Show Pueblo Chieftain In the judgment of ot one English mill tary expert this latest naval disaster ter to th the will have hotho the tho effect of forcing them to ft it 1 land engagement In the tho effort to retrieve their military prestige This Is III s not at nt all Unlikely and an as the two great armies one are now facing each other along lIon the lIlu river In III a n position favorable to battle news from that region for tor tho the next few tew days daya will still be awaited n with unusual Interest Now New York World The against nt at son sea seaTo sonTo To 10 lose her lighting admiral n a battle chip and amid 00 men mell nt at one blow Is bad enough but to lose lo o them by nn an explosion stun sion of one of ot her own indeed In Indeed deed deell they u were so lust loU an nn the St Petersburg account has It amid not by b n a Japanese torpedo Is the tI most cutting cruelty cruell of ot fate tate New ew York Evening Post To Co parallel such bad bud luck Inck as us has be hue befallen fallen tho the Russians In ha the tM loss of the tho one onu must go buck back to the sinking of or the Camperdown Vice Ad All Admiral miral flagship was wan going Into In Into Into to action when she struck one OM of or the harbor mines turned turtle tuttle anti and went down with Ith the tho admiral and most of or her crow Cron of Nothing could more com cont completely demoralize n A navy nl than tha Chu sense ene that hint It Is moot moat In danger from tram Its till own harbor defences With the tho loss of ot the tho k tho the battleships at Port l rt Arthur Arthut are reduced to nt at most mOK t four tour which are arc lit to take the tho sea een AH As 11 wo ova go Jo to press there Is word of n a naval attack on oil Port Arthur by 40 Japanese Vessels Anti And It U Is possible 1 0 that the tho I tragedy of or the tho Is only the tho forerunner of other casualties c In any case her loss means that the naval strength of In the China Chinn seas sens will rust only so po long lOll as us Admiral Togo To withholds his hi decisive blow Cleveland Cleeland Plain Denier Dealer From a n military point of or view tho the chief loss Is I that of Admiral Makaroff Russia has men tn tl spare amid though note none too well ort oft tor for battleships would probably havo preferred the tho loss of or ortho tho the warship h III to 10 that of the omit only on Ilus Itus I f gluon Blan commander who ho line has been heen able to hold his own against his hili active and de do determined toe foe assumed com corn command mand after the mischief had hlll been dona dono donaby by his hili predecessor Tho The Russian squad squadrons tons ions were widely separated nod and one lad had been seriously crippled In the tha first shock of the war nr Makaroff effected a 1 sudden Budden transformation The Tho Initial strategic glo error could not be he repaired but he did wonders ondera with the means nt at haul hand He Ile put new life lite Into the defense 1 11 so tar far from cowering under the tho shelter of the forts tortA went scent boldly out to meet the Japanese o unit and engaged them r len enroll honors on the tho whole being fairly fairly even eoll even It has hns been made veer yer t aln that hind had he hue been In command from the start the course courso of the tho naval war would have havo been bt 1 far different Chicago Since Japans Initial stroke tho the Rue Rus Blan fleet lIC t nt at Port Arthur line has been Loen able to do da more than make n bluff blurt nt at lighting fighting It has been n a t fleet lI et In be hr beIng log Ing under the tho protection of the tilt Port Arthur guns nl as all such each a n potential menace to Japans transports How ever It has hA kept Admiral Togo busy bus watching It and attempting to destroy It Now It IK Is reduced reducers to an nn even moro mitre Pitiable condition Japan cannot atford at af afford ford to Ignore It but bill she ho can cnn handle It II so 80 to speak with one ono finger huger Springfield Republican The Russians may be he glad before betote many weeks stocks to accept the tha Judgment of Angus Hamilton of ot the time Royal Geographical society who sho writes In ht the Fort Fortnightly Fortnightly nightly Review concerning the are cal value ulue of Port Arthur Mr Hamilton says Bays It has hils no value and amid furthermore tint that while Its evacuation might cause a n slight loss of or prestige the sooner Hooner the tho Russians get got away own from train there the better bettor for tor them theta Without the fortress tho the Russian plan of campaign could bo be executed the more moro easily eu lIy Hut But as ns this advice cornea comes from an English Englishman h man the Russian authorities will still ac nc accept accept It If ever with caution cation |