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Show B No other modern war has supplied so llttlo H reliable news as the present one between the E ' Russ and the Jap. There must be a close cen- B sorship over correspondents kept up by both B countries and this has not only resulted in little B 5 real news, but in some oases has set the corre- BB i j apondonts to writing fables of their own invan- B j ' tlon in order to supply something to fill the col- B umns set aside In newspapers for expeoted war B nws. BB ' But all the present indications point to a great B''! j I battle either going on now or to be fought in the BBB ) hii immediate future There must be a fight or a BB j J, f I swift retreat right away, for the armies are so BR jii ?j near each other that there is constant skirmish-BBB skirmish-BBB J Ft 1 ing between the outposts, which indicates that jnl 1 fJ both sld08 are ma8Sln tueir strength for a de- Bj'f iff cisive onset On the Russian side it will be a B ! ' fight to vindicate Russia and turn the danger BB j from Port Arthur; on the Japanese side, a mighty BBJB J struggle to practically close thp war. |