RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 12810, 18 March 1905, Page 2

RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR.

■ ♦ ■ •RUSSIANS SUFEKUJNG GRTiIATLY. RUSSIA. HAS' NO ItOP.OS. TJvEiLIN/G A^AINJ>3NII2D. cossaoks aiuEiuaii A a£ViEI&E RIiIVWSE, DISPERSAL OL 1 RUSSIuVN. FORCES. RUSSIANS BISINU Ui'lV^N , JilVJiSE^VJ£lfi»K. United Press Association. — Ey Electric Telegraph . — Copyright . St. Petersburg, ,&arch 17. iGoneral Kazibec has ncen appointed to bho coiotaaand of Vladivbstolfi , Prince Mostchorsld contributed arcm'arkablu article in the Grozhdaniir • newspaper, insisting that since it ishopeless to continue the war success^-, fully it is bettei- to conclude i% |here- ( by saving Russia internal shipwreck^ •While Russia possesses Vladivostok 1 ' and other territory in the Far iEas;t more favourable teums v'U be obtain-ii 1 able than when Vladivostok and Sag-" haiien are Japanese. The article lias; I caused groat sensation in St. Petersburg. i The highest Russian officials in Po-| la-nil consider the War is • practically over, as Russia is without leaders, generals, guns, or money, while it is kn\ ossiblo to transport tue soldiers quick enough. If miobilisatiion is or-^ ' dered Poland is certain xo.«evolt. I The Russians have v apparently ab-. ' and»one!cl Tieling fwixn'out serious resistance. After burning a station and ■ other Russian buildings thny are re- ' treating to Kaiyuen, 25 miles north. I it is believed in St. Petersburg that a large part of General force is still eastwards, - being vigpr'misly pursued. Also it is stated ihat the Japanese were already north \oi , General Kuropatki'a when the Russian ' retreat from 'Mukden beg-an. I Tho Cossacks 'indulged m the wildest excesses and looted ihe city, jmirdering several J^ropoans and firing .' nu?nproiis buildiiigs. Order was olaiy - ; restored when the Japanese cnterec..., 'i The Times' St. Petersburg correspon- '- dent states that Cieneral ivuropatlcjin i reached Kaiyuen on Wedn-osc.ay. Genc- > ral Sassulitch'b and 55urabieft"s corps acted as rearguard, and /»m«*ral JUist-j chenlso's protected the rig-ht. ; It is not expected that the army will c make 'a stand until far north . ( It is reported that the Japanese cut 1 the railway north of Changhiiw, which is north of K^aiyuein. j' It is stated the Russians sustained' <a .severe reverse at Tieling, abandoning their remaining stores and artillery.] I It is believed in St. Petersburg th|t a large part of tho retreaters will proceed via Kirin to Vladivostok, ijie ' rest gioing to Harbin t o guard the •railway. 3 I An official Tokib telegram, dated March 16-th, says:.-- "We *ze everywhere drivi|ng the Russians before us. Kaiyuen, on the ctonftnes of the tManchuk rian desert, is inferior to Tieling f6r "* defence. The capture of Tieling will rje- * lievo a thousand junks long detained [on the Upper Liao, and set free a vast accumulation of supplies. * ' ';' The Mikado thanked lac artoy, saying the signal victory enhanced Japji- '- nese military prestige at home &nd abroad.. He is deeply v gratified Jit the courage and enuurance display^ 1 , and looked for even greater exertions m the future. i Berlin, M"arcK'l7J I Count von Bulow, . Imperial ChancoUor, speaking in the rtoichstag; B"aid he was not aware that Admiral Jtozhdestvensky exercised illogal cojn^ pulsion of the German transports at Madagascar. Gerimany had mo inten" tion of interfering with Russian affairs, shedding Gernran blood to no purpose. • ' ". *