Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-15

tCopyriEHs- IsE. hT ths AEsooiste1 PresSl
ST PETERSBCRG. Fsh- H-Gsns-al
EOurups1kan's history q the Russo-g8o-
Eoese var. which wzs coahscs1ed bT the
Russ5za Eurs-uneut- has AZ last bscv1as
sccessh5s- d-sY51s the nust extreme PIE
caut5u-s 20 prevent THIS Esllf-g uf8ciAl IL
6lc-ueai frorz reaching the p1t1io- The
EoTk 10 ueU.srkzh1s for ms historic ralue
a. the closazg chapter q ths Val from the
rr- cf IN. coz-.s1dsr-in-chisf and fer the
r7srcnssE cE1uris1 of tie msn and mas
urex -hsch. In kour1pazkfn's estimate
EvsVt R1szsa and itz army to defeat TIE
work CONSISTS q three bzIky vulu7ss. re-
spectively devoted TO the hasfIez 0f Lao
Ta1E SHAKE River AID Nzk5e1- The rol-
uuioous general orders. statistics. reports
AID ether docuDsnts-T nsartsr. vita the
-1cunciuEio1s. conEIitE1e moE1 amazing
rsrel41Ss1s % eisorEzaiEsfson and i2czpsc-
stF and even of dis0bedisDos Of specific
ana urg4u1 orders hy certain general On
GERS ezfrusied With high command IN the
nesd notabay General Ka1Ih2-s- against
whom a furnidzbls indictment Is framed
aa6dnng upon hlzn the entire responsibility
fer the defeat a. Nukdsa-
Rival Armies C0ssrassea-
Kozroparkin's reasons for the failure q
tke Ezr are basee chiefly upon ooupari-
aon q the wariIks Eptr1f Of the Japanese.
the1r prspsredDess ard ralcT. which be
says had never ben sen In any prsTiOUs
var. ard tbsir sttlity 70 maintain the m
rlsr5cal Superiority necssssrF 70 ASSUME
the offensive with the alsaGvAnEzges q
Russia. owing % the inadsQuAcg of the
sazEle-traek railway f-0za E1rope. with
courzzndi1E o18cs-s diEobsydag orders and
IN q bopessss state o. ooafuEian and erass-
yUrposez with 4 low state Of morale and
cozfdsDee Emong the troops ard cOutauz-
onE ne~s fr0u home of internal trozh1es.
and of ins1l1s and rsprOaebes against the
army Tbe general ps-heticaTly conrl0dss
thar RnssA had ben united ana ready
70 make the sacrtaoes necessary 70 safe
guard it's dtgzity and integrity. the val
iRnE Russian army Eousd have Etrsven IA
ths foe Was subdDea--
Kouropnak1nas Advice Dtsregnrded-
The MakdsE rciu1De opens Eith q sketch
of tie early events Of The Ez-. showing
thzz there were 6iv5ded courHeas fr0n the
outset ever the 6sfezses of Po11 Ar1hur-
-Dzrs1E the earlier period 0f the cam
pssrn- TIE general wrote the enpsrR.
