The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-01-04
RUSSIA'S PRESTIGE.


Upon what does the military prestige of Russia rest? True she has
population which be turned into food the
Germans say but of troops poorly handled always
victory Alexander his victories with small numbers
against victory Marathon was handful
against host At Themopva hundreds kept back until
Poicters and Agncou by So
Passy and might enumeatng a tum both by land and
sea through the War Of independence and Washngton victories
down the early victories Of the Beers that
Russia has to her credit long series of against the Turks and
Tartar the times Of Peter and Catherine which by
uniformly successful True Peter beat Charles XII Of Sweden Pull
but Charles had aed the country pretty well before he could
The disaster neither Russian
the Russian fleet accomplished anything of moment
Russian military prestige rests campaigns. The Napo
eoniC invasion which broke the power of the Emperor and the
apparent turning point his though had deterorang
for years before that and Russourh which closed
with the treaty OF St. Stephano Her other work modern times has
been against inferior Asatc which have not been physically
politically able to cope with her.
Much SAID about the Moscow campaign and the skill OF the uS-
generals has been auded while the burning Moscow has
sell sachce The Russians even before modern researches had
thrown fresh light the incidents of that campaign have said
that General Frost and the general of their armies that defeated
the French Recent research by Russian historians has proved that the
popular the mark late work the Moscow
campaign shows that the Russian generals favored by luck that
their utterly dsoganzed that they had definite
plans large they ignorant Of where the French
were and that they were quaeng among themselves Even the
burning Of Moscow planned 1t accidental and is
than probable that drunken agge from the French army the
and that the Russians had nothing do with it. However
this campaign the fighting qualities OF the Russian for
long time rested
In the Russo-Tursh war; the caber Russian troops and
their handling their generals satisfactorily judged They
certainly heat the Turks but thew had pretty hard work to do it. and
they gave up the fruits Of their victory when Dae called their hand
moving Indian Malta The Shppa pass proved
hard crack while the capture Peona called for the full strength
of military Moreover matter how brave the individual
Turkish be- the Turkish officers good leaders, and the
Turkish government corrupt that stores ammun
ton and 81 forth lacking.
Ruas chief victories have been by diplomacy than
by her She going power which ready for
fighting both by and by land The Japan
the government Of Turkey the government of Russia itself
The Russian soldier his side patience great
deal of punishment The Japanese he great endurance
The Russian soldier dene ignorant every thousand
than neither The soldier
not ignorant He do deal of thinking for himself The Rus
soldier concrp who has his home and
red the Orient with very indefinite idea Of whether he will
his native village again The Japanese soldier part
patriotic nation, every mothers of whom eager and willing
The Japanese amechancbo and when it using
employed present. mechanical skill goes long keeping those
order 1t that the Russian army heavier
than the Japanese But the battles of today
fan charges where weight tells They by shooting
and the light brown shoot well
much better than the heavy conscript the Russian
If navy find that the the Russian
successful that Russians
ships but the accuracy the Russian gunnery unknown quantity
while accuracy the Japanese gunnery
hundreds of thousands of ampan which Oriental
for fish anything else they pick and whose have been
Graded the deep.
OF this hasty comparison consideration has been given
who Petersburg
picked bodies intelligent
the regular fighting force the dele which the body
than the of the which does the fighting and the marching
Nor speaking of has consideration been the
the Imperial yachts Of those which under I'm
pea eye In the army in the navy there ine
mechanical skill among Japanese than among
Thus though the numbers proporonate they may
be in a great measure balanced by other attributes
another considerations Russia
combed with discomfort and hatred of the ruling class the