Show MILITARY B BUNGLING b bI I IN RU RUSSIAN I N M I Startling Instances of tency Have H c Greatly Troubled The Czar COMPARISONS WITH JAPAN Men of Utter Latter Country Plead Pica II to Get In III Into to the Army Arm Aria toil tint Those of Hussa Want Wint to Keep Out Outi i I r 47 U Is 18 s an In ana S a open on secret hero her bar the I he situation In itt the fur fiti emit has hus Inspired the czar the Imperial family and the members of the government with grave fears for Cor the future of oC t thit em Idre Neither the hit czar nor hid iiI aha advisers expected that thai Japan would push mat mil matters to extremes antI and the events event itice Ince the rupture of oC diplomatic relations have developed their first frt alarm Into panic pure and Ind simple There havo have be beel n blunders big tand emaIl amul In nil all ni depart departments Taunts ments of oC the army nm and Ind navy 11 and anal there thero hive hae been bUI manifestations of opposition tion ton to o the war among the tha Russian peo people oo pie themselves which must tIll fill 01 the tho If It the with die dis dismay nay may The vIolently unpatriotic attitude of oC considerable sections of the Iho na nUt nation thai tion tol ha hM been the severest blow to the tho czar CZI who has haM boon bucit boel plunged tutu Into despair by tho the discovery discover that so many of oC his hla him hint and unal 1111 his hiM lit govern government Goer uncUt ment t No 0 sooner was sa al war declared than thelo was vas wal n it I rush of oC you young oun UK men liable lable to compulsory military service nt at lt atthe the front froni to escape C front from the country and 1111 tItus thus thul evade euto their heir obligations to the tha The fhe csar felt title this alt all ni the moro more oro keen Iv ly because It I offered such Much a 0 striking to the patriotism shown Ian tIti an In on oIt c w I where n a young Jap Jup soldier Wil jV exempted eX from Crol ac no IC noti i tivi 11 ti at lt the Ihl rout h Jt on tho that Hint he ito the sole support of at hi itla wid will widowed owed mother the ito 11 t mother too I he r committed contra sul S La i Vial Ide a In I n order orti r that hat t her h r boy oy might t b he be to tithe the Held Ilc against the na nation ni tion H enemy enlI and 11 with i illa h her iter last breath handed halIl him bin tho lit dagger lagger with wih which ahe h id d herself to tn the heart com coin 01 him him to plunge It I into a A as ninny many Inny lan bodies us tie I M 1111 Wealthy who ho not to tat per ir perform 1101 form fortia 11 active military service brilliant anal commercial C r arere to tu child ns as lS Mid and young JalM who aho were tere re not nol allowed to Ic RO go 10 to the tue front rola 01 tait m account of ot physical because e etl they tl were wro re l to be tItus thu th debarred run riskIng their lives for th the sake of the fatherland DODGING Many Mun instances of or the extraordinary of ot the tho Japanese became Known lown here toad and caused Intelligent Itus HUI Niana from frol the Ih czar downward l to re ret licit on Ott 01 the tile reasons r of ot the marked dlf CIr between and ond In Inthis II inthis this thle respect The rite young who desired to evade military services lime t t all I sorts Sort lort o of 01 cu cunning lining devices to o achieve their object After ter the tha out outbreak outbreak break of stat wai nl th the lie authorities refused all 1 applications from lu men mn for tor passes them to leave the country so 10 that front from military servie lanai to tt ro rO tho the frontier front r under various a and anal with false fals Lotge Iffe numbu s who tho luau not nt the lie mean to adopt theae Ihl o method attempt attempted ed to It walk talk k in hat i one otts the boundaries to and 1111 Austria under nuttier the its cover of ot darkness trustIng to luck hick to 10 evade lIde the tito vigilance of the tho HU frontier guards OKI 01 man n Issued In Inthe the tite th eastern provinces province of or