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Show v JAPAN ANTICIPATING WAR. I Strengthening With All Hast Osteoses Os-teoses of Port Arthur and Dalny. Vancouver 11 C O C Druee, for mer mayor of Oxford, Kngland, who- I ha arrived here from a trip to tbu Orient, declare that Japan, although poor It an ag-r-resvtve nation which will not tur-render tur-render her advnntage. won by n suc-ceeeful suc-ceeeful war. even against a united Iront. unless the get some comBen-i comBen-i atlng advantage. Japan I In Man-thurla Man-thurla to atny The coming of tho American fleet hn not lieen overlooked over-looked by her statesmen, who bellcvo In ptepnrlng for any' contingency which may arise In the next few year. ' Port Arthur, which withstood a long siege before It downfall. Is being be-ing mad almost Impregnable It I n second (Ilbraltar During my visit there I saw evidences of great mill- tary activity New batteries are being built everywhere If Port Arthur won I strong during the Russian occupation, It will anon be rendered doubly so Dalny I nlso Ixlng fortified with at- ' most feverish haste " , |