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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-04-24
:PRESENT SITUATION AND PROBLEMS IN EASTERN WAR ::
Impregnabe Vladivostok Bids Fair to Battle
japanese Strategists, Shrewd as They
Have Shown Themselves to Be.

Pei1in road from Korea on the south
east. 80 from some point. say Taku-
shan, on the south. a. from Niuchwang,
or t5) Chin ang-Tao on the southwest.
The partial paralysis of Russian sea
power at the present moment relegates
Port Arthur to the position OF de-
tached factor. TO be considered OF the
first Importance only from the no.
ment when Russia starts feet from
European waters capable of swinging
the balance OF naval strength in the Ear
East in her favor. Then Japan must
take the stronghold and destroy the re-
mainder Of the Russian feet at any cost,
so as TO leave her own feet free to meet
the coming foe. The Viadivostok squad
ron also should be taken care OF IN this
eventually, to prevent its junction with
the western feet
Enough stress has not been laid by
military experts commenting on the war
on the great advantage accfSing TO
Russia from the fact that she IS fight
ing on the defensive. The modern
long-range. rapid-fire rife and aeld piece
have made frontal attacks more than
ever to be avoided. Movements caicu-
lated to turn the enemy out OF his posi-
ton by threatening his lines of opera
ton and communication must more and
more be resOrted to. The country
through which Japan mur- fight her
way, II properly defended, win make
this maneuvering most difficult
At the present moment Russia has
available for field operations in Man
churia approxima tely 10000 men. exclu-
sive Of the garrison at Port Arthur and
Vladivostok.
According to tie best information.
Japan has 260 900 troops .fn motion"
that Is. in Korea or in transports. with
60,GJ0 more in garrisons or at military
depots. exclusive of 10000 more which
have not been called TO the colors.
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all except fifty-yard space. with both
contact and electric mines. The town
could be reached by bombarding ships
at that time. as it was recently by the
japanese feet. but this. save for the
damage ii might or may have done to
any Russian ships anchored in the har-
Dor. was not of any value toward cap
turing the town. 1t is likely that Japa-
nese shells might reach the new bar
racks at the west end of the Golden
Horn and DESTROY them. But the forts,
1ough they might suffer severely from
fire In some directions, cannot be put
out OF action.
The Possiet Bay Route.
About seventy miles southwark of
vladivostok is Possiet Bay. which opens
out of a gulf between mountain ranges
north OF Tumen River. 1t is a Russian
military station, and some slight at
tempt has been made TO defend the bay
by guns and mines. It is a place of the
first strategic Importance. as it is the
starting point of the only practicable
road from the east over the mountains
toward the VIadivostok- Hardin Rail
road. or toward Hardin. Kirin, o.
this route for the purpose OF taking
Hardin should satisfy the maxim OF war
that "other things being equal the near
est road to the objective IS the best :"
From Possiet Bay IL would be impos-
sible to send troops northwest. along
the POssiet Bay-Ninguta road to the
Vladivostok-Harb Railroad at Mo-
dashi, which could cut off VIadivostok
from direct railroad connection with
Hardin. or a force could be sent north
from this point to break the line in
the immediate rear of VIadivostok, and
between the city and the junction Of
the Hardin Railroad with the branch
running north to Kharbarovsk. which
latter road furnishes the summer route.
in connection with the Amur and Sun
gari Rivers, from Hardin TO Vladivo-
stock. Along the Possiet Bay route
there are forts at Hun-Chun, and San
sing. as well as forts and az arsenal
and powder mills at Kirin, which the
Russians have seized and are operating.
Hun-chun is on the teIegra phic system.
The city Of Kirin occupies two miles on
the left bank of the SunPari, In a bend
where the river sweeps rom east to
west on it's way TO join the Amur. 1t
is known as the 'Dockyard,' because
II is the chief bodybuilding venter on
the Sungari.
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THE PROBABLE OUTCOME.
Japan Likely to Retain Korea,
While Russia Will Continue to
Hold the Railroad to Port Arthur.

