The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-03-23

The More Conservative of the Russian Ministers
Said to Favor Making Terms

| a couple or brief messages from
General kuropatkin dated March 16
says:
The rear guard of our army was
engaged March ID on ridge south
east m Tie Pass. At night the rear
guard fell back to position at the
bend of the Lao river, near the viii
lage OF kamluitza. without being
| pressed by the enemy.
"On March 1G our nv continued
their march. On MaIrh Is the town
of Fokoman (25 mil IS northeast OF
| Mukden} was occupied by Chinese ban
| dts
On To Harbin.
Toxic. BY Cable.-Beyond the general
retirement of the Russian along the
railway horthward, little is known here
of the details of the past three days
events in Manchuria. Various reports of
the number of additional Russian pris-
Oners captured are in circulation One
| estimate is 10000. 1t is impossible to
confirm the reports.
There is much speculation over the
extent of the Russian retirement Har-
is suggested that they may attempt to
hold that Kirin line The country be-
tween Kiayaun and Sungari is inhospi-
table.
Formerly the conservative element in
high councils of Japan favored setting
limit to the Manchurian advance
1t opposed advancing to Harbin, but
the rocu1tC nf vi1tnr1y 81 MIJly
are removing opposite and the bulk
of opposition and conservative judg
ment now favors pressing advantages
and carrying the war to the utmost linn
its possible.
Toxic Celebrates Victory.
Toxic, By Cable--Thirty thousand
persons went to Mibiya Pass to attend
exercises commemorative of the Jap
anese victory at Mukden. Members
of the cabinet, the elder statesmen,
many officers of the army and navy
and members of the Diet were present
Mayor Ozaiki read a congratulatOry
telegram to be sent Field Marshal
Oyama, on behalf of the municipality,
the crowd cheering it's approval.
Lieutenant General Terauchi. Minis
ter OF War, and Admiral Yamamoto,
Minister of the Navy, spoke on behalf
of. the army and navy. respectively,
thanking the people for the support
they had given the government during
the war.
Battery Officers Negligent.
st. Petersburg, By Cable.-The YER
dict of the court-martial which tried
the officers and men Of several bat
teries of artillery, from one Of which
shell was fred during the blessing
Of the waters of the Neva on Janu
ary 19, scattering missiles in the vici
nifty Of the Imperial Palace, was an
ncunced by Captain Davidoff and sub
Lieutenant KurZeiff, of the Seventh
Battery, First Regiment, Horse Ar
tillery of the Guard, were found gull
ty OF neglect of duty and sentenced
to be dismissed from the army and to
Imprisonment in fortress; Davidoff
to one year and half and kurzeiff to
year and five months. SuD-Lieu-
tenant Roth. Jr., was sentenced to
Imprisonment to a year and four
months; Lieutenant Roth. Sr., to de-
tention in quarters for three months,
and two gunners to detention with
disciplinary batallions for two years.
The court found there was no con-
nection on the part of any Of those
on trial with a plot to assassinate the
Emperor.
kuropatkin at Tie Pass.
Toxic, By Cable.-A dispatch from
the headquarters of the Japanese ar
mics in the field dated Sunday says:
According to statements made by
prisoners, the force of the enemy re-
sisting us south of Tie Pass We'd
nesday, March Is, consisted Of three
divisions. Ge,leral Kuropatkin per-
sonally commanded during the battle
in the neighborLood of Tie Pass,
Tuesday, March IA