| Show III T Outline Map of the Theater of f K War ar or orTHE HE that Is la to decide tho destiny of all eastern Asia will bo ba fought THE entirely within tho comparatively circumscribed area shown In the tho ae ac relief map mlp Tho Tha two most mod Important points naturally are aro Nagasaki for Japan and Port Arthur for Russia Rusala as liS those here are the naval bases for tho the two opposing fleets Thirty fiva miles from Port Arthur and lint c with it by railroad is la the tho commercial port of 01 Dalny sometimes known Mown by tha ilia th Chinese namo narna of pan which is I also In an attempt to 10 cut Port Arthur from liar her source of supplies Dalny would be bo the tho natural ob point of Japanese operations operation since with that as 11 a 1 base baso Port Arthur could be ho invested ei d from land a Korea area and Inti Manchuria arc are the bones bonce of contention and on the tho soil and about Iho the harbors ora of theca theno two countries the conflict must bo be waged The Tho mountain out Dug ou character of Korea la JI ls Indicated by the map The entire country Is II rough and almost utmost treeless a II mountain chain running Its Re whole length with shorter tr ranges paralleling It II at nt various points There Thoro Is a II railroad from Seoul the tho cap eap capItal Ital to its iti port This Thle line Is I owned by the Japanese There Is iii alto atso a line lino partly built from Seoul to Fusan Fuson The principal Korean ports froma fromn fromar r I Iw w 41 lw R t 4 i isIt w 0 sIt tJi Wim i iS 71 u t i I strategic point of view are aro Fusan Chin the tho Korean port at III the tho mouth of 01 the tho Yalu river Further up the tho Yalu ValLI Is I whore where fighting Is I almost certain to take place Across tho the Yalu on tho the ManchurIan side are and the ports recently opened to Amer America AmerIca ica and Japan by treaty with China The Indications are aro that Russia will make her line lino of defense on the tho borders of Manchuria along the Yalu river and also Iso along alono the tho line fine of the railway or rather rathor Its Ita extension from Vladivostok to Port Arthur and Dalny One Ono of the Manchurian Mi ports Is supposed to bo under Amer Amerlean AmerIcan Amerlean lean Ican control though this seems acoma never to havo been bean conceded by Russia The Tho port of under British influence may also atao become bacomo n a point of strategic importance though thou h Ito Its possible Involvement In the tho struggle will depend wholly on tho the attitude of the tho British government r I iI I nn r t a fly p bt i 1 y 0 A rt t one ah 1 Brough ton on BO ii f hoR l f I rJ i Or OrJa o r r tit la i ij j k o err Ja a na arL c 1 Yellow L M t l ld lr I r r 1 2 1 peel y r ra J JJ 1 d ij J 1 J t P r ra a rU ll G rl ta M Mu u ws btu o p p Yangtze Kiang n t 1 tar a t I ltd Shan Shanghai hat i yc Cable btu C h t mm mm 2 w 4 U Sk l Yrs r rte Y 1 a u n ld Q t f I rak G |
