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able in their efforts to have everything
conform to the prescribed military
standard. The first stage of the retreat
was to Telling, forty-two miles north
east of Mukden. This was accomplish
ed in four days with only one serious
rear guard fight, the disastrous strug-
gle at Fan river. After the main army
was dislodged from Telling it retreated
twenty miles north to Kainan. Here
the rear guard remained until the ad-
vance had reached a point fifty miles
farther Harbinward.
1t is no doubt the popular impression
that a retreating army of, say, 200, 900
men moves in procession along a single
road and that an army in pursuit
moves along parallel road or perhaps
the same road, thus engaging in a foot
race with the retreating force. This
view is exceedingly wide of the mark.
When the Russian army left Mukden it
marched with a front of from forty to
sixty miles, covering all of the roads
leading to Telling, its objective point.
The strongest force naturally moved
close to the railroad.
Oyama in his pursuit covered the
same roads and another twenty miles
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of which fell into the hands of their
pursuers. During all the time the
Russians made stand only when it
was necessary to clear the railroad in
front or to save the wagon trains.
That Kuropatkin should have been
able to offer the resistance which had
to be overcome by the Japanese on
this retreat is most wonderful and
that the Russian generals should have
compelled Oyama to purchase his tri-
umpn at such a fearful cost shows that
good generalship was not entirely
wanting. To put too small an estimate
on the military qualifications of the
Russian commanders and the efficiency
of their troops would serve to minimize
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west of the railroad, advancing with a
front of from sixty to eighty miles.
The Russian commander used his cav
airy and fresher troops to guard his
TANKS and to check an expected Japa-
nese advance from the east. Both re-
treat and pursuit were necessarily
slow. The Japanese commander ad-
vanced only as rapidly as he could clear
the country of the enemy. Both ar
mics were obliged to move with trans
port, and both were also obliged to de-
pend somewhat on the country for sup
plies. Having the railroad in their pos
session, the Russians retired with
heavy laden trains and artillery, much
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-26

the glory of Japanese achievement
Military professionals have been anus
ing themselves during the retreat by
trying to figure out what would have
happened if the army of any other ma
ton had been substituted for that of
Russia. Although such speculation is
empirical to the verge of absurdity, it
is curious fact, and it makes the
Russians plight a trifie less despicable
to learn that these dabblers in hy-
potheses declare that the ultimate re-
suit would have been the same-the
Japanese would have been victors still.
If there be any truth in this, Kuropat-
kin's retreat, especially that portion of
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Even at Hardin, with the enemy's
greatest available force in opposition,
Oyama's situation would have been not
far different from what he might have
chosen.
After it became impossible to hold
Mukden-it is most unlikely that so
shrewd a military man as Kuropatkin
ever expected to hold it against any
considerable force-the> retreat was re-
sumed. precipitately, indeed, but with
due attention to military conformation.
The war correspondents with the Rus
sian army on it's retreat are unanimous
in asserting that the commanding gen
eral and his assistants were indefatig-
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to get their troops away from the enc
my, but also to save their stores and
equipment. The supplies for the army
had to be sent where they could be
made available, and the guns and army
followed. During the earlier days of the
war, when the Japanese landed on the
Liautong peninsula in such overwhelm-
ing force and fell upon the astonished
Muscoyites with such unexpected fe-
rocity that everything was forgotten in
the mad scramble for personal safety,
every man for himself, all recognized
methods of retreat were abandoned.
On Kuropatkins arrival conditions
grew less desperate, and military prac-
tees were resumed. Rout was trans
formed into more or less orderly re-
treat. 1t is conceded by military STRAIT
egists that Kuropatkin conducted a
mastery retreat from Liaoyang to
Mukden. At Liaoyang the Japanese
did not capture many valuable stores;
everything that could not be removed
had been destroyed. OF course this
would have been impossible had it not
been for the railroad. The Russian
general was SO methodical in his re-
treat, precipitate as it necessarily was,
that many military experts were willing
to believe that he was but following
previous Muscovite strategy and Turing
the Japanese far into Manchuria, away
from their sea base, where he could
gather re-enforcements and fall upon
them with a fresh and outnumbering
army and make Of Hardin a second
Moscow.
It did not require much time to show
the absurdity of that representation.
There was actually little similarity be-
tween Oyama's situation and that of
the man who was lured to Moscow.
Napoleon was 1000 miles from his sea
base, shut off from communication and
in the very heart of a hostile country.
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vic tory W as
within his grasp
A little later
Soult was driv-
en- to exercise
all his ingenui-
ty in a retreat
from Oporto
with Beresford
in close pursuit.
In the same war
W ellington drove
the French ar
my into retreat
at Talavera, but
the affair was
con Quoted in
Such a. SkiUfuI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-26

