Show MAY ABANDON MANCHURIA japanese may drive russians out of that country the possibility that it if the russian army should he be unable to bold hold the lower line of the lungari river at it may be compelled to retreat not only to but also further westward along the railroad abandoning to the japanese northern manchuria and the russian maritime amur provinces as well Is the latest startling news from the front the strategic weakness of 0 general s position as he falls back northward Is made clear by a yunshu dispatch in which it is pointed out that unless and the sun gard gird line a scant hundred miles be low harbin can be held it will be difficult to maintain a position further back before harbin where with the front of the army paralleling the rail road the practicability of a turning movement to completely sever corn com and isolate the army 6 milea miles from home la Is too serious tor for russian consideration in ia view of this possibility the dispatch alluded to suggests the advisability of immediately providing vladivostok with war munitions and supplies for a two years siege the correspondent esti mates the number of 0 reinforcements needed to give general linevitch the requisite superiority in force at that such a dispatch should have been permitted to pass the censor at the front Is significant and it if general linevitch had communicated a similar estimate of the situation direct to emperor nicholas it may account tor for his maje majesty s increased disposition to listen to peace counsels and open negotiations before the he japanese lish themselves on russian soil with manchuria entirely abandoned to the japanese and vladivostok left as russia s oll oli tary sentinel on the pacific it Is realized that russia will be practically at japanese mercy in the matter of peace terms |