Suppose the japanese carried the first
line of Russian defense. took Port Ar
thur and Vladivostok. and forced Ku-
ropatkin back to Harbin-a herculean
task japan would have to have an
army of approximately 100000 men to
take that base. And then the Cars ar
mics would only retire 10 form new
base west of Hardin. where the concen-
tration of troops could be continued. An
advance on Hardin would be a military
risk requiring a japanese Napoleon who
would have TO bear in mind the retreat
from Moscow.
The presence Of a victorious japanese
army in Hardin would not force Russia
to abandon the contest The annihila-
ton of present Russian armies would
settle nothing Back of Hardin are
other bases from which new Russian
armies would advance next year or the
year after. or whenever Russia was
ready. Japan could not in the end hold
the territory conquered. She would be
compelled TO eventually retire with 4
loss of prestige. and nothing gsined. So
unless the first important battles SHAH
show that the japanese are Immensely
superior TO the Russians in strategy. tao
tics. and fighting qualities. it seems likely
that they will have TO be content with
something less than Hardin. II they can
possess themselves temporarily Of Port
Arthur and Nladivostok, and hold
southern Manchuris say on line from
Liao-Yang to the Yalu. they viii have
achieved a great success. Port Arthur
they could hold during hosuhties. once
it came into their hand. IL they contin-
Ne to hold the virtual mastery of the
sea. Vladivostok most likely would
eventually be retaken by Russia. though
Japan might neutralize its military
value by occupying and fortifying the
adjacent islands.
On the other hand, should Russia sue
coed I'm rolling the invading Japanese
back across the Yalu she could scarcely
hope TO drive them out OF Korea so long
as Japan has the freedom of the seas.
So. If the reasoning has been correct,
Japan cannot conquer Russia and Rus
STA cannot conquer Japan. The final
outcome of the struggle. therefore. may
be in the nature of a draw, with the
advantage in favor OF Japan, inasmuch
as she probably will maintain her hold
on Korea.
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QUESTION OF TRANSPORT.
Not So Difficult for the Russians as
Generally Believed.

The railway system of Manchuria is
like a great capital on the map OF
the country. The fat top part crosses
the province from the Siberian Railway
on the left 10 VladivOstok on the right.
and from the middle drops the upright
stalk, 6OO-odd miles long, which leads to
Port Arthur. At the middle point, in
the very center of Manchuria stands
Hardin, From Hardin to the sea are
two lines of railway. both of them prac-
tically level all the way. The G00-odd
miles OF line 10 Port Arthur has no
gradient of more than l in 10, and the
$50 miles to Vladivostok have no point
sleeper than l in 10. 1t is a military
strategical railway. guarded as no other
railway in the world is guarded. with
blockhouses every one. two. three. OF
four miles. as the case demands, with
garrisons at every important point Ev-
cry vulnerable point is guarded; every
bridge Is doubly guarded
The great difficulty with the Trans
Siberian Railway is its poor construc-
ton. West of Manchuria. il is provid-
ed with 30-pound rails. which are only
one-fOurth as heavy as the rail-. used
on the best railways in the United
States The road is a single track. but
is said to have sufficient sidings TO make
il possible for trains 10 pass without
great inconvenience.
1t viii be in the matter OF field trans
port for large bodies of troops in motion
away from the railroads that Russia
will be weak. Under her system an
army corps of 5000 men is supposed 70
have 400 wagons. In actual service
each Russian soldier carries two days
ratiOns. The regimental trains carry
rations for two days more. and the divis-
ional trains for from two TO four days
additional. IL a land where il is diff
cult to live OF the country. where roads
are bad at any time, and which dur
ing this season of the year. owing
to the floods, are well-nigh impossible
to the heavy military wagons, it is pref
ty safe to predict that the system will
be strained to the breaking point In
the past, under more favorable cond.-
lions, Russia's commissariat has failed
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RUSSIA CAN FEED ARMY.
Not Wholly Dependent Upon Rail-
road West of Harbin-Rich Aq-
ricultural Country to Draw From.

Frederick said that an army is a mon
ster that crawls on its belly, meaning.
OF course, that soldiers must eat like
otner people. To supply an army in
the field with food. especially where the
base is far from the field OF operations.
is difficult task and one that requires
great forethought and energy. Much has
beer written about Russia's inability
to sustain a great army IN MSnchtlria
The expe-tS have argued almost without
exception that the singIe-track railroad
from the west. besides providing for ths
mobilization of the army, must carry
all OF the food necessary for man and
beast in the Cars Manehurian army
This OF course is ridiculous The great
plain region of the Amur and SungGri
valleys of Manchuria, 100 miles wide by
800 miles long. has been the storehouse
for hundreds of miles around. Its pro
Ducts have fed populations in the liz
toral provinces of Siberia on the east
as far away as the Liao-Tung peninsula
OH the south. in Mongolia on the wesT.
ard in the Trans-Baikal country on the
west and north. Every traveller through
the plains country is struck with the
wonderful fertility Of the soil Winter
lasts from five TO six months. There Is
little snow, owing 10 the dry rortherIy
winds. but the ice attains a thickness al
three and four feet. With the breakins
of winter in April. summer begins imme-
cIateiy. corn is well out of the grotIra
by the last of the month, crops shco,
up IN all sides under the beneficent L.
fuence of the monsoons. which begin
in June. and force the grasses. for OK
ample, 10 the height of two or three feet
These grasses make excellent forage.
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WHERE JAPAN MUST ENTER
The Line of the Yalu-Port Arthur
and Niuchwang the Key to the
Lao Valley.

