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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1904
Page
7
Reports from St Petersburg describe mounting anxiety over General Kuropatkin's position near Liaoyang as Japanese forces press on Aug 27 28. Russians report heavy losses and a growing risk of decisive action within hours, with weather and road conditions shaping both sides' plans.
Harbin reports Russian casualties from Aug. 25 and 26 near Liaoyang total 3000 killed or wounded, with most losses at Anping. Russian withdrawals from Anshanshan and the eastern position were made simultaneously for strategic reasons.
From St Petersburg report General Kuropatkin has drawn all forces from eastern and southern fronts toward Liaoyang Anping Tsegon Liandiansian and Anshanshan to form a new outer defence line. Heavy fighting occurred on the left as Japanese forces assaulted with bayonets. Russians suffered 1500 to 2000 losses including officers while holding Tsegon and Anping. Retreat ordered as roads turned to mud and Lan River became a mountain torrent. Japanese western pressure and flanking moves around Anping warn of broader risk to Mukden and Hershelmann’s position.
British cruisers sent to locate the Russian volunteer fleet vessels Smolensk and St. Petersburg reportedly overhauled at least one. The admiralty declined confirmation but issued details on pursuing and contacting the Russian ships via Crescent Forte Pearl Barrosa Partridge and St George Brilliant near Cape Verde and St. Vincent.
Four regiments will be raised in the Caucasus while the first army corps arrives at Harbin. The corps, originally bound for Vladivostok, is diverted to Mukden at the urgent request of General Kuropatkin.
The tale follows a masked Motor Pirate who robs autoists, including the narrator, amid rivalries with Mannering and Miss Maitland. After a ruined attempt at vengeance, the narrator wanders mud soaked to the point of collapse, ends up at a village inn near King's Langley, and contemplates retreat and reflection as dusk turns to night.
St Petersburg August 29 Russia has not yet rejected the U S call to reopen talks on unrestricted passport recognition but is practically certain to decline. Officials say the move touches domestic policy and would require sweeping changes in imperial law affecting the Jewish population.
The Hamburg American Line steamer Arabia arrived from Vladivostok after a July capture by the Vladivostok squadron. A prize court condemned 20,000 barrels of flour and 71 railroad car bodies. the rest of cargo and ship were released. The British steamer Calchas faced confiscation of flour and lumber, and Allanton is cited as another Vladivostok prize. Russian cruisers Gromoboi and Russia, after engagement with Vice Admiral Kami mura’s Japanese fleet on Aug. 14, arrived damaged but in port.
St. Petersburg reports an official Liaoyang despatch confirming General Routkovsky and Colonel von Raaben killed in Sunday rear guard action. Russian losses on that day unknown, 400 wounded passed through first aid stations. Japanese losses described as considerable. Routkovsky served with the Caucasus governor general as engineer chief. von Raaben, wealthy and socially popular in St. Petersburg.
Russian troops from Anping advanced onto the Liaoyang plain after a long rear guard action. Six guns were lost and several Japanese were captured. The force moved in orderly fashion through corn fields despite reverses, while Chinese residents helped with transport delays. The despatch notes the Russian line of communication remains intact.
St Petersburg Aug 29 report that Lieutenant General Stoessel telegraphed the Emperor thanking him for encouragement to Port Arthur’s garrison. He says defenders are ready to die but have suffered severely and doubt they can hold out more than a month or six weeks.
Aug 27 marked a general intensification of fighting at Port Arthur. Chinese sources recount heavy bombardment and casualties, with over 400 bodies moved from trenches to the city by Aug 26. Fortifications and fort No 5 reportedly changed hands multiple times while Japanese reinforcements were said to arrive via Dalny.
The Russian government assured Great Britain there is no ground for claims that warships favor German or other shipping in contraband searches. Russia says it is solely pursuing contraband. The foreign office was informed of a joint commission to study the difference between conditional and absolute contraband of war.
Early today two men prowling near the Newton street railroad station on the Commonwealth avenue route fled from officers and vanished as if into a large uncompleted Commonwealth avenue sewer. Officers found no trace, and investigators believe they escaped via the sewer.
Margaret Sullivan of 13 Tyler Street recalls leaping before a cab horse to rescue six year old Philip Allen on Washington Street near Milk Street crossing at 8 10 P M The boy is son of Mr and Mrs Henry Allen of 150 Fifth Avenue New York She refused jewelry offered by the grateful mother and recounts past saves including a Pittsfield youth from drowning and a Hartford millionaire's son from ice.
German societies decide not to hold their annual musical festival this fall in Massachusetts. They planned to meet at Apollo Gardens on Labor Day but Judge Emmons refused beer and light wines. Next year the festival will be in Rhode Island or another New England state.
A new timetable went into effect yesterday for the Nantasket Beach steamers. The last boat down the harbor now leaves Boston at 6 20 p m and the late boat up from Nantasket leaves at 6 40 p m with Pemberton at 7 05 p m. Next Sunday Labor Day and the following Sunday additional evening boats will be run to handle holiday crowds. Special band concerts will be held on those days and regular amusements will be in full blast.
Wakefield Aug 29 Henry Levan son and Robert Silverman officers of the Boston Education Union a Hebrew society who held an outing at Quannapowitt Grove have been summoned to appear in court by Chief Urquhart. They face a charge of desecration of the Lord s Day. More than 1000 persons attended the picnic yesterday and the chief, upon investigating, found an auction sale in progress and issued the summonses.
The daily and Sunday trips of the new steamer Old Colony from Rowe's wharf to Plymouth will run until Sept 18 when the last trip will be made. Built for the Plymouth service it offers a comfortable passage with large saloons for three hours along the south shore.
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