The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-06-10
LINIEVITCH SAYS HE HAS
NOT ENOUGH AND HOPES
TO CONTINUE IT.
Believes He Can and Will Defeat
Japanese Army-Japan Is
Ready to Give Him 20,
80 or 100 Years War.

6.-Undismayed by Rojestvensky's
:. defeat and full of confidence as to
1.-The outcome of the approaching
battle, Lieutenant-G General LIME
witch is for war5to the bitter end,
land he believes that the Manchuri-
an army is now strong enough to-
assume the aggressive.
To question put to him by the.
correspondent of the Associated
Press, as to whether he was for war
or peace, the commander-in-chief
replied firmly and without the
slightest hesitation: s..1s
Most certainly / am for war. !
am soldier. The emperor's will
is naturally my law, but my voice
now, as before, is for the continu-
ance of the fight.
with the destruction of our
fleet, vanishes, Of course, the hope
of those who, at the beginning of
the war, wished to make peace at
Toxic, bnt our defeat at sea has not
interferred with my plans-abso-
Flutely not one whit. consider
myself strong enough not only to
hold my ground, but even to ad-
| vance. ~
| II am no prophet and have no
/ desire to be one, but certainly be-
Iieve that can and will defeat the
| Japanese in Manchuria.
i IT have asked the war Office to
: send me reservists Of the youngest
classes instead of older ones. not
because the latter make poor sol
diers, but because with plenty Of
young and vigorous reservists i,
] fwonld be unjust as well as mad Wis,
IA able. to call the older men from
their more settled life.
Toxic, June o.-"If Russia pre-
fers to continue the war, japan il
willing to meet the enemy's chal
lenge," Gays the Kokumin Shimbun
a leading paper of this city, com
menting on Russia's apparent stu b
bornness in admitting that the tim
ha scome to arrange for ending hostil
tiles It declares that, did the response
| bility rest upon Japan to decide tn
question, the Japanese could not af
lord to ignore the demands of othe
| countries for the cessation of hos
Il tilities, though based upon purel
II humanitarian principles. AS th
|! case stands, however, the Kokumi
Il Shin bun, it is the enemy who de
H sires the indefinite protraction {
II bostilities. and nothing prevent
II Japan from shearing Russia of he
II military strength as she has dc
Il Eprived her of her naval power.
j In this way it would be possebl
p to liberate the czar's stricken pee
I pile, who have long suffered fror
I the oppression of the autocracy, t
l restore independence to the Pole
I and Firms, to establish free stat
I out of the remoiniug portion {
4 Russia and to bridge the chasm d
4 viding that country from the pow
I ers. Japan, it adds. is ready fe
4 any war programme, whethe
4. for 20, 50 or 100 years.
h London, June 6.-The Toxic CO..
] respondent Of the Daily Telegrap 7
I says there were ladies on board II
I hospital ships captured by Japa,
n esq, including Vice-Admiral Roles
vensky's niece, who asked permi
" sion to nurse her uncle. ::
/ The correspondent says that Il
total Russian casualties in the d
val battle were IA 900 perished an
1900 captured, while 5000 escape.
He adds that large percentage
the prisoners are suffering from di
:. ease.
London, June THE CORE
- pondent at Toxic of the Daily TIE
egraph says: