THE SUNDAY OHEGOKIAK, PQRTLA3TO, SEPTEMBER 11, 190.
FOOLEDINENEi
Slavs Put Low Estimate
on Its Ability.
LIAO YANG SHOWED ERROR
Demoralization of Kuropatkin's
Force Was Great,
MEN HAD BEEN MAKING MERRY
Chinese, Although They Waxed Fat
as Result of Russian Occupation,.
Became Japanese Sympathiz
ers With Their Victory '
LIAO YANG via Tientsin, Sept 10.
Many foreigners who observed the Rus
sian troops at Llao Yang- oefore the
battle which resulted In the Japanese
occupation of the city are. of the opinion
that the Russian reverse was the result
of the last four months of failure in the
Held of what they term the "demoraliza
tion" which began at the battle of Chlu
liencheng. The task of General Kuroptakin seemed
to be hopeless. The railroad, during the
month of July, scarcely sufficed to bring
into Uao Yang enough Russian troops to
replace those who were lost by death,
sickness or wounds during the month,
and it was estimated that the Russians
would have to outnumber the Japanese
one to two Jn order to be successful
against them.
Scenes witnessed in Uao Yang before
the big battle gave evidence of a certain
degree of demoralization on the part of
the Russian forces. After the Japanese
had won their first successes at Anshan
shan and Kaofengshi and were advancing
rapidly on the second line of Russian de
fences, some of the Russian officers who
had been in the fighting line flung their
responsibilities aside immediately after
they reached Liao Yang and sought for
getfalness of the hardships of their past
work and the dangers of the future.
Gay With Merrymakers.
Pagoda Garden was gay with merry
makers, there was much drinking and
sounds of music and the singing of cafe
chantant songs In women's voices was
heard from the officers quarters In the
foreign settlement. At the beginning of
the five days' fighting, the hotels arid
pleasure resorts of Liao Yang were de
serted, soldiers and officers having been
ordered to the fighting line. But as the
men came back into the city from the
front many of those who could indulged
themselves in such pleasures as the city
afforded.
The Russian soldiers persistently un
derestimated the strength of the Japan
ese, and In Llao Yang the statements
were often heard, even after the fighting
at Haicheng and Anshanshan, that the
war had not begun yet, and the Japanese
were playing a very dangerous game.
It was generally believed among the Rus
sian troops that the Japanese were en
listing boys and old men in their ranks,
for otherwise they could not account for
the large number of soldiers opposed to
them in the field. The attitude of many
of the Russian troops with regard to
the fighting ability and strength of the
Japanese is changing, howler, and the
more intelligent are beginning to give
the enemy full credit for his sagacity and
worth.
Chinese Suddenly Change Front. "
The actions of the Chinese of Uao Yang
when the change In masters of the city
occurred was astonishing. They had fat
tened long on the Russian occupation,
but as coon as the Japanese were known
to be coming in. they made ready, with
their newly-manufactured Japanese flags,
to greet the conquerors. Chinese shop
keepers at once hid all the stores la their
possession which bore Russian marks.
This was a wise .precaution, as the Jap
anese troops later looted all such prop
erty, even breaking into neutral premises
where it had been placed for safe keep
in" to accomplish their ends.
Just before the Japanese entered the
city many Chinese resorted to the fumes
of opium, and as the Japanese soldiers
marched through the streets of Llao Yang
they splashed the mud and filth of the
roadway upon Chinamen lying drugged
and senseless in the low opium joints
fronting on the narrow alleys and pass
ages. Many of the Japanese soldiers had
been without proper or sufficient food for
the last three days of tho great battle,
and this fact has been advanced in ex
cuse of their apparently outrageous loot
ing. On account of the scarcity of wood, the
Japanese are burying large numbers of
their dead instead of burning them.
The Japanese looting was of short du
ration, and now the comparative quiet
and ' temperance of the Japanese troops
is in strange contrast to the noisy and
bustling activity of the Russian occupa
tion which, for many months past, has
niade Liao Yang more like a Western
than an Eastern city.
