Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 March 1904 — ENTIRE ARMY CALLED OUT. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ENTIRE ARMY CALLED OUT.

Czar Issues an Imperial Order Which Will Mobilize All Russia's Troops. The Czar lias issued an imperial order which practically calls out all the troops at Russia's disposal and orders them to prepare for immediate service in the far East. The ukase caused much comment in the capital city, not particularly among army and navy officers, but it awed civilians. It foreshadows a long war and "indicates that the government Is fully aware of the difficulty which will attend the expected triumph of Russian arms in the conflict with Japan. Officially the order seemed on innocent one. It summoned the reserve subalterns and first-class reserve men of European Russia to the colors for a six weeks’ course of training. A similar order was issued to the naval reserves. On the face of it this order does not seem to mean much. But military men and diplomats know it means that everything is being made ready for the mobilization of the entire Russian army. The order was undoubtedly a shock tocivilian Russia. When the war started it wasNfully believed that the victory

over Japan was a matter of but a few weeks. As the days passed and news of Russian victories did not materialize, the public laid it simply to the supposition that the Czar’s navy and troops were waiting only until they felt that they could deliver a crushing blow to the forces of the Mikado, and thereby end the war in a few months nt the most. But this order opened the eyes even of tho civilians—tho military contingent had long realized thnt the war would be ~a long and costly one.

RUSSIANS IMPRESSING CHINESE.