Prussia and anal Ant Austria have published accounts of many encounters N between fugitives anti and frontier guards anil In most mOt eases cases the troops mops trop shot down don those thole ho vere lo to h reach or Austrian territory In tine one ont Instance a 1 large lame Ille party of oC from front service were terp H on Ott 01 he the point of ot crossing the frontier near Wll WI together with th lr wives And families when hll the guards perceived l them too much In th ho rear to them the tho guards fired Indiscriminately Into the tue group grotti Ten II men twelve tw women anti Rne sK I children wire were killed The fhe remainder surrender surrendered ed ell to o escape fC the th same game fate tate Much trouble has hai hal b been en caused by the of th the adherents of oC many re me religious MtR in 10 of oC Hui lbs Huil l I i to p rf rm the tite military S the law of oC requires of or V them These sectarian accept the doe doc doctrine do trine of ot u a al Interpreted liv by Tolstoi V and al they lh y will wi vi I I not b Lear baa ar r nuns evi veil n though they tn be b shot hot for high treason The Authorities 1 1 I them item t knout k nun t them hean t and anal pun punish iii at attell tell ish them th 1 In iii II a II variety of ot other nth r ways but bitt the tIl t who number many thousands remain true to o their convictions tion lonH 1111 are lost to the army Other loll who have not soW lul clent courage coinage COlte to defy clet the military mil til an a I In itt this open opel way don dOl uniform anil 1111 go IO to the moot front but they Ile are a it I source ot of danger to 10 their own side be hl because because cause they the deliberately shoot In such mi eh a rt l that their bullets cannot possibly bly lii kill ki or wound any one 01 of o the hOllo army imy Thus rhu they satisfy their own ion sciences without facing the unpleasant consequences of ot openly defying the tue thO au all authorities TO 0 TI JnO T Thie lille hie themselves have havn boon licen h n In III title this way ivay R It I Is II I not surprising that lint show stilt still more to RO go 10 to 10 the far CIU east to Unlit H battles b regiments stationed at t iborg and anal Sveaborg received to proceed to Manchuila whereupon i tho Iho thomen men protested ted with meat great vigor vigar vl r ling that nothing would Induce them 1 to tn toKO togo KO go 10 Tin eats of punishment were of oC no avail IRI and anal finally regiments had hll to be brought from Crol other garrison towns to drive tho the stubborn Finns to tho the station tUOI by hy force Tho rho Finnish troops were vere deprived of at o their atlas aims and conveyed through under tinder strong escort while several mil hands bands lively II e I Hu In iii 11 order artier to tl drown the tie noise noie Iole nf or the Finns 1 protests shouted at rat lt the top tp trl nf IC their voices against the treatment nit tat t ed cal 11 out to them Item On at the sta stal KI the th tie Finns had literally to tat ha bl thrown Into the tars by hy main 1111 tote fou riotous scenes scene I ensued revelations of and anal mismanagement havo liutai 1110 been made In 11 to the w r supplies of o nil all 11 kinds for lor the use III of or tin the army I Im ai tat II th front The Tho war lRI 01 1 ordered lOot 1000 to sucks sacks of or if wheat front from a grain dealer af Rt Odessa OI s1 tar for the tl Ia use list UI of the troops and anal RII chance leal to the that one of ot the tue sacks contained an au al Impure mixture A detailed Investigation inn followed anal anil it I was WI proved that out OUI of ot 1000 1001 sacks no Ito less lasK than OtO contained tiles tl s of oC real reRI wheat mixed with Ih larger lar 1 quantities of tat Injurious adulterations of ot various kinds hinds Further urther led to 10 the Ihl discovery that a number of other graIn dealers had perpetrated n m i similar dwindle w Thousands of ot hoots boots supplied for tor the lie troops turn taut out olt to have been mettle made of brown