The Japanese military authorities, as
soon as they reached Llao Yang, put Into
operation their rigorous censorship upon
press messages, but the correspondent of
the Associated Press was enabled to file
this story via Tientsin.
WILL CENTER ON STRONG FORTS
Japanese Plans for the Next -Assault
on Port Arthur.
CHEFOO, Sept. 10. General Kogi's next
assault upon Port Arthur will be di
rected chiefly against Rihlungshan and
Kikwanshan forts, which are the strong
est forts on the northeast flank. This
information is derived from an unques
tionable authority, who has just finished
a visit over the Japanese line around the
forts and conversed with the Japanese
officers, who allowed him to make per
sonal observations.
The elevation of Rihlungshan is 350 feet
Three hundred yards away on the same
range is another hlU so much lower that
Rihlungbsan protects it from all bom
bardment except from Itzeshan and Kik
wanshan. This hill is part of a section
-which the Chinese call Pallchuang, in
the capture of which the Japanese lost
many lives. Here ,the Japanese have
strengthened two forts, previously men
tioned ih the dispatches as having been
established. This position is the founda
tion for the Japanese preparations for
the next general assault.
The work of constructing trenches Is
advancing rapidly, considering the fire
which the diggers are compelled to en
dure. Preparations for the assault on
Kikwanshan are proceeding in a similar
fashion,- although the Japanese in the
nearest battery bearing, directly on this
fort are somewhat morev distant than
those at Pallchuang aro from Rlhlung
shan. The hills, or range of them,
crowned by Kikwanshan and Rihlung
shan nave irregular slopes, enabling a
large force of Japanese to rest securely
some distance up the slope. The Japanese
have tents pitched and they are relieved
every three days. Food and ammunition
and other supplies are brought them at
night only,, for the reason that the de
tachments are obliged to cross a level
stretch before reaching a place of safety.
The Japanese trenches, almost under the
noses of the Russians, now are partially
constructed. The Russians endeavor con
stantly to level the incline, shelling tho
projections which afford shelter to the
Japanese, who ia turn bombard to pre
vent the Russians from succeeding.
Will Be Most Trying for Slavs.
There seems little doubt that the as
sault on Rihlungshan and Kikwanshan
will be the most trying, one that the Rus
sians have yet resisted. Everything
which ingenuity can suggest is being dono
br the Japanese to render the attack suc
cessful, particular attention being paid to
measures which enable the Japanese to
retain the forts In the event that they
capture them. Among the contrivances
to be employed are numerous heavy mov
able shields which have been constructed
at Dalny and which will be used to afford
protection. Gun and shields will be moved
as closely together as possible through
the trenches before the assault is made,
in order that they may be quickly hauled
to tho summit when the forts .are taken.
Two full divisions are available in this
vicinity under Generals Oshima and
Tuchiya. The entire Japanese force now
surrounding Port Arthur Is estimated at
80,000 fighting men. The Russians are now
using exclusively powder, evidently man
ufactured at Port Arthur. The smoke
from, the powder enables an instant de
tection of the source of the fire. The
explosive power of the powder is far
less than that of smokeless powder, wjilch
the Russians seem to have exhausted.
The Russian shells are frequently dis
covered to be old Chinese affairs, filed
down to fit the Russian guns.
The Japanese plan for the coming as
sault does not, it is understood, include
FACED DEATH OFTEN
Japanese in Continuous Haii
of Lead at Liao Yang, . .
WORN OUT, YET KEPT FIGHTING
Officers Used Their Swords to Sp"ur
Fainting Men On Great Battle
Started Each Day at Dawn
and Lasted Until Night.
