Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-18
KUROPATkIN
Is Disgraced and Rebuked
by the Mighty Gar.
Gen. Linevitch Is Appointed
Immediate Successor.
The Only Russian General to Extricate
Army at Muk.den.

~. petersburg, March I.-1.Oo p. NJ.
With the Japanese hanging on the
heels and Hanks Of the remnants Of
the broken, defeated Russian army,
Cen Kuropatkin, the Old idol of I'll.
private soldier has been dismissed and
hisgraced and Gen. Lineritch, comman-
der Of the hrst army, is appointed to
succeed him in command of all the
RUSSIAN land and sea forces operating
against Japan. The word disgrace is
written in large letters in the laconir
imp"rial order gaxctteG in them ami
contains not Il single word of praise
ana also disposes of tie rumor that
i<uropatkin ha'i asked to be relieved
The Russian military annals contain
no more bitter imperial rebuke While
il WAS known that the var council had
already decided I" supplamt Kuro;atk:n
after the Mukdcn 'lisaster. the decision
to confer tn, tlsk Of saving the re-
nainder If the army On Linevitch in
IL" very midst of its flight although
l'ruitcd Thursday night came as a sur
prise. IT ,r;lnspircs that emperor
Nirhola; upon the advice Of Gen Dr;-
gomiron ana War Minister Sakharoff
determined TN l: the st"r was necessary
when it became apparent Thursday
morning that kEropalkin while con-
ccntrating for Il stand at Tie pass
seemed unaware that the japanese
mad worked around westward and
practically allowed himself to be sur
prised.
Old reports brought by Gen. Grip
pcnborg. regarding Europatkin's fail.
ing mentality also had influence. Under
the circumstances. therefore, it was
considered imperative in view of the
exec e'llngly periouS position of tn"
army 10 turn ovAr is command to
Linevitch. who alnn" had been able 10
i,ring off his army. in order after the
latte OF Mukdcn. His record duriri,
the Chinese var had been demonstrat-
I'd his capacity as Il commander KurO-
pntkin will return to St Petersburg
torthu it'll.
The task cOnfided to Linevitch of
withdrawing what is left of the great
army of 100000 men to Hardin is
desperate one. He is hemmed in on all
sides Cen. Kawamura presumably is
pressing northward through the noun
tains eastward ready to swoop down.
Gems. Nogi ana Oku are on the west of
the Russian forces, the whole line of
the railroad is threatened. if not al
ready cut. and Chinese bandits are
even reported to be in the rear OF Har-
bin.
A contamination of the Mukden dis
aster is feared. Napoleon's plight in
the retreat from Moscow with Kutu-
son's Cossacks harassing the starving,
freezing Frenchmen was hardly us bad
or dangerous.
Nothing further has arrived from the
| front but it is feared that the decimal
| ted blttalions which had hardly re-
covered from the decentralization of the
Mukd"n retreat have again been
| thrown into confusion by Field Mar
| shall Oyama's relentless mercilrss pur
suits. The war office greatly fears
| that more of the siege and field guns
| which kuropatkin managed to save at
| Mukden have been sacrificed in the
| hurried flight from Tie Pass where the
| commiSsariat was only beginning to
| feed the half-famished troops when
| the new retreat was ordered. IIut
| even in the face Of the possibility Of
| the complete loss of the army and the
| admitted fact that Nladivostok is al
ready possibly lost. the Emperor still
|
| tons for continuing the war on a larg
err scale than ever are proceeding. The
| lictum has gone forth that another
| army of $50. 900 men is to be sent To the
| Far East and to avoid delay it has
| been decided. not to send reserve men.
but to form new armies largely of reg
Glar units leaving the reserves to re-
| place the regulars in garrison duty ut
| home
| Throughout the war many military
men have contended that ii was Il ia
tai mistake to send reserve men to the
Far East.
| A division of the Imperial Guard will
be sent to the front.
| 1t is MOI improbable that some of this
| years CoEscripts will be sent. Separate
| armies are To be organized under Gems
Grodckoff Grippenberg and Kamawofr.
| Even in the most optimistic quarters
however. il is realized that 4 general
mobilization is likely to he accompanied
10y WIDESPREAD disorders unless the com
| position and f,Mctcns of the popular rep
rescntarion rndcr the imperial rcscrirt
are more satisfactory than now appears
probable. Practically 10 progress is be-
| ihS ny tie fOuHSdn commission.
The Empero. has been so much occupied
with the war situation that he has twice
postpone: action on Gov. Gen. Bouli-
gar recc mrienda TORS and the latter is
rep esented to De so dissatisfied that he
desires tn resign and turn over his work
to mis- assistant NJ Va:atsi.
The war council. it il also understood
has definitely decided that Vice Admiral,
Rojestversky shall Continue his voyage
and give battle to tire Japanese in the
forlorn hope of wrestling control of the
sea from Admiral Togo.
| II Eojestvensky is successful it is
claimed that an entirely lew compile xion
will be placed on the situation
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