Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-04-12

London, April THE Times CORE
spsndent at St. Petersburg telegraphs
THE latest official information leads
To the belief that the Japanese are ad.
vancing in a crescent formation Gen
eral Oku on the left, General Nodzu
il the center and Generals KuroKi and
Kawamura on the right. and with a
total strength of 475,O00. 1t is feared
that General Linevitch will be com.
PEELED to withdraw
Revolutionary Document.
Moscow, April 1.-THE central COM
mittee of the social revolutionary
party has drawn up a document CON
tanning the main points of its PIC
gram, and of this hundreds of thou
sands of copies are being printed for
circulation in all parts Of European
Russia. 1t demands the institution
OF a democratic republic with broad
autonomy for the provinces, munici-
palities and commmes the widest
application of the federative principle
Of relat ons between the various ma
tionalitieS; a direct secret universal
ballot without distinction as to sex,
nationality or religion; proportional
representation; direct popular legisla-
tion, with the initiative and referen-
dun; electibility, responsibility and
removability Of all officials; separa-
ton of church and state; complete
freedom of conscience, speech, the
press, assembly and association; the
right TO strike; compulsory popular
and gratuitous education; the aboli-
ton OF the standing army and the sub
stitution of national militia; an
eight-hour day; a minimum wage
scale; state insurance for all at the
expense of the state and employers;
the Specialization of all land or such
approach to the abolition of private
ownership as is practicable, including
the SeQuestration of crow 4, church and
state lands, turning them over to the
communes; the limitation and CONVEX
sion OF rents into an income tax, pay
able to the commune; progressive in
come and inheritance taxes, inappli-
cable 20 small incomes; the abolition
of indirect taxes and the protective
system except as to objects of luxury.
The document urges the summoning
of a constituent assembly, in which it
proposes to conduct a campaign for
the dissolution of the auTocratic re-
CINE and the transformation of the
existing order
Great Confusion of Retreat.
St. Petersburg, April Wounded
Russians who have arrived from Muk'
den describe the confusion in the eva
cuation of Mukden and the fighting in
the narrow streets and at the gates,
where Japanese and Chinese ambushed
the last detachments and where Gen,
eral Galefeldt was wounded and cap;
tured.
The losses of the Japanese, accord /
ing to foreigners accompanying them, /
were nearly 100000, the eighth divi |
sion, for instance. losing over 1000 yet
being not considered one of the heavy |
sufferers, the greatest losses were in
troops operating against General Line
witch, where the struggle was much
longer and of more intensity than
The Japanese placed the
of guns captured during the
retreat at 26, and also captured thou,
sands of abandonde rifles and immense
quantities of boxed rifle ammunition;
and according to Chinese the japanese
are now re-arming their resolves with
Russian rifles.
Counted on Russian Inertia.
japanese officers admitted that they
every last effort 20 win
the battle and threw their entire re,
serves into the fighting line. leaving
the rear communications entirely I'M
They realized that had the
Russians thrown a heavy force even OIL
cavalry in the rear their position
would have been critical. but they
rightly on Russian inertia ana
we're confident of victory.
Former Russians in Jap Army.
st. Petersburg, April r--Invalided,
Russians who left Mukden March 90
export that the Hun river bridge hao
lot been restored. The Japanese il
Russian wounded from Mul-
len carried them as far as the river
n bamboo filters and entrained them
IN the farther side. Russian medical
Irmy officers recognized in an adjutany {
# General Oku's fifth division a form.
II professor of languages in the sem
nary of Vladivostok. They also met {
'ther Japanese officers who formerly
we're in the Russian service in Man
huria. I