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Show WHAT EXPERTS HAVETO SAY Brit'sb Critics Ask a Vital Question. Has Kuropatkin Made Good His Retreat From Liao Yang ? Aro Inclined to Believo That :He' Has Achieved What Was Thought. Impossible. . : LONDON, Sept. 6. The details of the tragic struggle between Oyamu'a and Kuropatkln's forces do not deter British Brit-ish rrltics from repeating, the vital question, "Has Kuropatkln m'acic good his retreat?" With all the ofnclal news before them, the experts here seem half Inclined to believo thlat the Russian commander has achieved what was thought to be the impossible, namely, .headed off an envelopment That the Japanese, with superior numbers and the choice of time for aggression, ag-gression, would inflict severe losses was taken for granted. The occupation of Lfao Yang, with enormous Russian casualties and the evacuation of fortified forti-fied positions are regarded here as merely incidents.' If He Saves Army. Though it is recognized that the week's battle must take its place as one of the bloodiest In ancient or modern history, yet If Kuropatkln roaches Mukden with a potential remnant of his army, Oyama's effort will, in English eyes, be regarded more or less as a fruitless sacrifice. Bravery of Men Applauded.. The bravery of both the opposing forces excites here a thrill of admiration admira-tion mixed with awe. Steeped as English Eng-lish military critics are in the .histories of their own wars for centrles past, the combination of fanaticism and science displayed under modern conditions of warfare around Llao Yang strikes for Won By Japanese. "All we know," says the Dally Graphic, "is that the battle of Llao Yang has been fought and won by the Japanese. We have yet to learn the extent of the defeat of the Russians." Kuropatkln's position is generally held to be still desperate, but, as the Daily News says, the latest cablegrams point to the fact that the Japanese have "lost the chance of achieving an unequivocal triumph." Tribute to Kuropatkln. The Morning Post pays a high tribute to Kuropatkln's genius and to the tra-c'itlonal tra-c'itlonal morale of the. Russian troops under the disadvantages of defeat. It believes that a pause will now follow events that even in themselves would mark the century with a grand tragedy. Oyama Failed hi Object. Such a keen supporter of the Japanese Japan-ese as tho Dally Telegraph this morning, morn-ing, rather regretfully, admits that Oyama "failed to achieve his strategical object." . ' Reflecting the British Government's views, the Dally Telegraph comments solely upon the' point that nothing has been accomplished unless Kuropatkln's force Is put out of action. Count But Little. "The Russians' Immense losses in men and guns and their supreme example ex-ample of discipline and determination, concentrating with unshaken firmness for another fight, count," according to the Dally Telegraph, "for no more than superhuman prodigies of courage and tenacity performed n; the Japanese, unless something ' more has been achieved than is shown In the late dispatches," dis-patches," Remarkable Feat. The Standard characterizes Kuropatkln's Kuropat-kln's transport of his army across the "wide and flooded Taltse river In the face of a pursuing enemy" as a re-marable re-marable feat, and voices the general belief that the Riisslan commander, having temporarily extricated himself, will still retreat with an "army in being." |