Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-03-23
ANXIETY FOR
RUSSIAN ARMY
St. Petersburg is FeverishIy
Awaiting Tidings From
Seat of Conflict.
LINEvITCH IS IN COMMAND
Remains to Be Seen What New Gen.
eral Will Accomplish Disgraced
Commander Has Left the Scene of
Action of Face Critics.

st. Petersburg, March 18.-A dis
patch from Changtufu reports that
General Kuropatkin left there last
night for st. Petersburg.
ST. Petersburg, March 1S.-Decided
anxiety is felt here regarding the fate
Of the army in Manchuria under it's
new commander, no news OF military
developments the last two days hav-
ing been received here. The only
dispatches from the front are the
brief announcements yesterday that
General Linevitch had assumed com.
mand, and that General Kuropatkin
was departing for ST. Petersburg,
which disIoses of a rumor that the
latter had committed suicide, and the
Associated Press Changtufu dispatch
filed the morning of March 16 and
written at the station of Kaiyuin,
which was then held by the Russians.
In this correspondents opinion no
pause in the Japanese advance is
probable for some time. The Rus
SLAMS are losing heavily in the rear
Suobu hNblSio, JdpIhCOC
are reported to be pushing northward
as fast as possible to complete the en-
velopment of the Russian forces.
General Linevitch, however, will
have a considerable accession of fresh
troops in a day or awo, the Fourth
European corps being now at Hardin
and departing southwark. Military Of
ficials here declare that there are
now 26S,000 men at General Line
Vitch's disposal in Manchuria, and 1t
Is believed that this force will be
sufficient to cause the Japanese to
exercise greater caution in their pur-
suit.
Prince Hilkoff, who will leave st.
Petersburg soon to prepare the Siber-
Ian railway for forwarding the new
levies which have been determined
upon, said yesterday that there had
been no breakdown as yet, and that
he hoped as soon as navigation
opened it would be possible to trans
port one-fourth of the outgoing SOL
diers by the rivers and relieve the
railroad TO that extent.
Although General Kuropatkin's
downfall was inevitable from the
military standpoint, nevertheless it
arouses sympathy in circles familiar
with the long campaign that has been
waged against him by the general
staff. General Sakharoff was his open
enemy and General Dragomiroff his
most severe critic; and many of his
own subordinates were Jealous and
grudgingly obedient. Many epigrams
about General Kuropatkin's short
comings are being attributed to Gen.
eral Dragomiroff, and the superces.
sion of the former at such critical
moment is directly attributed to
Dragomiroff's advice. Emperor Nicho-
las now giving ear to the veteran
strategist in military matters.
General Linevitch is distinctly a
line officer, with a long record as a
fighter. He is almost as cordially
disliked by the general staff as is his
predecessor, and there also is bad
blood between Kuropatkin and Line
witch dating from a personal quarrel
in the days when Kuropatkin was
commander of the trans-BailIal army,
which led Linevitch to demand satis-
faction. Kuropatkin assumed the
position that he could not fight an
officer of inferior rank. The success
sion of this officer will naturally in.
crease General Kuropatkin's discom-
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