Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-18
AFTER HIS LOSING CAMPAIGN He
is GIVEN MOST BITTER PUB
Llc REBUKE EVER
KNOWN.
CONDITION OF ARMY
CAUSES ANXIETY

General LlnevItch Has Before Him the
HercuIean Task OF Extricating the
Cars Forces From the Surrounding
Lines Of Japanese Which Hem Him
ln-oyama's Victory Is Complete.
st. Petersburg, March II. - With
the Japanese hanging on the heels and
flanks of the remnants Of the broken
and defeated Russian army, General
Kuropatkin, the old idol of the Rus
sian private soldier, has been dis
missed and disgraced, and General
Linevitch. commander Of the first
army, is appointed to succeed him In
command of all the Russian land and
sea forces operating against the Jap.
anese.
The word disgrace" is written in
large letters in the laconic imperial or
der gazetted today. which contains not
single word of praise, and also dis
poses of the rumor that Kuropatkin
had asked to be relieved.
Most Bitter Imperial Rebuke.
Russian military annals contain no
more bitter imperial rebuke than the
one meted out to Kuropatkin.
Llnevitch's Task Huge One. \
Kuropatkin will return to st. Peters,
burg forthwith. The task confided to
Linevitch, that of withdrawing what Is
left Of the great army Of 350,000 to
Harbin, is desperate one. He is
hemmed in on all sides. General Kaw-
amura presumably is pressing north
ward through the mountains to the
east, ready to swoop down. Generals
Nogi and Oku are on the west Of the
Russian forces, the whole line Of rail-
road is threatened, If not already cut,
Chinese bandits are even reported to
- in the rear OF Harbin and the con-
summation of the Mukden disaster is
feared.
Fears for the Troops.
Nothing further has arrived from
the front but it is feared that the dec
imated battalions which had hardly
recovered from the decentralization Of
the Mukden retreat have again been
thrown into confusion by Oyama's re-
lentless, merciless pursuits.
May Have Lost Guns.
The war Office greatly fears that
more Of the siege and field guns which
Kuropatkin managed to save at Muk-
den have been sacrificed in his hurried
flight from Tie Pass. The question Of
ammunition and food is also vital as
it is known that the Russians were
compelled to burn further stores at
Tie Pass, where the commissiariat was
only beginning to feed the half fam
ished troops when the new retreat was
ordered, but even in the face Of the pos
sibility of complete loss of the army
and the admitted fact that Vladivos-
tok is already probably lost, the en-
peror still shows no signs of yielding.
Preparations for continuing the war on
larger scale, than ever are proceed
ing
oyama's Victory Complete.
With the japanese left army, March
16.-(D (Delayed) The pursuing ar
mics fully occupied Tie Pass at mid
night, after a severe fight, the Rus
SLAMS retiring north in confusion after
setting fire to the railroad station and
supplies
The successful conclusion OF the Jap.
anese armies mission makes the
movement the greatest of modern
history. The armies covered almost
ninety miles in a fortnight, fighting
practically every inch of the way. 1t is
not probable that the Russians. will
make another stand south of Hardin.
Railroad Line Cut?
st. Petersburg, March 17-There is
q persistent report that railroad com
munications have been cut behind the
Russian army. No official dispatches
had been given out up to z p. m. and
no private or press dispatches have
been received.
Oyama Enters Mukden.
Oku's Headquarters, March 15-(De
layed. )-Field Marshal Oyama and his
staff entered Mukden this afternoon
The Chinese officials welcomed them
and thousands of Chinese congregated
in the streets to witness the entry. The
buildings and streets were decorated
and thousands of Japanese flags were
exhibited.
Negotiating New Loan.
st. Petersburg, March 17.-An inter
nal credit loan of s1oO,000,000 on a {
per cent basis is now being negotiated
by the ministry of finance The loar
will be t1oated probably in shor
time.
Strike Renewed at Lodz.
Warsaw, March 17-Much luneasi
ness is felt here and at Lodz in view
of the forthcoming mobilization of re
serves Workm en- in the big facto
ries threaten to strike tomorrow ant
some of the men in the smaller facto
ries olIit today