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Show B ' I j THE WAR NEWS. fl ? , ' ' M i Oa the face of things the Japanese are making ' 111 m great gains in the Oriental war. The backbone I j ! 1 i of the Russian Fort Arthur fleet is broken and H I i fHx ' Japan has two great armies safely landed, one in H ft III Hi I) Kcrea, the other in Manchuria in threatening dis- H ! mllllHff tance of the only line of communication and sup- V'' ! ii&flBi pIes to Port Arth'ur Tho ioss to Russia f her mmm I LJifiH greatest battleship and great admiral at the same B iSHS! time was a most serious one; the admiral being fl Hlfl r one ne mos faring and accomplished men Hflf ll who ever walked a deck. He was evidently mov- flfl ifM n on ne Nelson, Farragut and Dewey lines. iyg i He had with him the enthusiastic support of his p fleet and it was evidently his purpose to boldly 11 assail the Japanese fleet, when he was suddenly Mm j killed. HH i i But the Russians have a soldier in command 1 illlf I I wno ls one of tho foremost military geniuses in l liln 111 e world- He Is getting ready for something, and B 11 liffi ffl when he moves there will be news that will be Hi iflsilll fearful to read, for there is no discount on Rus- flH 'ilmlli sian soldiers. All they need is direction; they ii liinlfflf never falter in courage, neyer question why they Hr HUbmB are called upon, "to do and die'' is then & matter lf IImHHh of course wn them. H hHI e susPect the thought of this Commander is V ' lffl 991 tlia a battlc- is merely a question of mathematics, H IPtoHBM tlmt ner things being equal the superior force H ll fPffl must triumph and that he is busy now In getting fl&i Wa W&Um a force In the field that "by its weight will crush b1 fflinH tne enemv and ne has the self control to wait H MB until he is ready, even if Fort Arthur falls and H tlJwWlM btn the Fort Arthur and Vladivostok fleets are H tlBW destroyed in the meantime. Everything seems to H HnBH foreshadow two or three of the most desperate H MumHI battles of. modern times in the coming few weeks. |
