The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-03-24
RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR.

ISOLATED Press Changtufu dispatch
filed the morning of March 16 and writ
ten at the station of Kaiyuan, which
was then held by the Russians. In
this correspondents opinion no pause
in the Japanese advance is probable
for some time. The Russians
Are Losing Heavily
in the rear guard actions, and Japan
csc columns are reported to be push
ing northward as fast as possible to
complete the development of the Rus
sian forces. Gen. Linevitch, however,
will have considerable accession of
fresh troops in day or two, the
Fourth European corps being now at
Hardin and departing southwark.
Military officials here declare that
there are now 26s, 900 men at Gen. Lin
evitch's disposal in Manchuria, and it
is believed that this force will be suf-
ficient to cause the Japanese to exer-
else greater caution in their pursuit.
Although Gen. Kuropatkin's down.
fall was inevitable from the military
standpoint, nevertheless
It Arouses Sympathy
in circles familiar with the long cam
paign that has been waged against
him by the general staff.
Gen. Linevitch is distinctively line
officer, with long record as fighter.
He is almost as cordially disliked by
the general staff as is his predecessor,
and there also is bad blood between
kurOpatkin and Linevitch dating
from a personal quarrel in the days
when Kuroratkin was commander in
the trans-Baikal army, which led
Linevitch to demand satisfaction.
Kuropathin assumed the position that
he could not fight an officer of inferior
rank. The succession of this officer
will naturally increase Gen. Kuropat-
kin's discontinue.
Jap Column Is RepuIsed.
Meager reports have been received
from Russian source of fight eight
miles south of Tie pass between a
Russian force under Gen. Mistchenko
and Japanese column, the identity
Of which is unknown. The Japanese
were repulsed, it is said, with loss of
1000 killed.
The rumor that after the evacuation
of Mukden eighty foreigners, including
an American newspaper correspond
ent, had been murdered by Chinese is
discredited by the fact that the cor
respondent in question, Richard H.
Little. of the Chicago Daily News, re-
ported to his paper on March IA that
he had been captured by the Japanese
and was leaving Yinkow for Kobe.
A steamer arriving at Singapore re-
ports having passed squadron of
twenty-five Japanese warships about
twenty miles east of the entrance to
the Straits of Malacca. Two Japanese
cruisers and two auxiliary cruisers
previously arrived at Singapore. Pre-
sumably these vessels are on the way
westward in search of the Russian
second Pacific squadron, last reported
in Madagascar waters. :.
Make Victory Complete.
The Russian general staff reports
that "the main body has already COM
pleted its retreat and the rear guard
southwark are falling back slowly"
What either the main body" or the
rear guard" consists of has not been
definitely fixed, but from the dis
patches from the Associated Press
correspondents with the Japanese and
Russians, the two combined must be
but small portion of the army which
Gen. Kuropatkin had gathered along
the banks of the Shakhe and Hun
rivers And yet those who have reached
Tie Pass, worn out from days of fight
ing and retreating, are not yet out of
danger, the Japanese, it is reported,
having already started
Another Turning Movement
which will force the Russians onto the
plains north of the pass, where, in
their disorganized state, they would
be easy prey for the victory-flushed
soldiers Of the Mikado. The men who
escaped are strengthening the fortifi-
cations in Tie pass, but it is hardly
possible that the pass can be held in
the face of the overwhelming forces
opposed to the Russians, and it is not
likely that Oyama will rest satisfied
with his victory at Mukden as he did
after Liao-yang. There will be no
uneasiness as to the food supply as
long as COMMUNICATIONS are main
tanned to the northward, as large
bands of cattle roam the plains under
Cossack herders, and at every station
on the railway is huge commissariat
department. The Russian soldier is
always we'll fed, the soup kitchens on
wheels always keeping in touch with
the men.
sympathy for kuropats<in.
London, March 19.-No further news
regarding the situation in Manchuria
or of the whereabouts of Vice Admiral
Rojestvensky's squadron has reached
London.
The greatest sympathy is expressed
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