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The Herald, 1904-08-12, Page 6IAS BY I� 6ENPS. tea MATED MOM'S T'^ 4i i t 1 while marching under the blazing sun and weighed down by accoutrements and Three Japanese Armies Attack Kouropatkin's Forces and food or drink all day, the�oftenmen trycthout to be cheerful, and Meet With Dogged Opposition. gress. sing songs, while grim work is in pro- -Another Report. St. Petersburg cable: A further des - Japanese Guns Silenced and Jas Driven Back in Con- paten from Gen. y, say Kouropatkin to the Em - fusion, peror, dated to -day, says: "All our positions were retained at fusion, but Russians Gradually Yield. a positions g b Mukden cable: It is reported htat Lieut. -Gen. Count Keller has been kill- ed east of Liao Yang. A despatch to a news agency from St. Petersburg con - firm's the report of the death of Gen. Keller, saying he was killed by a frag- ment of a Japanese shell at the time he was opposing the Japanese advance along the railway near Hai Cheng. Lieut. -Gen. Count Kellar at the open- ing of the war was in command of the second Siberian army division. He Was 54 years old and resigned the Governor- ship of Ekaterinoslaff in order to go to the front. Gen. Keller took part in the three campaigns of the Russo-Turkish war. In 1887 he commanded. the Imperial Rifle Regiment and later was director of the corps of Imperial Pages, by which Kel- ler came in contact with the members of the Imperial family, with whom he was in great favor. Gen. Keller was considered to be the possessor of cool Simoucheng, when the fighting ceased at 6.40 p. m.; July 31, but I have not yet man in a boat is untrue. It is oil a received reports of the fighting on our distorted version of the capture ofyM. extreme right flank." von ,Plehve's assassin's accomplice, of "We retained all our positions held by ,which the true account was cabled from our eastern force at Yangtse pass. Gen - here July 29. eral Keller, commanding, had chosen this as the point from which to watch the A Ministry Needed. fighting. A battery near him was expos - The suggestion of M. Souverin editor ed to heavier fire than any other, and he of the Novoe Vremya, regarding the es— tablishment of a responsible Cabinet ,is afternoon. He died twenty minutes creating much popular comment. Great la Tlvo separate armies were launched significance attaches to the freedom frTwo eparat aboveri there roads, with ,which the newspapers are discuss -while a third ender General Oku,moved ing the natter. The cry has been taken , up by the reactionary Prince 'tsteher• up east of the railroad from Tatchekiao sky, editor of the Grazh Danin, who ar- to try to cut off the Ruaelan forte+ s ues that a Cabinet hes become neces- there from Hai Cheng. If the latter sary move is successful this force will be M. Souverin this morning returns to crushed. A portion of General Kuroki's the charge, in a signed article, pointing ariny is at the same time advancing out the evils of the present system and against General Kellee's positions. at saying that the rivalry between the Min- Ikhavuen, east of Liao Yang, trying the istry is causing chaos in the public ser- favorite Japanese plan of outflanking vice, each pulling his own way, secure him on the right. Still further north from criticism ander the cloak of per- on the Saimatsza-Liao Yang road, the sone]. irresponsibility. Jape,nese moved forward against Hout- Continuing, M. Souverin says: siatze (25 miles from Liao Yang). At "Peter the Great opened the window all points the Japanese employed artil- toward Europe, now we need to open the lery to the best advantage General judgment and to be a fine strategist. door sand let what is best of western Though a strict disciplinarian Keller progress enter. M. Souverin also recalls was a kind and eareful officer and pope- the words of Alexander III.: "Reforms lar with his men. Ile wore a short must come from above." gray beard, had keen, blue eyes, and "The introduction of Ministerial re- dressed in khaki. His only decoration sponsibility necosearily will involve the was the cross of the Military Order of vesting of the greats t importance on St. George. He sustained two reverse= the office of President o fthe Imperial at the hands of the Japanese recently, Council, now an empty honor to which July 4 and July 17, being repulsed in M. Witte was relegated. He would then attacks on the Motien pass. become the most influential man under Few Prisoners Taken, the Emperor. The creation of a respon- Liao Yang cable,— Delayed. in Bible Ministry would also necessarily in- transmission)—The Japanese officer who volwe more fieedoin of the press and had been taken prisoner, and a hundred more criticism. . wounded and disabled Russians have ar- Russian Newspaper Snarls. rived here from the east, where it is reported the Russians attempted to cut St. Petersburg cable, 12.35 p. m.