Show I The a Strongholds of Korea and Japan r N no war seay Is II the auAk lire life the west westI M ening e of or the Pa Ill I n shores ern more distinctly chic than I In tin the lh I s hon honn J preparation ot of hare bar barthe bors the thu building ol or port cities epics tho con I and the tut I II dot king auction of Lit l thus al at alFino I of ni II de scat Fino 11 md and morn more freedom of en Cn 11 10 In nR tug Ib n ore Off iMoh els of or foreign n nations nat I II OilS t I I to 10 toIs t s I wily ally true of Lit this the ports poria o of al 1 hits Is e and Ind those Iho e In Chinn It n I Korea HIn pan and nd under the ever Increasing I II nJ Lip LipIt It I tal at I lire nrC of or the 1 h tres eres HI Of 01 I influence re ren the change chango C lm har been in 11 ot of ott i the ty t Is under orn n es n t tide renewed u c or of j fryy lr The nl r f ear down than limn e d c Is h slew Iel Ills It Il Is will M sa sat t t a rote of Zhu Ihu orIent orientI the I I hiss s Isaa The Ilie two tlde of life Ion u ter a the American con conr conss row gross 5 t r h ss 1 stop slop at Lit lt II Its shores but hut butI I I t did net 1101 oud ou ml across the tiro IM 11 IMil I t the this lids progress il lit with one tt of ot ott tier Id another 1 tl r um pass t through throw h IF therom rom from f r J tram la Ii toot h n T eI r 1 the th Ih ale 1 two Im t F Ira oa ei eastern ot or ott H the Ihl I on Oil elnet Ise IseA t S in the mho new lIew c lICe 8 A China Korea nod nl I tt J f II As n ro ull or of rn tul eil ni md and In turn fi I S II r to 10 It Il second 1 cause t a UW the struggle II f for r f be her JC Mt sine nd 1111 m n This H I H IMI s ll Tills been going on for ye NU NUt which hut i h big fI i nature of the m QUO case ca o very wr in th Ih t rust 1 10 HUI I and n ills must sI b lie the ale mete Incidental Inc I level devel upon that thaI contest 1 III the till Ills fl 11 purls i r r rr Ir rut cost I t b point of l f Intel Interest eat not nol of ot oriental progress H HI ell c ty as s as UM ast asto mere Importance their then f r e I I u I 1 t ta M to th the Iho t a or f toh erlea and but bul even more for foi their stu stra fOK Ie r 1 A luo in 10 the tho conflict between b I he rii ulo and ii lid d the czar can for tor 01 I 1 I the e fl i t tTO tj TO j e harbors ol of 01 greatest t i Idl play for foi 01 position art are those Ir 11 U dl n 1 i Ii 1 QuI oit th sea sen cu Hosea bay and andi andt i lie t gulf gul of to 10 which bo he hea ind ed of ot i fOur the purely lupines I a Theiu Is IA really reaIl a a I Ru Itu 1 1 I 1 it riM tJ 1 one oM ex Hi III luly nU Port pOll In tn be he II heIte lIe Ite In i i and that Hint IH Is Via VIII Viat t siK k Si AI I bl e of O the tho i th Ui m and tho tha splendid navy nuy p 1 1 i Iro ro B I I defenses def of Japan r rt jt J d fat est I Hi count Cott purls both the Iha theu l I a rOI rough i u ce barr r sail and allt polls of ot tie tho thoI I I li 11 by HH lit position loot fl 7 1 k Iio o IV Iho Pid U Is not liol only t 1 h In l ai it mi on the 1110 cistern cos cosI If could I 1 is in m n it bay bar t b he Impossible of on en onI I e In limp btu IIII of war wa r rS s cond only Oily Oil to III and In Ini int i t e t not nol second secund to 10 that IH Is ap J lil Here ore OIe healed the Iho grant gront I s a It hw larlO portion pardon of Ja Jo JaI I It i r veil troll and rod modern von ma tj are built bulit The docking r t CI cirri n Ihrl being two lun doeH docis of or off orr r f lie The iii harbor Is I wild add tn to resemble I uni s surlier BI s ile that of Now New York t lint that It Is IR more inure It h IB Is IBi Isi i i s hed li h d J of n 11 short llort Inlet HUI rounded t i I Mv I color d 1 hills and tutu 1 I ar of 01 the cl city Is I In hou hour t r i v loth lIh Ih the oi an I irnell I Is J the fastest aRtell coaling fita I n In Ire This cut enhances harices Ity I i Ut j as ai a II I i J bi L base se c mud and wild lIh 1 It IJ 