Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-26
SITUATION At THE FRONT
Russian and Japanese Lines Are Seven
Miles Apart,
SHARP snRMIsHNG LAST FRIDAY
First Fight East OF the Railway
Results in Defeat of the sIavs-
More Troops for Line
witch.


FUSAN, July 25.-The last three months
with both armies has been the most quiet
period OF the entire war. There have been
no engagements ut ~ front, the only en-
counters being those Of accommodating ex-
petitions sent out by both armies, similar
to that Of last Friday, with a small total Of
losses.
The Russian and Japanese lines are seven
miles apart. The Russians maintain
screen Of cavalry outposts some miles In
front OF their trenches to guard against
attacks. Recommending forces from both
sides traverse the neutral zone. frequently
feeling the strength of the others at the
front and making a small weekly list OF
killed wounded and captured.
The fight reported on Friday was the first
worthy of mention which has occurred east
OF the railway. Two Russian reconnoiter-
ing forces approached the Japanese line.
one about twenty miles, the other seventy
miles east of the railway. The hrst con-
tingent consisted OF two squadrons of
cavalry, the second of two battalions Of in
fantry. Both retired after brief encounters.
The Japanese sustained no losses, but
those OF the Russians are supposed to have
been nearly 100.
In the first encounter the Russian cavalry,
with its front side 1000 meters long, ad-
vanced upon the Japanese line. until II
came under fire, when It retired in con-
fusion and the infantry advanced. The
Japanese fired forty rounds with a cap
tured Russian battery, when the Russians
retired. the Japanese infantry following
them for ten miles.
JRps Report Victory.
TOXIC, July &.-An Official report from
the headquarters of the Japanese army in
northern Corea says:
On Monday. July a. the army succeeded
in dlslodging the enemy from the neighbor-
hood of Puku and Puryong and occupied
line to the northward.
Moore Troops for Linevitch.
ST. PETERSBURG, July &.-Reinforce-
ments for General Lnevitch are steadily
being forwarded. The Thirteenth army
corps, the headquarters of which are at
smolensk. will leave for the front next
week.
Gossip About Gear and Kaiser.
Gossip and conjecture. are busy with the
reasons for and results OF the meeting
between Emperor William and Emperor
Nicholas of the island OF BJorkoe, but
the return of the Russian imperial party
to Peterhof has added nothing definite to
cussed or the conclusions reached at the
private interviews between the two SOW
ereigns. Under the circumstances no au-
thoritative statement can be made and
the only information vouchsafed is that
the conversations were extremely cordial
and friendly The belief that the meeting
will make for peace was reflected on the
Bourse today. imperial Is rising a full
point to S1a in a firm market. The i'm
portance of the meeting Is recognized in
the press comments of all shades OF Opin-
ion. Various conjectures are advanced as
to its meaning, but they are all admittedly
guesswork.
The Bourse Gazette has a well written
editorial. pointing to the fact that the
good. neighborly relations with Germany
enabled Russia to withdraw part Of its
army from its western frontier and de-
clare It is the duty of Russian diplomacy
to strengthen these relations, at the same
time maintaining that the Franco-Russian
alliance made in the interests of peace must
be in no wise disturbed, and that neither
France or Great Britain have any reason
to worry over the conference.
The Novoe Vreyma, after cataloguing the
various suppositions advanced, declares II
is useless to guess which OF them IS cor
rect and then concludes sagely that IL is
sometimes good to have a diplomatic ques-
ton discussed without the assistance of
professional diplomats.
Liberal circles are inclined to look
askance at the meeting, the pessimists
thinking that It bodies I'll to reform, and the
Otchestva sees in 1t the future visit Of a
German squadron to Russian waters and
disaster TO Russia, economically and po-
litlcally.
Berlin Has No Report of Meeting.
BERLIN, July 26.-Although the German
Foreign ONCE was advised in the sense
cabled to TIE Associated Press yesterday
Of the general outlines OF what Emperor
William would say to Emperor Nicholas in
favor OF peace and internal reforms in
Russia, no report has been received regard
ing INTELLECTUALLY took place and probably
no report will be received unless 1t be a
belated memorandum covering some point
for preservation In the archives. The For
eign Office says definitely that the Russian
emperor took the initiative in bringing the
interview about Who took the first step
is not essential were IL not that the Ger
man emperor is represented as desiring to
offer unsolicited advice.
1t is learned from another source that the
two empeTors have a private cipher in
which kilograms are occasionally ex-
changed and which pass through no third
hand.
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