— the Japanese column marching toward i 1 Menshikoff, the well-known writer Mukderi. vv ro t etre The Russians havetaken very few pri- soners so far, probably because of their having fallen back from the battlefield in each engagement, leaving the Japan- ese in pos'sssion of the spoils. A train bearing wounded. Russians has arrived from the south, where it is re- ported there is continuous skirmish fight- ing east and south of the Hai Cheng. Events of most immmediate and import- ant consequent are now expected to occur east of the Liao Yang. •1 formerly accused Jews in America of being responsible for the promoting south front a • short distance in the of the present war, now charges `the gi- rection of Hai Cheng. gantic American trusts, anxious to find ,After determined fighting near the vil- new fields for exploitation in Asia,"with lase of Sanehengtse, the Japanese appar- the main responsibility. ,ently aonceiitrated considerable f Discussing the case of the British sten- - mer Knight Commander, sank by the Vladivostock squadron off Izu, the No- voe Vrey�ma points to the action of the Americans in the war of 1812 in sinking English ships, and also to some recent history of the Civil War, when the eieper' says over 100 blockade runners were sunk. The Novoe Vreyina concludes: "Before lodging the complaints, our well-wishers are preparing, it would be well for them to look •up what they did themselves." On the other hand most of the other papers seem to have no desire to arouse an acrimonous discussion and are ab. - staining from criminations. STILL RETREATING. '" Kcuropatkin Reports That Three Jap Armies Are After Him. St. Petersburg cable: The Emperor to -day received the following despatch, . dated July 31, from Gen. Kouropatkin: "Three Japanese armies have renewed offensive operations on our southern front. Our rear guard made an obstinate defence, until the appearance of con- siderably superior forces of the enemy, and then gradually retired in the direc- tion of Hai Cheng. A detachment near Simoucheng (15 miles southeast of Hai Cheng)' successfully withstood the enemy until 3 in the afternoon. "The attack was directed against our right flank, which, from its position at Kenhua Pass inflicted great losses upon the Japanese. "The Fort Takushan army and Gen. Oku's army to -day are being mainly di- rected to cutting our communications be- tween Simoucheng and Haicheng, their operations starting from a line travers- ing �'angshukain, Tapuntse and Liao Hantze. • On our eastern front, the Japanese be- gan the offensive against our Ikhavuen position this morning, the enemy's main concentration being against its right flank, wbich wavered. "The enemy is also acting on the of fensive between Liao Yang and Saimats- za (almost due north of Feng Wang Chem:), against our troops posted at Simoucheng. to the front ride round the south end Houtsiatze, (25 miles from Liao Yang). Under ever of the artillery, the Jap -of the lake. "Intelligence has been received of a arse infantry charged, but the Russian Since the beginning of hostilities it is considerable number of Japanese landing ; stria drove then back in confusion, and .estimated that 310,000 men have crossed off Yinkow, under the cover of several silenced two of their batteries, the lake. Probably' of them have warships:" Been detained to guard the lines of come BRITAIN ON WATCH. Cruiser Guarding the Entrance to the Dardanelles. St. Petersburg cable: A despatch to the Russoke Slovo from Odessa, says that the steamer Rossiya, belonging to the Russian Steamship and trading Co., arrived there on Friday evening. It is of- ficially reported that wren she was ap- proaching the Dardanelles she saw a large British cruiser, which steamed round her and examined her very cane fully, after which the Rossiya was al- lowed. to pass, and salutes were exchang- ed. The cruiser followed the steamer for some distance. The Rossiya learned that the cruiser had, been guarding the en- trance to the strait for -five days. It is also reported that the British Mediterranean fleet is about to perform grand manoeuvres. Fifty large warships will arrive shortly at Smyrna. GEN. SAKHAROFF'S REPORT. Obstinate Defence at Tashichao Never Intended. St. Petersburg cable: Gen. Sak- haroff contradicts the Japanese ac- count of the engagement at 'Tashichao. He says there was no -change in the front of the Manchurian army until midday Saturday. The Russian forces were less numerous than stated in Gen. Ok-u`s account of the battle. The Russians only occupied their position in order to keep the enemy in check, and had no idea of obstinately defend- ing it. They had not erected any spec- ial defences. The position was aban- doned because the commanding offi- cer deemed it impossible to accept battle with the alternative of the next morning having to defend a position with a front ten miles in length. The evacuation was a complete surprise to the Japanese. MUST MAKE A STAND. have removed ten electric mines from the Liao River, and others have been located. A strong Japanese guard has been placed at the Yinleow railroad station. A recent arrival from Port Arthur says the Japanese are five miles dis- tant from the Russian strongholds, the, approaches to winch aro heavily mined. The Chinese remaining at Port, Arthur are being well treated. Rice is. scarce, but bread is .said to be plen- tiful. 