Show t Its It's a Very Big Bear TAPAN'S forces on the Siberia I t i 1 front r nt are outnumbered by the Russians t are superior in every sense sense better better equipped 1 b better trained of higher morale and better led Russia's Siberian army overwhelmingly outnumbers outnumbers outnumbers out- out numbers the Japanese is magnificently t equipped h has s superior air forces has well- well r stocked Mocked supply bases near near by and is led by a superb corps of officers Moscow will not yield an inch on its set set- settlement set set- J J terms Japan will not yield an inc inch on its settlement 1 terms C Japan cannot fight two wars at once Japan will not accept Russia's terms and is r ready ady to fight The situation is at an impasse and a general war war is in sight j Conditions Conditions' will compel Japan to yield and there is no fear of a new war in the Orient The foregoing summation is derived from two two- days' days headlines statements by spokesmen opinions of persons recently in the Far East 1 views of those close to authoritative sources the man mart on the street in Tokyo Moscow Berlin Berlin Berun Ber Ber- lin un London Paris Rome and close clase observers in the worlds world's rocking chairs Putting these things together and failing to find a common denominator is probably what sent Wall Street slightly haywire Monday when at aS the reports of the stock market said re renewal renewal renewal re- re newal of war fears sapped the stock markets market stamina and issues showed declines from fractions fractions fractions frac frac- of a point paint to two points in n a share day In itself that is somewhat confusing for the tradition has been that the traders started whenever the dancing a the rosy chance of a nice long war loomed Maybe the neutrality law war debt defaults and world sentiment sentiment sen- sen against war have had a lot lat to do with the tf changed attitude of speculators and investors as asto to to towar war stocks If so its it's a good sign Best advice advice advice ad ad- vice to offer buyers sellers and brokers brokers Don't Dont Don't get jittery until you can see the whites of th their ir eyes And that is because taking all the news apart and trying to rearrange it in a clear picture only anly se seems ms to 10 show that Japan is having ing a practical y 1 and t and aId wracking nerve-wracking demonstration of what it means to have a bear by the tail tail and and the Russian Russian Russian Rus Rus- sian bear is a very big bear with a little and slippery tail Japans Japan's current worry werry is whether to try to hold on an or ar let go To do or not to do she is bound to lose face the worst sling outrageous outrageous fortune can deal her according to the quaint philosophy of the sons of ef Nippon |