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Show WAR NEWS OF WEEK. The past week has been disastrous. for Japan upon the sea. One battleship, two cruisers and three torpedo boats have gone to the bottom. The mmo got in its deadly work, collision finished it. So the navies of both powers in eastern waters are about on an equal footing. Upon land some hard fighting' has taken place, with varying success to both combatants. Tonight 3" ! (Thursday) dispatches from London, claiming to get inspiration from Tokio, mentions the storming of Kin Chou by the Japanese. It began at dawn and by noon the brown mm had planted their flag on the castie. It is said the Russian j had 'thirty guns there, along with numerous mines and wire entanglements. Kin Chou is about thirty-two mile3 north of Port Arthur. Another report fixes a Japanese Jap-anese army witlfin ten miles of Port Arthur. From now on we may expect some desperate fighting.' The Japanese are determined to capture Port 'Arthur and destroy the Russian fleet. But every advance the Jap makes he is further from home. Every step the Russian takes in retreat he is nearer the base of supplies. He is nearer the place where he trapped Xapoleon. He is nearer the enel of the war and triumph over the enemy. Xapoleon counted Russia his most formidable opponent in war. Kuropalkin will oni day give I the Japs a taste of Xapolcon's estimate of the Muscovite. |