Show JAPS HAVE GOOD POSITION it is probable that they will soon begin operations manchuria the jap anese armies at present occupy the position of an immense sickle with the handle reaching from a few miles south of llao yang and basaing through Chan tafu the blade circling northward toward kirin with the up on the korean coast south or bosslet bay it Is estimated that general nogi has eighty battalions general oku six ty general kawamura ninety and gen eral hasegawa the battalions aver aging 1 men which makes the nu merical strength ot the japanese bayonets with 2000 field and mountain guns and about siege guns the japanese extreme left Is guarded by general cavalry division the chinese in the japanese service are in the center screened by cavalry under the command of gen eral the rains this year have been less heavy than usual and it will be ble to begin operations sooner than ex pecked japanese cruisers are making dem along the coast in the rear of the russian forces in korea evidently intent on facilitating the ad vance of general force by menacing the russian line of comma |