1 ir r Is and 1 Its position on all the Iho I mute i c I it I renders It II easily the till ther tillI r i at t t port In Jn the lilt kingdom In it Int InI itte t I te it o of 01 u tv WI i r 11 not Ilot In III such nn position n nil Lis Yokohama Is IB yet tt nn on position for or defense In f fact tet because of or the tho mountainous character ot or the country and the consequent and broken shore hore lines nil all the seaboard cities of or Japan ore are well uell protected from attack either by h or 01 sea Ilea mong the strong natural features lint heat lend tend themselves to 10 the old of Nagasaki Nn a l mire lire the narrow through which the harbor proper must he be reached At It the mouth of the Inlet Is the fatuous famous Ja Jit Island which on one Oil side Bide Is 18 a n L V sheer sheel face fitce of rock rOO feet In It height It is n lon Ilon tl thus this cliff that 2000 lulu hr Is Ilan NOi 1111 sera t i v sti Hut But lilt ins In III tile the old days eloH In before fore Japan heel had been A CI II Tho ilia me ure not 1101 exactly II n II yet lt but they tit till y have ha at III leant least the Iho ill ell II lon of ot 0 iris time those l will ho 1111 Chris Christin tin ll us down a II a f fOO 00 0 foot Lurk Iode Into Inlo Iho lie sea ra There are arc I other othet Japanese ports portH of or considerable hot hill they ty ore aro nearly nearl nil all on the tho eastern count coast or 01 oron Oron on the straits leading thereto Among those these Iho tho moil mod tire ure Kobe IolJ Koeh WWII and mt fill 11 On the extreme south louth situated on a l narrow Is IR another city I of or some OIne Im lut that might hl u II point of attack This Thill IH Is II that many years rears ago ngo tens uis S bombarded and burned burnal by Iw n a 1 squadron Other clues cities of twine Homo size on the west wp t coast or Its hays bays Inlets are ure ur east easl of a 1 short horl distance north of or Nagasaki a n strait sad on the Island lelaud north just west weRl of zt at considerably northeast n lu IOU near Kanazawa va 1101 still alii I farther to the northeast and ilmo t title duo of a n small town toss neni Cher the north end mid of the same Island mud Olain on n the th Island None Nate of 01 these c excepting and Aka A lea ml gyre uie points however and their would Involve little outside on of selves Is IR situated on un the alert rn l ha rInch which t the h t l I onh g gion Ion ton fauns the only passage passageway e eWI way tray WI frame the north Into hubo the he I Yellow ten sen l likewise lies Iles on oa this channel an nit does nn 1111 Mind situated In ht the strait None NOlie of these points Is III Important In III Itself but bul only because C of ot Its commanding position I lion tion on the two 1100 t o little Islands of are aro tao tuo torts parts and Ku Sa runa In lit size sire but JUI of great llIe to lu Ja in In commanding the Iho en entrance entrance trance e into the teal real theater of ot the con COli Zilch Still St III mot nto e Important however holever than Ihan tiny any 1111 of tow tho smoother smaller of In III commanding coot tills this channel me ore the hare har ha r hors of o nod ln hi In Korea I In Is time the chief of the thew i w of ul I j It II la Is I situated chlell on of Ut Jeer beer vr Island hiland with shit lIh n a number ii of or other r Islands lound about on tulle one of Is It a n e of o home II If pi All 11 KOI i oten on In It fuel fact and anil this Ihl k por 1101 portion limb tion Is la under lime hunt alth Ideas Id toil and amid lly settled nettled I In III ii g tea tot or OJ le Ic n degree hv hy people For Tor 01 this i on K n In nn 1111 any that Ihal Japan tn might ml hl hu any nil power powel sneer Korea would ouM he Ic a n 1 bone of contention and aid become one utH of the Ihl theaters of or war var 1111 this Thin Is III nil all the more moie true due with the th opposing nation us she nut Inns has for fOI years foal fast c longing c ce