| Show I The Present Condition of the Gibraltar of the E st fierce mid un to bring about tho overthrow of Port Ar Arthur thur at any un cost was 11 n mystery to mankind In general military u It was lal only who Insisted diplomats and t Diplomacy UP ot Ju Jupo po Iho lIng I n 1110 tl M lodgment ln III tho lIa m I 11 Hint tHIt healthy of 0 t ti i of ot which tho occidental tho thoIn hns as In o that t she he has accomplished her j o ot eel LV at u the world now M sense of Justice Is III up 1111 th concerning hor IlIg i c Is ull oi tho won B und foes ul ulI ng Now tho 0 I lit tho cast Is heu heuf sho It f Her belle bellet will f at impregnable Han been not at I It t f fulth uh m III 1 her on power i j nt i her H Il been beell to bo 1 10 S us ud her triumph tin un rational I b will sho ho regard It a Will she sho endeavor to t dor vo from recompense more mute mate somo from It which of ot victory with than tho joy rial tho ur tho dull to paid 7 Sat demanded that ha has b to 10 her In Intention if It Japan Jap u expressed sell openly and oft oCt ro re roS S during tho courso of ur the Invest she has hns no to become n IL nI tho Asian I proprietor of ot any portion of ot She has hns more than tha II do dared unreservedly that nho did not bo botho bogin gin tho war var from tho motive of ot terri territorial acquirement Although hor per Iler iunce In III this seems to tho western mind In III tho light of events It would bo bon boIn In n line with her unbroken courso of ot amusing sincerity If Ir nho should libido hy by her early promises U It must bo re 10 remembered also that her voluntary re relinquishment of ot nil 1111 schemes of oC territorial rial expansion was accompanied by a II plainly expressed ed warning to ull other nations that thal they would bo expected to uhl lt ft a like moderation One thing however IB Is Inevitable Tho will remain In Port Arthur until tho czar c nr abandons his policy of or Muscovite extension In III Asia Ash or 01 sue Hue eeC la In find In a II way to dislodge them Since neither of at possibilities IM III Imminent the tho doughty Island warriors will bo Port l olt Arthurs tomtits for so 80 long a 0 time that the national policy of ot of or territory may limy Although tho restoration of tho fallen 1101 wilt will bo n II task which must demand Incredible patience tho expendi expenditure ture turo of or n 1 vast amount of at treasure It will VIII doubtless bo be an undertaking peculiarly congenial to tho Japanese temper temperament ament It will mean a 11 regeneration do noo When the tho victors Ictor entered tho fallen town they found literally nothing Intact Upon taking stock of ut their theil pain painfully tullY fully acquired U It Is little wonder that ono one of ot Japans most distinguished engineers clapped his and ejaculated fervently Oh that wo we had this pot as It was In tho beginning fresh from the hum of ot nature nil lure I Then 1 wo could have hae done dono something It Now it bo HUo 0 the exhuming of ot an nn another other Pompeii Tho soldiers fj remnant of ot tho original garrison were no problem to the resourceful con conqueror they will ho be treated with tho broad which now has called cull eel forth tho admiration of at t tho Iho civilized cd world Tho upward of side wounded will always causa to I bo that they fallen Into midi merciful hands There will bo no hick Juck of or tender nursing and tho blessed that have been such noble features of at tho present campaign In III II H than u II year tho Jap Japanese anese havo hn vo converted COli tho world to many now beliefs havo taught mankind that tho BO called Christian aro not lIot peculiar to 10 tho Occident Most sanguinary of ot conflict It hUll has been beell hut but never armed bo bogan gan has hns tho brotherhood of at man been III practically demonstrated In III order to comprehend tho magni magnitude nl tude hulo of ot tho restoration of tho thode destroyed de city and fortress of Port Ar Arthur r thur It IK III to make u brief re review review view of or Itu career from tho moment that HH eligibility as nil u grout stronghold was apparent to tho Iho Mon Mongolian 1011 golian statesman IA 11 Hung lor Jor of at yours previous to lu that time limo Chinese and cruft together with tho bettor constructed vessels vessel II of oC tho Japanese Hailing II hI II the Yellow lien ea lu hi tho coastwise trade had made mado a I common resort of or the tho landlocked ed erl harbor of oC l us 1111 It Il was for formerly merly called calle From 1011 seaward