The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-03

otdAiPSu oul Dy them with iTl1punIty.
The Russians had rude awakening.
But | nave found that in spite of defeaC
after defeat the spirits OF the Russian
troops are constantly rising. they have
shown lighting qualities far greater
than in former battles We have This
remarkable fact, that after each defeat
the Russians, in spite of being dispir;t-
ed, night more deterIninedly and obsti-
! nateiy than ever And what is more.
have seen, time and again, small
bodies OF Russian soldiers, who, when
the main body retires, prefer death to
safety, and would throw themselves in
i some side entrenchment and remain
there in defiance of orders. protecting
every loot of the. advance of the lap
anese, until shot down.
In short, we have two brave peoples
tine East and the West-opposinc one
| another Sympathy for one need not
d1sparage the qualities of the other /
! am glad to say there are no people who
are 50 loud in their admiration OF the
fighting qualities of the Russian soldier
as the Japanese who are opposing them.
have not heard one single sneer from
, them against the Russians
JAPAN STRONG IN FUNDS.
1T is, of course. very difficult to speak
OF the future, and the more one knows
the less confident one must be in pass
ing an opinion The japanese are show
ing greater financial stability than was
expected, and they have steps in con-
temptation which will undoubtedly give
! them considerable funds for next years
campaign. By February they should
have half million of men in the field
AT the same time the Russians are
steadily and rapidly strengthening their
forces. They have awakened to the
real seriousness of the war They know
that permanent defeat means for them
loss OF position for at least a quarter
of century and loss of all their real
holdings in Asia.
1T is very possible that next year the
Russians may carry out successful
invasion of Northern Korea, and may
thus threaten the south of the present
Japanese position. If this is done it
will seriously injure the present Jap
anese position in Manchuria.
However greatly Russia may
strengthen her forces in Northern Man
churia it will be scarcely possible for
the Cars troops to drive the japanese
back from their present position which
they have strongly entrenched and could
probably hold in the face Of three quar-
tiers of million men.
The Japanese may equally find that
when the strong requirements are re-
ceived any further advances up to Tie
ling may be as difficult to them as
advances will be for the Russian forces.
DRAWN BATTLES.
"The whole probability is that what
ever requirements are made with
great battles being fought. on neither
side may there be any substantial gain
of position"
WAS the battle of Liaoyang disap-
pointing to the japanese? 7" inquired the
Advertiser man.
'.Yes and no." was the reply. 1--WE
did not &c all that we had hoped for,
but we did get a great deal. On the
evening of September we confidently
reckoned that we had captured large
force of Knropatkin's forces with Kuro-
patl<in himself, but Kuropatl<in so splen-
didly protected his flank and held his
front that he got off in the face of our
every endeavor to prevent his escape.
.'As you will know, the battle of Lao
yang, so far as the first army which
/ accompanied was concerned, happened
somewhat as follows: On the evening
of August p we went out from our
old station near Towan and spent the
night on the hills. Imagine an infantry
charge of the second division, capturing
the first line of the Russian front about
II miles from Liaoyang. The next day
the second division made a determined
attack on the front lines of the ex-
trene outer Russian defenses. Our
mountain batteries had been carried
up during the night to point where
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artillery could occupy, and in conse-
quence of the fire of these guns the
Russians, who had no artillery there,
were forced to retire from their extreme
outer defense That same night the 18th
division on our right, which had been
held back during the day, stormed the
outer Russian heights further north.
PICTURESQUE CHARGE.
THAT charge was one of the most
picturesque and bloody imaginable. he
Japanese started to crawl up and the
Russians hurled great boulders down
and hundreds OF men were torn to pieces.
The Japanese gained the heights and |
IN turn hurled immense rocks upon the |
-etreating Russians. About the goth the
light and center divisions of our army
lad successfully crossed a river and
getting in front OF the outer line OF
he inner position of the Russians made
mother charge. But the attack was
by the fact that our left
The japanese Imperial Guards-could
lot make an advance in the face of a
tremendous resistance. They were
from other parts of the
rmy, but out OF the three divisions a
ivision and half we're held up until
September I by the splendid Russian
efense of the Picking road. 1t had been
tanned that our entire army should
wing around and attempt to cut of
<uropatlsin's rear, but at first only
vision and half could be spared
or this purpose.
Never, l think. have men fought
nore CALAMITY than Kuropatkin's-
ave seen them in many engagements.
ut | think I never felt so proud of the
oidiers 7 was with as in those DAYS