Show PREDICTS RUSSIAN SUCCESS french military thinks port arthur helped out kuropatkin A french military who has just returned from the far east in an interview in st petersburg ex pressed the firmest confidence that despite the reverses suffered hy by the russians on land and sea they would prosecute the war to a successful fin ish the fall of port arthur ha he added would change nothing the fortress had in reality somewhat em barr assed the plan of campaign but it had also served its purpose by hold ing out long enough to enable genera general kuropatkin to receive reinforcements and prevent operations against cladi vt Dk even with the men drawf from before port arthur the officer said he believed that when the cam laign reopens in the spring genera general kuropatkin will have a numerical su perlo rity and will begin to roll baci the japanese |