eyes es esIn In Its III of nf the small and t defenseless ii thou nation of And of ut oil nil I Ito tho I u all and her little of their neighbor because i iIlo position Ilo are ale must l coveted co lell by h limit both pat pili patties ties Iles to in the Ihl conflict only has lias IS shout about native but bUI there Ihen Lire ate at Lit least IlJa 1 twice that Ihal number of foreign residents nearly nearl nil all of or whom are c Is very 1 much smaller lima lieI con containing laming only a II few hundred Inhabitants mud most of ot these again ire are Jap lit lie cause the Ihl town IH Is on rot the mainland however and nt III tho Zhu bend hend of or nn no Inlet that Is In III n an rot Ideal Ideiil situation from front n na val viewpoint view null far foi 01 the 1111 I reason lla on Unit lint It II It IH lit be the i a II a u t J in army my many naval M iua lion ore the Iho town and of Mn III std and with other foi forces cm at Lit mind and which I time ate on nn Japanese I the tho and ami sit hots of II the Ih mikado mild con Irol 1101 the Into Inlo tho Iho tl Yellow sea i lain ami the I Itt disputed Is la the tho chief purl port of or Keren Koren mud and nn the Hie of the lie In c oll mall load trots from Seoul the capital city runt a n few ll II huts twenty t yours ago It II Ins has Into n a city dl of ot over oOoo Nearly of o these tire art I Japs lio control most moil lo t of or the banks hinks und industries of lit the place diet ll In lit on min the west con coa email t l of III Korea Koren Is IK the tho of ot attack for 01 n a toe foe 00 to 10 Invade the Ih Other 1 ore are on thin the east coast n south of III Clio Cho b e and lilt a s plit size still fill I south eolith a n clay city ell of lit lp nuo of and nor me r tilt the Vain river the lime HUP on nn Ih the n tar hwe vesI t It teas Willi this last la 1 place IK that lint vins uns once Oll Ihl cause laU n of one OIK 1 11 ur u tin tilt man mis L I I to ry a lO lOIJA I 74 rJ I 1 IJA r U Y Mrs VI Mr VIi J i i r JAPAN r r 1 1 i 1 t 0 Q S San tl an la r IU er f R ion t r s n nI I q 0 I 4 ok Q ma I rr a 0 sOil moo h Gr o J It c tib Rh pu v v t by 1 GILF a gE itt y 1 J tl i iI I tl p pR r I r ZY R c S I nett up II 7 t Q r 1 Jr p A w ht q r J 4 7 r s r o 0 ory o oi oo ry i S N o t t 4 S s p 5 r s lv e o v ti TANE GA L Lf u o f Q l a ati ti between and I Japan Tho The government Ill I of O the lh ZHI zar tu clah a hits linger l I nl III It the Iho purl port than limn the said Mild they th had to In ot or MH were a willing Illing to give gi e hi pin i step stepped pod ped In lu and en mi Mii d that served corl l tn to add udd to 10 time the III ill feel ell feeling lug ing between the Ihl two IWI I to The twi do 11 s In III all nil this Mutt have child chief to lu the outside are 1111 tool and Purl Port Arthur N is I nully renty n Chinese hints city Ill hut hill In It till the i lin sphere hlll of or Itt tied oil whit this tads fut fact fal Is IH another it mint ot of the far foi fo the Ih mm time the nf Of o UK till t md III the be czar It will be ln I than Ihal the Ih I deciding point In IP the war oar Ja Japan j J I pan and China was thu the taking Inking of Port y i i iThe r Arthur Atthur by h the II Japanese When peace f r vas WUK negotiated Japan Port Ar Arthur r thorn thur had hilll long cast cist longing I I eyes In that direction herself however and entered protest The monitor ended e r rby by hr the till czar taking Tort Arthur for tor I df although git leaving It II nominally s sunder under Chinese lt control Japan unit has never Ii recovered covered Lout flum the engen engendered a r mil milI dered I CI by that act and it nd one Ol of her most t I j cherished Is IK to 10 tic be I able ahle somo day to 10 wrest wresl fort Joll Arthur from the thu I l I U i r The fhe chief object of ot the government govern i I I IThe ment meat In III seeking this harbor that lint has been culled called thu Iho Key ke to 10 the orient