LIAO YANG, Sept 4 (via Tien-Tsin,
Sept. 10). The Japanese at 8 o'clock yes
terday evening discovered that the Rus
sians had evacuated Liao Yang, and at
11 o'clock they sent scouting parties to
the southern and western walls of the
city. At 3 o'clock this morning the troops
of the victorious army quietly entered
and occupied Liao Yang, General Kuro
patkln's former base and stronghold. This
success was achieved after five days of
glorious fighting.
After General Kurokl had noted the
march of the Tenth Russian -Army Corps,
which he had driven in from the Anplng
road to the plain on its way to join the
Russian center, which- General Nodzu had
forced In from Kaofengshi, he divided his
forces stationed on the Anplng and Feng
Wang Cheng roads. He took care to have
a sufficiently strong force on the Feng
Wang Cheng road, on General Nodzu's
extreme right, and sent to General Nodzu,
who was pushing with the Japanese cen
ter army along the Mengchlafang and
. PORT ARTHUR SIEGE COMPARED WITH OTHER
FAMOUS ONES
Now that the Japanese have again announced they will make a final assault upon
Port Arthur next Tuesday, which was first attacked February 8, the following' history
of other Ions eleges la particularly Interesting:
. It took 132 day for the Germans to bring Paris to her knees & generation, ago.
During January. 1871. no fewer than J0.0O0 shells were rained on to the doomed
town every day, and of these C00 fell Into the city proper.
For 94 days Plevna defied the pick of the Russian army, although Its defenders
were hopelessly outnumbered, and on December 10, 1877, after the last grain or rye
had been eaten, the indomitable Turks Milled forth and tried to hew their way through
the Russian legions, but were compelled td surrender.
Khartoum withstood th Mahdl and his hosts for 341 days under the brave direc
tion of Gordon, and Jn Kara General "Williams, with 15,000 men, with provisions for
three months and ammunition for three d ays, kept an investing army of 50,000 at bay
from June to November.
Richmond was defended by General Lee through a year of terrible fighting until
the seizure of his lines of supply compelled him to evacuate it on April 2, 1805.
Lucknow held out for 86 days, when General Havelock went to Its relief, and
Strasburg, with all its strength, defended by a garrison of 17.000 men, had to ourren
der to the Germans after a elrge of 48 days.
Among tho other notable sieges, ilafeklng survived seven months, Klmberley 123
days, Ladyemitb 118, Potchefstroom 04, Metr. 72, -Gaeta 77, and Chltral Fort 46 day.
an assault on. Itzeshan. The nature of
the ground, the Japanese have found at
severe cost, prevents a successful issue.
Itzeshan, however, will, it is stated, be
engaged by artillery from Louisa Bay and
Shushlyen for the purpose of attracting
the fire of Itzeshan away from the main
attack.
The informant of the Associated Press
quotes an Argentine Colonel, who is with
the Japanese, as saying that the Russian
defenses facing the Japanese have' been
made with a perfection undreamed of.
The inner sides of the forts, however,
ore not so well constructed, and are sup
posedly far weaker.
Will Control an Entrance.
"With Rihlungshan and Kikwanshan
captured, the Japanese will practically
control an entrance along the railway,
and they contemplate assaulting other
forts from their weaker sides. The Jap
anese say they are prepared to lose heav
ily in taking Rihlungshan and Kikwan
shan. These forts, like a majority of
the 54 forts surrounding Port Arthur,
have six-Inch steel shields, loopholed with
rapid-fire guns at intervals. These guns,
according to the Associated Press inform
ant, not land mines, have proved mo3t
disastrous to the Japanese. The shields
are Impervious to field artillery. Nothing
but siege guns will make an Impression
upon them. The Russians also send
strong electric currents through the wire
entanglements surrounding the forts.
The press correspondents with the Jap
anese are two miles from the front, but
the hilly ground prevents them from
seeing anything. The fighting since Au
gust 31 has been unimportant. The Jap
anese bombard dally In the morning when
the sun assists them in aiming. The Rus
sians reply in the afternoon when the
sun is in their favor.
Japanese Losses 20,000.
