| Show RUSSIAN II ARMI ARM I O t STR hot Lower Line of Cannot If H R It t garl River RIer at nt May Ala Quit POSITION OH WEAK N Need d More Meu ta taTo He At n To Him the Required pt Ft 1 Petersburg Ift March Marci 21 24 1 46 4 a it in inThe The TM p pA that If IC tho should bo be unable to hold tho thoo t hI rm lower o er line IIno of ot th tho river nt lit It may ilmy ho bo compelled to not 1101 only to 10 Harbin but hilt also nl n further westward along niong tho Ih II to 10 tho the Japanese not northern thorn a end the Amur mur provinces s as ns well setI IN III s tho the start liny j Mr ns s from tho the front The fhe of ot C den Oell Line Lineth ll th ha position pos an RM he falls back north urd rd li I made clear by a it tIM die pith rth In It Is IM pointed out that hun flOd the lin i a U Runt ant hundred miles below beto liar flar hin i all U b ie he held It will be lie to In ton a n position farther back buck be ho beh h Idl fir where with tho front ot at the HI OUY my the Iho railroad tho the pra H of uC n a turning movement in to i ly sever t communication anti ond the Iho army MOO miles train Crom home hOllie homen 13 n too serious tar for h b i vIeW ot at this thiM possibility tho the Ills hIs pat pah h Il l to 10 suggests tha the of ot Immediately ly providing Viadia VI n K a with Uth war 1111 munitions and sup piM vu fr fir A It two Iwo years ICHO The Tho cor corr r estimates tho the number of oC needed to 10 give gle Oell I U h the requisite superiority In fir fr i e a I i OO Th Ft i L hii uh i h k a 1 should have havo haver to i r to 10 pass tho thu censor a ai al alI at i t r t 1 IH Ii significant If It ten Gen 1 I L rt r u ii hi II u IL similar Mimi 10 r e ii at of tHe Hie direct to Km Im 11 M boms holas it II may account for fOl his hili Mj lt I i reused deposition 1 to Us lis lisI leu I it I r r a counsels alid ait open olen iegO negotiates b fore the tho Japanese establish Ihm V on will Iii Will Wih IH abandoned to tn it I t Jn and Vladivostok left lett lettus HI us n tuii solitary sentinel on the tho Pa Ill i in fl u H is I that will he ha pi i IV a It t Japans mercy in 11 the tt of ot pe ice terms authorities here bore believe that in S Jon uen js je J lIuro of or his hIsto nil 1 n iI to 10 hold tho the lower lIne lino lIner linor r n 1 i 11 risk his whole army If H ho fortt forti f i md Id id toni there as lIS It If ho he hoi i 5 M 14 I bo tI at d t his line lino ot of retreat 1 t 11 1 t I Iwo tva ta sides des of at a triangle the third 11 1 of ot Ii Is open area to the tha e In Int M At t th he h general staff the view that fir nr i Lne it h may bo be compelled to don H u bin und and retire toward Lake Uke Baikal l Vladivostok to UK Its f tat ft t Js regarded us a almost unwar bv UV anything that Is k there ther th re It lining being pointed out Olt that J if I H ld will wi I have a 11 long Ionic loti i t 11 I boris ms task to bring up nn an army urmy sn nf i or r men 11 i reinforcements r arrivi is nt at at lit the rato of ot mo meo pr ir f or day dllY Nevertheless It Is thero Is now n U well marked ponce party at nt the war ar palace HUSSIAN POSITION VAt VOAK Vr AK PUll Manchuria March Marii 23 miles north of ot Tic ilo The Jo lire are re following the tho roar guard which IN Is mariner north from San an Ton roil In Pu at the tha th rote rate of ot eight ang nn i n u half n 1 day 11 On both hoth Hanks the tho mi arms IJ n a wide wll turning movement hut but the strength of ot the tho flanking forces has hUll not mint been doll dell lI At a number of oC places along the rail 1111 railroad railroad road between ell Hun Kan an lou Tou J lu pass theta thore are aro broken hills bills with steep sides Rides and gorges at III the tho bottom bottoni here herc resistance might bp bc 11 mudo mude lOt hut It Is IB doubtful whether lOll lien will mako moko n II stand before he hr h rones rOIl the river and Unless he lie Is able uble to hold hohl the line of or the rIver tho the position pt will be he ea sS weak strategically Hint he may filLY lillI bo he compelled to retire buck back of oC Into owing to time the fact that thit OH ila they hoy approach Harbin tho front parallels the tho tendering tIu danger pr of oC u II ot of the thiC solo line of oC communication cation gloater While tho the Is IA i null HUll tar t r from ruin Siberia and with the tho Chinese Kastern railroad behind It ItIn ItIn ItIn In front tho the danger hanger to tho the Siberian railroad Is III only from mid maId Ing lug parties ChInese anti and Ih fow OW raIlroad guards tire are III to 10 protect tho the bridges Hut But once the tho army falls IllicIt hack behind till the thi I r communication with thA faraway base hase will 1111 lII be ho terribly J not lIot by hy the small number num er of t guards but by b the army which will bo ho required to protect the The Tho prospect of the tho t 1 IC Isolation of Vladivostok I built also ho be mot met and It Is urgently to supply SUllI the th on With provisions ammunition lot tot for Cor u ii l few tew ow months but hut for tor two ears T o hundred humid rel thousand reinforce reinforcements reinforcements ments train from la ore 1110 now IIO necessary n to It possible for tho tIm nus to meet the Japan a on anything like even ovon terms t I |
