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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1905-03-16, Page 7I P :110 •11-. OU OPATKIN ROUTED; ETREAT TO TIE ASS. The Full Extent of the Great Disaster to the Russian Army Not Vet Known. Ninety Thousand Russians Killed and Wounded on the Sha and An Enormous Amount of Supplies, (funs, Ammunition, Etc., Captured—Russians Terribly Punished on the Retreat—Kouropatkin Resigiv, Tired Mentally and Bodily—Russia Will Raise Another Army and Continue the War- 13.11aves That Japan is in Financial Difficulties, Tokio, March 12. --)very official re- - annihilatea. Cons. Tserpitsky's, Bilder- port from the front leads to tlie mag- ling's and Toporin's verve, which Gen. nitude of the Russian disaster, and the Ktoturopatkin himself led in a desperate indieetions aro that the whole truth. tanineettelt.roibicehlovse9e?n. Nog! bask, sus of the crushing blow delivered by Field The correspondent claims to have the Marshal Oyama to the Russian arms best authority for stating that Japan will not be known for some has twice informally approached Rtes. days, owing, sia in regard tb peace negotiations to the fact that the casualties are so The proposal failed each time, because' great and the spoils so large that it; is the Japanese demanded the payment impossible as yet to get accurate fig- of an indemnity and a pledge that Rus- m•es. As•tan indication of the losses in sia would not keep warships in the • Pacific for twenty-five years. The in- flicted one the enemy a despatch—re- sistenee upon an indemnity convinces .at headquarters this afternoon! the Government that Japan's resources st atcs that the Russian losses in front - are exhausted, and that by continuing o the war for a few months Russia will f the armies in the Sha River dieection be able to compel better terms, alone were 40,000 prisoners, including Major -Giese Nakohimoff, and 20,500 left dead on the field. It is estimated that the total killed and wounded muuber Russia's Reply to the Disaster at about 00;000. The spoils taken by the Japanese comprise a number of colors, eMukden. 00 guns, 00,000 rifles, 200,000 shells, 25,- St. Petersburg, March 12.—The im- 000,000 rounds of small arumuntion, 2,000 . mediate answer of the Russian Govern - horses, 23 =fiends of maps, a vast sup. ment to the defeat at 'Mukden is the - ply of provisions, fodder, fuel, and cloth- annouueement that a new army will ing, railway and telegraph materials., ac- he Weed and the forces in the far , • eoutrentents, and supplies of all kinds, east reorganized; that- Vice -Admiral Every despateli'received adds to the num. Rojestvensky will be ordered to sail to ' tier of prisoners taken and guns cap- try conclusions with Admiral Teem timed. and that the war will be prosecutedbto The official despatches state that the the bitter end. This. is the present temper of the Emperor Nicholas and his dominant advisers, yoked in the firm official an- nouneemenmt that the position of Rus- sia is unchanged, and that theinitia- tive for peace can only coine from Ja- pan. Should: the Wand empire choose to tender "moderate terms and re- cognize its adversary as the power in the far east, peaee eould be, easily ar- ranged, .but the voice of her diplomaey in various parts of the world indicates that she is not ready to 'do "this, and the Russian Government, with the full magnitude of the disaster at Mukden still undetermined, but with the 1905 campaign seemingly already hopelessly compromised, retreat to Harbin inevit- able, -stud Vladivostock practically lost, deelares that the•thne has not yet come When Thissia can be forced to humble her- self. It is reported. thee the despatch of two new army corps, including the 14th from Poland, and several smaller units, thas already been determined ulion, and that plans for further mobil- ization are tinder discussion. But while - this is the official attitude nothing but peace talk le heard in St. Petersburg. The difficulties of another mobilization on a large scale will be enormous, in fact, for it is stated in some quarters that it will be impos- sible. Nevertheless, it might be ac- eomplishea. The real hope, however, for anything like e successful terminaS .tion of the, war is admitted to rest upon the prospects of the financial ex- haustion of Japan. Russian resources, it is figured, can stand the drain better than those of Japan, aud a protracted compaign, it is hoped, will bring about Japan's financial ruin. RAISE ANOTHER- ARMY. pursuing detachments which started from the right bank of the Hun River reached a line 13 miles mirth of the river Friday night. On Saturday the pursuit of the retreating Russians was vigor- ously continued. A detachment which t the Pu River,. 