The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-03-03
SECURE VICTORY =.
At FEARFUL COST
JAPANESE CHARGE OVER HEAPS
OF THEIR DEAD AND CAP
TURE BERESNEFF HILL.
Slaughter Is Said to Have Been Enor-
mous-Believing Ultimate Victory
for His Forces Certain, the Cars
Voice Is Still for War.


ports from the front show that the
Japanese capture of Tsinkhetchen and
Beresneff hill was effected by two
bloody engagements. Gen. Kuroki's
men, said to have been 10000 strong,
advanced from Saimatze, against the
Russian left flank at Tsinghetchen,
which is IS miles southeast OF Mukden,
and after hard struggle drove the Rus
SLAMS back on their base at Beres-
neff hill. They followed up the vic
tory with rush, but the Russians put
up a strong resistance with their 49,
600 men. The Japanese repeatedly
charged the Russian trenches and in
the final attacks advanced over heaps
of their own dead to reach the Rus
sian lines. They captured Beresneff
hill February "a. Although the Rus
sian losses in the Beresneff engagement
are not obtainable, yet, it is feared, they
were immense, In view of the fact that
the Japanese overwhelmed Gen. Kuro-
patkin's flank and forced it to abandon
its base.
The sceene of the operations is so
miles southeast of Mukden. beyond Da
pass, an important defile commanding
the road to Fushan. Both armies occu-
plying apparently impregnable positions
on the centers, Gen. Kuropatkin evil
IDENTIFY planned to inaugurate widely
sweeping operations on both TANKS, but
the Japanese countered hard.
Russia's Final Word.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 27.-"Peace can
not be considered until Russia has
achieved a signal success with honor"
Such is the fiat from the highest quar-
tiers. Gen. Kuropatkin assures the gov
eminent that victory is imminent.
This must be taken as the final word of
Russia in the peace controversy.
Cars Voice Still for War.
Berlin, Feb. 24.-The emperor of Rus
STA has elected to continue the war. His
position is absolutely firm. and the Ger
man court has been advised in that
sense The war will be pressed with the
utmost energy, the domestic situation
being now within the control of the au-
thorities. Those who have advised
peace and suggested inquiries for jap
ans terms, the French and British gov
ernments, are for the present silent and
are likely to remain SO unless events of
an extraordinary character shake the
Russian emperor's resolution.
Can't Defeat Kuropatkin.
The considerations that led to the en-
perors decision as understood here are:
First-The judgment of the chiefs of
the army that Field Marshal Oyama not
only cannot defeat Gen. Kuropatkin but
stands in danger of defeat himself. How
cowardly, therefore. for Russia to ask
for mercy with all the men and money
essential to successful war.
Second-All the forces of criticism
now directed against the government for
having fought rather than yield to legit-
innate interests and for having failed to
win victories would be continued with
added fury against the government that
accepted war and then betrayed the coun-
try. A government that would crave
peace of Russia's enemy while still ca
pable of winning victory would be CIV
ing the party of change genuine grounds
for revolution.
The facts of the military situation,
love of country and arguments of ex-
pediency were all against peace and for
pressing the war hopefully.