'TROOPS DEPRESSED. Jap Shells Cause Daily Losses at Port Arthur. London cable: The correspondent of the Express at Chefoo says he has seen a letter from a Russian officerthatwas smuggled out of Port Arthur, stating' that there is the greatest depressien among the troops. Their courage, how- ever; is maintained by the efforts of Gen. Stoessel, their commander. The Ja- panese shells cause daily losses. The wri- ter makes an urgent appeal for efforts, to be made to get tobacco into Port Ar- thur, the lack of which chiefly contrib- utes to the depression of the troops. r THN SEIZED ARABIA. Captain Admits He Knew He ffad Con- traband Goods. St. Petersburg cable: A despatch to the Novoe Vremya from Vladivistoek says that the captain of the seized steamer Arabia states that the cargo on the vessel was shipped by an Amer- ican company at Portland, (ire. The cap- tain protested before sailing agaisnt car- rying contraband, but was assured there were no Russian cruisers east of Japan. The captain communicated with the Hamburg -American Company, the own- ers of the steamer, which thereupon strongly protested to the American firm • Kouropatkin Cannot Avert a General against using its ships to carry contra - Engagement. band. St. Petersburg cable, 2.36 a. m.—The RiiS�iA ANXIOUS, Kouropaticin's situation veil be desper- greatest anxiety prevails here for news ate in the event of his defeat. The keen- of the general advance against the Kouropatkin's Position Desperate in est anxiety is felt at the War Office 1 southern and eastern positions of Gen. ff for news of the progress of the battle. Iiouropatkin's army. The public be- i Event of Defeat. The generalstaff seems utterly dumb- I lieves that the decisive battle of the l St. Petersburg cable: At last the founded at the number of men the Jap- campaigns is being fought. However St. battle of the canrpaligin seems anese possess, and consequently Ironic- , keen military observers declare that for . to be in progress. Having completed patkin's statement that they are land- several clays the main nod • of the 12us ing another heavy- force at the Port ' 3 his enveloping movement of the Russian. of New Chowan; adds to the solicitude. ' scan army has been moving north to- position, Gen. Kuroki has ordered simul- wards Mukden, and that when the pres- taneously an advance from all points Repulsed the Japs. eat line to the southeast is forced the against Hai -Cheng and Liao -Yang. I�ight- St. Petersburg cable 4.12 m.— The ; Japanese will find that they have crush- . ing is raging on both fronts, and still latest reports rom cable, scene of the be sod. , Gen. Koy the uropatkin atkindwillsdoubtl ss nothing yet confirmatory rove to coatinues. The latest reports rumors sianseu are to lastnight had suet ssfull t the Res. be obliged to destroy the immense yuan- that GO. leenropatkin has been de - repulsed y , tityof stones accumulated at Liao- feated. According to Gen. Kouropatkin's repulsed the Japans official despatch p Sunoucheng se attacks against - to the Pent carr, the ang. Gen. Kouropatkin also ',reported the Shrewd military critics, however, do battle began for the possession of the retreat of the Russian vanguard on the . not believe that Gen. Kourof,atkin can is porrta d position t Simoucheng, he Fenchg- formsescape a general engagement. His army ; juncture forms a wedge, with Gen. Oku hammer- Wang -Cheng and Siuyen roads. ing away at the point, and Gen. Nodzu and Gen. Kuroki operating with driv- HOLY WAR AGAINST BRITAIN. ing movements of great force against ' on the Seematsza side .of Liaoaean ores b e- the sides. If one of the latter should Thousands of Thibetans Concentrating The Russian losses in the fighting on break through, the southern force would at Urge to Preach It. July 31 have not yet been reported, but be doomed. St. Petersburg, Aug: 8.