Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-15
Report of Action of FL
nanciers Fully Con-
firmeC.
CLASH NEAR TIE PASS
Russians Report Repulse of
japanese at One of De-
lenses Of Position.

st. Petersburg, March 15.--It is def
nitely stated the emperor has approved
the decision of the council of war to
send Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholai-
witch to replace kuropatkin. Gen. Sou
khomlinoff is to be chief of staff.
No dispatches have been received
from the front today.
Tire question of peace still engrosses
public attention, but the attitude of the
government apparently remains firm.
VIII Not Grant Loan.
Paris, March 15.-The postponement
of the Russian loan is definitely CON
firmed. This is likely to exert a po~-
erful influence towards peace as it is
the first time the French financiers
have shown any indisposition to ad
vance funds while uncertainties of war
continue.
Government Did Not Act.
1t is authoritatively denied in the
highest Russian quarters that the
French government has exercised any
pressure toward preventing the in
crease of the French holdings of Rus
sian securities. Nevertheless it is !
probable that some members of the
government acting individually voiced |
the prevailing view that caution was !
desirable.
Press Moves For Peace.
1t is significant that the postpone |
ment of the loan is coincident with |
the strong movement of the influential
French press favorable to peace.
RepuIse Attack Near Tie Pass.
ST. Petersburg March 15.-Kuropat |
kin in a dispatch dated the 14th says: |
"A fierce japanese attack on the |
center of our positions at Fan river
(about IS miles south of Tie Pass has |
been repulsed More than a thousand |
corpses remain in front of our posi-
tions."
Part of Outer Defenses.
Fan river may be described as part |
OF the outer line of defenses of Tie |
Pass. which probably led to the report
that an attack had been made on Tie
Pass itself.
Less Chaos at TELLING.
Tie Pass. March 15.-As after the !
battle of Liaoyang. the advance of the /
Japanese army against the new posi- /
tions of the Russians at Tie pass is /
slow. The leading columns are eight /
or 10 miles southwark and in touch |
with the Russian van posts. but the |
operations at present are not serious.
Field Marshal Oyama shows slight 4
intentions of pressing his advantage in /
an immediate attack on Tie pass.
May he ON FInnks.
II is possible however. that a wide |
Rf11, fCsl
are current. are in progress. In such |
operations the Japanese have the i'm |
menSc advantage of several bases and |
lines of supply. to which is now added |
the Sinmintin road. while the Russian |
army necessarily is dependent on one
base and one line of communication, |
and therefore may easily be outflanke1. !
Hide the Gums.
New Chwang. March 15.-Military
men here advance the theory that the
difference in the number of guns the
Japanese are reported 10 have captur
ed and those Kuropatkn is reported to
have lost is owing to the Russians
when routed having dropped the guns
into the rivers through the ice and
abandoned others in ravines and gul-
lies. II is expected as soon as the
present rush at MukdeH is over search
for the lost artillery will be begun.
seize American ship.
Toxic. March 15.-The American
ship Tacoma was seized by a Japanese
guardship yesterday. The Tacoma ic
owned by the Northwestern CONNER
Cial steamship company Of Seattle
from which port she sailed Jan. with
cargo of barreled beef for Vladiyos-
tok. Il is said.
Jap Cruisers Mt Singapore.
London. March l5.-A Singapore dis
patch says four Japanese cruisers ar
rived there today from the eastward.