paper PIPI and huge hugl quantities of tinned foods have been boen COli found unfit for lor consumption Homo OIO of or theta them were so 1 poisonous that the regi regiments ments eating alInI them would have been heen II I t 1111 long lon they hail Imd hII a n of getting face faN o to face with the enemy nel In tho ho field wih HY DY Along ong the route of oC the I I railway which all il the bite i reinforce enforce ment to the scene ot ut the ar or for tor feeding the Iho outgoing troops have hlo completely broken down In place so set 10 that the unfortunate Soldiers me are Ill often attain of ton reduced to tl the lie verge of ot star tar atoll during the lie long bug Journey of sev v weeks week As 1 a a n result recalL of ot the short hurt rations received the men muon en arrive arIve In Man Alan churla In iii a physical condition able to 10 operations in trying circumstances At tint tIme towns town where the transport trauma trains traveling eastward stop the soldiers rush ruh out oyt of ot the sara ars and ull Plunder the time shops where eatables can cati b hI bet obtained The he found It Impossible to check these excesses and autti I after n few Cew futile utie attempt they con COl tented themselves with telegraphing n a warning In II advance that all RI shop should lift hi b closed and anal ban leaded before the lie arrival of any Rny transport train In lit eases cases ue whore e this iii wok Woe wal done the be soldiers soldier disappointed In their hope of or getting food In itt the towns town ru hod In itt wild ails order artIer ode to the surrounding and tanal 11 the cottages cottage of oC the tue pea to satIsfy fy their ravenous hunger hunel H At In the lite Province of oC boff boft bol a horde nf nt 2200 30 Ol sol aol diers left a n transport train Invaded Ihl tiu town tOWI anti and plundered all the provision provIsions on iii ni salt at atthe Die stalls Halls itt ht al the marketplace I The Tha whose whoRe produce was WIl thus thu stolen the onslaught ht of ot the troops fuel and a I fierce tight light took in iii II the course courll of ot which several weri hilled and anal many wounded In III many matty I a II other town towns In European Kusila HUlla the Ihl soldiers KO go about the 10 holt tb begging before they start tar for the front if J occurrence oe of o this Ihl kind are no possible at 11 the th Kuro Ian Itean end dial of oC the lie It may be Imagined railway In what a terrible 0 Plight the troops troop trop m In Manchuria may be now or will wi h he later ler 01 oat In n th thai campaign libEl THU TU OEN RAL Over Oer and anal above I e these IheI defects romp come the th serious rlou blunders made In purely military matters matter It I has hUI been fount found that ole at It the front are ar absolutely unfit to the duties of tiC tita Ir hr anti and Ion Oon fist net aol t on arriving In at nl lila his In Manchuria was to Ind home hanne two to col cI and T and by name nanu Ith of whom were In command of tf In fantry regiments regiment amid al both of ot whom were quite Incapable of ut holding i ajon military pot posts At the first bom hor sum nt of Vladivostok by the JI Jut 1511 an Heel fleet the time lell dil ails p patches mentioned the Ihl surprising fuel fact that the batteries Ju mud mad m n tao ut nt te to In I V return ret a tn the Ihl I In tire 1111 Ci re nf lt a t th t it hi p t t ae 1 tha th I U InK that that thu guns Buns on Oi the Jat warships further titan than the gun guns shore but bitt butt brt t Irl which therefore to Iu u urd return rd the enemy Hru 1 The real iva IU on soil II however wits WIL that the tho shell sheila sent 1111 to Vladivostok for Cor the u 11 e of f that tho or ur tillery ry In 11 the tho tort forts tort wore were several lra metre metres too 10 big for lor the of at the ti I guns gulls for tor width which they IhlY were intended I so o i iI that hat I the entire of ot the for fear lr lids II II WR was rendered hII M until a Q ait Cruh it eh supply of ft of right else die was