Show RUSSIAN ARMY MUST HOLD RIVER I IT P T Across Would Mean Nean Isolation Isola tion GREAT ALARM AT HOME HOWIE F FLIGHT LIGHT OF TROOPS TRO PS STRENGTH STRENGTHENS ENS PEACE PARTY POSITION POSITIONS C T r Mardi March 24 4 ST S a J j m niThe The possibility that th t if It the Ule Russian hut army should be un tm IMI to tn hold bold taie lower line Ithe of the ul rl river at u it itly f HV ly i 1 h compelled to retreat not only 1 t but also aiso further westward i I ig the railroad rall ro d abandoning td t the d I Id Me Northern Manchuria and the Maritime Amur provinces province us as ii 1 is i the thc latest startling news from 1 If front strategic weakness of or General 1 nf position po as a a he hc falls falla back backi i J f r 1 1 1 r is III made clear deal by a hI kh to tu the Associated Aa Press Pre H In hi liI h li it is I pointed poInt t 1 out ont that unless Ulalee I e hum and the line a L af ar f r oit t hundred miles mUe below Harbin can ean 1 held it will be to maintain position sitton further back b k before Harbin with the front of the army pur purl purI I l hug JIMS the railroad the practicability c T r r c turning movement to completely 1 r tf 1 r t and isolate the urn iv miles from home Is too ac se J 3 for Russian Ru lan consideration on In Ini M j i W v of n this possibility po the dispatch to 10 suggests suggest the advisability of j i providing Vladivostok v tilt war Mar munitions and supplies for a atno ato Iwo to stars nar siege The correspondent es s the Ute number of reinforcements r J 1 filAci deI d to tu give gic General Linevitch the i ite superiority in force ut at OOOO II lh 11 such a it dispatch should have been I Ti to puss pass pa s the censor at the front is l significant and if IC General Line Linett kh tt lt had communicated a similar esti of the situation direct to tu Emperor J NI c holas it may account for his ina ma maya ya s increased H to listen to toj tort j rt o counsels coun ellS and oi open en F fr the Japanese establish them 1 s 4 on Russian soil With ith Man ran entirely abandoned to the Jap un utI f f and Vladivostok left bit as sentinel on the Pacific it is iK T r that Russia will be practically i it t Japanese mercy in Iii the mutter flutter of or terms Saving a Royal Name If I 1 t tan fui Ia 11 now be b e definitely stated Mated that tin decision to appoint Grand Granel Duke lias to the supreme c In the far east was I c e i 1 l because haule the outlook at t the front tl d i t C It warrant the risk rl k of compro complo I In I ITI tIle the prestige prest e of ur a member of or oft t V H imperial family f mUy Military authorities here believe that t T s General Linevitch is sure of his hl to Mid hold the lower line l I li l I will ill risk his hie h whole army if he for v and tUl there and if he lie heel el uM IK bE he defeated lite hI lin of retreat li I to tt two sides of a triangle the third side of 0 which is open to tu the tIle enc my IllY 4 alvane adan alvanet t the general n staff the view that G noral f Linevitch may l 1 be e compelled t to ti 1 and retire toward Lk o Baikal leaving Vladivostok to It fat Is regarded l a H as almost moat unwar 1 by hy anything that is iR officially ki hi 1 there it being pointed out that I r M It 1 7 Mi rahal will have haYe a long longa ii H i l t orious tusk to bring up UI au an army r or men I Russian Rul reinforcements i arriving at t Harbin at the rate nete of 1 men per day lay Nevertheless it is r ant that there thore th re is now a well vell welli i ik kil l i party part at the Winter 1 t Co IMPORTANCE OF POSITION Lin May Be Driven Into Siberia if He Hc Losos Loses the i lun hu lass Manchuria r March 23 3 I o miles north of Tic Tie pass The Jap fc are following the Russian rear X i id irl is moving north from Sau San ft r i lii iu at nt the rate te of o eight and an a u half halfT T a i L day On both luth flanks Hanks the Japan Jap n ire are i operating j a M wide turning move ut TIt l hut lut ut the strength of the has not been definitely ascer ascel t I 1 1 