.'.'se'' '..'H44'.t9sA HERE was a time in
:-Is1l!=l1 the history of nations
Ks when the mere proba-
-: bility of a Spanish
royal wedding would
Is have stirred the diplo-
Iasss matte world into fe-
verish interest. In
those days an unmarried and mar
riageble king of Spain was easily the
most conspicuous figure in Europe. He
might select from among all the eligi-
BILE royal maidens on earth the one who
was to share with him the rather de-
pressing grandeur of the Escurial.
There is nothing so illustrative of the
fact that Spain is no longer to be reck-
oned a world power as the spectacle of
its youthful monarchs recent search
for a bride and his reported choice of
the daughter of the Duke of Connaught
Not that the Princess Victoria Patri-
cha Helena Elizabeth of Connaught is
unworthy of the king of Spain or of
any other monarch. If report be true
she is an especially fine young woman
Although she was born at Buckingham
palace, she is actually more German
Queen Victoria's third son and her
mother the Princess Louise of Prus-
STA. Alfonso has always expressed a
preference for Teutonic femininity, and
it has been the belief in court circles
that he would eventually marry one of
the numerous estimabIe princesses who
are so plentiful in the German princi-
palities and who seem to be endowed
with the special mission of becoming
amiable royal house mothers.
Prince Arthur William Patrick Al
bert, duke of Connaught, and his Ger
man bride went to housekeeping in a
beautiful suburban home in Surrey
called Bagshot Park. It is by no means
as pretentious as is Sandringham, the
former home of the present sovereign
and his family, but it is very complete
and charming in its way The late
queen looked after it's preparation as a
home for the young couple, and parlia-
ment made a liberal allowance. In this
agreeable semiseclusion the Con-
naughts have passed their entire mar
rted life. An occasional sojourn in Ire
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-26
SMALL HORSES.

Three pygmy horses are now on view
at the Jardin d'AccIimation, Paris. The
smallest, Idea1 stands about two feet
high (seventy-five centimeters) and
weighs twenty-four Kilograms. A good
st. Bernard dog is about eighty-two
centimeters high and weighs 100 kilo-
grams. Prince is eighty three cent?
meters and Bijou eighty-sfx centime-
tiers high. The shoe of one is about one
and one-quarter inches across, not
much bigger than some scarfpins of
''horsy gents"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-26

manner by Napoleon's marshals that
the Iron Duke lost his advantage and
was himself obliged to turn before
the advancing French. At Metz, Mar
shall Bazaine faced much the same con-
ditions as Kuropatkin found at Lao
yang, but he failed to retreat beyond
the city, and the Prussians did what
the Japanese hoped to do at Liaoyang.
In point of troops engaged and losses
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-26

Dy HiIHLdTy Ihe- General RoDeft T. Lee
OristS that the
day of great land campaigns had pass
ed; that modern scientific attainment
had made a repetition of the ancient
horrors impossible; that the long drawn
out responsiveness of warfare could not
obtain under the improved conditions.
The Russian retreat-for it has never
deserved a more dignified name-has
proved the fallacy of that proposition.
GEORGE H. PICARD.
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under Lord Eli
phinstone from
Kabul, in AZ
ghanistan. The
En- glish ha d
b e en- maxim g
themselves OBJ
noxious to the
natives in vari-
Gus ways, and
in 1S41 a high
English official
was murd ere d
in his home at
Kabul. TIL ere
w e T e 16, o 0 0
troops in the
country, but
they were scat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-26
SToEssEL A JEW.

