The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1904-02-26

Signal victories FOR the Japanese
have marked tlr opening DAYS Of the
NueFu, Japanese war. Nine Russluii
warsaips have been put out Of com
mission las Japanese torpcdocs and
shells and ~ tho Russmns have no
durEylrl facilities In the FAR east 60
."pair the damages inflicted on their
shiT, 30 follows that the vessels 1901"
u,rl,ss cor service in the present war.
Over @.19u Russian troops have been
taken prisoners by the capture ot
three KG,slau transports 81 thr .oiun-
tr.r Grct 1c' the Kotrln coast.
The rr.'"rf 4. confirmed that an i'm
paruui bridge uu the Nauchur.an
railroad las been blown up 10y ih'
J1U- Hud 80 men have hcCu Killed. il lie
90 .p rrf,rtpl that jhc Russian s'.nm
cl. NnGui and Muhucu. hclun'sin" to
t,a Cria.~p EASTERN Hallway Co.. have
i,au captured hy thr Jarlucsr. IhoSf
"ri. .,t. from London correspondent.
So >ra'sh1l
H.r uis1tp q, personally supHrin
Tending aNlF. Ird a." cabinet holds
1r,E er. .lra Th" government has
...",l ORDERS fl' tlp protection ut I'D,
tu-- -Ghirof. residing Zoo Japan.
a ,sl-t...,.r O. q STATE ur war with
g. vHe FORMALLY announced We'd
p. -a., hN Tie uit1do's proclamation.
Pr O., tel.-ra ulpI from Toxic taui la
p1u .t.Z.d NH-aWulo SUNDAY aud dis
patched q heavy force there. Japan
VIII !oUlf- She purt uud establish q
HayJI uud wilitar, husc there. Mas1m
goo" is au exceedingly important poia'
GA. 90 controls The Korean channel ana
E. iu excellent base for future opera
fIo., rlr success eft Japan on IA.
sea would carry enormous advantage
Iud practically decide the war. On
Uar.' tAp nD"ts are almost equal. al
though abr Japanese are confident that
their personnel i- superior. They say
tlst a drawn battle would be- really -
sum1osa victory uu account Of Rus
>i1'- luyE uf facilities 10 dock aud re-
pair hrr larger craft.
kuc Edward. 90 q council held 10
buckingham palace Thursday signed a
proclamation declaring Great h'iam's
'ruiraliry during the VAR between
Eu,s ia aud Japan.
4 special o. the Reuters Telegram
Go from Port Arthur ',1ys the Russian
rrgt. cotr.stiug of four hattlcships ami
three cruisers has been destroyed in 81
naval engagement OF that port Tues
Jay. Three Japanese huttl,,hips are
..,u reported damaged. The Iapanc~ E.
slil. not botw,ru the fire from the
land batteries aUd tie Russian ships.
Tl" report circulated m 81 Peters.
;.r- f.ti tIc United States has Of
forced uyr GOOD srr,iccs T. commented
oa a.,g hy tHr NuVo~ti. which cm.
rsa- z,s tie previous statements TINT
iH,,r,ru. .pn IL impossible AMI says u
tsshU. whether ihc oncf Of good seq
Vices Zoo jlc ~tr.Htc.i sense would have
any result Tn" paper adds that 30
considers 10 strange that tie United
static nas made 70 distinction between
Ci 'ut aud Korea. which. 20 points QUE
s also lu independent country.
Er.catlus the charge that the Jap
Jur.r attack ON Port Arthur WAS made
from Wclilal-Wci. ou The north coast
~ t.ir Slan-Taug peninsula. the NOyoc
'r"riyJ bitterly Jssllls Great Britain.
IN allowing Japan Go Use the harbor
Ts q hHsis 81 operations" says tht
Novuc Nrrmya. Great Britain viOlat-
eel tie fundamental principles of neu-
irsiiiy. Mei-iiai Wei must be- regarded
hcnrcforth ~ part OF Japanese terri
tory. ard Great Britain has forfeited
the righ 60 participate In any DELHI.
cg1t.ous over the eventual fate Of the
harbur.
The ptprr further holds that the
ease T. analogous to that OF the Ala.
hanna aud Gays Russia l. entitled to
demand compensation from Great
rrltgiu Tor the losses she has SUI.
forrd.
The british government has infor.
mrtipn which lends IL to believe tina,
Japan - likely 10 be- I'm possession OF
iQr Arthur within week. la the
hest Informed Japanese circles of Lon.
DON % j. privately thought that the
v1- VIII De- over 10y July. Those
British officials WHO arc ,-Dgnizant
e. tlc extraordinary thoroughncss
with which Japan prepared for the
war are Inclined 90 share the Jap
ancsc view regarding the duration Of
The struggle.