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Show TERRIFIC FIGHTING. As the facts become more fully known In regard to the battle north of Mukden, Muk-den, it is seen that the lighting must have been of the most stubborn and terrific character. Both sides are animated ani-mated by a fanatical zeal for the person of the ruler, and both are aroused to a religious and patriotic frenzy tnd disregard dis-regard of life which makes the slaughter slaugh-ter something awful to think about. It appears that the Ru5?slans were much more heavily reinforced than any one had supposed possible prior to thc-aggressive thc-aggressive movement began on the 9th instant. Heretofore the Japanese had been the aggressors; the ones who. attacked at-tacked and made the battle. In that they showed themselves to be masters of strategy and. fighters of a dashing style that swept all before them. It was probably reckoned by Gen. 'Kuropatkin that they might not be so effective on the defensive; and as he was reinforced to the extent that he forward movement. It was well timed, too, for the Japanese could hardly have been expecting that the foe whom they had so recently driven almost In rout from a strongly fortified po?It!on would turn and begin an attack on his own account, So that the Russian attack must have been somewhat of .a surprise. Yet the little brown men wore on the nlprt nmi after a struggle unprecedented In fierceness fierce-ness and duration of fighting, they hurled back the superior forces of thc foe, and drove him eighteen miles backward, back-ward, behind the river Sahke. And there the two armjes rest, the Russians on the right, or north, bank of the river, and tho Japanese on the soijth bank, with the Japanese preparing prepar-ing to take the offensive as soon as the storms are over and the ground Is firm enough to admit of the handling of cannon can-non and wagon trains. The losses In the great battle have been enormous; over forty thousand for the Russians, and almost half as many for the Japaneses, ns reported. It is probable that there aro errors In those reports, although the Russians no doubt suffered the most revercly, as they did the attacking, often at great disadvantage. disadvan-tage. But In the main- the loseee may be preeumed to be not far from 4he truth, as stated. This fighting brings to the front again the fighting capacities of educated edu-cated men as against those of men not educated. The Japanese are all schooled fairly well; they can all read and write and are of average Intelligence Intelli-gence at least, as mankind goes. It Is not so with the Ruasians; very few of the rank and file can read and write, and their general Intelligence i at a marvelously low ebb. But they are trained In the uee of their war weapons, and are skillful In carrying out maneuvers ma-neuvers aB ordered. If they are beneath be-neath the Japanese, man for man, in fighting forco and resolution, there is nothing to show it In the reports of the battles as received. They are as bravo as thei enemies, as tenacious and skillful fighters, and whatever they may lack In enterprise and dash as compared with the 'Japanese, that lack is racial rather than educational. The contention, then, that tho educated edu-cated man Is the better soldier, must ; be limited to the fnct that he Likes ' better care of himself in the camp and 1 on the march, rns less disability, and l comes in greater ratio Into the battle i as compared with tho roster than does i the uneducated men. It seems from t all accounts that all thlB Is true of thc Japanese as compared with thc Rus-clans, Rus-clans, and though that Is a great thing, it does not touch the point of the fighting fight-ing qualities of each, onco they are on the firing line. AVhen there, the only L education that counts Is the education 1 of the warrior, thc drill, and the ex-: ex-: pertness, and the deadly skill with which the soldier can use IjIb weapons and carry out the commands of his 1 officers. |