| Show JAPANESE PUSH THE WAR the dispatches of tho tearing assault of tha japanese on tho outposts of kal chou and this IB in a measure ot the announcement which the japanese have made that they will not allow weather conditions to interfere with their plans and active operations the fact will no doubt awaken the curiosity 0 the war experts who are cognizant ot tha conditions which exist in manchuria during the rainy season the supplies for tho population are carried in the dry season and nearly everything Is usually suspended during the fall of the heavy rains it Is out of the question in such season to employ any special means of transportation because nothing tag been invented which will permit travel in a district where tho mud is of a on to require navigation the natives ordinarily attempt no travel in that country during the rainy season and it Is inconceivable say american officers that troops encumbered with the outfit of battle can make any progress the con census of opinion seems in line with that expressed in these columns some weeks ago that Is that the japs are finding that they have placed themselves in a very embarrassing position they find it difficult to transfer their supplies to the scene 0 their operations in this season aad they are thus facing inconceivable buffering through a lack ot provisions in the near future or they will bo forced to retreat in the meantime they seem to bo concentrating their forces for a last desperate and determined effort toward the fall of port arthur with this accomplished complis hed the apparently desperate circumstances surrounding their present condition would be removed the russians are evidently confident that port arthur cannot be taken and the manchurian forces are falling back from kal chou and other points with the knowledge that the japanese cannot push the operations in the interior during this season of the year in the meantime war experts seem to think that the japanese will suffer tearfully because of these conditions and that tho russians will gain a corresponding advantage |