II rushed milled out In itt hot h t haste ha tt from 01 Moscow lUkOW and St con after the tl beginning of the lie sat U UIt It sins nan UI found that n at l considerable quan quantity tt of uC which haitI had Iel order ordered ed ul t a year previously for thu anny ami 1 not act ready Idy fur or but hul the of oC artillery Gen Un Oti Informed the tue esar clar that It would be Ie hI available for fol u III tiNe within ft a H few Ilk The fhe few weeks havIng elapsed thu Iho csur esat mudo lato ti em about t the t its artillery artil iery a itt that It could not halt possibly 1011 ht it ready reay within the tue next IS I 1 months month In Ira bite hil wrath at this blunder which ha lie emmett Inexcusable he lie hI dismissed t hen Oen el Altvater from rm ruin his hiM post POt ld banished him hi him to a I remote village luge In n province nee lice The fIts Ih news new of the of moro molo than hiatt 00 soldiers front from Crol exposure and anal 1111 told ohl JAil hh mar which h ls collie Koine HOle weeks ago ngo H O and amal then de tIe denied nied turns t um out to Jo iu o correct Those rhose unfortunate men Iro sent sont on their journ ourn of 50 by b rail In III tutu oils I IH which only on 1 partially close and anal nl together unheated Tho rho temperature lacing being 40 10 or 60 6 0 degrees below belo zero zeto their sufferings were tete WIIO Intense and anal 1111 more than loin ICO succumbed e that disaster better hetel arrangement havo ho been mado Ildo for or heating tIme the til transport cams but hii there tharo are Iro still till ninny many to be Tub railway Is tat 11 ful CUI the time of oC tho o who that bet It I would break breeck down as cue lB soon loon ti t 1 It was required to 10 achieve an till anKA In KA W N ff W SOLDIER OF THE TtE MIKADO DOING DOING SENTRY s DUTY D TY I i rr t 0 I fL i io 1 I f Q I l I 0 1 t t ta f Nf f rf I f 4 I a a f j 1 I f I j J L 1 Lj I t r tW I j j i t t a V J t U r h V I I if 4 t l I J a Ir JN J 1 t 1 V V M MI i Vc Vcr A V r 4 V I ii I W iJ V VIi f I JI 2 I C it j 1 t tI I I V Ii I I I IJ f If J I Ira ri 1 Ip derl tel ted a scene in the tho eastern war a lul haI on eli dun dalPa at Ill lii a L coa t city hear the mouth of the tho mitt Japan H I Is ono of I t he most soldiers hi iii the lie world us has itus of tin been demonstrated ladle tf lc All Al along Iho lie lute line Ile the rails ace Il too ton light for Cor the Iho burdens hur which 1 haidi they the have IULe to lo beat bear mimi and many nl have taken place The ac RC accidents tat have Ii ave been comp harm harmIs Is owing citing to tu the lao slow 1101 speed at al which the tho trains travel hut but delays havo been caused Most lout nf of the ito trans IK lert rt trains train going eastward are II taking six Ix ur or seven v t Ik ack to 10 to reach Manchuria Instead of oC the scheduled tibet lime of three the iho viceroy of ot the far CIU east 1111 has hu expressed hi his ex Ix displeasure nl nt tIme the defective working of Ir the lie end of ot the tint and anal 1111 some Ime of oC the prin principal cipal mail hI ta ny aly nt at lt Mukden I and hate 11 e been iteen l for Cf gross neglect t of ot 1 Tho ht itt Official liar here these ills thu and nd added that had threatened other railway men len with wih lire dire IN penalties If It there were not a 1 mm Ic Iced ed eat improvement in n the Hie trans traits transport Rn port hart of C troops and anal ld military supplies rim Til every thing too ton many are ure spoiling the I I iii bloth here In itt St Si The ai ar mc I is nominally In lit 11 of ut the tho army urmy and the minis ministry try of mm I II I In itt II of ur f the navy The com coin committee rOI mitten mi III ii I to tl thus the tie oar clam on 01 far fil ha hu hue a n voIce voke ol In la the lie ll tal HI nf Hf operation ROil and the tIme I to 10 advise advin the lie catar i inn on nn t Ith Km Wa t lu lia 1 as a are In III the thu management of affairs affair This 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