According to newspapers published
in the far east, General Stoessel, de-
fender of Port Arthur, is of Jewish
origin. His father, Abraham Stoessel,
a goldsmith by trade, went to st. Pc
tersburg from Monrovia about 1885.
His son on reaching manhood embraced
the Russian Orthodox faith, and he
whose name is now famous the world
over was brought up in the same belief.
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ahonniny and the
later surrender
b efore Rich
mond.
1t is not safe
to proph e S y
that the retreat
from Liaoyang
to Mukden and
on toward Har-
bin will be the
most notable
military move
ment of the age.
For some time
before the be-
ginning of the
present war it
was maintained
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men suffered untold hardship all along
the course, but finally arrived at Co
runa in a most wretched state. 1t was
impossible to embark without fighting.
The French had gathered in force to
oppose him, and Sir John was driven
to battle On Jan. 16 the French be-
gan the fight, and the gallant English
commander fell at the moment when
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-26
Young Ruler Of Spain and the Princess Patricis

riage was a devout Lutheran and be-
came afterward an equally devout
member of the Orthodox church. Hele-
ma of Italy, a Montenegrin princess
and a Greek Catholic. professed the
Roman faith in order to become queen.
A rather more serious bugbear to be
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-26

marriage to Philip of Spain. Although
it was long time ago, both nations
shudder at the recollection of those
days.
1t seems that the queen mother and
the kings ministers have been a good
deal more anxious to have him mar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-26

overcome is the superstition which OBJ
tains both in England and Spain
against what are known in the former
country as "unlucky Spanish mar
riages.'' They began with the coming
of Katharine of Aragon, and the trou-
BILE grew after Queen Mary's luckless
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-26

tiers are arranged with great facility in
royal marriages. The queen of Spain
must be a Roman Catholic, but the
Connaughts are Anglican Catholics,
and the difference is not so great as
that overcome in the case of their rela-
tive, the czarina, who before her mar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-26

Manchuria- Instances abound in which
success from the very beginning of
hostilities attended all the movements
of one belligerent and disaster as per-
sistently followed those of the other,
but never before has a campaign of
equal magnitude assumed from the
first the peculiarities which have dis
tinguished the present one. On the
part of Russia it has been a campaign
of retreat. For the more fortunate
japanese it has been a series of victo-
ries, costly, indeed, but uninterrupted.
1t is the universal testimony of mill
tary authorities that the problem of
extricating defeated army from the
dangers which confront it and leading
it into a place of even temporary safety
is the most difficult one that a general
may be called upon to meet. This is
so well understood in military circles
that previous to every great battle such
a contingency is provided for as far as
is possible. When the moment arrives,
however, so many unforeseen things
have interposed that all previous ar
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rapgement must
give way to in
slant decision
on the part of
the commander.
There are many
things to be
considered, and
all of them are
important.
1t has been
the task of the
Russian gener-
ais, who have
now and then
paused in their
flight across the
AIanchurian ia
BILE land to risk
an enga cement
with their pur-
suerS. not only
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-26
Recalled by Russia' r1anchurian
Original Chapter In the Worlds Military Record

that theory he f1anked the Confederate
army and tried to drive 1T into the
southern capital. Both sides MADE re-
heated offensive movements. but little
was accomplished. Finally the retreat
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HERE is nothing in
the worlds record of
military events ex-
actly comparable with
the land campaign
which has been pro-
crossing during the
last twelvemonth in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-26

was a time in
the history of nations
when the mere proba-
bility of a Spanish
royal wedding would
have stirred the diplo-
matte world into fe-
verish interest. In
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-04-21
GLOBE SIGHTS.

From the Atchison Globe.
Some days It is so quiet In Atchison
that you can hear q pin drop.
Ever think how many times during
the day you hear the expression: "too
N. l2"
When q Missourian meets you in the
road. he never speaks to you. lie pas-
Sos the time Of day"
AS proof that he takes care Of the
baby a man viii point to the candy
spots on his clothes.
one farmer says "a separator robs the
milk Of cream so completely that the
skim milk is not ft for hogs
our education was so limited that we
are unable to all tell the difference be-
tween ruffianism and college spirit"
the first day that a woman owns a
horse and busy, she has lied a ribbon
on the whip and spoiled the horse.
1t is not very complimentary to lee
turers but it is 4 fact that people pre-
fer Q good square meal 70 an intellectual
feast.
a boy con learns that his father ex-
Tects him TO be man. and that his
mother is content IL he win always be
her boy
a Kansas city man is unable to get
rid Of certaiG blonde It's pity
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chcleo News.
Vanity and hypocrisy are the parents
oi pru3ery.
And the higher rnan climbs tho
harder VIII be bis fail.
Platonic love is also blunt; # can
never see it's finish.
When hard luck strikes the average
man It doesn't get a cent.
A man isn't so very poor If he can
AFFORD to Keep but one dog.
Some men play for their friends and
Some others prey upon them.
Nevey judge "a mans knowledge Of
human nature by the opinion he has Of
himself
A dog makes almost as much noise
when he barlSs as man does when he
harks his shins
royal nush Cordelia, may be on
the face Of blushing midland then
again It may not.
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QUAKER REFLECTIONS,

