Show GENI K KUROPATKIN OP T I II IS I STILL BET BETHe RETIRING G GlIe He lIe Desires to Avoid a Decisive Engagement With tile the Japa Japanese nese at the Present Irese it ita itHE a HE WILL STRIKE WHEN READY Second Japanese Army Makes a Sue Suc Successful Landing lan ln as Pre Itc Prearranged Prem m arranged i Pt St May 14 UG GMO 10 p m moo Confirming tho the f Intimations i the It Is isGen Oen Gen KU to avoid n a decisive combat with the th Japanese o at atthe atthe atthe the present of or the war wort tho Iho state slate statement sla Ie ment mont was made mado by b the general stuff to today tor day that the till commander co In lu elder chief Is III making preparations to fall 1511 back on ou Mukden and und then on 01 o l While the superior numbers of the enemy enem compel com pc n 0 It does not follow tollow that On Oen l will not strike a stinging blow should n a 1 shale strate shalen mistake bo be made which will en em emi n uble his him to 10 throw a stronger army up upon Upon i on one ole of ot time the advancing columns of ofhie his hlA antagonists antagonist The fhe most exposed por port portion pori tion of Gen command Is la that i which has moved lusted directly Ir northward evidently with the Intention of at gaming gaining the road to 10 Mukden down dawn which It m will match march ns as soon poon us III the other col columna aro am within supporting distance Unless caution heretofore the conspicuous sous feature of ot tho Japanese Is la ob observed observed served this column It is IA believed pore here will fall tall tho the victim of ot Its itA temerity as us Gen Gun Is III known knon to be bo hold holding holdIn lag ing In It especially under close eurell surveillance surveillance lance J decision to 10 withdraw from Mao Liao Yang can only mean meun ac nc according acI I cording to 10 the lilt exports experts that thai there will continue to be bo of at outposts unless another Gen should develop The controlling strategic point at III Hal trul Chen Cheng I will not be Ill held as ns believed helleved Ku Iu deciding It to 10 be unwise to Isolate more troops who would not be beIng being Ing at Port Arthur Arlhur find It to until relief relict arrives This Is 18 Isone one of at the reasons which dictated the tho I withdrawal of ot the from New details of which have not Ilot yet et been made mado public Dubuc The experts ray pay that the debarkation of ot tho the Japan Japanese ese sac at ot at this title time lime would could be he nothing more or less lass than Ihan a U strate blunder advantageous to 10 the Rus Rue Russians clans as nil they Iho are still holding the tho tall rail railroad road and could rush a n force Corce there fall fallon fallon on the tho Japanese and retire before a n column col column column sent e nl by Gen den could get el be between between betteen tween them and antI Llao IIno Yang Yung The Tho opinion ion jon therefore prevails prevail that the Japan Japanese ese eve will not occupy yang until column arrives at nt lint Cheni Cheng Chengor or Its IIA Immediate vicinity The Tho general staff sinN confirms the tho announcement of ot the abandonment of ot Kin In thou Chou hou by b the tho HUH Has clans after the dismantling of ot tho the forts and tho the removal of the tho guns euna to 10 Port Arthur Arlhur SECOND JAPANESE JIANI SE ARMY May 18 p m The of ot I ficle report of lit the landing of the tho POP OCI ond and Japanese army has been boon received here herl It Is IA I a aThe ns as follows The Tho nl arrived at nt the prearranged i place on May l in 6 and under cover of at the tho navy began bean began landing at II 8 3 i In tho the morning None Nono of the th enemy wre observed According to tl native reports there thura were about of ot tho enemy Mt at t lul on the wo wa road roul nt at anti and COO GOO In front Croul of nt the landing handing place Immedi Immediately detachments molt Milt to 10 wo to In destroy the tho telegraph lino IIno and to to destroy ro the railroad rn II On Op May MIlY C 6 detachments of ot our men ed small of the enemy from fromn in rill eminence south of ot and rm from tho the railroad eta sta station than tion to the southwest Simultaneously the engineers destroyed tho the bridge curd and the telegraph lino lilia The fhe enemy who were el had tOO Infantry und and cavalry Our OUI loss loes was wul ono one man killed ll und and four foU men wounded Two wo hundred of tilt Iho cavalry posted nt at n t o retired mind and without rf roea lAnce tanco wo cut curt the tho who vho und and captured the till Instrument On May IA 7 we wt sent fl a to destroy lit tho and tho telegraph wiro between and pu III Thin detachment till the ene ello mys cavalry strong Ht 10 11 1 and cut ul the tho railroad and the tho wires hes to 10 limn tho north northeast wit NUll east t of ot In III tuo ODD lieutenant and throe three i m men ion 1111 killed and BUe nine mite moon men wounded On Ott May Mil 13 tho the railroad was des destroyed destroyed troyed to 10 tho the northwest of oC On May Iny 16 we took ofa of ofa a II line IInO of hills for rot four lilli miles from Crom to driving tho time enemy to tn the tho southward The fhe consisted con of lit three e or 01 four our anti and one eight cl ht guns Our losses lossos Jo SOIl vero men killed anti and wounded woun A Red Hod Cross Crogg train vas sent forward on May Mu 13 TO TUB CZAR St Petersburg May Dray IS Clon Kit Kt has ban sent the following din pitch patch to tho the emperor dated May 17 A 1 of the Japanese ad advance advance vance once guard which had bud occupied o until Slay Mn 11 It the tho Sin Sit lint Hal Tin fin demo defile and nud the tho village of o 25 26 north of ot Fong Wang Vang Wun Cheng haw has retired to tor ward In tho the vallor vallet of bt the tho affluent which enters the Palo Pate river liver on the left lott bank There Ther Is II a n small Japanese detach detachment moot ment at nt lynn Ko Surjan Yen Is 18 still Mill unoccupied pled pied by b the Japanese who have con conducted ducted a n reconnaissance In force nt fit 18 miles mattes to 10 the southeast Information hUH haw been received to the tho effect that the Japanese have Ill Time Tho Japanese have detachments of ot infantry at nt and namely COO at III the tho former and nt at the latter place Their other othor forces have retired In tho the direction of ot Feint Feng wing Wang Chong At I 11 miles southwest of bong I Wang Wan Cheng there thero Is a n Japanese force orce orre of oC The rain Is making tho the roads bad ball |