The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-11

them curiously. and then turn TO Wow
the Russians And Tho soidlsrs az the
Car are apparently man 10 man with
them iu numbers LoW.
bUt Ioushu auJ Tlen Tsiu ana Pckin
are but oae square in zoe Chinese checker
board. From tne Oar north cems vague
reports Of jhousands OF Russians ma ling
iu Mauchuria. ana Oh the came wins ny
rumors % thousand - Jap4uese hndirs
40 remote points Boo China aud Kor~I. Bur
thcsa afe tumor- from Gan hu3.lani voii
81 tr.'esapla ahd malls. Here in thc val-
Icy Of TIE P,i-ho o. reality aul no oue
cen sass which force Dr. in M j1tlfy. Elch
day brincs its quo,u o. fr.s4 tro ps. ~
all nations except Amgr.cdus. auI Ga h
day BRINGS us little fleet until the an
chorage OF 1aku D. great city o. ships.
In stream. bchind the TA<u Elris. which
thcv reduced and over which now ny
strange Hays, still lies the feet ~ light
draft War vessels nud torp % boa s.
Their once white and Fllsieniug paint Is
yellow aud brown from the muddy water.
and outside the great meu-of-w war aud
cruisers swing idly at anchor. fleets OF
dinEy transports nesting under cover OF
their guns Ashore. the tides SIN cast up
the dead busy dispatch boats pun up
and down the river soldiers bark AMI
hurry 40 country u is war without the
nghtine Here the nations seem training
ana stripping Ikc giant pugllists. Cos
sacks. with sturdy. shaggy litue ponies.
silent sikhs armed with carbinc. pen
noned lance. sabre and revolver. urban
ID Ghoorltas hare-lcRged and 1.-THE. quick
moving Japs and heavily aecoutred Ger
mans thronR the narrow. muddy streets
and MI tho outgoing trains II Be- "a milf
tary Babel. and the natives watch the In
pouring stream OF their conqucrors with
Chinese impassiveness.
In point Of cavalry the Russians at
this writing probably outuumber oil the
rest rs far the majority Of their troop-
are mounted. which gives them decided
advantage in this land Of no transporta-
ton The japanese come next IN num-
her Of mounted troops There Is an app
parent lack OF artillery out 81 proper
ton to the total OF troops. The Germans
have landed a few batteries and the
British have landed "a few naval guns on
improvised carriages. Four American
siege guns were sent 90 Tien THin this
week. with ammunition.
But few troops are kept IN Tongku. The
Taku forts 90 the mouth Of the river
ore pretty well Farrisoned by the nations
holding them. but the men are hurried
forward az soon as landed This 90 al
most a necessity because OF the lack Of
camping ground Tongltu Is merely a
collection OF one-storied huts on ground
slightly above the water. while ON every
side stretch the great fats. ill-smelling
plains OF reektng mud and shallow tidal
pools over which the allies noundored
tn issi Under the hot sun they throw
Of mlasmatlc vapors ana make the town
almoet uniuhabitahle. The advent Of
cool weather o. eagerly looked forward
90 here 10 Improve the hcaithtulnoss
OF the base aud facilitate the work A.
q rule the river does not freeze until the
middle OF December. ana there are about
ten weeks Of pleasant autumn weather.
st present the fuel situation Is rccciv-
Ing much attention. There Is some coal on
hand here. which has passed into the pos
session Of the allies. the United States
securing a fair share. 10 o. only "a .!ttl~
OF what viii be- needed. however. and with
the food question already practically set
tied. everyone o. dcVoting all energy TO
landing fuel Tho scarcity 81 vessels IN
these waters makes the problem a grave
one: especially. as there Is absolutely no
timber Ia this section OF china n q. be-
uevcd thot oven with the best efforts.
there will be a scarcity and with the
l..or Of tho winter ia this region much
suffering win Cusue.