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Show Hl ;j( DEFEAT IRRETRIEVABLE. IlllllH . H, h Battle of Lio Yang May Cause Russia iji to Lose Manchuria. Ijjj PARTS, Sopt. 4.-The battlo of Llao Hl llfi Y:inf; Js absorbing public attention and ti 'he tone of the French military critics has ' ( MVacrSn.Vn a marlI change. M. Bernesl! HI IS he military expert of the Temps, who Ik liertofore has been confident that Kuro- l ! patkln's strategy would win tho day. now Hi i -"ak0 comment Indicating his' belief that H1 i Kuropatkln's defeat Is Irretrievable, and H'' r 3ai'K n,H 'n51"8 'at Russia will lose Manehiirla and that it will be Impossible ' to relievo Port Arthur. , i . 'rhc Prevailing comment of other mlll-tary mlll-tary experts Is In the same discouraging i 'Iv' :in.cI thf ,c.xpirl3 "WW to be agreed that the fall of Port Arthur will be a speedy Hequenco unless Kuropatkln le able io make a rapid retreat and .secure the H' 1 iecotlcentratl" r hls Ivrmy at Mukden. |