13 miles from Mukden, oi, the Tieline road, that forenoon had an engagemenbt with a large column oi the enemy, which was making it way northward as rapidly as possible. The Japanese charged. the Russians, and a hand -t -hand. fight occurred. Ultimately niost of the column was surrounded and captured. Those of the column who suc- ceeded in escaping continued to fight lueselessly for it while, and filially sur- rendered, The whole field was covered with Russian dead. The Japanese are now engaged in burying their own dead' . and those of the enemy. The Japanese casualties reported since Feb. 20 number 41,222. No report has been received from the Japanese operat- ing in the direction of Ming -citing. Reliable unofficial reports state that it detachment of the extreme Japanese /eft has reached Sintun, on the Mukden road, 10 miles south of _Tieling.A de- tachment free.' Fushun has occupied Lan- oiwe, 10 miles north, having repulsed several flank attacks by -Russian forces •from .the mountainous district to the northeast, in the direction of the Kai - yuan and Talin road, • It is reported that only 50,000 of the Russians who were ,lefending Mukden have escaped to Tieling. The Russians had in battle 370 bat- e Aliens of infantry, 178 squadrons of •avalry, and 171 batteries of artillery. In other words, Gen. Kournpatkinei army censiated of 300,800 infantry, 20,700 cav- alry, antl1,3,08 guns. The total number of the Japanese forces is not stated, but it is vagefely estimated at 700,000 men. A of all a.rms. Reports say that southwest of Muk- den two Russian fuenycorps were wiped out completely, all being killedeor cap- tured. The battle which drove the Russians from Mukden has been officially named the Battle of Mukden. Kept in Ignorance. The Russian capital is still in ignor- ance of the nature and extent of the reverse in Manchuria. The only infor- mation of its magnitude is that which has been derived "from the- few Tokio telegrams that have been allowed to be published here. To the censor at Tie Pass the word. 'prisoner" does not exist, and not thr slightest intimation KOUROPATKIN RESIGNS, of what, if any mits and erganiza- . tions have been cut off and captured War Council to Meet and Appoint a has reached this . city either in Geri. Kouropatkin's official despatches or in reports from correspondents at the front. It is declared that at the moment' that Gen. Kuroki's wedge, aided • by the dust storm, and taking advantage of the failure of several Russian or- ganizations to occupy appointed posi- tions, drove itaelf deep into the Rus- sian flank, it disarranged all the plans of Gen. Kouropatkin, who was on the point of lauuching a momentous .counter -stroke, but when or how it was to be accomplished is not stated. Gen. Kouropatkin has telegraphed to Emperor Nicholas assuming himself all the respomsibility for his defeat, niftking no excuses except that the strength of the Japanese was miscalculatea, ana re- fusing to place any of the blame upon the council of generals upon whose ad- vice he determined to give battle. This manly course and. the General's personal exertions in directing the retreat will, however, hardly save him. His reputa- tion as an offensive strategist is gone, and though the Emperor's military ad- visers know not where to look for a better general, his resignation will be accepted. It will be difficult to find it capable successor, and it is said now that it will probably be Gen. Grodekoff, Gov- ernor of the Amur, although in casting about for another Commander -in -Chief military officials are turning to Gen. Dragonuroff, who is considered to be Russia's greatest strategist; but he is it feeble old intim, suffering with heart affection, and it is highly improbable that he would be able even to melte the long trip to Manchuria. - In losing Gen. Kouropatkin the army will lose the idol of the private soldiers. pednuente. ITad be thee ordered a _ an officer who, in spite of intriguee of general retreat, as he intimated lie his generals and hie failnre to win a bat - would in telegram to the Czar, the on their confiaenee Mid alive - disaster might liave been everted. His ' orowning blunder was weakening his line from Rushun to Maslen. He ap- parently forgot that the Japanese were Abla to croes the Hun River on the ice. He realized his mistake when be heard .of the captive .of Kinsen on March 10. He then immediately ordered his armies to retire, but the Japanese 'swarmed from the east and west, and placed their batteries to command the line of re- treat. (Inc desperate chino remained. was to sacrifice his isitillery by moving hie battetiee soes to paralyze the enemy's fire. The Russian .gminers did their duty end saved what, was left ---torlsslcouropittkin'a armies. It was save himself Who con oven the frozen pitting bordering the Mandarin road.The first fugitives reached !Meting. Within thirty hours. (len. Steel:0%01s Ma MM. Zandirtieff's elope were left to guard the line from nisi= to Muktien. It itS feared that they have been ettptured or Successor. London, Afar& 13.