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Show NO CHANGE IN SITUATION. Neither Side Shows Any. Inclination to Advance or Retire. ST. PETERSBURG. Oct. 2-1. 2-05 n. m. Thcro Is no change In the relative positions po-sitions of tho armies on thc Shakho river. G-on. Sakharoff tolegraphs that tho Russians Rus-sians havo been bombarding Lamuntlng and the Buddhist temple at Llndahlnpu, while th"o Japanese havo been shelling tho Russian positions at Shakho and near Llndshlnpu A dispatch from Mukden reports that lho Japanese aro fortifying an important holght south of Shakho and thnt nclthor side shows a dlspoflltlon either to advance ad-vance or retire. Another dispatch from tho Russian front says the situation is not yet rlpo for tho resumption of tho offensive. This meager but significant admission, all that tho censor allows to paBs ovor tho wires, doubtless Indicates that Gen. Kuropatkin Is maturing important plana and distributing his forces In readiness for another ottempt to break tho Japaneso Japa-neso resistance. Flooded Fields iTrozen. Tho roads are now dried by wind and frost, thc cold is Intense and flooded fields havo boon frozen. Thus military movements move-ments are facilitated, although at tho same time It will bo moro difficult to carry on entrenching work. Dispatches from tho Russian front glvo a rumor that tho Rueslan forco has made a detour to tho west, arriving abroast of Llao Yang; but there Is no confirmation of these reports. Great Importance is attached at-tached to a report from Toklo that 2C0 Russians havo crossed thc Talteo river east of Benslhu, and that 20.000 are concentrated con-centrated at Kau posh, twenty mQca northw.esL This may lndlcato tho direction of Ku-ropatkln's Ku-ropatkln's noxt blow, or possibly It lo Intended In-tended to disconcert tho Japaneso and compol thorn to weaken their forcos on tho railroad. Whatover Kuropatkln's ultimate ul-timate object may bo, there Is no doubt that ho Is desirous of obtaining the most rellablo Information as to tho number nnd disposition of tho force opposing his eastern east-ern flank. Tha Cossacks may be rolled upon to harass tho Japanese line of communication, com-munication, besides reconnolterlng. Congratulations of Emperor. Gon. Kuropatkin Is with tho center of his army. On October 21 ho personally conveyed tho congratulations of Emperor Nicholas to Col. Putlloff and tho Nineteenth Nine-teenth rifles for the capture of Lono Treo hill. The Japaneso estimate that tho Russian Rus-sian losses In the battlo of Shakho amount to G0.000 is not confirmed here. A telegram from Harbin reports the passage north of 20,000 wounded. Tho re-malndor, re-malndor, who are quartered In hospitals at Mukden, cannot oxcocd a few thousand. thou-sand. Llout.-Gen. Rozvy, commanding tho Twenty-first Infantry division, has been appointed to tho command of tho Nineteenth Nine-teenth army corpB of the Vllna. dlstrlcL This appointment Is bollevcd to Indicate tho Inclusion of the Nineteenth corps In tho Second Manchurlon army- Tho return of Grand Duke Nicholas to SL Petersburg has evokod no comment, and thero is no further talk of his appointment ap-pointment to tho chief command In Man-ohurla. |