The Japanese losses for the past five
weeks are placed at 20.000. The Japanese
authority for the foregoing statement of
conditions before Port Arthur says its
publication will not be harmful, as the
Japanese preparations are fully evident
to the Russians.
Correspondents John F. Bass and A.
Dinwiddle arrived here today. They do
not expect to return to the front. Ben
nett Burleigh is expected here soon.
EXPLODED THEIR AMMUNITION
Russians Left Only Carts for the Jap
anese at Liao Yang.
TOKIO, Sept. 10 (9 P. M.). General Ku
rokl, advancing to the northwest last Sun
day and Monday, forced the Russians to
retreat to" Mukden. It is reported that
the Russians, after Monday's fight, car
ried over 10,000 wounded north of Mukden.
It appears that they ingeniously removed
a majority of their dead, but left over
3000 dead in the vicinity of Liao Yang.
The retreating Russians saved their guns,
but abandoned and exploded their ammu
nition. The number of ammunition carts
found In the trenches was enormous.
The Japanese casualties have not yet
been reported. On last Sunday night at 10
o'clock. General Kuroki's central column
attacked a strong Russian force at Ta
llenkou, east of Yental. After a night's
fierce fighting the Russians were driven
westward.
General Kuroki's left column, working
west, occupied Langylpu Sunday after
noon, the artillery shelling the retiring
Russians for SO or 40 minutes. Kuroki's
right column advanced northward of
Wangmlentzushan, 23 miles south of Muk
den. The Russians continued to retreat.
Their rear guard of cavalry holds a line
extending northwest of Hslliho and Shan
chlatzu. The Russian outposts hold a
line of covered trenches on the heights
east -of Panchlaga'o. A body of unknown
strength remains at Kuchlatzu, Patchl
atzu and Kaullnpao. The main body of
the Russians retired to Mukden, burning
the bridges across the Sha River.
Japanese Force at Liao Yiang.
MUKDEN, Sept. 10 (10:55 P. M.)
Chinese reports, which are partly con
firmed by informatioln received by the
Russians, aro to the effect that the Jap
anese at Liao Yang had a total of 300,
000 men with 700 guns. The rear guard
consisted of 40,000 Coreans and 30,000
Japanese, but as far as can bo judged
only a portion of these participated in
the fighting. The troops on both sides
are resting.
Russia Chartered German Steamers.
KIEL, Sept. 10. A number pf German
steamers have been chartered to Russia
for long terms, to act as collie for the
Baltic fleet.
south roads, one brigade to Mengchlafang,
three regiments to Chlaofantun and two
regiments to the south road. General Ku
rokl, in the meantime, waited quietly and
with two divisions on the south bank of
the Taltz River.
On August 29 the artillery under Gen
eral Nodzu bombarded fiercely the three
hills of Chlaofantun. On the same day
General Oku, in command of the Japan
ese left army, working his way with rifle
fire and artillery, slowly advanced along
the railroad, in snlte of thp. Tinjnn
sition from neighboring elevations and
fortifications. The left army thus moved
toward Shushan. The Russian cavalry
was not able to locate the Japanese
trenches on this advance.
Served as Warning to Slavs.
The character of the Japanese advance
apparently had served as a warning to
General Kuropatkln to make sure of his
retreat, and his transport was at once
seen moving rapidly out of Liao Yang over
the railroad bridge.
On August 30 the Japanese closed in
upon the Russians in their mountain po
sition at Chlaofantun. Here the guns
were so close to each other that It was
almost possible for the battery command
ers, to see each other's spectacles.
At 10 o'clock on the morning of the 30th
General Kuropatkln's staff moved out of
Llao Yang. At the same time rifle fire
was heard drawing nearer to the railroad
station, and this was an indication of the
sure advance of the Japanese left army.