—The St. Peters- burg correspondent of the Times says that the remnants of Gen. Kouropat. kin's armies are gradually reaching Tie - the facts, asks the Czar's gy a c ious per - ling. Gen. Kouropatkin, in reporting mession to /sena over the command, alleging his urgent need, of physical and mental rest • In a later despatch he confirms the reports of the Commander -in -Chief's ilet)gnation. The council of war has been summoned to meet on March 14. It will, in addition to formulating designs for the net campeign, probably decide tmon Gen. Kouropatkin's successor. The choice lies between thee Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch and Gen. feukhomlinoff. Perhaps the latter will become chief of staff- to Grand Duke Nicholas. The official despatches record the loss of nearly five hundred guns, scores of regimental colors and over 200,000 nem. The public is ignoraut of the ex. published last week related nothing of the Commander -in -Chief's resigna- tion, but Ude knowledge would not alter the intensity of the resentment and humiliation which Russians generally feel. Such details as the censorship allows to appear induce the blankest amazement, as the offieal despatchee published lastweey related nothing but sueeesses. The story a the defeat and retreat is coming oaL piecemeal. It--- shows that_the Russians were miss It*and. outmanoeuvred at every point. Yet 'Oen. Kouropatkin seems at one time to have realized the eritical nature a the situation, for on 'March 8 he began the gradual removal of his RUSSIAN RETNZAT. *Scattered Forces Defended by Kouropat. kin's Best Men, Tie Pass, Match l2.—For many verAs 01 the approaches to Tie Pass are cov- ered with troops, artillery and baggage transports, pressing, northuard, and twenty-five miles away the strong tear guard <cf troops which vonmeinded personally by Gen. Kouropatkin is re- tiring slowly, doggedly disputing with the enemy every foot of mired to cover the retreat of the remainder of the army. The losses itt tliis defeat, which i the Most bitter yet experieneea by Abe Rug- , elan army, by a moderate computa- tion is not less than '200,000 men 00 both side. The Itussieris, in addition, eiterificed enormous quantities of munitions and store, the greater part of 'which, was set o • fire before leaving Multaen,. The order to abandon Mukden and retreat to the Tie Pass position was given at. 0 o'clock on the evening of March Oth. At dawn the Russians held it line on the Hun River from a point ten miles east of Fushun to Madyaptli the :west front extending to a point six miles north of Mukden Station, the continuous line of battle generally par. alleling the railway, four or five miles aistant. A terrific duetstorm raged,. and ten- sion had reached its extreme limit. It was realized if any point of the Rus- sian line gave way all would be lost. The position in the most extreme danger appeared to • be north of Muk- den station where it seemed for a time tho Japanese might break through and entirely cut the lines of retreat, Gen. Kouropatken concenteeted heavy col- umns, there, took command himself, and succeeded during Thursday morn- ing in forcing the -Japanese back from the railroad, and also in driving out bodies of Japanese east of Um rail- road, • Japanese Surprise. Tho manoeuvre appeared to point to success, when suddenly and unexpect- edly news came that the Japanese had broken through between the slen- der first and fourth army corps, taking advantage of the hurricane that was blowing alouds of dust into the faces of the Russians to deliver an attack which the Russians were not prepared to meet, As tad danger of, the communications being severed by this attack from the east was imminent, retreat was deter- mined upon. The four principal roads leading northward -toward Tie Pass I were completely occupied by a continu- out file of artillery and transport, and.: the retreating army blackened the 1, country between. Guns Abandoned. Before beginning the retreat all the depots, stores and military buildings, and everything that would be of service to the Japanese were set on fire. A large amount of baggage and many suns were 'abandoned. All rolling stock belonging to the main railroad was brought away, and not a single car or locomotive was left at Mukden. Mukden station was abendoned at 7 o'clock on Friday morning. The re- treat was dreary - and. disagreeable to an extreme. A dust hurricane, blowing directly southwerd, filled the oyes of the troops, but -at the same time tended to blind the enemy and delay pursuit. Bombarded as They Go. The retreating.columns were bombard. - ed on both flanks by batteries which it was impossible to silence, the shells reaching