The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-03-31
DEPART FROM THE IMMEDIATE
FRONT OF GEN. LlNEvITcA's
ARMY.
TO GO AFTER VLADIVOSTOK
BELIEVED TO BE NEXT OBJEC-
TIVE OF THE VICTORIOUS
JAPANESE.

st. Petersburg, March 29.-The i'm
preston PREVALENT in some military
circles that the Japanese, having re-
moved the possibility of the main
army in Manchuria assuming the in
itiative, will now turn their attention
to the next objective of the war, Via
dlvostok, is strengthened by the AssO-
ciated Press dispatch from Gunshu
Pass announcing the departure of the
Japanese from the immediate front of
the Russian army for a distance of
thirty-fve miles south. 1t is realized.
of course, that this may be merely a
blind, to cover hanking operations;
but it is not improbable that the Jap
anese, having cleared southern Man
churia of Russian troops and
Secured a Position
from which expulsion would be a long
and difficult process, may be satisfied
to hold the Tie Pass line without
further extension of communication.
While the voice of the emperor's
advisers is for peace. if honorable
uIS dit cDtdliidDic, thS SoNtl liz
as is the part of wisdom. is going for
ward with all provisions for the con-
t%inuance of the war. Preparations are
reported to be making for the mObil-
iZation of five corps. 1t has been I'M
derstood that the guards would be re-
tanned at st. Petersburg, but some of
the officers of this crack organization
believe their services have been requi-
sitioned and are making preparations
to that end.
Revolution Is Growing.
The internal situation is causing
great anxiety, though it is considered
that the "in~tellectuals" and educated
class generally disapprove of the
revolutionary spirit which is perme-
ating the ~peasantry and laborers in
Poland. The Crimea is boiling with
discomfort and the strong hand of the
military force has been invoked tC
crush the incipient revolution at Yalta,
near the emperor's summer residence.
The spirit of disorder has spread to
Sebastopol.
Moderate Liberals in St. Petersburg
are becoming alarmed at the situation.
reports being received that an active
revolutionary propaganda is being
pushed with vigor in many sections of
the empire.
Bomb THhrown at Chief of Police.
Warsaw, March %. A bomb was
thrown into the carriage of Baron Won
Nolken, chief of police of Warsaw at
8 O'Clock last night. 1t was reported
that the baron was severely wounded.
According to latest information the
attack on Baron Won Nolgen was the
result of an elaborate conspiracy OF
the Revolutionary party. Shortly be-
fore s o'clock last night IN elegantly
dressed man went to the police sta
ton at Praga, a large suburb of War
saw on the Vistula, and threw a bomb
into a DON of the station where the
men assembled before going on duty.
Six policemen were wounded and all
the furniture as well as n wall was
destroyed. The bomb thrower in try
ing to escape met a policeman and
shot twice. wounding the officer in the
stomach. The
Prisoner Himself Was Wounded
and has been placed in the hospital.
He is a Jew, but his identity has not
yet been discovered. A telephone
message was Immediately sent to Bar
on von Molken at the city hall, inform
ing him Of the outrage. Baron Won
Nolken, accompanied by a police Of
fetal. Immediately DOL a carriage and
started for Praga. When passing the
castle where the governor general re-
sides, a man standing on the pave
ment, threw a bomb at the carriage.
Baron von Nolken, who was sitting on
the side nearest the a~ssailant, re-
ceived the full charge of the bomb,
while his companion escaped unhurt.
The coachman was thrown from the
box and the carriage vas smashed.
Baron von Nolken was removed to the
city hall and doctors were summarized.
who found he had received
Injuries on the Head,
neck. arm and leg, which are believed
to be serious. Meanwhile the police
official accompanying Baron o
Nolken saw the bomb thrower fleeing
ond n,rcuad and caught ND with him,