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Show source that the position of the Russian left is critical. Compelled by the failure of Gens. Oku and Nogi to crush the Russian Rus-sian right yesterday. Field Marshal Oyama Oya-ma again transferred the weight to his right and Gen. Kurokl succeeded In driving driv-ing a wedge between Gen. Llnevltch's main army and Gen. Rennenkampff's force, which Is In the extrome left. The latter Is reported to be in great danger of being cut off or surrounded. STILL HOLD MUKDEN; LINE OF. COMMUNICATION HAS NOT BEEN CUT ST. PETERSBURG, March 8. 2:4a p. ra. The Associated Press Is now In a position posi-tion to positively deny the current rumors that Gen. Kuropatkln'S lines of communication communi-cation have been cut off. Within an hour a cipher dispatch from Kuropatkln to Emperor Nicholas, containing a report of the day's , operations, has arrived and Is now being transmitted to Tsarakoe-Selo. Its contents are unknown except that Kuropatkln Ku-ropatkln at nightfalK still held Mukden. The Associated Press bears from a high f . ' . . |