the Mandarin- Road. from the east with •especial frequency from the Villages of Tawan, eight miles north of Makden and Pit, five miles farther north. Under these circumstances the retreat was conducted with astonishing precision, which was largely due to the personal efforts of Gen. Kouropatkin, who, with haggard face and uniform yellow with dust, was everywhere when needed. The troops of the rear guard fought N.vith extraordinary bravery under the eyes of the commander, and the morale of the entire army was excellent. The cause of the Mukden defeat is attributed to many reasons, one of the most important of which is insufficient information concerning •the Japanese and their strength, whi ich was far n ex'- Tii tosiering vetreat Gen, Kouropetkin ie veil? to have &Oared it Wag affile to sgfisfy pvotesling 110:1 he would tete the blame. The tattle on the right flank and eround Mulelen nppears to have been the etwateel fif the war, exeqt at Port Ar- tlmr. now ARS' THE MIGHTY FALLEN' 1 -- Whereabouts of Flower of RussianI Commanding' :Officera. What has heseme of the flower of the • Res.sian eon:manning of fieers Of twen- cess of Ruisien calculations. • Start of the Chase. At 7.o'clock on Friday morning a great explosion, which blew up the Him River bridge, and. an immense cloud of smoke from the • burning settlement, gave indis- putable testimony of Kouropatkin's de- cision to reliuquish alsothe second of his great positions, The army was withdrawing all the latter half of the night." Morning showed armies three and four files deep in all the main roads moving north along the east side of the niftily. The battle still centred north of the Imperial tombs,. with occasional Shots along tthe Hun River, where later an opening permitted the Japanese to make a quick advance and dash toward their main operation to cut off the Russians. At 11,30 o'clock the Japanese had part- ly succeeded, for at Tawan, with shrap- nel; they shelled three sides of it rectan- gle where the nmin army was moving with great exertion over inadequate cor- duroy roads and furrowed fields, but in perfect order, The Japaeese, however, accomplished at this place nothing more than a momentary stampede, and though a soldier, crazed by his efforts, threat- ened to shoot it correspondent to take his baggage cart for himself, the correspond- ent observed everywhere the admirable coolness which has distinguished the Russian army throughout its trying re- treats of the last year. Wonderful Spectacle. This retreat must •be reckoned its a wonderfnl spectacle. For miles infantry- men and baggage wagons strewed the line of nutreh. For rapiaity the japan- ese movements for the first One were outetripped by the Russians in with- drawing. The erucial point of the retreat oe. euned at dusk, when the rearguard troops and the transport which has reaehed Santaitze, ten miles north of Mukden, siuldenly received a rifle and grenade assault from Japaneie cavalry. It produced a stampede. The snecess of the .Tapenese in (dosing against the ar- mies trying to get away front the ex- - tended Min Myer 'bridge position was evident. BER:al GENERAL OKI.T, . • • ty-eight men of the rank of general, with whose names the war has made us fam- iliar, more than half are now out of ac- tion. Of 'fifteen admirab3, three have been killed, four are recallea and. in dis- grace, and four are prisoners of the Japanese, ,. ale following list shows what has hap - polled to twenty-eight generals and four- teen admirals einea thesbeginning of the war: Generals. Stoessel.--Prisoner on parole, Gripenbegg.—Recalled, in disgrace. • Orloff.—Reealled,. in disgrace. Trnsoffe—Iteaalled, in disgrace. Keller. --Killed at Motienling. Kondratchenko.—Killed at Port Ar- thur, Tserpitsy.—Killed at Port Arthur. Rialinkin.—Killed at Shabo. Routovsky.—Killed at Liaoyang. Smyrnoff.—Prisoner in Japan, Rashtalinsky.—Prisoner in Japan. Pflug.—Prisoner in Japan. 'Biell—Prisoner in Japan. « Gorbatkovsky.--s-Prisoner in Japan. Niketin.—Prisoner in Japan. Fock,—Prisoner in Japan. Kondratovitele—Wounded, in hospi- tal. . •Sassulitd.—Superseded, but resumed eommand. Stakelberg.—Wounded, 'but resumed command. Rennenkampf.—Wounded, but resum- ed command. MistehenkosL-Wounded. Linievitch.—Reported to have quarrel- led with Kouropatkin. Bildeelings—Reported to have •gnarrel- led with Kouropatkin. Sakharoff.--Still holds it command. Kaulbars.—Still holds a• command. Kouropatkin,—Still the• command:g- in-elder. Admirals. Alexeieff.—Recalled. Starek.--etecalled. Skrydloff.—Recelled. Besobrazoff.--Recalled. Mukharoff.—Killed at Port Arthur. Molas.--Killed at Port Arthur. Witgeft.—Killed at Port Arthur. Ughtomslese—Prisoner in Japan. Wiren.—Prisoner in Japan. Otigorievitele—Prisoner in japan. jessen.—Conunanding at Vladivistock, Rodjestvensky.