—Two British the Russians held their positions. The general staff seems amazed at the correspondents who were refused per - Count Keller's Death. immense strength of these co-operating mission to accompany the Japanese to St. Petersburg cable: The report of armies. The Japanese evidently, have the front, and who surreptitiously went succeeded in concealing the real number to Corea and thence to Manchuria, Decisive Battle in Progress. St. Petersburg cable, 3.05 p. last the decisive battle of the campaign seems to be in progress. Having com- pleted his enveloping movemene of the Russian position, General Kuroli has ordered simultaneously an advance from all points ageinst Hai Cheng and Liao Yang. Fighting is raging on both fronts and still continues.. The latest reports contain nothing confirmatory of the rumors that Gen. Kouropa.tkin has been defeated. According to Kouropatkin's of- ficial despatch to the Emperor, th'e'bat- tle began for the possession of the im- portant position at Simoucheng, which is located at the juncture of the Feng Wang Chang and Sivan. Lieut. -Gen. Count Keller's death is con- firmed. He was killed July 20 while re- pelling the preliminary attack of Gen. Isuroki s army on the Yanze pass, thirty nines east of Liao -Yang. The General was standing near a battery which was subjected to a terrific fire, when ashell burst close to' him and he fele-mortally wounded, dying twenty minutes later. Before he expired General Keller bad the satisfaction of knowing that the Japan- ese attack had been repelled. Gen. Keller was the first high Russian commander to lose his life in this war. Gen. Zassalitohmay now command the first Siberian army corps. The loss of Gen. Keller is . deeply felt in court circles. • He was a. personal fav- orite of the Emperor. His sister Count- ess Kleimichel, is one of the leaders 6f St. Petersburg society. • CROSSING LAKE BAIKAL. Ferry, Carries 3,36o Mea in 24 Hours- exteceo Have Crossed. St. Petersburg "cable: Two British correspondents who have just passed over the Siberian railway and visited Lake Baikal, state that the deviation of the railway from the township of Bai- kal on the western and, eastern side will be completed at the end of September. At present the steamer Baikal snakes four trips every '24• hours across the lake, taking 27 cars and 840 men each trip. Scores of tugs are ceaselessly tow- ing barges. Sonic of the cavalry, going A GREAT BATTLE. The Decisive Fight of the Campaign Now in Progress. Hai Cheng cable: The Japanese on Saturday attacked the heights of Kangwa Pass, the right of the leassian position, at UNDER SEALED ORDERS. Cruiser Division of the Second Russian Pacnic Squadron to Sail. St. Petersburg, cable: Preparations have been completed for the• departure, Il under the command of Roar Admiral En- quist, of the cruiser division of the AK - and Russian Pacific squadron, now lying off Croristadt. The warships will weigh anchor and put to 'sea under scaled. or- ders within three days. It is also be- . lieved that the auxiliary cruisers Don a.nd Ural, which probably are the ships reported •as passing Copenhagen with • item. torpedo 'boats, will be followed at once by other converted inerebantmcn. This time the Admiralty has resolved that there :shall be 'no question ,of ammeter of the warships en aged in stopping contraband. The Don and the Ural will replace the •St. Petersburg and oimoleiusk, which will tonne home and be are -commissioned. • .A. eurrent story of an attempt to blow am a. bnildinn in the navy yards by a • The Russian loss es were slight. Between %Iii Cheng anc acre o, munscatron At every culvert are four the same day, there was a long distance artillery duel, which had little effect. A single shell burst over a Russian gun, killing two and wounding 11 gunners. On Saturday night the Japanese mane a desperate assault on Kangwe heights ,with - the bayonet, and a hand to handl fight ensued, but the Japanese were again repulsed; fleeing: in great confu- sion. said to have empltsy- ed their customartytrick, while achcane- ing, of shouting in Russian; "Don't fire; se are friends." The Japanese reneeved the a.ttack4at daylight yesterday, trai't:lag, all their guns on Kangwa heights:- By 6 o'clock the fight hacl developed along the whole front of 14 miles, and was especially bot against Gen. illistchcnko. The Mis- sion artillery diel magnificently, small times forcing the Japanese batteries to Shift their positiense The Russians are holding riatheir ,positions at the hour when Tthis desptth is sent from HaiCheng. The heat is almostginbearable, and is trying to the flatting men, but even of their men and guns, which, the gen- where they obtained Gen. Kouropatkrn's eral staff now believes, must be over • permission to go to St. Petersburg, over 300,000 men, with between 300 and 400 the Gobi desert, by way of Kalgan, guns. ` Kiakhta, and through Siberia, have ar- While Gen. Oku is holding the Rus- rived here. They teal an interesting story sian army at Naicheng in check, Gen. in connection with the British Thibetan 1'toduz is evidently trying to work expedition. They chose the Gobi route around the vital position at Sixnou- eheng. At the same time Gen. Kuroki is trying to flank the first Siberian army, which was commanded by the late Lieut. -Gen. Count Keller at Yan- sealin, on the main Feng-SVanb Cheng road, wbich is also pushing a strong column through direct toward Liao - Yang, on the Saimatsze road. There is a road leading .north from Simou- cheng which strikes the Feng -Wang - Cheng -Liao -Yang road west of Yansea- lin. If Simoucheng should be forced, a rapid. advance along this road would permeate the first Siberian army corps. If the report from Tokio that Simou- cheng had actually been forced is true, it leaves the Russian forces in an ex- ceedingly xceedingly serious position. soldiers, while at every bridge a detach- ment of troops is stationed. The line is • guarded to Irkutsk, indeed to Moscow. The correspondents think that Gen. Kouropatkin has a fighting force of 150,- 000. Troops were.flocking to join the pol- ors at Irkutsk. They looked, to be splen- did material. So far there have been,few troops at the front, except Siberian. OTHER SHIPS READY. et Russia Expects to Pass Them Through Dardanellea London oablee A despatch to the Times from Seeestopol says that Russia is fitting eat other vessels of the volun- teer fleet similar `to'the .Smolensk,y St. Petersburg. The Tamboff, Kieff,'Via- `dimie anti Veropef are all awaiting or- ders,from St, Petersburg; evbi.le:thefas t two-funneled.'Saratoff, id many. respects ..the sister vessel of the St. Petersburg, is remaking a,lt4tations-with the yiew't0 being sent rout of the' Black "Sea. Internal ammunition hoists and trol- leys ,axe tieing mated in her. SAVED GUNBOAT. Jap Commander Goes to Rescue of Dis- abled Craft. because they heard that a movement was on foot in Mongolia to raise an army to Help the Thibetans against the British. At Urge, which is the second stronghold of Buddhism in the world, a great meeting was being prepared for Aug. 2. Tens of thousands of lamas and disciples were already arriving. Almost every third man in that country is a lama. Priests and apostles are now be- ing sent to India and China, and even to Japan, to preach a holy war against Great Britain. The Lamas, who ire nominally vowed to celibacy, are mag- nificent men physically, and :are gor- geeusly dressed. The correspondents called on the Liv- ing Buddha, a • young man of 30 years, who is second only to the Grand Lama of Lhassa. He refused to see any Eng- lishmen, declaring that the English hall no right in his dominions. The corre- spondents sent presents, but the servit- ors threw thein over the wall, and loos- ened all the dogs, including a wolf hound which was a present from the Czar. While travelling the 220 miles from Urger tee Kiakhta,•the correspondents passed thousands of Lamas Band grinns going ego Urge, many of whom prostrated themselves at every second step. Their foreheads were covered. With soles. Innumerable caravans, some con- sisting of 8,000 camels or 1,500 bullocks. and wagons, with provisions destined for the Russian troops, were met with. Tokio cable: The mine clearing flotilla, under the command of 'Lieut. Hilose, had a narrow escape from dis- aster last Tuesday while manoeuvring in the vicinity of Port Arthur. Admiral Togo reports that in clearing away some mines a cable became entangled in the propeller of the gunboat. The screw became firmly fixed, and the ves- sel was rendered helpless, finally drift- ing to Sliensen Point. Her position was noted from the shore, and the Russian batteries opened fire upon lea. Soine torpedo boats came out of Port Arthur and endeavored to -sink the Ja- panese gunboat. She vas hit by a tor- pedo and badly damaged. - Capt..Hirose, on board are: leer gun - beat, then went to the tie i ti e 7 of a In e vessel. He succeeded in g•et „ to the disabled gunboat, aid started to tow her away, when be was suddenly at- tacked. by a Russian torpa. i,, •bent de-. stroyer. After a fight which lasted one hour, Capt. Hirose succeeded in extra eating both gunboats. Thevessel under the command . of Capt. Hirose was hit twice, and three men on board of her were killed. Captain Hirose, and ten mew ' were wounded. The funnels of the Russian trapedo- boat destroyer which was ' sunk on Sunday, July 24, are visible off Shen - sen Pont. . • Only a ive Il1iles ni.sts nt, Tien-Tsin,' 'Aug. -- The -Jauaatese GARRISONS IN CANADA. Mr. Arnold -roster Tells a Correspondent of Their Cost. London, Aug. 8.—In a written reply to a question by Mr. Iiunciman • as to the number of •British troops stationed at Esquirnalt and Halifax, the annual cost and what contribution is made by the Canadian Government, Mr. Arnold Fors- ter, the Secretary of War, says there are 86e at • Esquimalt, and the annual cost is £44,200, half of which is con- tributed by the Canadian Government. There are 1,785 at Halifax and the an-' nual cost is about £20,500. There is no Canadian. contribution. Hon. Mr. Lyttelton, addressing the niembers of the I3ritish Medical Associa- tion at Leamington, said no men were doing more splendid work on .behalf of the empire •than the medical men of the colonies in attacleing disease fatal to those in the aclnninistration of Britain's tropical possessions. The meeting in 1905 will be held .at, :Leicester, Ari invitation to Toronto was water; ego sideratioin..