Show EXPECTED 10 TO MEET The Tho dispatches from the seat leat of ot war warIn warIn warIn In Asia Ants Indicate that news of or tho the lust first land battle may be expected at nt any anytime an antime anytime time A skirmish Is III s said to have hae taken token place on Korean territory The outcome of ot this thu seems l ems to be doubtful A tit St Petersburg dispatch says 11 the Japanese were Vero compelled complIed to retreat and fled ned while a n dispatch from Seoul says tays the Russians retired The Seoul story Is 18 corroborated by advices advice from tram Tokio With tho the collision colli lion of at the land IlInd armlet armies the isa war may be bo said to have havo com commenced commenced commenced In earnest The Japanese e seem to have aimed at nl the bottling up of ot the Russian ships stationed at Port Jort Arthur and so as ns to have tin route from rom Japan to either shore of at Korea Horel clear for tor the transportation of at troops and nd provisions With this ob oh object accomplished as a It seems to bo be now nOli the be decided by the armies armies Hussla cannot tend send many more ships chips to the Yellow sea sel for tor the simple reason reo son that she else hRs hen not got many that can make the voyage with without without without out coaling on the road and no neutral power can enn allow hips to util ize toe Ize their harbors harbor for tor that purpose flue lius evidently does dou not expect to make makenny any naval lIa display except de tie defending fending tending tho the ports she has ha selected for tor naval stations Her plan is Ie to go slow but to send to the seat of at war as III many soldiers as us may ma be necessary and then sweep weeP II Japan Into Inlo the sea ea All that Is lu necessary according to time the Russian strategists Is l to collect coli eel an overwhelm overwhelmIng Ing force torce and ond drive drle tho the Japanese arm armies armice leI ice tram from the tho continent But nut the ques lion tion Is what will Japan JR do before bHore the Russian overwhelming force torce huB has been collected It If Japan can retain her con can control Irol on the tho sea aea and establish herself In Manchuria before beto the tho Russian forces arrive In overwhelming numbers time the latter may not be bo able ablo to I drive the tho In Invaders Into the tho sea lien The Tha Japs would then bo ho on tho the defensive IVe antI and ani have con considerable advantage Rumor Humor has hlll It Il that thal tho the Japanese have landed landel troops at nt Harbor the tho destination d of ot whom Is III to 10 attack Harbin the center i of at the time occupation of ot Manchu tin If It thin this Is true Important new news from eastern Asia Allia may come conme nt It any uny anytime anytime time A FORECAST The rhe prognosticate are uro again out Olt with forecasts ns liS to the tho future A Brooklyn astrologer utter having ex examined thin HID stars liars predicts predict that the war now on between and Japan Is II the Commencement of ot u Is t struggle of ot Immense magnitude The next change of at vital Interest that thai vi 0 alter the whole aspect t of the time general situation us all It Il appears at al the nl time hub will occur about the tho middle of ot March ThIs change we are lire told will either cither Involve Turkey anti the states alistes tute or tome other one of the tho th powers power will bo be drawn Into the tho coils colls co II II of at tho present conflict And to convince c tho the world that his hll Is 1111 a true trims prophecy tho the ok lok oklyn lyn man refers to the fact tact that ho he pro pre predicted the present war months before It U commenced comm It Is III worth while white quoting thin this sample amplo of or prophecy of ot human origin be ho nusa It Illustrates s the tM difference be ha between between tween such luch and those ot of diving divine Inspiration In inspiration tion It Jt was 18 no to trick to foretell tho the conflict between n RUssia Hussla n ula and Japan for tor or which the tho two countries have prepared pr for tor or years year In irs view vl W of ot the entire world In III fact nil oil newspaper readers R ha felt certain that the ho war would como come sooner or later Iter Nor for Is III It much muth of at a n aventure venture to ta say Iny thAt hat Turkey may causa trouble about the tho of ot March Hardly a 1 month pawn aes In Its which some lome something timing thing Is 18 not doing In tho the Kalkan states state and nd the tho astrologer r cannot amiss the tho mark very er much Genuine prophecies are aro nr entirely tilt dif different ferent They predict events hu human hUe human man sagacity ouId not foresee anti ami I am all given not to 10 satisfy the tho curiosity of ot man nor to exhibit the th wisdom ot of man InAn hut to give Instruction warning Information and to strengthen the tho testimony concerning I t truths Prognostications that have havo no moral scope may be re no regarded with suspicion |