—N'ear Madagascar. Folkersalme—Loitering at sea. 13otrovosky.—Loitering at sea. KOUROPATKIN OUT GE*ERALED. Russian General Saw His Mistake When It Was too Late to Save Disastes. ' New York, March 13.—A St. Peters- burg deepateh to the Times says: z The story of the defeat at Mukden and the dreadful retreat to Tie Pass is coin- ing out piecemeal. It shows that the Russians were misled and •metmanoea- Yred at every point. They were misled about the numbers and disposition of the Japanese armies and ssere misled about the direction whence the next blow would come. Yet. (len. Kouropatkin seems at one time to have realized the critical nature of the situationsfor on March 8 he be« gen the gradual removal of impedi- menta. Had he then ordered a general retreat, as he intimated he wouh's do on that day in a telegram to the Czar, the disaster might have been averted. His- tory will saywhat influences or motives prompted him to remain. His crowning blunder was the weakening of the line from Fushun to Mukden. He apparently forgot that the Japanese were able to cross the Hun River on the ice. This enabled Gen. Kuroki to break through the positious of the first and fourth Si- berian corps. GenerarKouropatkin realized. his 11115 - taken when he heard. of the eapture of Kiusen. on itherch V. He immediately ordered his armies to retire, but the Japanese swarmed from east and west and placed batteries commanding the line of retreat. It was it Sauve Qui Pent over the plain bordering the Mandarin road.The first i fugitives reached Tie Pass, orty miles distant, within 30 hours. Stackelberk's and Zaritbaieff's corps were left, to guard the line from Mukden to Fiedium It is feared that they have been 'captured or annihilated. Tserpit- sky's, Bilderling's and Topornin' corps, which Kouropatkin himself led in a des- perate rti tempt to drive back Nogi, sue- tained terrible losses. Rojestvensky's Meet, Port Louis, Island of Mauritius, Mareb 13. --The squadron commended by Vice- tlehniral atojestvensky was still at Nogg Island, off the northwest Coast of the Island .of :Madagascar, when. the Mess:I- mes Maritime steamer. Pzeges_ passed there. It is understood Rojestvensky in- tended. to remain at Noss' Bey until the end of April.. There is no confirmation of the rumors current at Tamatave, Ma- aagescar, to the effect that the Russians have bought a small island in the Indian 0(.0011 to serve 118 it naval base. SPARRING FOR POSITIONS. Russian People Want Peace, but Ruling Party for War. St, Petersburg, Mereli 13, 1.27 p. leS4 110, IV:We party hes lfeell greatly etrengthened and is pow inking the poet - tem that to attempt te emit:nue the war will only court additional connaisas Hoes and dangers at home null , 1 flumes of IlleetsSi for the Russian ernis on the field of battle too remote to be, ril ft Emperoo; thivisels insist that the gelv- erlinlent is irrevoeftlily rommitted to the 1 leer, that it would 1:o harder to s+op than to go on and that if the war is in -1 definitely prolonged the financial Ts - sources of ,Tapan are sure to be eithaust- ed before Itussifee. while Ilesoeniao.'811spi•z tige abroad is irreparably al . • I11011' bends the knee. The situation is not unlike to that which prevailed at the end of the Crimean war when Nich- olas I. took a sudden decision to eon - (guile peace on the best terms obtain- able. The effect on the Internal situa- tion of either alternative will probably govern the final decision. The practical difficulties are not only in getting a new army to the front but in actually mobilizing it are fully ap- preeiated even at the War Office where many officers reluctantly declare it is idle to hope for victory under the pres- ent eiremustance:s. Another general eicg bilization might set the eountry 10 flames. In Poland whenceeit is annouee- ed another eorps will be sent to the front the mobilization of the hist corps ordered to the war had to be abandon- ed. owing to the popular opposition to the government's policy. At home the elements which are endeavoring to force the Emperor's hand would employ either horn of the dilem- ma selected, whether peace or a contin- uation of the war, to press for the granting of a real constitution. They declare the government is now in a cor- ner from which there is no escape with - The anouncement made in the name of the Government in the face of over- whelming disaster, suffered by General Kouropatkin, that it fresh army would be raised an1 the war proceed and the haughty atitude assumed by Japan mav _ after all be simply it sparring for poei- tion which is the prelude of peace. So Inc as the public here is concerned peace is the only thing, talked of, the senti- ment being that if diplonutcy can now bring theewarring- powers into negotia- tion peace will follow. Many diplomat- ists helieel that terms acceptable to both axe only possible on the basis, not of ordinary peace but more in the nature of an alliance which •would distinctly define And guarantee the position of the respective powers in the 'Ear East in the future. But it is certain that Russia as yet has not made any move. Ifere confusionestill reigns in the higher circles and. the Empevor has not yet de. aided that he must yield. Neverthe- out the support of the people. There is reason to believe that some of the it:triperOr'S adVisers $. 