Show Till Til P WAlt IN ASIA tSIA SIA New York evening Bun Sun BunOne One of tho notable features of at the reports report of at the tho Russian n generals Is II the surprise they express at the time size of the Japanese e armies opposed to them Just ns mu If it the th great had not taught the tIme soldiers of or his hit time Unto the vast Importance of or outnumbering the enemy enem at nt the point of at Impact The rite secrecy with which troops were moved from Japan uni placed In tn Manchuria thoy they would do 10 most moet good KOd Is now Justified by ly the tho event nt The Tho re ro resources resources sources source of ot as fur far as men are ara concerned mire are But Japan IH is isable able to mule make nn un Infinitely more dIce tivo u use USO o of at her moro mom limited means menn The Tho Vladivostok did not nol begin Its 1111 raiding In time lime to ha have o any material effect Crt t on the operations of oC the tho Japanese transport service floston BOHton Herald One Ono hi la tempted to wonder whether th military men awn think It worth while white now to reread tho thu confident pro pre predictions dictions made mada by them live five or six ix ago At t that time limo It was ns its that tha the terms of or pence peace would bo be dictated by b the time victorious it at Tokia amid ami that th t Japan having been forced to tn pay an nn enormous war Indemnity would be compelled to conform to I the tho ho wishes of ot di diplomacy was 18 not to net act precipitately tautly tnt l lice Her at my would bo lie held hold on time the defensive for tar n a year It If need ne be bo hut but then theil having collided collected ti II force tile tho overwhelming blow would b truck nut Hut what could have haO that In ir II Ices lent than thamm six Ix months troll from tho time of the tho war wn It wall blomo a question of whether what her Oen Kuropatkin I could escape to the safe Inre shelter of lit with n a I shattered army arm or whether ho he would bo ho obliged I to surrender U It or orse see 1110 It destroyed New York Yet World The end of the tue resistance In southern Manchuria to be ha at nt hand Port Arthur Is at nt time the last ex ox and unel by u IL of de attacks thu the Japanese have hlo reduced I array army to tu a n state In which the only question n apparently Is II It can cnn save Cave itself Learn from destruction by b headlong flight Puit PLU of It has been cut tut cutoff oft off Already and tho rest may muY be bc trapped before It can mako o Its Us escape Tha rho nU general staff In is said sa III to be bo at lit the tho strength of tho the Japanese forces When the tho war begun Japans flinty army on op paper contained only Ilium with tho the colors color arid and In tho the reserves over n tt million men Inca In tho time peace establishment e and amid fIve millions on a war footing tooting Hut ap It never nover occurred to the time Itus HUI sian elan that Japan was a n coun coon try lIy more moro populous tItan than France that It had hall ten mullion men Inen of or military age nil all anxious to enlist and that the tho Japa nise nese army could become Just as liS largo large no tho the Japanese government choso chose to tomake make mak It U New Neu York Evening Post Ho much longer lonser can cnn the tho Russian army stand he tho pounding It Is new re ro receiving at th site hands of or the UIO Japanese without Its Us This Is the tha which forces Itself upon tho timo render reader of ot the tIme latest news from tram the tho tar far east cant Up to this time Gen den tune has ha been fortunate enough to bo be able uble fo o 0 put fresh tresh troops at nt the tho front from tr m tima to time For Instance Gen den Fourth Corps lien Oen only to be subjected to equally rough handling for tor the lust luat ten ton days That the tha have taught fought so 10 well after three months of steady defeats and re reo movement speaks highly for tor the character of at the rank amid Ind file lie Over burdened and ns as fI they tho have been beer lighting fighting far from home In cal heat hent for tor reasons unknown to lo most roost of them the position of at the tho enlisted men has hns been bad enough to try tho time Spartan three O hundred hould there now be a 1 severe detent defeat followed by a 1 rapid retirement of the tho army upon Mukden or Harbin the th troops will bo be subjected to the severest test to which armed men con cnn be bo exposed New York Evening Mall Mail British wrath at nt tho the eel seizure cure or de do destruction of or BrItish and anI Gorman German shIp chips by tho the Is principally Intended d to keep the I Baltic pet l lit rt t home borne It Is IA possible that the Russian naval val commanders In the far tar cast cant have violated International law but no rio na no lion tion In Iii such auch a 1 as IS really wants Wanti to provoke n a I conflict with witha a n third power and Russia must be and und Is la perfectly willing to make moke reparation If It Its representatives have gone gono too far lint hut England J Is tho the ally of at Japan be besides besides sides being constitutionally the tho enemy of ot Every day wo we hear henr the tho bluff blut about the tho early departure of at the Baltic Meet fleet for tor tho the east cast It ft must bo ho necessary ary to meet this threat with an arm answering bluff blurt calculated to keep the fleet at nt home homo Therefore the Iho London Times thunders thU this morning Such procedure Is not In in 11 accordance with tiny any U hn gal ga or equitable principles to which we o mime ate In the least leant likely to as ns assent assent sent Benl |