Show MANY STARTLING RUMORS Little Litle News Can Be Gleaned in St Petersburg St St Petersburg March Mar h 5 a a m mth With th the Ink scarcely dry dr on the Impe Imperial imperial rial which announced announce that the emperor had decided to convene an elected assembly of the people the te ab absorbing absorbing topic topi of conversation in St Petersburg yesterday was the critical condition of c General j and the complete absence of army any ad of any news of or the result of Saturdays s fight fighting fightIng ing especially as a to the outcome of the expected renewal of the battle batte south southwest west vest of Mukden The Te most startling r afloat had their origin on the bourse boure According to these thes Field Marshal Oyama had ad cut General Genera army ary in two but dispatches from the front reported com corn comparative quiet during the th day and ad did not indicate a movement there tere of this Importance The situation however Is sufficiently perilous During the fighting at on Friday the Russians were facing only a division and nd a a half half of ot the four Japan Japanese ese eec eJe divisions in the Lino River RIer valley vale and with wih the utmost difficulty repulsed these Correspondents telegraphing Friday at midnight prophesied a a re ye renewal r newal of the fight Saturday morning against the reinforced Japanese army an The war office Is guarding garding well wel the se secret seret secret cret ret of or the outcome of ot the fight and no dispatches d official or otherwise were allowed to pass pas Saturday Saturday The Te general generl staff sa declines to say whether General Kuropatkin is standing his ground grou or if he Is already retreating An A Important council co un el of war wal was wa wa held here Friday Fridy and another anoter will take tae place ace today which indicates be ty t of the situation Current gossip is to the effect that General Ku position was as one of ot the t for tir the pursuance ne by the emperor s A f fIn In military circles It is believed that the landing l dIng of or Japanese J an e north nor of Korea Korea and the movements of the mys mysterious mY flying column clum outside the te ex cx extreme extreme Russia left t may be her the Initial moves mOve tok of a campaign against Vladivostok |