On the southeast Of the theater OF
operations IS the moyntainous district
OF northern Korea. with the Yalu offer
ing natural line of defense for Russia.
What use she viii make of it probably
will be known IN q few weeks. as the
Japanese advance now are on the Kor-
can bank Of it's lower reaches Near its
mouth the Yalu broadens. Its lake-lilxe
expansion is about twenty-five miles in
length. and from three to four miles in
width. The tides are heavy, raising and
lowering the level OF the large basin b.
twenty feet AT every flow and ebb. Sea
going junks ply up and down for thirty
miles. beyond which point the river is
navigable by smaller boats for about
100 miles A little above the widening
OF the lower Yalu begin the dense for
ests that line both banks of the river
most of the way TO its sources. making
the upper Yalu somewhat difficult for
large military operations Several writ
ers have described this forest as almost
impenetrable on account OF the dense
underground No cart roads extend 10
the river. and only paths lead down TO
its banks.
Farther to the west. on the south. is
the Gulf Of Korea. the Liao-Tung pen
insula with the Port Arthur stronghold
at its tip, Yin-kow. the port of Niu-
chwang, and Niuchwang itself
Niuchwang the Key to Lao Valley.
Yin-kow. at the mouth of the Lao
River. is the port OF NiuchWang, which
IL about thirty miles distant up the
river. Yin-koN, which is connected by
rail with the Port Arthur branch of the
Siberian Railroad. Is the key to the
Lao valley. The possession of Yin
kow by the Russians gives them for
their feet an excellent anchorage during
six months in the year, and an addi-
tional coaling station. Its possession by
the japanese would deprive the Rus
slams Of these advantages and would
secure TO the Japanese a base OF opera
lions within a days march of the Port
Arthur branch Of the Siberian Railroad.
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THE THEATER OF war.

Extent and Character Of the Terri
tory and Waters Involved in the
Confiict-Advantageous Position
Of Russia and Obstacles Which
Japan Would Meet in an Invasion
of Manchurid.
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STRATEGY OF THE WAR.
An Outline Based on the Character
of the Theater of War and C9ua-
parative Strength of the Gem
batants.

The war in the Far East may be called
one of defense on the part OF Russia and
of offense on the part of Japan. Owing
TO the conhguratiOn of the country.
Manchuria IS open 10 invasion only
along certain lines. These, as already
pointed out are: ~ BY way of Possiet
Bay on the east, % by way Of the Seoul
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BAIILESHlPS-
Tonnage.
and beaChed at
Port Arthur Feb. s. Repaired and
used rs a fort. ......-.........'-...... f2,FS
Czsreviich-Torpedoed and beached at
Port Arthur, Feb. S.---.....----...... $40
Poltava-Disabled by japanese at Port
Arthur; hole below water line; Feb 9. 1920
Petropavlc, sk-Blown up by mine or
toTpedOcd, at Port Arthur, April 49,. 1890
Pobieda-Damagcd BY mine or torpedo
At Port Arthur, April lS-.........---.. ls.6Ts
CRUISERS.
Boyarin-Dissbled by japanese at Port
Arthur Feb. g. sunk BY mine on Fec.
Il; le7 lives ost.------....-.-..-....- soc
Pallads-Torpedoed at Port Arthur and
oeachcd, Feb. 5. Repaired. ........... $3.50
Noyik-Disahled by japanese at Port Ar
thur; hole below water line; Feb. o.
Repaired ...-.--.----.---- ---.....-.-.- 800
Askoid-Disablcd by japanese az Port
As.hur; hole below water line; Feb.
9. Repaired ...-........--............ c,loS
Diana Disabled by japanese at Pert Ar
thur; hole below water line; Feb. 8.
Repaired $3.50
Vari@g-D Destroyed by japanese at Che
muipO, Feb. 8; scores Of lives lost. 900
TORPEDO CRAFT AND GUNBoATs.
Korietz- Destroyed by japanese At chemIlpo.
Maniu-said TO have been seized by japanese at
Nagasaki, Feb. D.
ssori-TOrpedo boat, sunk by Russian mine.
March 20.
venesei-Torpedo beat ship. Blown up by Rus
sian mine, Feb. : 81 lives lost.
Bezstrnshni-Torpedo destroyer. Sunk by Jap
ahese, April IS.
There is no knowledge that the Jap
anese have lost a ship Of any kind The
number OF men killed In their different
assaults on Port Arthur and in the
Chemulpo fight never has been stated
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territory and waters upon which the
combatants may assail each other. and
must not be COMPOUNDED with the thea
ter OF operations, which is a defined
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RUSSIA'S NAVAL LOSSES.
Five Battleships, Six Cruisers, and
Five Gunboats or Torpedo Craft
Sunk or Disabled.