tho spot was almost hidden the tho only Indication of ot Its presence being a U Bill In III tho high cliffs which rose precipitously from the water edge hlll natural cleft In the tho mountains was only about yards In width originally within this nar narrow I Irow row entrance nce there appeared a It wide stretch of or water hemmed In on every by lofty cliffs In tho narrow val valleys leys between these cliffs a n few Chinese of ut unsavory reputation had built mud huts huls and lived In them thein secure from the attention which their reckless mode of obtaining n livelihood otherwise have attracted from Peking of or tho spot In 1860 when foUl ships of or the navy sailed In III at high through the tho cleft und proceeded to 10 land 1111 a surveying party Tim commander of tho little neat wits Was William Arthur Arlhur characteristic tl disregard of ot n the namo that It had 1111 home bOllIe for centuries ries Ile ho modestly 1 It Port Arthur a 1 proceeding which had little effect upon the freebooters of It tho who call it by hy Its more eu euphonious Chinese name even to the tho present day tillY Tho Chinese government likewise declined dc to accept the tho new lIew i namo and It might have Into oblivion It tho Iho British traders at Bhang Homo of at Its 1111 moro more I moule into Inlo tho worM world und arid returned to the I court at Peking with new lIew before thin time that clover cleo American diplomat the lute lale had no 80 gained the of tho Chinese government that It bewail to cultivate u tolerance for tur occidental Following Ills hili Unit experts lu tJ Hall along the tho count In 10 of ot the mont available spot for Iho Innovation The 1110 uni universal versal verdict was In III of ot Port Ar AI Arthur AIthur thur and It II planned to transform the place Into ono of ot the com COlli pl try In tho world Thus It Il happened tha t the do Ih hell for of Port Ar I THE SHADOWS THAT HAUNT THE THRONE OF RUSSIA hal hul und and tho lower coast had hadnot not Introduced It Into the lie pigeon dia dialect lect leet of ot oriental commerce Although the unintelligible as all It was to tho oriental understanding survived It added nothing to the th Immediate pros lIOS of at the tho place Twenty years IUS later IUler It was merely u 1 convenient shelter for tor small shipping from lie tho sudden which lire arc a II feature of at the Yellow sea lIeli region About bollt that time however tho Celes Celestial s empire began to show how some lome signs of oC awakening from Its long centuries of ot advice and reassured by the he visit to 10 the United States of oC tho treaty commission Celestial families of ot began to 10 send their sons abroad In order they might acquire a n further knowledge of ot tho Iho foreign devils and bar MI barouH ways All of ut this resulted In Chinas tc 11 n 1 navy Ono of ot the first steps toward the realization of ut that wax the tho se selection lection of ot a n suitable location for or a n groat naval station Having little commence In III tho ability or UH own engineer el the government employed French and thur were drawn originally In III tho of office fice of ot French engineers They em embraced braced great dockyards workshops work hulls dry docks refitting batons and foun foulI foundries dries to bo Iw set lIet conveniently along the tho water front and on 01 tho a II system of ot fortifications such lIuch as n tho world had never seen These plans were not com In a n hurry huny They were subject to toa a II series of ot revisions extending ln over several years und ero panned ed upon lIlon with gront particularity by h LI 11 Hung Chang and the govern governments ments After the th le had decided on Port the IIII contracts for tur the construction tion of ot the llio now nol wonder were given to French drum Unit Imd already demon demonstrated to ul The who ho wan Willi then at the head of ot hi 1111 scheme of progression Informed himself elt comparative of the tho contractors I of ot various nations to produce the best results r Aults and II nIl dually settled upon ullon the French Thus Thull It was that French con Call contractors tractors employing an un army of ot coolies who worked 1 for IK IG cents u II day found to wore engaged 1 for tor several year upon the building of ut the tho stronghold H It was WIS about ten years In 1801 be before fore Port Arthur was handed over OCI to the government hy tho con COli contractors tractors During nil all this time of ot Its slow evolution the world mani manifested curiosity