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Show ! I ---- ! ---"-I JAPANISK SUCCliSSES j ' In tho Initial Week of tho War Exceed Even tho Fondeat Expectation of Britain. -Tho end of the flrbt week of the , HiiMO-Tnpnneso war brinea inl'n1 flattafartion In Gnat lUliain, and the xtenL of tho popular jubilation limit nor adequate expression in the London pros?, whch ia careful not to offend Itussia. From tho point of view of the man in tho street, Grent Britain' far Eastern ally has exceeded all expectations, and ' von the naval and military officers who prophesied inl fat successes for t Japan are surprised. L Tho total or partial disablement of y ulna Russian war vessels in the opening A weik of tho Btruau'e Is generally eon- R jiderod by oxpcrtN here aa giving Japan SBKU control of tho far Eastern seas. BB& Countless deductions, Iwlh military tf' a'ld naval, nro drawn publlnly and prl- Br v.itely from the ilramntic events wlilch 9' have occurred alnco Monday, and all Ryft the inlioront nayal Interest pervading Bp?' ' ' the United Kingdom ha. been stirred to P" its depths by the duel between Viceroy nL-. Aicxieff and Admiral Togo. If the jy ' Dritish themselves had been Involved in S' the movements of the opposing fleets "f'- they could scarcely have followed them &?,,, with keener zst. What strikes those responsible for tbo naval policy of Great Drtialn as moat remarkable is the extraordinary ';,, disproportion between the loss Inflicted "" and the loss sustained by Japan. fej Tho immunity of the fleets of-the United Slates at Manila and Santiago ".. astounded tho naval autliorities, nnd ftV now when Japan to all Intents, gains Jar control of the pens without the loss of'a ft. s flngle war vessel nnd only four men IJn killed, high naval and military officials EO in London openly confess that they are KSV' amazed, Wi I'uttiug Japan's experience during Oji. ' the paat week side by sldo with the re- 'maf , - suit, of ll.o American engagements 'WM against tho Spanish navy, the authoii- .' 'f ties in London have come to the im- .," portnnt conclusion that the efficiency of ffi' the navy personnel possesses an in- tf llnitcly greater valuo over the material at hand than has over beforo been at- '' trlbutcd to It. |