The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-03-18
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GENERAL KuRoPATklNs Deere
DATIoN PUBLICLY eAzETTED
AT ST. PETERSBURG.
l'HEnTeH NAMED 70 SUCCEED HIM
TASK OF NEW coMMANDER-lN.
CHIEF OF RUSSIAN FORCES
A DESPERATE ONE.
l'AEYITCH NAMED III0 SUCCEED HIM
TASK OF NEW COMMANDMENT

the Japanese hanging on the heels and
1anks of the remnants of the broken,
defeated Russian army, General Kuro-
patkin, the old idol Of the private sol
dier, has been dismissed and disgraced
and General I.ineyitch, commander Of
the First army, is appointed to sue
ceed him in command of all the Rus
sian land and sea forces operating
against Japan The word disgrace is
written in large letters in the laconic
imperial order gazetted, which con-
taias not single word of praise, and
also disposes of the rumor that Kuro-
patkin had asked to be relieved. The
Russian military annals contain no
more bitter imperial ssrebuke. While
it. was known that the war council had
already decided to supplant Kuropat-
cision to confer the task of saving the
remainder OF the army on I.ineyitch
in the very midst OF its fight, although
bruited the previous night, came as a
surprise. 1t transpires that Emperor
Nicholas, upon the advice of General
nragomiroft and War Minister SAX
harofT, determined that the step was
necessary when it became apparent
that kuropatlin, while concentrating
for stand at Tie pass, seemed un-
aware that the japanese had worked
around westward again and practically
Allowed Himself to Be Surprised.
OLD reports brought by General Grip
enberg regarding Kuropatkin's failing
mentality also had influence. Under
the circumstances, therefore, it was
considered imperative, in view of the
exceedingly perilous position OF the
army, to turn over its command to
I4inevitch, who alone had been able
Z tn hiring off his army in order after the
battle OF Mukden. fiisTecofd during
the Chinese war had also demon
strated his capacity as a commander.
kuropatkin will return to st. Peters
burg forthwith.
The task confded to Lineyitch of
Withdrawing what is left OF the great
army of 100000 men to Hardin is a
desperate one. He is hemmed in on
nll sides. General Kawamura presum-
ably is pressing northward through
the mountains eastward ready to
sWoop down, Generals Nogi and Oku
are on the west of the Russian forces,
the whole line of the railroad is threat
ened if not already cut and Chinese
bandits are even reported to be in the
rear Of Harbin. A consummation of
the Mukden disaster is feared. Ma
poleon's plight in the retreat from
Moscow, with Kutusoff's Cossacks har-
RAISING the starving, freezing French
men, was hardly as bad or dangerous.
Nothing further has arrived from
the front, but it is feared that the
decimated battalions which had hard
ly recovered from the decentralization
of the Mukden retreat have again been
thrown into confusion by Field Mar
shat Oyama's
Relentless, MerciIess Pursuit.
The war Office greatly fears that more
of the siege and field guns which Ku-
ropatkin managed to save at Mukden
have been sacrificed in the hurried
fight 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 commissariat was
only beginning to feed the half fam
ished troops when the new retreat was
ordered.
But even in the face of the possibil-
ity of the complete loss of the army
and the admitted fact that Vladivostok
is already possibly lost the emperor
still shows no signs of yielding. Prep
arations for continuing the war on a
larger scale than ever are proceeding.
The dictum has gone forth that an
other army of 100000 men is to be
dispatched to the Far East and in or
der to avoid delay it has been decided
instead Of sending only reserve men
to form new armies largely of regular
units, leaving the reserves to replace
the regulars in garrison duty at home.
Separate armies are to be organized
under Generals Grodekoff, Gripenberg
and Kamaroff
The war council, it is also under
stood, has definitely decided that Vice
Admiral RojestVensky shall continue
his voyage and give battle to the Japa-
nese in the forlorn hope of Wrestling
control OF the sea from Admiral Togo.
If Rojestyensky is successful it is
claimed that an entirely new complex
ion will be placed on the situation.
oYAMA ENTERS MUkDEN.
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