| Show THE TIIE COMING NAVAL NA VI There Thero Is le great I rejoicing r ring In III lan Admiral sky k has haM succeeded In entering the China Chita SeR Pea with It h at fit least leant len t part of his hili squadron The strategy by I which he ht effected n a ap I p through the th long and narrow I ft strap rait of ot Malacca unmolested because I hits his enemies were wre keeping watch olio oleo I Where Is III considered a III as clever clver as all It was RB bold and ami hopes ho s are lire being entertained that the Arrival of ot on the wen area of ot conflict mil ISIS m y yet et turn tho the war Will tortoises fortune In III favor of ot Hussla It lt Is true tint the destruction of the Japanese fleet neet would materially change the situation With la the Ih master of or tube ten semi 1 the Japanese army In hr Man I n churl churlo would world b be unable to continue Its aggressive operations operation Hut the lito world generally does not nol share the Russian hop hopes for far A sen cea 11 victory for tor HoJo iky k Ho lie la is I still a n long way WItY from find Vlad Vladivostok and nn the question 1 Is IA whether the list Japanese e not permitted him to 10 enter the China SM sea I In order odor to 10 meet him bins at It souse some place piece of their own seloc lion The squadron haa hM been ninny months getting to 10 this the Place where It ItI itIe I Ie needed It 1 ought to II have been Men at al alPort Port Arthur before that bat stronghold cap 1111 Hut But the Itna inn dill did not appear to he be In III ii a 1 hurry hurlY lie He loitered around Madagascar 1 1 I aliening his hie ships to bf bp disfigured by b barnacles and hi hits men to be weakened by h oriental Tor or these th reasons It has hall been ben generally supposed lint the expedition of the squadron Will was for tor sped rather than Ihan practical This ThIN view Iel may nay b hi he wrong though And AmI the greatest rente t sea Ill light fight ot or mod modern eels ern history hl lorr H is 8 bout about R to take tako dace It Itma may ma be bo of ot Interest to know that the general low ion ta of or enk strength tr Is 11 by no means manna char charad ad by b time the Japanese A London cot cor correspondent respondent nt nr a A says he h has hai had an 1411 Interview with a 1 prominent ot of the Japanese o gov Jo ambient on the question nullon of at tho the Imme Immediate diate prospects According to this of ot official final the consider r the Hal Ilal tic 11 squadron a 11 real rul menAGe menace They The re is reM t 1111 ruse M that tha ky o can oan n take all al the tho time lime he lie ne di for preparation and line re provided he run Inn at Und a 1 harbor of ot while the tho Japanese have no menus means of ot augmenting their fighting craft Tho The Japanese are now perfectly sure sura ro of or victory on lund land but hilt they ther not BO so sure lure of df t their ability to cope copo with tho the Baltie squadron dron This ThI then thon remains to 10 be tested Hy Ih Hythe the coming naval battle the th war vur will bo be decided If It ky Is III defeated Hussla nu aln will probably have to ask nal for tor peace anti then to bo ho ob oh obtained tallied utter after another fluster disaster will Im hll such lIuch ns nil to endanger the tha very vor existence of the tha th Huilan government With Ito Ho de may fine find Its grave gr ve In the China sea se |
