Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-03-15
The CARS
DECISION.
kurOpatkin Complains Of Gener'
ais and Troops TO Defend
Tie Pass.

LONDON. March LIST. Petersburg
dispatches say that the war council
held at Tsarskoe.S el0, at Which War
Minister ~Sacharoff, General Dragimor-
off and others were present, has decid-
cd IN continue the war 10 the bitter
end.
General K|uropatliin in his report has
assumed full responsibility for accept
ing n battle Mt Mukden. He has com
planned to the emperor that his plans
miscarried. largely through the failure
of two generals, whose names he does
not state, to execute his orders. He
also throws blame on some of the
troops. which failed TO respond proper
~ at the critical moment.
General Oku, reporting to headquar-
tiers. complains of seeing wounded
men being carried across a plain she'll
ed by Russians. He says they shclled
Il large party of stretcher bearers Til
they were out of,range. Hospital carts
crossing the field were plainly followed
with a fire of s%hrapnel for yer a mile.
Tokyo reports say that Japan will
now demand u war indemnity Of be
tween $780, 00. 200 and S75O0O0,00
Dispatches from Russian headquar-
ters at Tie pass say that preparations
for the defense of the Notifications
there are being carried on with frantic
haste.
General Kuropatkin telegraphs that
General Meyendorff. commander of the
First army corps. who held the famous
Putiloff hill until the general retreat of
the Russian army compelled him TO
abandon it, has been injured by n fall
from his horse.
Reports from General Kurold's head
quarters. in the field. say thai the great
er part of the rctrcating Russians are
supposed to have reached Tie pass.
The pursuing japanese have frequent
encounters with the ear guard. Cen
eral Kuropatkin must emove his sup
plies from Tie pass if he plans a retire
ment to Harbin. us they will be neces-
sary 70 maintain the army during its
march. The Russians have no stores
between Tie pass and Iiarbin.
The country is swarming with hun
CRY, disheartened Russians who are
surrendering in large numbers. A st.
Petersburg dispatch says that General
Kuropatkin'S resignation has been ac-
Cepted and that Grand Duke Nicholas
NicholaieVitch has consented to take
chief command in M%anchuria.
EyeWitncsses of The retreat after the
battle Of Mukden describe with pitt
less realism how the panic stricken
condition of the trOOps reached its. eli
max. When the Russians We're near
the village of pethkc shells burst
among the confused procession of in
fautry and artillery and thousands Of
carts. The Suticrings OF the wounded
in the course of the pursuit were be
yond description. Most of the foreign
military attaches who were with the
defeated army, including one British
and two American officers. fell into the
hands of the japanese.
The railway station ut Hardin has
been transformed into Il vast amphi-
theatcr, where The dead. the dying and
the wounded are, So 10 speak, ahan-
doned. The confusion is ind~escribable.
The officers captured We're the Amer
lean attaches, Captain j. Y. Judson and
Colonel V. Hazard. ANA a British at
tache, Captain G. i. Aires. They left
Linoyang for Japan today.
Tie dispatch adds that three ,Iapa-
nesc divisions have beer in action witt
the Third Russian corps on the line Of