The fences around all the houses at
Llao Yang had been removed in order to
facilitate the movement of wagons and
troops. Wounded men, of whom none was
seen on the 29th, were trailing along all
the roads from the south and the south
west Into Llao Yang on the 30th. The
Russlanse made use of a field balloon all
day long on the 30th, and by means of It
they got the range of one Japanese bat
tery, which they succeeded in putting out
of action. As a general thing, however,
they failed to find either the enemy's bat
teries or his troops, while the Japanese
continued to silence Russian battery after
Russian battery.
At 2 o'clock in the afternoon of the 30th
the Japanese shelled a Russian battery
posted on a hill within three miles of Llao
Yang, but shortly after this hour It be
came apparent that the Russians had be
gun to hold their own. By 4 o'clock in
the afternoon the Russian shrapnel fire
was confined to the position at Chlaofan
tun, where the Russians were disputing
every hillock with the enemy. The Jan
anese made repeated but unsuccessful as
saults upon this position. The fighting of
the 30th came to a close at 7 o'clock In
the evening. The Russian casualties for
the 29th and 30th totaled more than 5000
men.
Japanese Forces Unite.
The Japanese, from a low range of
hills to the southeast and south of Shu-'
shan began shelling the northern end of
the Russian line at Shushan at 8:43 on
the morning of tho 31st This artillery fire
was preceded and accompanied by infan
try rushes over the valley and the low
hills south of the road. They began be
fore dawn and were continued until even
ing, the Japanese officers urging their
wornout and fainting men with the points
of their swords. There was very hard
fighting at a round-topped hill in the Rus
sian line opposite the point where the two
Japanese armies under Generals Nodzu
andOku came together. The Russian po
sition here was' protected with wire en
tanglements and a small body of Russian
troops absolutely refused to retire. In one
trench seven men fought gallantly until
they were surrounded by the Japanese.
At the end of this sharp fighting the Rus
sians were hurling down .sandbags upon
the enemy. They succeeded In killing one
Japanese officer and Injuring another,
after which they surrendered and the hill
was occupied by the enemy.
At 5 o'clock In the evening the flght
Ingj which- had raged all day long, cen
tered along the south road, where for
two hours there was a heavy artillery fire
and a vast amount of ammunition was
expended. The valley in front arid under
the Russian guns during the artillery duel
was an Inferno of shrieking and moaning
shrapnel, while behind the Russian shells
burst continuously at tho head of the
Japanese advance.
Russian Fire Furious.
During the day the Russian rifle fire was
indescribably furious. The Russian
trenches, for a distance of several miles
throughout all day fired a continuous
hail of lead, accompanied by unceasing
flashes of fire. In spite of its continued
ferocity, this rifle fire was comparatively
ineffectual, the Russians often firing
without sight of the enemy. This hall
of Russian rifle bullets did not ceoee be
fore 10 o'clock at night. It is estimated
that 1000 Russian shells were thrown into
the valley beyond the south road, where
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the only evidence of the presence of the
Japanese was a Red Cross camp.
At nightfall. General Stakelberg, with
the first corps, was still facing General
Oku on the left -This Russian corps had
lost 3000 men. During the night of the
31st tho Russians deemed the position of
the enemy to be so threatening that they
made preparations to fall back.
General Mlstchenko was on ,the ex
treme left of the Russian line, with a di
vision composed of cavalry, artillery and
infantry. During the night of the 31st
his force was sent out in a northeasterly
direction, to gain information concerning
General Kuroki's movement around the
Russian left flank in the direction of the
railroad. Stakelberg'e movement was of
short duration and he soon returned to his
line.
General IvanofC and his command was
stationed on General Stakelberg's right
and facing General Nodzu and the Jap
anese center army. General Ivanoff had
succeeded the lato Lieutcnant-General
Count Keller to the command of the Rus
sian eastern army. He had removed his
headquarters from the village of Tashl,
In the middle of the southern plain, to a
point within the shelter of the city walls
and on the road which leads to Yental
by a pontoon bridge across the Taitse
River. During the night of the 31st the
Tenth Corps, which assisted in holding
the Feng Wang Cheng road against the
Japanese, began moving its transport out
of the city to the north.
