Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-11
MOkDEN HAS FALLEN.
Continued from Page One.)

pu' oiiiH IN a paltry eight words FROM,
"e''eai kuropatkin to Emperor Mich
| oidS' winch were flung about the s,ras,s,
III newspaper extras and passed fro,,
hiouth 10 mouth. Two Thoughts formed
instantly in the minds of eyeryore ana
wv" words were on every lip-s,Irrend.
er-peace--the former dreaded RI. "a
ter hoped.
'eherai huropatkin Is no maker of
muses. HIS Words never are ruo,ed
lA" the Famous all is lost save honor :,
pu' MS iaconic message hides more
''i"h probably any other sentence in
lhe literature of war. st. PETERSBURG
KNOWS nothing of the extent of tbo
dlS1Ster nor even the lines of knro-
iatkns retreat; whether the routa 10
lie pass is still open: whether ha ;s
enie;tN"rin@ 20 cut his way thro,,ph to
safety. or whether. dis many of The mes
siniistic believe. he has taken IN tho
mountains. If ii be the latter. he viii
inevitably be hemmed i'm and stor,ad
INTO surrender us Marshal bahama
WAS ut Metz
The dispatch has been studied nc
closely as was ever the most abst,usa
text Of SCRIPTURE over which dog
malhrE,ns have WreStled and from the
Words All our armies" the op,lmlsii,.
draw the conclusion that the bulk of
the Russian forces got away clear. tn..
| comnianderin-chief sacrificing. how.
ever. III" devoted rear guard VIII,
fang themselves as prey TO the jan
alese wolves. " no We're closing in ON
their trail and sac rificine also. il is
fph,p1,.1 n,t hand ha
part OF his artillery, especially the
Siege guns. and enormous quantities
az supplies and munitions.
OF the present situation of the army
whether it is utterly routed or mere
~ beaten; of the proportion of Rus
SANS lett in japanese hands. or of the
prospect of the escape of the remain
der -. Petersburg 1T this moment
knows less than the smallest hamlet in
America. Since The Associated Press
NJ ultden dispatch Was filed at ; o'clock
Friday morning, no dispatch save the
brief official announcement retreat has
come from the Russian army. General
kurOnatkin's preceding dispatch. Civ
ing the last but scanty details as to the
positions of the army having been
written W ? % CLOCK, L thursday even
ing. The members of the general staff
threw w their hands when asked for
information. We know nothing. We
hope he will bring the army off safely
but we do not know how he will do it.
We only know he has commenced to
retreat; that is all
Everyone il now discussing peace
which many IF the stauHt hest adNo-
CT, > of the war. burcau, and off
crrs, now declare To De inevitable
1t is openly bruitel that Rojestven-
sky's Meet has been iet allied and is now
in way homrWard. The admiralty
when asked j. HE report were tlu,
said: We don't MnOw: call again to-
morrow and declined 70 comment on
tie signiticanc" of the cancellation nf
tn" pure base Of Golfers or the direction
of Eojestvcnsiy's voyage from NADIA
gaS,ar waters. II can be stated. how
eyer. that no ovrrtures for peace have
Vet been made and none are likely to
| bc made for Il few days. before the ex-
tent Of the disaster has developed.
Asi lc froi1 peace, Ct feat may bring
other cOnss Qu"ncrs IN its train. Tllat
an enormous impetus has been given
even the most rcao tionary conserva-
tiVcs; bit The Immediate result chiefly
dreaded is the effect on Internal disor-
d.rs. not only in thu capital. bat also
since st. Petersburg is nor Russia. up-
on tn" millions Of peasants in the vast
agricultural regions. among whom the
spirit of revolt is now incubating and
already has hatrhed pillaGe and arson
| in Il few districts. II is believed. how
yer. that the government is amply able
| "a nip these upIisingS in the bud and
| prevent radio ais in he city from
bringing about anything nore than de-
monStrations. and talk of revolution.
aside from tho peaceful revolution,
which has been und nr,vay the last six
| months. is secuted III all Wcll-nforn"d
quarters
Outwardly. st Peters burg takes tie
defeat uncont r'nodlv. 4 stranger i'm
| tie streets would ncvor Know that ar
mics offending the hoi or and prestige
! &c Russia had Just sustained a crush
| iig reverse. There wera no crowds las;
| right. no demonstrations. no change
| from the ordinary street life. Newshoys
| were hawking extras on the street. with
|
| dispatch surrounded by wide margins
| Cf black paper hut th"rn was nothing
| 10 Indicate THAI the extras were NOR
| important than those in which. for a
year. General kuropatkin's dispatches
| hHv" been issued TIL" government
| made no attempt to pllliate the shock
| or explain The significance of the re-
| 1""at. but simply SEM the dispatch
when it was issued hv the general staff
| late IN the evening. direct tn the papers
| with authoriz"t ION to print. At the
| Clubs and in private houses. however,
| the situation was discussri and re-,liS-
| ousSed. conjecture added 20 fact and
the invariablH query was what furth-
| or"
| One circle Of liberals. on receiving
| the news. called for wine and sOlemnly
pledged new Russia" But generally.
the defeat cuts deeply and is keenly
felt. especially families represented in
the endangered army. The shirt of
unaatriotic evultation vii, do the lib
| erals no good this time as the defeat.
(which the Russian correspondent de-
| scrihes as slaughter not battle en-
| tails the sacrifice of so many thous-