~cuF ehasf task rsnst BE nof 70 permit our
froous 70 be beaten IN 6stAzl- but g-adu-
.aTly 70 streng1hen then aod t0 prepare
ourselves for an adr1noe- We muE1 bsg1n
Il wtah sufseisnt forces and not unrn ws
have an the nsoeEszrses for an untnier-
rupsso advance during a eonpsrHtfTsly
long rmA
Kourapa1ksn SHOWS hoE his eforts 70 re-
alive this we're ebecknRfed ny the de-
fcisncses q the ATTY Ant tbs lack q
rrznsE.or4 znd artillery horses. dwelling On
TIRE 6etzns given n order 70 show the
uttsr lnzd~quAry of the Nanohur1An army
u oops With the Eituarsoa- K0urupEtkfn
stuaiis that had General KUruAu grGsped
a critical situation On The RzssEaa east
frunt Which fog1znassay for rs ne did not
As eCul1 have ssased Lao Yang a. early
the beginning of JunA--
Rassaaa o@eers IneSaRete@t
K0uroparkin says thai In rsFssEtng the
ReassEa Ir0ops he noticed ne significant
lAck of Etrszg1h especially IN o1csrs
1rno1E ths reserTistE. many % whon were
cd and the lA5or1y heavy. clumsy or
uncsrsiUs6"
thsir nen aad Anozg then we're many
who had sUss been sppoln1e6 70 Command
azd were quite Unhf for their posus 50
eonsratutsd tbe 1snih esrrS from which 90
much vas expected met successive de-
fezts and -feu Tar Ehor1 of sasrfy5ng the
exE.ectAtsols Ea3cA ne Sa1 ths rlgA1 %
snts-1Ain 81 famous Cd reED1ts q TIE
RuzzaAz sr1J-
M narrative b a 6is-nai rstrospscf q
unprsp4rsonesz. easo-EAz1zAro= and cross
pgrposeA
ReE1relag The Ee1srzl oNaseE q tbs ~
treat g ths NEnchar5En srEy. K0Gropa1ktn
IN reporrinE - ths ezDsr0r summed tbR
- a. fellows.
ne E-sp,oneerznce of TIE Jsp41ess forcas
sc-ior h 4 i1ountSasons oourfTy sad n bot
E.-afh@r greater youth. 1gh1sr el11pms1t
Ga3 E1zEtifnl n01ntAln HruIis-y and paek
- - sutlSls osIrrs 80 ssa sS.hy 5ss Is- n
kuEc5el1 N1xzzks EFirlr- q o1r uEl rrooQs
isE ne o65ects sss ozusss q TIE z1r. :
GsaeEz2 Ellas-3inEE tAr1t1s Al Lac EAaE
are severely ef1rt1lsed HIS rroops are ds-
scr1hs4 a. raW. tDeKper5e1ced Ane urtrust-
Eerthy ana hey net Win eo1staEt fEflEre-
Gsnerzl ori01rs fuuos % Il0es msl EfzplT
bsltsd ths sssd IN Ells eisordsr End a
sE1ssdie po~iusn EsE lost What vas
lacking fhr0uEhout the hghunE az L4ao
Eank. EourppatEin Eays- Vas greater ef-
fsrt uz ths pzrz q ths troops Aad Eaors
eaEatas handlizE ny thsir iszasrz"
MA.y Reasons fer Defeat
he dA1gsu A1s 6lsaaEAuEzEes q the
rrrreat trun Lao Yang 70 Mzk5ea are
Eolrtee out Nhsn ths uroops E1i AmOlg
the high hi1E thsy ioEt Lhstr heads ana
save WRy % pGnic he R1zElAn r.oszrsozs
- Nuktel- ke sAyA Onerd eErrsnely
ssE1o1s eefertk- rhe l1declzaEs resulr q
- 1A<g1s q rhs EhEks rirsr = asooau.ea
fer thzsi
Fsrss l-ack q slnH eispasyed By NJ
eEstfrn army chitf a. Aa1d4zg TIE large
f--v1 Iertrzsiea - kin-
e-cc1lf Aflsencz e Arm hEndlinE q
az rFaors ~ ne les1srs q ths EeItsrn
ssfecku1sula
7-Sl-d Trs1sos ~ tArrs1s and IA q
en~rET q ~ ls9tk Ermg aGprs can-
rrlEn1er. w1lo rer-rec l1DeeesA-r-ig trul1 ne
Uarnirr hta ns.erfbcr. rne c1UuAn3er q
the F1rs1 krEUT cl1IA
Pgurrh rnnecsEsarl rlGrar111s % IN
c-wuanAsr uf N IElrty-cTHr l1fErrrT a.
wlEiur uh1. sfEer1l u11eA l11ec-zEaE--y ~
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