| Show y 1 0 G DIN AS A'S PL PLAN OF CAMPAIGN r J b r iiD in the present P struggle with gigantic antagonist la is Inspired t a Itron strong hope bope of success on OD so- so sot t of the superiority of ot her equip equip- equip and Dd ad the enthusiastic patriotism m j people And to these is II added the fact that in Corea a tradition tradition tradition- tont nt according to which in the ther g- g grf rf battle will be at it j l year ear ye a fought k l as a result of which the Chinese or nr will have bave to flee floe northward f Javanese Japanese consul at New York Is F y for the statement that a 09 copy Y prediction has bu been in the hands r lal at Fusan for eight i o official years yearl conceivable that the existence of ot 4 in eastern Asia Alia though iJ tiles belief relief Iel in it may be characterized 1 r will have bave a decided I on the soldiers of both tats ants nl f- f i seems that near Dear Asan 7 Aida grea great battle will have bave to be This is II a small seaport on the J of r Corea The Chinese have abd a bd ad garrison there and are DOWIn now DOW y ed in strengthening their post post- postOn post postOn r On the land side Bide the place isle is x le Je only in one direction and on i FY IRk m the sea side the approaches are narrow and can easily be cut out oft off by means or of torpedoes This natural stronghold is isnow isnow isnow now further being strengthened by means meaDS of ot trenches and various cles oles and the garrison has baa been aug aug- augmented augmented augmented so that it numbers men menA A fleet of twenty ships have bave also aleo ar- ar arrived arrived ar arrived rived at Asan Chinas China's plan seems to be to make this place her basis of operations in Cores Corea By holding it she secures a aline aline aline line of ot retreat and a port through which supplies may be brought to the army now marching across the north north- northern northern northern ern frontier of ot Corea Cores and whose business it is to subjugate the country recover possession lon of the capital and finally effect a Junction with the division at Asan Asao Japans Japan's object must be to prevent this She will endeavor to cut off oft the northern army from the basis of supplies and destroy the tl t e fleet and finally drive the Chinese out of Cores Corea This seems to be the plan of campaign so far tar as can be gathered from the dispatches on the subject It is noticeable that those most familiar with the two countries gen gen- generally generally generally refrain from expressing any opinion as ae to the probability of Japan or China coming out victorious The latter country is 18 ten times as large and populous as its assailant Tb The whole population of ot Europe barely equals that of ot China and anyone any one of the most densely densey populated nearly provinces of that empire has bas nearly as many maDY inhabit Inhabit- Inhabitants inhabitants inhabitants ants as the United States Were aU all this mass of ef humanity united in the defense of ot the country and led by in- in intelligent in officers the outcome would not be uncertain As it is no one ca oa J i foresee what may happen There Is no doubt that the secret combinations which bate hate the pre present ent foreign dynasty will seize the opportunity of ot making an effort for rebellion and should the Japanese troops be landed on Chinas China's shores and aDd there find allies alUes in the millions who are sworn to overthrow the government Japans Japan's chances would be much greater than they at first appear The present commotion in Asia Alia de- de derives de derives rives much interest from the fa fact t that in ages past wars in those remote parts of the globe gobe exercised an influence tn in inthe inthe the whole whole world felt to this day It was 88 due to the political u up- up up upheavals p- p there that the Huns and Vandals and later the Turks were compelled to migrate westward They broke up ancient Rome Borne and devastated the Byzantine empire leaving their imprints of barbarity everywhere and completely changing the map of Europe Napoleon said once that the East is the theater of events and the present war waris waris I warI JS is possibly one of ot t them em |
