The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-03-24
RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR

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this correspondents opinion no pause
in the Japanese advance is probable
for some time. The Russians
Are Losing Heavily
in the rear guard actions, and Japan
csc columns are reported to be push
ing northward as fast as possible to
complete the development of the Rus
sian forces. Gen. Linevitch. however,
will have a considerable accession of
fresh troops in a day or two, the
Fourth European corps being 10 at
Hardin and departing southwark.
Military officials here declare that
there are now 26S,OO0 men at Gen. Lin
evitch's disposal in Manchuria, and it
is believed that his force will be suf-
ficient to cause the Japanese to eyer-
else greater caution in their pursuit.
Although Gen. ~Kuropatkin's down
standpoint, nevertheless
1t Arouses Sympathy
in circles familiar with the long cam
paign that has been waged against
MIN by the general stan.
Gen. Linevitch is distinctively a line
officer, with a long record as a fighter.
He is almost as cordially disliked by
the general staff as is his predecessor,
and there also is bad blood between
Kuropatkin and Linevitch dating
from a personal quarrel in the days
when K~uroLatkin was commander in
the trans-Baikal army, which led
Linevitch to demand satisfaction.
KuropatKin assumed the position that
rank. The succession of this officer
will naturally increase Gen. Kuropat-
kin's discontinue.
Jap Column Is Repuised.
Meager reports have been received
from a Russian source of a fight eight
miles south of Tie pass between a
Russian force under Gen. Mistchenko
and a Japanese column, the identity
of which is unknown. The Japanese
were repulsed, it is said, with a loss Of
1000 killed.
The that after the evacuation
of Mukden eighty foreigners, including
an American newspaper correspond
ent, had been murdered by Chinese is
discredited by the fact hat the cor
respondent in question, Richard Fl.
Little, of the Chicago Daily News, re-
ported to his paper on March IA that
he had been captured by the Japanese
and was leaving Yinkow for Kobe.
A steamer arriving at Singapore re-
ports having passed a squadron of
twenty-five Japanese warships about
twenty miles east of the entrance to
the Straits of Malacca. Two Japanese
cruisers and 1.-TWO auxiliary cruisers
previously arrived at Singapore. Pre-
sumably these vessels are on the way
westward in search of the Russian
second Pacific squadron, last reported
in Madagascar waters.
Make Victory Complete.
The Russian general staff reports
chat 1.-THE main body has already COM
pleted it's retreat and the real guard
southwark are falling back slowly"
What either the main body" or the
rear guard consists of has not been
definitely fixed, but from the dis
patches from the Associated Press
correspondents with the Japanese and
Russians, the two combined must be
but a small portion of the army which
Gen. Kuropatkin had gathered along
the banks of the Shakhe and Hun
rivers. And yet those who have reached
Tie Pass, worn out from days of fight
ing and r~etreating, are not yet out Of
danger, the Japanese, it is reported,
having already started
Another Turning Movement
which will force the Russians onto the
plains north of the pass, where, in
thei ~disorganized state, they would
be easy prey for the victory-f1ushed
soldiers of the Mikado. The men who
escaped are strengthening the FORTH
cations in Tie pass, but it is hardly
possible that the pass can be held in
the face of the overwhelming forces
opposed to the Russians, and it is not
likely that Oyama will rest satisfied
with his victory at Mukden as he did
after Liao-yang. There will be no
uneasiness as to the food supply as
long rs communications are main
tanned to the northward, as large
bands of cattle roam the plains under
Cossack herders, and at every station
on the railway is a huge commissariat
department. The Russian soldier is
always well fed, the soup kitchens on
wheels always keeping in touch with
the men.
Sympathy for kuropatkin.
London, March 19.-NO further news
regarding the situation in Manchuria
or of the whereabouts of Vice Admiral
ROjestvensky's squadron has reached
London.
The greatest sympathy is expressed
by the British press and public for
Gen. K~uropatkin, and there is strong
criticism for the curt manner of his
dismissal, without q word of thanks
for past services.
FELL UPON A FORK.