Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-19
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| Kaiyuan, about twelve miles north of
| Tie pass, and the great Chinese road
runs northward paralleling the rail-
road and offering to force there the
alternative of striking the Russian line
directly or of pushing on toward the
Sungari river, along a highway better
than the road oyer which General Line
witch will have to retreat. The new
commander will need all the strategic
qualities of Kuropatkih to effect the
withdrawal safely
How far or how rapidly Field Mar
shall Oyama will be able to continue
pursuit remains to be seen, but the
Chinese at Hardin expect him there
April 10 and If this opinion proves to
be founded on japanese proclama-
tion, many persons here, remembering
regarding the occupation of Mukden
March TO- will be inclined to name
three weeks as the limit.
Russia Still for War
The Russian government continues to
declare that whatever be the fate of
Harbin and of the present eastern army
the war will continue; Vice Admiral
Rojestvenskys orders to try an issue
with Vice Admiral Togo have not been
Cancelled; preparations for the mobli-
zation of a new army are continuing
and the finance department is busy
with measures to provide necessary
funds.
The lapse of a full week since the be-
ginning of the retreat from Mukden
finds Russia in almost complete ignor-
ance of details as to the effect of that
reverse.
Kuropatkin, before relinquishing his
baton, professed himself as unable to
give details of the losses, and no pri-
vate dispatches referring to the num-
Der of prisoners and of their organiza-
tions have been allowed to sift through
the strict censorship. The public SIM
ply knows that the lists of killed,
wounded and prisoners are great, and
is prepared to believe them enormous,
though one Russian correspondent ex-
presses the belief that they will not ex-
ceed $4,000 all told.
The full story of the awful retreat
from Mukden to Tie pass also remains
to be told. Later reports confirm the
first statements that the bulk of the
armies retired in good order, the mo-
mentary panics affecting only the
soldiers who were crowded among the
transports in charge of undisciplined
cin
the loss, however, of a great amount
of supplies and a number of cannons,
which otherwise they would have been
able to bring off.
Though the mobilization orders may
bring on disturbances and even upris-
ings for the moment the internal con-
dition is somewhat better. The princi-
pal peasant disturbances have been qui-
eted. Though sporadic disorders still
exist there has been no general spread, |
as was intended, and the authorities
have manifested ability to cope with
the situation. The strikers have also
collapsed, and industrial activity has
been resumed until May 1, at least, |
when the social Democrats profess an |
intention to renew the economic agi- |
tation.
The renewal of the vice royalty and |
the appointment Of the senatorial COM
mission give hope for better things in
the Caucasus.
The chief storm center seems to be
Moscow, where the police are discover
ing evidences of a widespread terrorist
plot. The explosion of a bomb in Thea
ter square last Monday night is not
yet explained, but there have been nu-
merous arrests in connection with the
discovery of a depot in a suburb of
Moscow in which were bombs and ex-
plosives.
The police are making practically no
progress in unraveling the plot which
resulted in the death of Grand Duke
Sergius. The assassin is to the authori-
ties a second man with the iron mask"
The question of sinews of war; it is
declared1at the ministry of finance is
being arranged satisfactorily. The ne
gotiations for the domestic loans, which
is not an expedient adopted from any
fear of failure in the French market,
are proceeding to a favorable concu-
sion, and the minister of finance in
sists that the French agreement will be
signed shortly. 1t has been determined
that the domestic bonds shall run for
a period of eight years.
EXCITEMENT AT HARBlN