From the Philadelphia Record.
Hot air Is not always esteemed
when "a man shoots of his mouth all
"a woman has 20 do Is look daggers
80, Maude, dear; the dealer in glass
eyes is not necessarily AN ideal man.
when fellow bets his last cent ana
loses there is no chance for the better
Isn't % queer that In The rim misty
future We may be looked upon as an
eestcrs2
Some revenge may me sweet but most
90 t ia really "a case OF sour grapes.
It's a good thing 10 make your money
lest as long as q win. but It's better TO
make 81 first
HoaN-''I had hot old time last
mghI7 Joax-"what did you dog'
Hoax-"I burned lot Of last years
calendars"
Wige-"l have uaconsoiously aoquir-
ed the habit of talking TO myself. -
Wasg" why don't you give yourself q
Good talking to2"
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he isn't married to her then he could
set divorce.
a mother is never very grateful for
natural curis in the family when they
are on the boys head and the girls hair
is straight
The conscience like the appendix, Is
superhuous What use has man with
q conscience. when he has ncighbors to
tell him what 10 do?
When good looking man marTies
homely woman there is always more
wonder why than when a pretty woman
rarries AN ugly man.
II man SHOULD advertise medicine
guaranteed to bring the dead to life he
would do big business People will
TRY" anything that doesn't cost more
than a dollar a bottle.
1t is said Of an Alchison young man
who has been devoted 70 a girl for some
time why doesn't he marry her;
hc is in love with here" But marrying
being IA love are two different things.
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last night the little daughter OF hrs
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in her little bed near the window WAS
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but If ! go on the stage IL win rot be In
comic opera. She was chen asked how
long she would remdu IN Muskogee
aud she said. Il intend to be here all
summer So far as / know now
II was seen by several reporters
while away aud I had nothing 10 say
to any of them and the stories that
have been published in tho Ncw York
papers were as amusing as they were
without foundation ia fact or statement
from me-
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MISS PORTER
says n She Goes on the stage i VIII
NOT De Comic opera.

Special to Daily Leader.
Muskoaee, .. T., April 2i.-Aliss
Nayne Porter daughter Of Chief Pleas
not Porter arrived iu the city today on
thr Flyer Miss Porter was accompan-
ieJ boy her ,ather who went TO ST. Louis
a. mett her
Niss Porter has been ir New YORK
for ne past year and has been study
lng music. and before returning TO
iht city she yisitcd several Of the arg-
a. cities n The Eist
Miss Porter WIS seen by "a reporter
for the Tines this afternoon in regard
70 tue teleeram that was received from
I'oston stating that Miss Porter would
make ner arst appearance on the stage
There and would join comedy company
oC 900 people. Miss Porter was asked
o. There was anv foundation 70 the mess-
axe and she made the following reply
-No know nothing OF the message
oi OF Joining a comedy company until
, arrived homo today aud as far as
Know there is nothing TO the message,
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asELeoTloNs OF 4 eAoAsLoa

From the New Yerk Press.s
A girl can be so pretty as TO make
you think she doesn't need any sense.
a man could give his aife lots more
'pcnding money II she didn't SPEND it
al Tor him.
II there weren't any wedding trous-
selux. girls would pretty much all give
ur tIying TO ge' married.
A woman can have an awful good time
rhnrmg q "trip 10 Europe that she knows
sine isn't going To take
The most startling thing that can
happen 60 "a man is 10 get acquainted
with his wifes figure the way it really
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