The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-17
: ENERAL AUTHORIZATIONS and Nh.

GENERAL KUROPATKIN and the
L remnants or the army which
was defeated by the japanese
on the Shakhe and Hun rivers.
and again around MUkden and Tie
pass, are now i'm the mountains n few
miles north of the southern entrance
o. the pass. trying 10 shake off their
purSuers. who apparently are not goiul.
q" repeat the mistake of Lao Yang
and allow the Russian army TO escape
kUropatkiu has been reinforced by the
EaTrisons of Telling and other mort bern
towns. and 4 fov new troops who were
ON their way from Russia when the
battle Of MUkdeu began
But even with these there is little
nor" for him True no has some thirt--
or forty miles Of hilly country extend
ing from Tie pass To- FeuEhua tsie1r
which might enable him to hold oft the
enemy for a. time. but once out of tho
hills he has before him nearly 800 miles
of fiat. open country and iuuurunra bio
rivers and streams to cross This is
What ~ termed the great valley of TIN.
SuuGarlk, bat - i'm fact an in1ueu=a
plain, bounded ON tho east by hizh
mountains and extending mort Inward
into Siberia and westward into Mon
Solia. KiTin, cast of tho railway. and
Hardin. the most Dortherly point am
the railway, where it branches Off tn
NladlvoStok eastward and to Siberia
n 81 ~ al u dLt- the ttllltES oil 111E "a
derfUlly rich country. reSem bling i'm
many respects the northwest terrific
rieS of Canada.
From Tie pass the railway runs over
hills known aS the divide" to Kaivar
twenty miles. then. striking into 4 val
ley. on either side of which rise high
hills. energies into the plain just north
east of the important Chinese city OF
FenEhusieu. From there To Harbiu
hardly hill can be seen from the rail
way train. the line running almost
straight, except where an occa sjoDal
curve is necessary to reach a. city or
favorable crossing of a river Beside
the railway there Is a. splendid wagon
road from Tie pass to kaiyuan. where
IT branches. one branch making a. de-
tour TO the westward, slirting the
mountains and running almost direct 70
kirin, from which center there are
many roads.
Immense Stores in Reserve.
The distance from Tie pass to Harbiu
Is very little less than 3O9 miles and
except for the first few miles every. acre
Is under cultivation or supporting herds
of cattle, sheep and horses. So far As
the commiSsariat is concerned. the Rus
slams need have no fear Hardly a
pound of last years crop Of beans mil
let or wheat left the country. the Rus
SLAMS buying it all and storing il in
stations along the railway, immense
shelters being erected for its reception.
They also purchased all the cattle and
horses, and had CoSSacks herdinc them
The weather on the plain is very
much colder than in the Mukden sec
ton Of ManChuria. the thermometers in
the trains dropping several degrees as
the divide is crossed. and continuing
to go down until Lake BaikaI is
reached. AS a. rule the ground does not
commence to thaw until April. except a
very little on the surface in the middle
of the day, the sun being strong even
in winter
The most important Russian town
between Tie pass and Hardin. with the
exception of Kirin, which is not on the
railway, is hwansuling. also spelled
hungchuling. This town is a little
over 100 miles north of Tie pass Here
were gathered great stores of provis-
ions alongside of which were erected
Red Cross hospitals, the best by far
that the Russians had south OF Hardin
At all the other stations there We're
also hospital accommodations so that II
kuropatkin escapes from Oyama at
Tie pass he has a good chance TO cross
at the most favorable season OF the
year Another few weeks and the roads
will be impossible. But if he Is hard
pressed there is not a dsfensible posi-
ton. unless he abandons the. railway
and seeks safety in the eastern hills-