Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-11

ST. Petersburg March II, $3.50 p. M
II is reported ia the military clubs this
afternoon that Cen Kuopathn has
lost 300 guns and about 10000 prisoners
besides about the same number OF
killed and wounded.
KUROPATISIN's WHEREABOUTS
UNKNOWN
st. Petersburg, March II, 3 y. m.-The
curtain which shrouds the extent Of
the Russian disaster at Mukden has not
been pierced.
Nothing positive Is known Of the STU
alton. not even Gen, Kuropatkin's own
whereabouts. The commander-in-chief's
message, announcing that all the ar
mics were In full retreat, is the last
definite word. from the battlefield
The absence OF news gives fine play
to Imagination, and the city is filled
with the most pessmstlc reports, The
public generally believes that the stu
alton Is much worse than Is oinclauy
admitted here.
While military men do not attempt to
minimize the Russian defeat, the iail-
ure of Toxic to report officially the eX-
act situation affords a glimmer Of hope
that the position Of Kuropatklns army
is not so black as painted The fact
that 200 cars loaded with artillery alld
carrying wounded men northward from
Mukden, during the last 10 days, II
interpreted as giving ground for hope
that Field Marshal OyHmas plumber
viii not be as great as reported. The
dust storm and the exhausted state Of
the Japanese armies after their hercul-
can efforts during the 10 days battle,
may also have rendered the retreating
armies good service. But the. main
point, namely, how large a proportion OF
the army is surrounded and whether il
has been captured or still has "A chance
TO cut its way out is not elucidated
Everything indicates, however, that
Kuropatkin has suffered q catastrophe
Of the first magnitude.
While the air is full OF peace rumors
following the Russian defeat, there is
undoubtedly necessity for mass!ng a
new army at Hardin II the war Is 10
be continued. Neither Emperor Nicho-
las nor the government have taken a
step IN the direction of peace and prob
ably they win require several days 10
reach a decision on this point. The re-
port that France has already been ask
ed to intervene is however, positively
untrue.
The Associated Press is enabled to
make the following statement
The moment might prove opportune
but the question OF peace lies with ia
pan and not with Russia. Russia would
welcome peace and peace could be mr.
ranged, not through a third power but
BY direct negotiations between the two
countries If Japan would propose mod
crate terms. AS the victor, Japan is In
a position to take the first Step. Rus
STA cannot and will not sue for peace
Neither could she accept terms which
did not recognize Russia as a power In
the far east II Is Idle TO speculate on
the concrete terms. The only thing Is
that Russias position in the far est
must be recognized. Friends Of peace
throughout the world should use their
influence with Japan. The victor should
show moderation. Otherwise no end OF
the war Is IN sight"
ST. Petersburg, March If, 6.45 p. M
North Of Mukden, when this dispatch
was filed the situation Of the Russian
army was depicted as not SO had as
generally believed here mt that hour
but due allowance must be made for
the censors restrictions,
No official dispatch was issued to-
day.
Ine temper or the imperial family can
perhaps be Judged by Grand Duke
Vadlmlr's response when asked what
would be Russia's reply to Gen. Kuro-
patkin's defeat:
Send another army" was his an.
swer.
1t was evident that the dispatch Of
the Associated Press, from Tie pass
dated March 10. 1900 was written and
filed at Mukden Friday morning. and
taken TO Tie pass when the telegraph
station was removed there. The dis
patch indicates that the Russian rear
guard, which perhaps Kuropatkin had
decided to deliberately sacrifice was
holding works about Mukden while the
army was making ltg way nolthward
and that he was covering his west flank
as best he could from the attacks OF
Gems. Nogi and Oku The real tide OF
battle was probably about to break.
NUMBER ENGAGED.
Toxic, March 1.-THE general star
estIfates the number OF Russians en-
gagged IN the present battle at 800 600
Infantry $4,000 cavalry and 1858 guns
The infantry calculation allows FOR So