11,1. . and are again advocating the bold stroke of summoning a veritable constituent as- sembly appealing to the patriotism of the people and allowing them to deeide the question of peace or war. Such it movement, they argue, would confoend Japan if the decision was war and if P°° would relieve the Government of responsibility and insure tranquility at home. But, of ocurse, it is realized that this would inevitably mean a change in the form of government to a constitutional monarchy. The newspap- ers, with the - exception of the Novo Vremya, and a few others whose voice is always for war speak out straight for peace at almost any price, declariag that all hopes of victory are now buried at Mukden. Some papers like the Novo- sti, the Jewish organ, plainly denounces the whole eastern policy as a senseless adventure which Fes cost thousands of lives and millions of meney declaring that for two hundrett years the govern- ment has been extending the empire and that it is now time to stop and regener- ate the peonle. The Gazeta, a popular paper, goes 'further, affirming the justice of Japan's position and saying that op- portunity on the mainland is vital to her whereas Russia's Manchurian ad- venture is a colonial dream in welch the people ha.ve no part. "No body but the government," the P141201 coetinues, "knew why the war was begun and the govermnent is now beat- en. Are there still diots who belieee it should be prolonged '? Such an extraet as the a bore' suffi- ciently Allows the feeling here. • ANOTHER SEDAN. St. Petersburg Prepared for .Almost Anything Now. St. Petersburg, March 13.-4.30 p. m. --No further Russian news was reeeived from the front this morning, but the magnitude of the catastrophe is now ap- parent to all here. The War Office ad- mits that even the remnants of the army are still in danger. Field Marshal Oyaina holde it magnificent strategic position. It is reported that the Japanese flank- ing columns are in tenth above Tie Pass end that there may be a Sedan there. No adequate estimate of the losses has been furnished but with the neits seat - timed on the left unaccounted Inc the killed or wounded already total 65,000. The War Office does not even know ae- curately 'what units are captused. Council of War. St, Petersburg, Mareh 113,,5.13 p. Emperor .Nieholas has sumnioned 11 war commit for to -morrow at whielt the *hole sithation will be vonsidered. Russia Loses isss000 Men. Washington, Mardi 13.---1'. let Mink - ter Griseom has eabled the Staf•e ie pertinent from Tokio under yesterday's date itt follows : "Offieial report, 04110411e5e army :1p- 1 t11 -ea 20,000 prisoneve im the Another offieial report daeed 1n(1;t' from Tokio, reade eIluesiee leesee owe 155.1100; 40.1100 prieonere. 01. 0)1 dead en the Mil 1441 dabout othis. istsualties.'." Boston. Geotge Ropes Bemis, a leads ing Roston banker, is dcad at his home in Brookline. Mr, Itarits WaS .07 .years uf Be was seeder partner of Blake Bros. St Company, bankers, a threetor of the Canadian Paeifie Railroad, and of the N at i ona I Bank of Cm omerce. Ile e aA well known in Montreal, where be spout mush of his time. I II SIXTY RUSSIAN REFUGEES ARRIVE IN NEW YORK. Regiment of Cossacks Swooped Down Upon Their Town and Pressed Them Into Service. Over a Thousand Were Forced to Leave Their Homes Without Seeing Their Families, Many Were Shot and Killed Trying to Escape but Sixty Succeeded in Getting Away, ing tales of how they bad escaped from the arIny and found their way to two weeks ago. way until they can find homes elsewhere. They arrived here on Friday in the steamship Getty, of the Austrian-A.merican linse, sailing from Trieste this country, are being cared for at the Hebrew shelter "tense in East Broad. +41-1 IP-4-4,•-•-o-o-rt +4 +-se-tise-s-.4-.-+-•-•-e-0-40-4.-e-e-ose-•-.÷.* New York, 1Ylarch ss.—The Herald says: Sixty Russians, wbo told thrills itt lilt t All were residents of Zitomera, in Kieff, and nearly all left large families. h.ehind when they were impressed. into the Russian service. Unexpectedly one morning more than two months ago a regiment of Cossacks swooped down upon the town and at the sabre point forced 1,200 men to leave their homes and start for the front. Two of the en, Elias mid Moses Wilenskye brothers, were among the wealthiest men of the town and. said that all of their property wan confiscated and their Samilies left in des- titution. They owned large paint man- ufactories and as the brothers were taken from their desks more than 150 of their employees were driven along with them, six of whom 'escaped and are Meng the party \Alice arrived here. One of the brothers sold 13,000- roubles was taken from his safe by the Cossacks. "Time Was not given us to say good- --- ANARCHY IS SPREADING. Appalling Outrages in Russia, and the Police Are Helpless. St. Petersburg, Mareh 14.