New-York tribune., 1904-08-06
rgr I4plyFSE ADVANTAGES.

The Russians began by undertaking their foes
IN numbers Now they are overesumatlhg
them They Mt first promised TO oyer"hein
,bor with superior numbers. Now they Gull
nlain that they themselves are thuS o'el
1,belroed There is no doubt that tue! ~ ou
,oa Il seemed 10 us at the outset Ger
+oi,, ,bat thev would be. But IN some -,o,, IlSeS
,nust s1ppose that for some reason tI9 -, -
600 double or think double. W uen oIl -,
roDatkin estimates that about zu'V"0 sa-
- a-o confronting him he is pro0apiy ho' Ia
g., rigbt The various japanese aI44'es
y-erring upon Liao-Nang must appiOA.--.- 80 ro.
- - A. NOT '7od little surpass' lnaI nuA-
- - -. !. soarns entirely ont OF the question
A.. tbore should be at Port Arthnr any lt-,Hs 1s
M tho $4,000 japanese which 'he .Iat
o,- renort If there are, we must - r
nv" . .1,orsands have been rushed thlther Ie-
co,+Iv for the purpose of proYldihs Jas
- - irresistible strength. bu' lHe - -
ra that there are not more than ol- .,
,onv Japanese there as the IlusslhAS 600 To-.
80 49, ,basA stories Of 10000 or I''oo' Jap
ana 'iial i.;I1ad In an attack upon the Ior's
are also such STUN a. u'
dreams at that. ,,5,httah h1a
TO- Iananese have. however, an induol'ao-s
-lro,,+o~ "a IN numbers and they are HhelS -
+ain Il We are told that the siberian
ds1iver in the Far East not more tnan Que
,bc,ssnd soldiers a day. w Q are als" ~ -
= 5aiIv carving westward ralhloaus "a So =,
wounded soldiers. The one movement ,, -
.,,st ohort balances the other. Nor IS that 'Ne
!lSl .Sro,teoo n the japanese They kno"
,Io country better than the Russlaus
- 60 +bav invaded and conquered u anu
r,ade careful geographical geological meteor
I,.,, and What not other hind of study OF II
Then when Russia, France and Germany Coi
noIIed them 10 get out Of II they studIeu II "
little more carefully than ever tceHls quite -
tain +hot they would be revlslung II soHle u1'
Now they know every road and river ana Town
ord hin as well as they know the tea gardens
Of Toxic Again. tie japanese are ueI'eI "a
cIimated 10 the country, and are better suited
70 camneigning I'm Il than the Russians. 10
+baso ra NAV finally add this crowning ndvan-
Too +bot tho Jauanese were far better pre-
rarad To- war than were the russians II =
trrle that Russia took the aggressive IN pToFoA-
fn,, tho war. and she was supposed TO have heen'
Of all countries earth the most lhIhtdht
and the most ready for war But then II i
clear that she did not expect the war; she "Id
not think Japan would dare 10 accept her chaI-
lence; md there is ground for suspecting that
b..r mighty military displays of years past We're
largely pretence and that the actual strength or
her army has been grossly overrated.
Taking these advantages into consideration. II
should not be surprising that the Japanese win,
on land as we'll as on sea. We may say ON land
more than on sea. for, contrary TO many early
opinions the Japanese army Is doing better
than the japanese navy. japanese control OF
the sea is not yet entirely assured, while Japan
csc mastery on the land has become truism.
We do not know that there is likely to be such
a disillusionment In any other quarter Of the
world in any clash Of nations; but, at any rate,
this one case is a profitable reminder of the
great truth which Emerson tersely set forth
that the real measure Of a country's greatness IS
not the census nor the crops, but the kind OF
man the country turns out That Is true in war
as well in peace