there. While
passing the castle where the governor
general resides man standing OF
jhe sidewalk tnrew a bomb at the car
riage. The incident was the eXac
repetition of the assassination OF Sci
gius. The carriage was smashed +
ltoms and the coachman blown froI
he box. Baron Nolkenjvon receive
he full charge of the bomb while hi
= companion escaped unhurt
The criminal escaped, shooting dea
IN officer who pursued him. The a
ack on the chief Of police was the r'
suit Of an elaborate copspirac!
+ About s o'clock last night fasnlol
0 ably attired man entered the polio
I station at Prage and threw a BON
h into the room Six policemen wei
S mutilated and the building smas1e
: This caused a telephone message
h he sent to Won Yolken, chief of polio
e who at once hurried TO the scene al
r net his fate. Tne baron was vel
|. unpopular, and is hated by the mass,
r who held him responsible for the sa
t. culinary suppression Of the distur
o lnce here in January.
ST. PETERSBURG, March rs.
s. indications today are that Gener
p Linevtch is in trap, the whole arm
ar Is in peril and that Kuropatkins 81
at oessor is completely dismayed by t
a bad news. This information leads G
s. Of the foreign Office today, and the
rs suit has been that the gloomy ne
ct has created a semi-panic which p
ok vailed on the bOurse all day, Russi
ch lmperials and fours dropping to IS
ed GUNSHU PASS, Manchuria, Mai
of 2S-Field Marshal 0yama Is leadi
IN his army forward and tne Russi
n guard is steadily falling back. 7
BY Russians are heading toward Harl
rs md once there ii is a question II II
sid can hold the city The Japanese
ey. coming into tremendous amount
Us. commissary stores, the Russian ar
rts sacrificing a million and a half {
nd. lars worth Of foodstuifs. Gene
ow Kuropatkin ordered the removal
asst the stores, but mis- order was not
ing ecuted
ese ST. PETERSBURG, March q
Ing The Russian rear guard Is falling b
ur. to position about forty miles SO
lre OF Gushu Pass in the face of str
ner Japanese advance. oficiH rep,