— Advices from Samara, say anarchy is reigning there., The authorities Inc passi-ve in the fare of the most a-ppalling outrages, Numbers of people have • been killed by bands •of roughs, and no one ventures out in the streets. Samara is the capital -of the Russian Government of that name. It is situat- ed on the left bank of the Volga, 500 miles by rail eoutheast of Moscow. St. Petersburg, March 12,—For ninny mouths past ;La organization which haS completely baffled Russia's far-famed se- cret police has been at work among the winter -bound peasantry. Its agents have carried far and wide the story of St. Petersburg, of the sufferings and ef- forts. and achievements of the" working- men of the cities. Their efforts have been fruitful, and now a widespread peesant rising is foreseen at the end of winter, when the roads will make it prac- ticable, An neeount which the Government permitted to be published in the Russki Viedmosti says that the distriete of Dmitrief and Seosk are pillaged nightly by large masses ot peasantry. The gran. arms are plundered, esett e buildings ran. sacked, and ferule ent down. More than a dozen leading estates have been totally devastated. The magnates and their dependents are panie-strieken, and have telegraphed to M. Bouliguine, the Minister of the Interior, asking him for troupe, but he has les yet been able to send only a few companies. The last fact alone is sufficient to show how des- perate, from the authorities' point of view, is the internal situation of Russia. 7 s WILL ABOLISA THE BARS. North Toronto Calries Local Option By-law. The town of North Toronto on Satur- day carried it local option by-law by a majority of 25. The by-law goes into effect on Aug. 1, when the three bars in the town will be closed, The -precedent set by the prohibition- ists of Toronto Junction was followed by the temperanee workers of North Toron- to, and they were out in full force. The anti -prohibitionists likewise worked with great energy, and felt sure of winning. Those -working in the interests of the hotelmen were. surprised at the largeness of the vote, as it great many of their supporters, they say, did not go to the polls bemuse they were confident the fertis would have it majority. As IL tufnea out, the vote Was the largest in the history of the town, the total being 511. The nonnresident vote is said, to have been important. When the restilut Was ennouneed by the Town Clerk the hotelmen raised a question whether the by-law, whielt flees Aug. 1 for its inauguration, is legal, be- cause it. goes into effect three months Iftor the close -of the Itemise year. wheat begins May L The hotelmen claim that it usurps the authority of the license commieeioners, who on May I will grant h•ensee to the three hotels now &deg meinese in the town. The temperance people, however, ars not worrying, about the protest. !- DARING JAIL BREAKER. Dan Forsythe's. - Sensational Escape From Chatham Prison. -- Chatham, 'March 11—Last evening be- tween 0 and 10 o'clock it very daring escape was made from jail bele when Dan Forsythe, who, with Charles Ben- jamin, was arrested the other day and pleaded guilty on sever:11 eharges of !twin steatite.; and burglary in :lie ueighbothooa of Ridgelown, broke away. leirsyllie was eonfined in 0 dell. awl, kept galling for a drink of water. Tin key 01111')1 111i' came to give it to him, :mil as he opened the floor of the cell Forsythe attacked him, ana, after 0 slitup struggle, sueeeeded in ioeking him in the cell. Tie then went to the coll where tea jamin was confined. and asked him if he ssinthl sun for it. :nal, on the latter tefnsing, sttuek, him over the head with 1em.:11 of keys takee front the turacY. Voss> the then left the tomn whese the • eeliS 0 1111, 101!SSI IT, 1 ile guavas' 111.