Show I Admiral Dewey ought to be good J mllltaiy authority but we believe hoI I Is l Avlde of iheinark when hosays j l 1 were to express an opinion on the I subject of the Chinese overrunning tho world It might not bs In accord with Lord Wolsuley Why 2300 men have more than held their own and according to Admiral Seymour If I he had sufficient ammunition mid provision ho could haY held out lildcllnltcly 1 billovo O rnin could march right on to Peking without any difficulty I I I t Tho Chinese of course uro numerically titrong probably lOOOOOOOO but they aro jin unorganised horde of fanatics imbued with tho belief thit thpy I are able to drive out tho foreign devils hut I believe wo luivo cm on tile run and clue outlook ut tlui present line appears to me to Ul1 most encouraging The Admiral doesnot count on the cocs change which modern war Implements havewrought The change from rapid live cannons and magaJno guns flrod by smokeless powder which ns has been proved by 1 tho war in South Africa Af-rica enables a little band to stand oft an organized army arc factors which we think Admiral Dewey has not taken ta-ken Into account He perhaps las noel read Gen Gordons Idea of the Chinese as soldiers or rather possible soldiers and then possibly the great Admiral has never tried the experl lent of slumping out an ant hill Japan took Port Arthur with trilling loss Now the allied soldiers have lost 400 men In trying to take and hold aOilllc spot not much defended The world Is confronted In war and peace by the yellow yel-low terror and It Is something awful In Us portentousness |