Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-03-20
GENELEAL %LINENITCII.

railroad 5nlEt twenty-five miles north
of Tie pass. and their cavalry has oc-
cupiei Fatoman. our armies continue
their concentrations"
Dispatches from japanese hrudQuar-
tiers in the held Says thar General Nu-
rokiS ARMY Continues 10 lead the Jap
aiI.sc forces which have now bccH on
gagged for nine days in II hard pursuit.
in which they have covered Il distance
of more than n~inety-hyc miles, with
frequent fighting.
4 Japanese detachment. continuing
its advance north. has pursued the enc
my beyond Kaiyuan. which is twenty
miles north of Tie pass. Kaiyuim
was evacuated by the Russians after
they had set fire to the railroad station.
General KurOki'S army captured the
colors of the Fifth Russian regiment
of rifles. The colJrS We're inscribed us
having been presented to the regiment
by the emperor in 1881. Most of tn"
captured organizations succeeded in
burning their standards before Surren-
dering. y few prisoners are secured
daily.
1t is stated on high authority at St.
Petersburg that at General Linevitch's
request the emperor has appointed
General Kuropatkiu commander of
the first army and that he has assumed
command.
While Emperor Nicholas, whose word
is final. still declines to abandon the
prosecution OF the war, and the GOV
eminent maintains its ability 10 on
tinue tn conflict. it is stated on good
authority that powerful influences. in
Guiding several of the emperor's "
ministers, are now strongly urging
that the time has come TO Indicate to
Japan Russians desire for peace upon
q reasonable basis. one Of the ON
pcror's ministers in a conversation
said:
we have suffered bitter defeat on
land and sea. We can. however, still
continue the war. But both countries
have suffered great losses in blood and
treasure. and it would only profit the
rivals of both were we to fight on until
one or the other is exhausted. Russia
has Il hard task fighting the war
against such advcrSarieS, 5000 miles
from home. and / contend she can
make Il diguificd peace without glory.
but moi without honor. Russia is too
big and powerful to retire permanently
from the field. The clouds at home
will eventually roll away. With the
army and navy ~rcorganiZed. in five, ten
or fifteen years there will come in
evitably our revenge. No permanent
peace is possible now or later unless
Japan is ~rra>umablp.'
70 the suggestion of the possibility
OF an alliance between Russia and
Japan the minister said, "A reason
able peace must first be established"
"WhHl." was asked, would be rca-
solahlc:"
"Iroadly speaking, RuSsia's rcnuu-
cIltlOu of her entire Manchmian policy
should satisfy .Iapan's claims. She
could have her prOtcctoratc over Ko-
roH, such privileges OF the KWantung
peninsula and at Port Arthur as the
powers would not oppose and the Chi
neSc Eastern railway he placed under
International control, Russia maintain
ing her rights to Il railway line through
northern Manchuria to Nladivostok."
What would be ltussia's attitude on
the subject of indemnity?'
Russia never yet has paid indeln-
nifty and history practically affords 10
precedent for indemnity when territory
is no occupied 10 insure payment, and
Japan holds not ii foot of Russian ter
ritory. Japan could. however. take the
proceeds Of the sale of the property
and rights Of the Chinese Eastern rail
way, which was built with Russian
money!
1t is reported that during General
Kuropatkin's resistance at Tower lill
he was slightly wounded by an eleven
nch shell which fell near him.