Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-07-01
WHEN The Retreat
BECAME A R0UTG
At MUK0tN BATTLE
(Coi respondence Of the Associated

Press.)
Newchang, March 25.-(The follow
ing story of the retreat from Mukden
was given to The Associated Press by a
trader.)
81 went with the retreat to Tie pass"
said the trader. II saw 1t all. I don't
want any more. knew that the re-
treat was coming. I've seen 'em be-
fore. saw the Beers clear out Of
Pretoria. know the signs. The Rus
sian officers jeered when suggested
such thing. but knew. They were
packing their stores, getting their
papers together In the various offices.
Trunks, boxes, valises Of all sorts were
ready to be sent of at moments
notice. They tried to keep up their
blur until the very last. Cherchoff,
the head Of the gendarmerie. was bad
one. We had to get our passes from
him. We left our passports In his
office and he gave us a permit to stay
week, ten days, two weeks, as the
case might be until we sold our milk
or brandy, whatever 1t was. Some.
times we had to pay, sometimes not.
II Cherchoff sized us I'M as easy, II
went badly with us. otherwise we got
of with only small squeeze. Just the
day before the evacuation commenced,
Cherchoff charged two Greeks $500
apiece for two weeks permit and then
cleared out at midnight leaving the
men without their masses.
| "Tbere was another fellow in the
commissary office who gave n dinner
one night. we have been successful
he boasted in his after.dinner speech.
1.-THE Japanese are in retreat. Maybe
they will make n stand nj Liaoyang.
maybe not. I do not think they will.
| I saw thew are demora,ized Long live
the Gar. You see Won said we should
retreat. Look at me. I was frightened
too. I sent nv things IN the station.
TODAY I have brought them all back.
see and he pointed 10 his hallway full
of trunks and boxes. He was very
drink but he left that night for the
north |. was for that very nurpose he
had hacked his boxes
"All during the weeks fighting from
the time the Russians first hoard the
Japanese guns IN the west Of Mukden.
their preparations for flight had been
Going nm"
"In Mukden MANY were drunk. OF.
8cers came in from tbe.front went to
the restaurants and drank themselves
stup,d. Chinese servants threw their
masters into their carts like 30 much
wood and started them on their tour.
new north. of,cers and men senseless
with vodka were piled in the waiting
trains when the news came that the
railway had been cut the retreat began
In good earnest The Russian army
was working north in five columns, the
great masses NJ infantry in the centre.
the mon strnpp,ipp along as hest thew
couId.
eve went with them for we still, had
some goods in Tie mass The Russians
went IN the east NJ the railway. through
N bil,y country. On either side of the
center column came the commissary
wapons laden with all sorts Of supplies.
Outside again were the lines Of guns
and ammunition wagons. The hospitai
train was mixed bopelessly with the
hurrying. panic.stricken infantry. On
the hanks souadrons Of cavalry were
securing The country. watching for the
IJapanese.
eve had started in the afternoon
with a cart. All about us were men
iostline. pushing in their hurry,
MANY didn't seem to care at all.
They were quite content 10 be leaving
Mukden TO its fate. Others were stu.
mid. dazed deafened nv the roar of
battle. primy with smoke. yellow with
dust Their ewes were fxed and star.
Ing. Some cursed Kuropatkin.
"The Japanese were way of to the
west and shelled us as we went along.
II they wished TO do 30. they could have
cut of the whole army, II only needed
} n sudden dash IN throw the Russians
into homeless confusion, II was very
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