Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-13
PROGRESS on ruE WAR.

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II does look ~ II the dcnoument Of
the great war drama In the orient
might be expected before long. For
some time Marshal oyamas immense
forceH have been In motion, A series oi
small engagements have been fought,
and although the Russians report soms
success, the general result, seems to be-
the forcing back Of their ouiporte, and
their advanced lneg, They have been
dlsodged from several villages on tho
banlu Of the LAO River and on the
lIarbln railroad, What the object Of tho
japanese movement now n, does not
appear from the reports, II may be the
Investment Of Hardin, or II may be
Vladlyostok, II may be safely conolud-
cd that the secrecy with which the
movement of tho army IL screened from
tho world, porlends Impor,an, and com.
prohenriyo events.
A particularly aghincan, fact IN men.
toned IN the dispatches Marsha,
oyamn In now said TO he accepting tho
services Of Chinese volunteers, 10 has
armed about 10000 OF these, with cap.
turod Russian rifles And he Ia said TO
have drafted A number Of Chinese for
road'mollng and cntrenching and roads
are leing constructed 10 sinmlnpu
Bonchcnsto ana Nonsopam TO what
extent, II may be asked can Japan
avail horeet Of the services Of Chinese
soldiers ana coolies, without giving
Russia Jus, cause Tor a protest against
Tho violation OF Chino's neutrality n
Chinese subjects are being drafted ana
compelled TO build roads for the use ~
the Japanese army, their rights ~ neu'
trails tnnno, be very much respected II
oyama In taking undue advantage of
the helpless position " China, Rojes,'
Vensky should not be too severely ccn.
sured for awaiting himself NJ the somc'
what elastic French neutrality regula.
tons, on his long voyage,
While everything " pointing toward
n gigantic struggle In Monohura, thu
movements Of the hostile fleets are stlll
ehrouded In mystery, NcbogNlof hns
now Joined Rojcstvcnsky, and the lattor
when outnumbera that Of Admiral
Togo, although the latter's vessels have
tho advantage IN speed, -worthlness,
and armament Where tho japanese
commander concoals his feet, remains
u mystery Russian efforts 10 draw
him out have been unayalllng, Hut II
may safely be concluded that RoJee,.
vensky viii hear from him when least
expected aud IN place whore his pres.
encc ~ most lnconycnlcnt 10 Russian
progress, The secrecy with which the
Japanese execute their most Import.
ant manouvers, IN u remarkable foa.
turo Of this campaign, In our late war
with spain our reporters sNarmed
around the sQuadrons, stationed them.
selves on the bridge OF the flagship, IN
fact--lf differences from their modest
accounts can be safely drawn.-lhe
country owes Tia victory chiefly to
them, or some " thom, Japan has not
permitted her war correspondents to
initiate thcr American contreres, and
their Admlrols can, consequently, retire
until the moment for action,
Az 10 the plans ~ the Russian nd-
mirOl, only conjecturcs con 1T present
be offered, His mission In clear II Ia
to cut the Japanese army OF from their
home base Of supplies, md TO obtain
supremacy In the Japan sea, His aim
should be TO ind the enemy and do.
stroy tho Japanese fleet Togo's plan
must be to avoid a general engagement,
In order 90 save ~ many Of his ships
os possible lie must ondcavor to pick
of ono vessel after another of the
hostile squadron, on its way northward,
and then, should llojostvcnaky enter
Vlndlvostok or any other hOrbor no
would naturally bottle him IN ana
keen him imprisoned ny means OF tor.
podocs ana mines,
But whatever the respective plans
are, the war soome 10 be drawing 10 n
CLOSE, Another decisive engagement
on land, another disaster to the RUS.
sian neot must necessarily compel
Russia TO accept peace terms, even II
this II dono-Os was the case whom
France accepted ljlemaroks humlI.
atlng Offer Of penco with the secret do.
termination Of renewing hosIlltIca at
the FIRST favorable opportunity