Russians Had Removed All the Trees.
The Seventeenth Corps, which had not
yet been in action and which was being
held on the north bank of the Taitse
River, was deployed In the hills, and had
been partly moved to the northward. Part
of tho Fifth Corps which arrived here
a short time before the fighting began
had been sent at once to the front, while
the remainder had reported with the
Second Corps and was being held in re
serve. All the trees and Chinese graves
on the firing line which in any way might
obstruct the operations had been removed
by the Russians.
On the morning of September 1 all the
noncombatants were ordered to leave Llao
tfYang, and the Russian Commissary of
Police sent an order to the Chinese .Magis
trate of the city that all Chinese must
leave Llao Yang within two days. The
Japanese were seen to be In possession of
the Russian' positions at Shushan, and
it was learned also on the morning of Sep
tember 1 that General Stakelberg had
withdrawn during the night
The Chinese at Liao - Yang became
alarmed, and they began secretly to make
Japanese flags. There was much confu
sion throughout the city. The proprie
tors of foreign shops made frantic efforts
to sell their stocks on the streets at ri
diculously low prices to anyone who
would pay cash, or endeavored to have
their property loaded on railroad cars.
The flight of Japanese shells over the
railroad station stampeded them, however,
and they fled in disorder, glad to get away
with their lives.
The foreign military attaches who were
in Llao Yang were taken north urfder es
cort Tho correspondent noticed, on this
morning, an unbroken line of ammunition
wagons, batteries of artillery and Rus
sian troops using the railroad bridge to
get out of Llao Yang to the north.
It became known that General Kurokl
was making a dash around the Russian
left for the railroad at a point 15 miles
north of here. He crossed the Taltz
River the night of August 30 and took the
splendid Russian defenses at Penslhu with
very little effort He continued to ad
vance steadily, and turned the Russian
left His army covered 15 miles in quick
time. The effect of Its presence and
movements was to force tho Russians to
leave Llao Yang and retire In the direc
tion of the coal mines east of Yental. He
threatened to cut General Kuropatkln's
army of seven corps In two.
Japanese Shells Begin to Fall.
The correspondent of tho Associated
Press was eating lunch in the railroad
station at noon when the first Japanese
shell struck the foreign settlement With
in 15 minutes time, all the troops, hos
pital attendants and merchants, and other
people in the vicinity had cleared out, only
a few Chinese remaining. The Japanese
shells continued to fall in the settlement
Chinese, under the direction of Russian
officers, were making hurried efforts to
remove the stores and ammunition from
the railroad sheds. The Japanese shells
came from Shushan, and a Russian shrap
nel fire was soon turned on the battery
there. One Japanese shell killed a horse
a few feet .from tho correspondent of the
Associated Press, as tho animal was pass
ing the telegraph office. Others burst in
the postofilco, in the hospital, in the Red
Cross tent, which had been pu up in the
garden around the station, and in the pub
He park under the ancient pagoda. Tho
crowd of refreshment-takers fled helter
skelter, with restaurantkeepers and wait
ers, panic-stricken officers and orderlies,
soldiers and the riffraff of the streets, all
seeking refuge behind the northern wall
of the city. The Chinese Immediately, be
gan to loot the city, but whenever they
wereicaught swift punishment was meted
out to them,
retreat
Deadly Russian Fire Poured In.
At 6 o'clock In the evening tho Japan
ese shells were falling Just outside the
western wall and on the Russian hello
graph station at the northwest corner of
the city. From this station the Japanese
could now be seen. They were advancing
splendidly over the southern hills. Their
formation was regular and open. The
ranges of the Japanese positions were
known to the Russian gunners, who poured
in a terrible and destructive fire upon the
enemy. A Japanese nattery and two com
panies of infantry were seen skirting the
main south road. They were moving to
ward the city, and finally disappeared bc
alnd Kowllang.