less Interest concerning It II Having correspondents nent occasional accounts of ot its wonder wonderful wun pl ful unfolding hut In III thoKo days la from tho far tur oust were to 10 be moro exciting than thun reliable It Is III a n fact however that by b this time Arthur had become a II rather rathor well built buill city of ot moro mora than loOd 1000 houses and 11 lid buildings 1 outside of ot the government works which formed a u decidedly Im Imposing posing upon the water front It was Inhabited by h a II commercial pop population of ot not to mention the tho gar garrison rison IllIon of ot soldiers Tho Jho torts forts were welo mounted II with guns which were then till the most modern In the mill mar market ket and 1 Chinese gunners were welo given dally Instruction by b experts perlA Imported from and other l countries In III ISH the tha then at lit Will war with the tho empire stole In III through ono ullO of or the narrow which lead Irad through tho Iho protecting mountains and otter after n I bloody light captured 1 the thu city and For two years thoro thera won wall no one olle to dispute authority In III the Ihl captured At tho close of ut moved by gloomy predictions it nil China walls tho ul Hod powers thai hud had taken ell the contract to clear elanI up 1111 tin Oil eastern muddle e served notice on th that they must restore Port Arthur lo lu Us legitimate owners OW The little warriors ro but before leaving they thoy took thu tho precaution to destroy the formica Two years Intel r having ca 00 cajoled tho Chines government Into a U cu curious rious a lease 1011 look possession of ot the tho place The Chi Chinese Chinese nese hud Imd done dOUl toward rebuilding the overthrown forts fortH hut but the now lIew ten tenants ants noon non begun complete of ut the tho upon a scale lIeulo far surpassing the tho original design de and II nIl made mUllo no t of oC the tho Intention to make It the Ihl of the tho eastern world lorld The fhe ambition of ot tho Muscovites o apparent und nd tha tho negotiation with China Chilla so HO farcical 11 that no ono was deceived In th he matter Tho rho mag magnitude of ot the scheme of mak making ing the place Impregnable made tho plea of ot temporary occupancy absurd oven to the Illiterate soldiery and belief In III permanent ownership was wa general From the tho moment of lit occupancy pancy until breaking out of ot tho present war n II of ut six Alx years there thero was Willi never any perceptible cessation In III the activity dun to attempt to tomake make 0 Port Arthur an safo center for her long contemplated Ingenious of ur Asiatic expansion Tho work was continuous day and night thero no Indication at al any nil time economy figured as us a II prominent clement Tho national treas treasury ury ur wa drained lo to Port Arthur Arlhur and Its splendid satellite Dilny the center of at tho dream of ot eastern supremacy The treasure poured Into this specious enterprise would have served In III the und economical hands of ot the JOI lo 10 found an nn um em umpire empire pire Kven I ven In III cie bungling clant hands of ot tho Muscovite It daz 1011 ono one on account of ot Its Immensity Failure though It Il be he It a u mighty conception This Is III the tho ruined heritage Into which thu fortunes of ot war have Inducted tho victorious Japanese No other nation nallon on tho earth Is IH capable of at a II keener I ap all appreciation of ur tho mockery er of ot tho Ion It Is III not lIol only that tho boasts and threats of ot tho hated aggressor havo hae haebe been be silenced but tha places ho stood have crumbled into dust To tha sober sobol and abstemious Japanese accustomed tamed tomed us ho he Is III to count tho cost of or ev everything the tho shattered 1 und worthless of ot Russian prodigality pro which llo nt n t his feet must temper tho Joy of or victory with tho regret which waste Inspires Ho It U III who knows host bost of ot all 1111 how nearly Impregnable liln hili foes succeeded In III making their Gibraltar tar tur und he ho It Is III who best realizes tha tho cost of ot demonstrating the of ot the boast A year ear ago no tho world could not havo foretold Japans policy polle In regard to tho occupation of or Port Arthur Today odny It has been beell mado wiser It believes that tho courso of or tho wonderful little orientals whatever Its detail may de Ie develop elop will be he marked marl ed by hy great dignity prudence and a n that will bo n 1 model for tor civilization to follow II Jr |