I It t i I 1 of 0 wC places along the rail rall raili 3 J 1 i between San Ton Fou r U Pu and Gun hu j 1 there theore lire are broken brok n hills with steen steeD t i I ami gorges gerges st at t the bottom where wh re 1 1 might 1 be e mad but ut ut it is isi i Ml i ful whether General G M n H i i make a stand before fore he reaches the river and Unless n 1 j is ahl to tu hold bold the line of the river Hi lh Hili position wiH be so SK weak ut haft it t that he may be compelled to T 7 t IT Ire back of oC Harbin Into Siberia to tu the fact Unit U as tu u they the approach li i the Russian front parallels the i d rendering the tho danger of a aHr Hr UW of or the sole line of or ion I greater While hUe the themy my WY is j still MILL far from Siberia and with Chinese hine e railroad d behind it v J fro front t the danger to in 1 iI i railroad i is ii only oily from raid 5 j K go artie and hino l bandits and the t 4 III I r f few fow w railroad guards are Hlf t i lt i nt to t the bridges brid eM But ButI ii I o the falls hack back behind the thep p u garl river communication the tSie bast bR will be terribly i 1 m nut t by the small l number of guards IUt lut bv br b the army arm which will be required to 10 1 rT the Hie railroad Phe prospect o of the tho t It i lation of f Vladivostok must uKo h le f met and oo it is urgently necessary n e to 1 the garrison on with provisions provision 1 t not for a u few months 3 l hit ut i t for two years 1 0 hundred reinforce reinforcements ments front rein Russia are aie now ry to t lIl tk it Jl possible for fot the Russians to piTt PIet the Japanese on anything an like likeL L I it IL terina PROPOSALS OF PEACE Overtures to Japan May Already Have Been Made MadeSt Madet St t March Marcil 33 l p in a ahe Hie h he ter and supporters of the court who advocate the of i HIs to J Japan pan as previous II J t set l forth furU in these dispatches dt so 80 as WI to lo whether heth r an au au honorable basis basist bR t Df t r j J peace face ace is believe belleve they thc have e earr arr the Ule day do and aid the th tb Associated Press Ii oil oiz lh 1 that an lUl virtual step in is imminent if u i not already kihen Jhn CAUSES NO SURPRISE New From Russia Was Expected at Washington Wa hington J Washington March 2 The sudden udden 11 C r of the Uio sentiment in om omI MI IA I circles circle In favor of peace P fl is l JIG at atI aj J I surprising to In o the c official h hee he i be bej j M it te Is IB Ia hi th tit predict IOTIS f r the an i sy Y in St Pet Continued d on Pase 2 RUSSIAN ARMY MU RIVER I 1 Continued from rom Page 1 burg when last heard from on this subject In fact It was gathered that the real obstacles in the tIle way of begin besin beginning beginning ning negotiations to this end were to tobe tobe tobe be found rather in the jealousies of Eu European European European powers outside Of Russia Russin than thanIn thanIn I In the czars own court There have for some time been substantial evi evidences evidences evidences dences that by the execution of or quiet pressure from froin the outside upon the St Petersburg government it might be in induced induced induced to break the deadlock in the sit situation situation ua lion which results front from from the reluctance reluctance ance of each belligerent as is s a matter of ot pride to making milking the first overtures for peace But just at this point the ef of efforts efforts forts of ot the real teal friends Mends of peace are said to have been by the lean fean of or some of oC the European powers that their direct interests might suffer in ina ina Ina a settlement which they did not ar arrange arTa aria range Ta ia There Is reason to believe now how however however however ever that the thc great financial interest of London Berlin and Paris looking to their salvation and amid the adversity of their enormous Russian loans have bave e risen above limes lUnos and that to the exertion of their th ir powerful 1 Influence I 14 due the promise of or peace In the near future |