BATTLESHPS.
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Impregnable From the Sea.

From the sea VladivOstok is now prac-
tically impregnable. What has been
done against the possible attacks of the
japanese is well enough indicated by
what was actually done some years ago,
when there was "A Russo-British war
scare over the Indian frontier. At that
time the lights at the east and west
entrances were put out; the western en-
trance was wholly closed with mines,
and the eastern entrance was underlaid,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-14
RAIDS At BANGOR.
County Attorney Out After Alleged
Liquor Sellers.

Bangor. Me. April I3.-Search warrants
were served. Tuesday evening. at 6
o'clock. on William F.. Finnigan. Ex-
change street; William Golden. Pickering
square: Hugh Thompson. Central street
Charles Berry. Hodgdon street: Hollis
l.asell and Peter Cuddy. Main street
Liquids. supposed to be Intoxicating
liquors. Were seized in the three last
named places and the proprietors arrested.
obtaining bail later in the evening. At the
other places the officers were not reward
ed for their trouble. business having been
done on the quiet this week. on account
of the presence of the county attorney
being generally known. and If any viola
tions were being made the officers failed
TO discover any evidences OF It,
Berry and Lasell were each adiudged
guilty on the search and seizure pro-
cesses. Wednesday morning. in the police
court. and given the usual sentence of
$iN and costs and TO days in Jail. from
winch they appealed to the August term
OF the supreme court Cuddy was dis
charged. The court was convinced that
tne amber-colored fluid seized at his plat
Eiass-front place of business on Main
street was nothing more or less than Uno
peer. that which has beautiful color,
Is passed out over an elegant bar and
untli II gets to a thirsty throat is as
GOOD as Che real thing: but tnensyou have
Saiu II ali. The court does not convict on
toior; however. and as this well-known
arucie mas been held many times to he
'nun-ihtoxicating the respondent was dis
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UNDOUBTEDLY DEAD.
No Hope for Imprisoned Diver in New
Jersey.

New York. April 12.-The body of
VIM. Eoar, the diver who was caught
and held fast at the bottom of the Jer-
say city reservoir at BoOnton, n. j., on
Monday afternoon, while endeaVofllS
to close leak from an intake pipe,
Although hope of bringing the man TO
the surface alive was practically ADAM
dOned. Tuesday evening, the air pump
was Kept going al night as there was
a bare possibility that the unfortunate
man might still be alive. Gangs of men
relieved each other during the night
at the pumps. The men at the pumps
will not stop work until the diver has
been brought to the surface.
Another gang of men has been try
dam. The divers who had been trying
to rescue the unfortunate man stopped
work, Tuesday night. as the suction
was so great that the huge ball of
wood and lead which had been lowered
TO close up the intake pipe and be
tween With ana the fang of the pip"
Hoar was caught and held fast could
not be moved because of the suction.
With the object of reducing the sue
ton bags Of sand We're Introduced In
It is expected in this way that the
flow Of water will be stopped and the
suction broken.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-14
NEW TREATMENT.
St. Louis Physicians Using New Drug
for Consumption.