The positions at Chiafantun were
seen to bo deserted. The right flank
of General Nodzu's army had previous
ly taken up a position to the west of
Chiafantun. whence his troops charged
the Russian breastworks. One Japan
ese battalion lost every officer in this
charge and a corporal was seen to take
command. The Japanese Intrenched In
the vicinity of Tlchnl, near where Gen
eral -Ivanoff had had his headquarters
the day before.
The Russian Red Cross worked con- ,
tinually on the fixing Una.
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quarters in Los Angeles, where it owns a $350,000 home office building, and main
tains four, separate additional branch offices. The Company is a strong factor in the
development of the GREAT WEST.
About $12,000,000 are sent East annually for life and accident premiums.
Why patronize Eastern companies when this amount may be kept and invested on the
PACIFIC COAST by insuring with the CONSERVATIVE LIFE?
Rich
Results
In paying dividends, the CONSERVATIVE LIFE is a LEADER. The large divi
dends paid to policy-holders this year (over 20 per cent) in connection with its rapidly
increasing Surplus is evidence of the Company's ECONOMICAL and TRUSTWORTHY
management.
Registered
Right
CONSERVATIVE XIFE policies are registered with the California State Insurance
Department and indorsed by the Insurance Commissioner, as prescribed by statute.
The full legal reserve is thus GUARANTEED by the STATE.
Definite
Deposit
The CONSERVATIVE LIFE recently VOLUNTARILY deposited as ADDI
TIONAL protection to policy-holders ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, in
approved securities, with the California State Treasurer.
World's
Wonder
THE CONSERVATIVE LIFE IS FOUR YEARS OLD; ITS ASSETS ARE
$1,500,000. SURPLUS $320,000 ANNUAL PREMIUM RECEIPTS ABOUT
$1,000,000-INSURANCE IN FORCE $26,000,000-N0W WRITING IN
CALIFORNIA, ITS HOME STATE, OVER $1,000,000 PER MONTH, LEADING
EVERY OTHER COMPANY.
NO OTHER COMPANY AT THE SAME AGE EVER
SHOWED SUCH A FLATTERING RECORD
Portland
Progress
Branch offices were opened in Portland April 1, 1904. The new business written
in Oregon and reported to the Home Office is as follows: April, $8,000.00; May,
$28,500.00; June, $37,500.00;- July, $64,500.00; August, $119,
000.00. Total, $257,500.00. Annual Premium, $10,648.15.
These figures bespeak the confidence reposed in the CONSERVATIVE LIFE by the
insuring public.
Removal
for more
Room
On account' of increasing business, six rooms on the second floor of the new FEN
TON BUILDING 84 SIXTH STREET, have been leased for three years, and will be
occupied as soon as completed, about October 15.
Workers
Wanted
COMPETENT REPRESENTATIVES Wanted. Liberal contracts direct with
home office, providing LIFE INCOME. For particulars, rates and sample Policy, call
or address the Company, G00DN0UGH BUILDING, POE,TLAND, OREGON.
JOHN H. N. CLAUSEN, Manager.
The Japanese shells fell thiclc over
the Russian battery located In the
western suburb of Llao Yang. -
Late that night, as the correspon
dent was seeking a place to sleep, a
wounded Russian soldier was borne
past him, shouting out in a delirious
voice that General Kuropatkln had
gained a great victory over the Japan
ese. At 8 o'clock on the morning of Sep
tember 2 the transport of the Russian
army was still going out to the north,
and the head of the train was almost
opposite Yental.
Discouraged Slav Troops.
The fighting around Llao Yang be
gan at daybreak, when shells were
thrown In from the entire Japanese
lino. General Kurokl severed his con
nection with tho Japanese center army
and left the Anping road unprotected.
His army wa3 in front of the last Rus
sian position in the coal mining district
to the east of Yentai.
