Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-03-16
.MUkDEN HAS FALLEN
oyama's Army Victorious in Defeating
General KuropafkIn.
MAY END WAR IN MANGHURIA
English Military Critics Think the
Greatest Battle in the Worlds His
tory Promises to End in Complete
Military Disaster.

Toxic, March IL. = The Japanese
troops occupied Mukden at 10 o'clock
Friday morning.
Pinkow, March 11.-Mukden fell at
10 o'clock this friday morning.
The Russians are panic stricken.
Thousands of prisoners and enormous
quantities of stores and guns have
been captured.
st. Petersburg, March LILO p.
m.)-The extent of the disaster to
General Kuropatkin's army is as yet
unknown here, but the most sinister
reports receive cedence, and the public
believes that Field Marshal Oyama
has succeeded in closing the iron ring
around at least large portion of the
army.
Summary of the Situation.
Mukden is now in the hands of the
Japanese, and Oyama's first great OBJ
jective has been accomplished after a
prolonged and desperate battle. A
single, terse sentence from Toxic,
saying that the Japanese entered the
ancient capital at 10 o'clock today,
and confirmatory dispatch from Yin
kow, is all that is known. Kuropatkin
is in full retreat, but the fate of his
army is still in doubt. With Tie Pass
his point of refuge, he is endeavorng
to extricate his forces, but from the
meager information in today's dis
patches, 1t is apparent his position
is extremely critical Behind the jap
anese screen that has been gradually
thrown to the west and north of Muk-
den, columns of infantry and guns are
reported to be moving northward The
Japanese line, after covering the old
east and west front, is bent sharply
toward the north, and at stragetic
points, is projected east until its guns
are within range of the railway. On
the east. General Kamamura's army
is reported as making forced marches
with the probable object of striking
the retreating Russians on their left
Apparently the Russians are racing
north with a Japanese column on
either flank and fighting a rear guard
action with the Japanese center army
st. Petersburg is prepared for news
of great disaster, but all Japanese
sources of information are significant
ly silent as to what is transpiring on
Oyama's greatest battle field.
London, March lin the opinion
of English military critics, General
Kuropatkin's forces are doomed to
complete disaster Careful study of
all the possible avenues of~escape and
the disposition of victorious Japanese
armies leads to the conclusion that
the best Kuropatkin can hope is to
save a mere remnant of his army,
after devoting whole divisions to
slaughter. Much Importance is at
tached to General Kawamura's mys-
FERROUS INDICATED army, which is eX-
pected to complete the closing of the
net around the defeated post by ap-
pearing somewhere in the extreme
east, in the neighborhood of Yingfan,
thus blocking the sole remaining
route from Yingfan to Tie Pass,
through Van Kiakou Pass.
The Daily Telegraph, in an editorial
article, well rejecting the general
opinion, here says:
1.-The greatest battle in the worlds
history promises to end in the worlds
greatest military disaster. Even if
Kuropatkin succeeds in snatching
half his post from the terrible ring
of fire, bow can Russia hope to send
out anotner army to replenish his
ranks? The sword is being wrested
from Russia's fumbling hands. Kuro-
patkin's disastrous defeat ought to
mean the end of the war, unless the
Cars blindness is incurable and he
waits for further sledge hammer
blows to fall, inevitable as their
fate
The correspondent at Toxic of the
Daily Telegraph says on official au-
thority that fully 100000 Russians are
enveloped and he hears that Russia's
central army is almost annihilated.
Kuropatkin Asks an Arimistice.
London.-In the lobby of the house
of commons last night it was rumor-
ed that General Kuropatkin had ask
ed for an armistice, but the report
could not be traced to any reliable
source.
Jap Soldiers Complimented.
Berlin, March II. - Emperor Will
liam, addressing the naval recruits