(e''':*11y1 1713:N.711:1.te-,1-11.P, :•11111,11' .1sZiv2s .ofmthilie turnkey, who gave the alarm, mill the pollee mere shortly on tlus escaped man's "1111"1. I( II:Melia. the jail surgeon aiecov- ered that Somerville's Nimes inelnded it:Itzl.sea oItit head and front teeth knoct.ed out the struggle. with For. s • bye to our families," said Moses Wiren- sky. "In other years all men who had served four years in the army or had large families were. exempt from military service," The brothers said that after being taken out of the town by the Cossacks they were put into it trait: ana started • for St. Petersburg: Although elosely guarded many jumped through the ear windows, several of whom were killed. Some got away at railroad stations and others were shot as they fled. Out of the 1,200 about 200 escaped, and of this number 00 reached Trieste and obtained passage fez' America, Already the effect of desertions front the Russian army is being felt on the east side. Scarcely it Russian family but is sheltering temporarily one of snore compatriots. It was stated by Russians Yesterday that at least 30,000 of their countrymen have landed in New York since ChriStMaS. DUAL GOVERNMENT CURSE. Lord Rosebery Says British Liberals Would Never Be Exposed to That. London, March 14.—The question of home rule for Ireland was the principal feature of the speech of Lord Rosebery before the City of London Liberal Club to -night. His Lordship said that while the Libmal Club sympathized with Ire- land, and was willing to proceed along the lines of administrative reform, "there is one thing to which no wise : statesman ever will expose the coun- try, namely the curse of a dual Gov- ernment: We have sufficient warning in the examples of Norway and Sweden and of Austria and Hungary to avoid the peril of having the vulture gnawing at our very vitals." Lord Rosebery said that after British ships- had been ordered from Port Ar- thur by Russia and sent to Venezuela at the behest of Germany, Britons had little further humiliation to expect at the hands of a Liberal Government. If a Liberal Government were calked upon to renew the Anglo -Japanese alliance Le had little doubt that it would sign s FLOUR CAME ITOME AGAIN. Went From Tacoma to Liverpool and Then Back to Boston. Boston, Mass., March 12.—An inseami deal in flour made recently was that in which the D. L. Marshall Company, of this city, bought 35,000 sacks of a con- signment of 40,000 sacks of flour origin- ally shipped from Tacoma, Wash., to Liverpool, and 10,000 sacks started back from that Dort tor Boston to -day on the steamship efiehlean. Tee remaining 2e,- 000 sacks will be slapped beek to this country by way of N'Ohy York. The entire consignment was shipped to Liverpool by a sailing vessel that went by way of Cape Horn. When it arrived there the Liverpool quotations on flour were so much lower than ie the United States that the owner immediately made arrangements for the feshipment to this country, where it price slightly under the present quotations already has been real- ized -on. the 10,000 sacks leaving Liverpool was due entirely to the pres- ent condition of the wheat market, which Is far higher than it was when the flour was shipped front Tacoma. The Liver- pool consignee in his counter deal made a profit After paying the two ocean freights---Taeoma to Liverpool and to 13oston—as well fie the costs of :doting and rehandling. PASSING OF -THE PILLORY. That Punishment To be Abolished in Delaware. Dover, Del., Mareh 14.- -Senator Smith's bill abolishing the pillory passed the state Senate to -day after its progress had twice been postponed by antagonise) lhe vote stood fourteen to two. . Delftware; has punished her thieves, highway men, assailants of women and pickpockets by pillory and whipping post htillee 1717, wheii the first court sentence to the pillory was recorded. The Smith bill does not contemplate abandoningthe whipping post, but takes from thi e nstruments of corporal pun- ishment in Delftware the wooden pillory, in • 't n stand on elevated plat- forms with necks and wrists bent for- ward and fastened in split boards, slhich are fastened together by bolts, the holes allowing just 'enough space for the blood In circulate aS usual, but not enough to allow the convict to extricate his bead and wrists, Its tieSigil is not to torture, but merely to hold the eonvict aloft, ft-tr flies paee of an hour to publie derision. — • - . INDIA PLAGUE STRICICEN, Millions Rave Died There in the Pest Few Years, C.ileutta, India, Marelt deaths .from plague last week numbered 34,000. Statisties show that the deaths from Imbonie phigue hi India within it feiv ;vents reaebea nearly 8,000,000. In 1903 the mottelity in Indi0 from the plague alone was S30,000. The number of deaths 1e:smiled last, week. while extraordinary, is not impreeedented. The infeethti. re- eently spreed to Burnell:, where it 18 inahing rapid strides. 'Phis SeaSOrl of the ,seer ttlwaye favors its spread. The htilian Government is making ev- ery effort to eradicate it, burning whole seetions of towns end segregating this inhabitants, The ilmtlis are said to be no 1,er etiff, ef those inketed. The tempt recently ennotenced the pretable eppahitment of It .eommission es:tops:se:I 4,1 seientifie investigators, who seill assist the Plagno Department of inaia in nip well' of eradication. Its 11" vietims ere eldefly tuttives.