was M that It Il might have hUe n vantage ground M for foi time Inevitable struggle for or eastern eaRll control Vladivostok Is la not entirely a as nM during part of the year ear It II Is I locked In hi Ice Ire Its Ita position 1 J c cI N Is I tot not m e IJ strong from front n 1 strategic t T standpoint ns as n that Ihal of a Port Arthur Arlhur t 1 This city hits has had bud many other appella appellations II i among which Is III the Iho Gibraltar of 01 Asia slit Of or course It II IH Is II n 1 habit of ot I i isoma S Mime soma writers to 10 term almost nay any nn sort of III a i furl fort a 1 Gibraltar until In tuna the war scar of ot the day there are arc tars Mump nil all mound a the world orld Port n however Is la really entitled to tot tin the t h name tuune for or It Il Is III Impregnable r Looked at nt front the I he sea lea It ft alto alga I Jarl n II certain to 10 j t tIlse tin Ilse famous fortress ri ut at the entrance ot of the The Tau natural fet fear F tae Mit K milling It Il therefore render It well 1111 nigh Invincible and In hI addition to 10 these has spent options millions of or dol i 1 Limit us In lit and fortifying It I I Intimately connected conn with Port Ar AI Arthur I thur In fact fuCI forming part art of or the scheme of ot Its Is the port of ot r t halm Is la II nominally n 1 tree free port pott k r rOpen open alike to 10 nil all the Iho nations ot of Mm tho world but hut In n reality remit It 11 Is lall It ItIs ItI ItIs Is I on the tho cost coast of Manchuria only ottly thir mills miles from Arthur amid r wan slits especially built at nt the tho command i or of c t the gov eminent The order I Ifor 1 I I for construction was given In 1899 and ami i ithe the thc port was tuna opened o for entry In III De Der December cember 1901 I Dalny 1 Is the southern terminal of the thu I hu r i i great trell railway that foi tor UI I tm merly lII rl ended al ut Vladivostok It IL In is thus thin r i Connected cl 1 by Iq h roll rail with Port Arthur Arlhur It ItIs x Is II one of lIt time the deep 1 water I on Ison till tic Ill I Ilk I j i I I Irom the lie position of 01 this port It 1 Port 1011 Arthur would j ably 1111 be lit the objective of ot an attack for tor f 4 I fort Arthur In III the Ihl e event nt of or the fall fail of 01 I i iland Dalny Gain could coult bu he from rein the till theland i land side with more of 01 V i success thou be by hy an alt i from fro m the lie SIM sus 1 r The city about time the ha which ran can l I Ilie bo lie sold said to 10 I m hUe horn literally y sprung up 1111 In III Ina n a night now Limn consists on of over f 1 population for far the must most put 1111 ii rt Chinese I I 1 r rin in I KOI fan a an a nd l Over Or r if i men are uie Ill 1 ed 1 In III I r lug Ing hl the Ihl docks and nod items is mind and similar 1 If works so 1111 that thaI Danny Dalny Dahl Is la ono onu mil of or the tho busiest places pieces In ho the orient 01 lent The P ho only onh other ti flu i Ian t i port pott In la this h pmt nU of o the he 1 Is Vla la Vladivostok Ia I which Is IR fur 11 to III the lie north muth of 01 Ir y Purl Pint Arthur Aithur tint ami 1 In and In is If only Oil t t reached by It waler tenter liy by It passing around Korea and through In ti In n J lutian h T I I I I In n J T I I nUll Linn t 1 ty U ID japan ino I Ill to meaning mean I V of the name Is IR dominion n ot of I r till the east The lime i lies nt at the lie pond bend of an tilt Inlet and Is In Iy j I iI t 1 I Vladivostok was WIl practically Irn II y during luly four months of 1 I i iII i iI 1 the Iii II u r bj ty h Ue ice but hut the tho Hut itus i I I Minn U lit Introducing t i lie loo that will go rill fur In III the tho i 1 c 1 of eliminating thin 1 I There chore are aie 11 many ninny Chines ports poil about the lie follow son sea II that lire are of o Ib undoubted us its lc tf t II lilet h 11 of Bose III pot I haps Is Ii i which Is III under In III i I tuerie Q i 2 i r |