st. Louis. Mo-. April 13.-Two st.
Louis physicians are using Il new drug
in the treatment of consumption. While
it has been used but a short time. the
results so far are promising. The rem
edy is Il powerful prOteid which is
found i'm healthy blood. The theory of
the doctors is that consumption can be
thrown off by increasing the carrying
power of the blood and the use of the
drug is intended to do this.
On April ,, the blood of IL patients
was tested and the highest percentage
shown was So. The blood of these pa
TENTS was tested again, today, and the
weakest showed &C Fer cent. The blood
of every patient had improved from 10
to % per cent.
The drug is given internally, inhaled
in spray. or in extreme cases, injected
hyperdemically. 1t is very rapid in
its action, the action being noticeable in
Il few days. One patient, who was I'M
able to rise from bed. received the
treatment seven days, and walked four
blocks and climbed n flight of stairs.
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SECOND DISTRICT.
CONTINUED from page ~

The chair then put the nomination
rising vote.
Mr.. Littlefield's nomination being
made, the chair appointed the follow
ing committee to notify Congressman
Littlelield of his nominations:
Chairman John II. Maxwell of An
drOscoggin, Henry NJ. Colby Of oxford,
G. Henderson Of Franklin. Jacob Merri-
man Of sasadahOc, +. j. Carney Of Lin
coin and James l.. Burnes Of Knox.
The committee on resolutions then
reported as follows through Hon. Iiar
CID NJ. Sewall Of Bath, Mr.. Hunter not
being present:
The Republicans of the % Congress
siOnal district Of Maine, in convention
assembled in Lewiston, on this 18th day
of April, 1904, submit the following res
Olutions:
Resolved, That we congratulate the
Republican party and the country on
the aupiciOus opening Of the Presiden-
tial campaign Of 1904. Having lost our
former leader, William Mckinley,
whose life, public and private. so
touched his countrymen and so inspired
them with the highest ideals and hav-
ing suffered and additional blow in the
death of her cOmrade, Senator Hanna,
there has Yet been raised up to US one
combining these elements of leadership
and who holds the affections, not only
Of the people of this country, but also
teh confidence of the substantial lead
erS of industry, East and West. The
endorsement of Theodore Roosevelt for
continuance in high office in which
Providence has placed him and in
which the people will continue him is
thus assured all over the land.
Resolved, That there has not been n
question touching our relations with
the WOlrd where the attitude of Presi-
dent Roosevelt has not remarkably
combined the elements of good will for
the rest Of the world and the proper re-
gard for the honor of our flag and our
vast and growing commercial interests.
The tranquility of the Philippines and
assertion of our rights in China and
the assured building of the inter-Ocean
highway are recorded in history to his
credit and approved by an intelligent
conscience Of the country.
Resolved, That first and foremost
among the principles of the Republican
party which must ever be cherished in
the principle of a protective tariff
which must be always safe-guarded
and which recognizes no concession to
other nations if they mean any evil to
our own. AS part of the principle
to which the interests of Maine are
practically bound is the development OF
IN American merchant marine-Of
ships built in American shipyards
owned and Operated and sailed under
the American flag.
We again express our admiration for
the distinguished services of our con-
gresham. Charles f. Littlefield, which
from the first have placed him in Il
commanding position in national leg
slatiOn, position which from the first
has been to the distinguished honor of
the ID Congressional district and in rec
turn for which we pledge to Congress-
man Littlefield our devoted loyalty
Congressman LittIefiled was renom-
mated amid cheers and made n ringing
Speech OF acceDtance.
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MARKET REPORTS.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Features Of the Days Dealings in All
the Leading Stocks.

New York, April 13.-The duh and I'M
certain stock market Of today was the
natural outcome Of the course Of the pre-
ViOuS market. The rather violent break
in Union Pacific with which the market
CiOSt q, EeSt' rday, WAS regarded TODAY
- due to a raid. The more careful con-
Sidcration Of the part taken by the attor-
ncy general in the Northern Securities
proceedings at st. Paul modified the first
impression that the government was on
posing itself on principle to the Union
PaclicS efforts to recover itS former
holdings Of Northern Pacific. The cancel
lation of an option on 61.rv tons Of pig
iron Icy the United States Steel Corpora
ti0n was not of reaSSiring effect on SEN
tirnent regarding tho iron and steel trade.
Renewed strength in the wheat market
pointed Ia yesterdays weakness as due to
profit taking on the government report.
The failure of the threatened bear dem
onStratIOn to appear prompted some COW
erinG of shorts 10y room traders ANA the
closing was firm. The dullnesS of the
trading was practically unrelioved to the
close.
lonas were irregular Total safes. par
value. 81 G90.00.
United States new As advanced !: per
cent. on the last call.