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Show END NOT IN SIGHT. Japanese People Warned to be Prepared Pre-pared for Lengthy War. Toklo. Count Okumn, leader of the progrosslvo party and former foreign minister, addressing tho committee of tho progressive party appointed to succor tho wounded, estimated tho number of wounded and sick ns a result re-sult of tho war at 200,000 to 300,000, and tho number of killed or who died of disease at 50,000. Tho count warned tho people to bo prepared for a lengthy war and expressed tho hopo that a continuance of tho strugglo would not affect tho national sentiment. senti-ment. Nothing, ho added, should shako their resolution to continue the war. Ho criticised tho national diplomacy, diplo-macy, expressing tho opinion that efficient ef-ficient and timely diplomatic skill would havo prevented tho Russian squadron from coming to tho far cast. Tho count also expressed tho belief that tho occasion for groat battles had disappeared. It was possible to support sup-port tho array throughout tho remainder remain-der of tho war with tho $77,600,000 de-rived de-rived from war taxes and tho Bpcakor urged a continuance of national economy and frugality |