Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-31
, INErEEN hundred ana four has

political blukIdpHN UT H"N'''''i W. ''''
ina folds of the worlds commercial and
,,..-..t,t ,d,o,c, mud broueht upon
luuuo''''' asa,,.,,rs
the intefnRllohol sl'se H'" '"''
destined In the future Co play lmpor'
to,, nsrts II has hccn a year note
"'' 1910, 81, ,,,,,s
worthy for congresses lo'NInb W 'i''
social. intellectual ANA spiritual petl1I-
,,o,t 40 b,s soon ifsuod n world wide
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oncei yet, in spite on lhtse iap@ Oh
penre 1904 has been notably year OF
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Thera mas bepn lhe U'u'' u''''' >"
the Balkans, there have bcon lhe Gus
tonorv Smith American revolutions.
$3.50. ....,.,.. t,,., ho.r IN arms
TOUT A"''9" Pu'P'''
against their European m"a"'4' N'"-
tral Asia has seen an Anglo-Tibetan
c,orsaro ohove the clouds. while IN the
~ coet pootlv fnree- quarters OF a
,,,ittloo ,,sn have been afrayed against
"ach ot6er i'm one of historys most re-
markablo struggles.
lAq N N.Y. bo,Ror ny Port Arthur on
he night Of the Sth Of February, was
due to Russias polcy OF playilb Ias'
and loose win her promises as 70 mau-
churia, and to Jap4nS rear that hus.
sian aggression I'D Korea was ufSe'
menace not merely TO her eolon'al ue-
yelopment but TO her national eNlsl-
enoe. Through Us hrsi three nolsho /
the conflict was distinctly a naVal ons,
the advantage resting sieaully WIN
the mikados ueeis' iils aetlne! 1piu-
onsuated mat the tofpeoouoat
fighting craft OF immense cap9ullltles, /
while the seeming ease WIN Whleh lhsg
put out OF action nine nalllfshlps. ~
cruisers ana dozen ana HlolV lVPu~u-
boats and other vessels ot loss 70
Japan OF but two balteshlps' WV eruls-
ers, one torpedouobt ana transport !
has opened me eyes OF the Woi'u,
on the last Two Gays ul AplH wy
japanese army, under cen huIoAh
crossed the YAM driving PACK tne RUS
slams under sas8nhlcn ana lf9W ina.
time interest mas eenlelea IN lhe lanl
operations, when nave included Two OF
the greatest battles ana one OF lho
greatest sleges known 10 history
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Tba dsfopse "a we'll "a the siege OF
Port Arthur bas boen one OF the most
renarFabie M modern tirnes. Since the
Iansn@se isolatod tbe fortress ON the 5th
NJ NAV Com gtoeTsel lts commander.
bae maintained himself with m force
which mas dwindlad nom 40 boa 10 A 600
sg9inaf hesiegin,r army which haA
aonrovinate0 tt0 066 Ths feet Under
nor Admiral What which might
bave been M priynarv vaue IN The town
was dlsnersed mud IN part 6estroved In
August while the battles ri Lao Yang
and snaAe , i,nr' t Ieq pvgso ru ,o g az
the north.
These actions az Lao Yang and
Shake river win take place among the
worlds great battles not only because
of the numbers engaged and the appa-
ling casualties, but because OF the des-
perate character Of the lighting. The
statement that short-range warfare
was thing Of the past was glven the
lie through the whole Of the n days
action al Iiao Yang, opening on Aug,
~ when 100000 Japanese, under Field
Marshal Oyama, defeated 10000 Rus
SLAMS under Gen. Kuropatkln The to-
tai casualtlse were not less than $4,000
These figures We're surpassed az
Shake river, where the lighting cOntln-
ued from oct ~ 10 o. The number
killed has been omcally given as $4,000.
with casualties OF S37i7
Kuropatkins promotion IN November
20 supreme command On Manchuua, and
the simultaneous recalling OF Vlcerny
AleKlef. shows that Russlas govern
ment now shares with the rest Of the
world the belief that the general has
been the genius and the vceroy the
marplot Of the years campaign
COST AND LESSONS OF WAR.
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