The importance and effect of Gen
eral Kuroki's dash to the rear of the
Russian army was particularly notlco
able this morning. The foreign mili
tary attaches had been qscorted from
Liao Yang to the north. They left their
train at a point near Yentai and pro
ceeded in tho direction of the fighting
between Kuroki's troops and the Rus
sians who were attempting to hold
them back. Here the Russians had lost
an Important hill position only to gain
it again and then lose It a second time.
This greatly discouraged the Russian
soldiers.
Japanese Victory Appeared Complete.
The morning of September 3 showed that
General Kurokl had not attained his ob
ject, but the victory of the Japanese over
the Russians appeared to be complete.
Russian troops and refugees from Liao
Yang in rickshas were pouring north
along the railroad and along tho main
highway on their way to Mukden.
The Russian press censors who were
stationed at Liao Yang, Yental and Muk
den had fled to Harbin. Newspaper cor
respondents were instructed to send their
telegrams to Harbin, which ia about 340
miles up the railroad from Llao Yang.
The night of September 2 was marked
throughout by furious rifle firing outside
of Llao Yang. The Russian troops were
in a highly nervous and excited state.
They were convinced that the Japanese
were creeping forward irresistibly all the
time.
Tho morning of September 3 saw the re
sumption of the cannonading at dawn, and
the vast clouds of smoke which arose
i slowly from the burning warehouses in
the foreign settlement at Liao Yang could
be seen for a distance of ten miles. As
the correspondent was attempting to get
Into Llao Yang he heard Russian cheers
In the direction of Kowllang. to the west
of the railroad, and it was reported that
General Mlstchenko had been successful
In clearing the enemy away from the Rus
sian right flank.
General Zassalltch, of Chiullencheng
fame, with a thousand men, on Septem
ber 3 was smoothing the road north of
Llao Yang for the retreat of the Russian
artillery and troops. He was also trying
to put Into effect various devices calculat
ed to delay the advance of the Japanese.
When the correspondent passed the
flre-swept bed of the Taitz River on his
way Into Liao Yang at- noon of Septem
ber 3 the Russian infantry bad retired
from the immediate front to shelter the
south wall of the city. Upon getting into
Liao Yang it was seen that Japanese rifla
bullets were falling around the railroad
station, and that all the stored lumber
and wooden bridges In that vicinity were
In flames.
Two Hundred Chinese Wounded.
Two hundred and twenty Chinese, who
had been wounded by the shells falling In
side the city, had been brought together
at the Chinese Red Cross Station and
were being cared for. It was apparent
that tho Russians were using the walls of
the city for protection. This the Japan
ese discovered, and consequently they
continued to throw shells Into Llao Yang.
The number of Chinese wounded In
creased. Determines Mastery of Manchuria.
The battle of Llao Yang la accepted
hero as determining the mastery of Man
churia. In it the Russians were fully
equal in numerical strength to the Jap
anese, who had approximately 180,000 men
In the field. Tho Russian artillery was
superior in range and rapidity of Are to
that of the Japanese. The Russians
forced the Japanese attackers to take dan
gerous positions by intrepid assaults. In
many instances the Russians lost more
men behind their breastworks than did
the attacking Japanese.
In the fighting on the plains, where
the Russians believed they would have
tho upper hand because of their superior
ity in cavalry and of the opportunities
to deliver bayonet charges, the Japanese
restated successfully.
The Russian losses in the fighting
around Llao Yang are estimated at 10
per cent of the number of troops en
gaged. The Japanese assort that their
losses were very heavy. The fact that the
Japanese artillery maintained its fire for
six days without dlmunitlon astonished
tho Russians, who could not account for
the Tapidity with which tho Japanese
must have transported their ammunition.
The Japanese are preparing to make
Llao Yang the headquarters of their Man
churlan armies.
The Russians have fallen back to po
sitions along the Hun River, south of
Mukden.
The railroad has proven Itself to be in
adequate for the requirements of the Rus
sian army in retreat, and the belief is ex
pressed here in certain quarters that the
active campaign is at an end for at least
four months to come.
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