Bisbee daily review., 1905-04-27
THE COMING BATTLE

HE COMlNA1 b 1bE
 The world is watching with bate, breath the inevitable an1 early battl between the com bined Russian maya fleet and the ipanese feet under Ad miral Togo. All the more recent dis patches have been as to the where abouts and movements of the Rojest vensky fleet. while Togo has attracted but little attention and his movem snts have not been followed closely by the war correspondents on whom we must depend Tor the news.
 . Since Rojestvensky appeared, ss it were, around the corner, heading for Togo with forty vessels the attention of the world has been chiefly con- cerned with him. speculating upon his tactics. Russia has come to be viewed as the aggressor in the eastern waters and a general notion of its formidable ness obtains. whereas ss a factor. Several months ago we fiouted the notion that Rojestvensky could get around and present anything like a terrible front to the enemy, and pie sured his fleet as collection of parma cled hulks moving sluggishly in con- msnd of a gentleman nervously quick on the trigger and poor marksman withsl. Why he should have become suddenly impressive in the public mind is psychological puzzle perhaps ex- plioable on the ground of the mystery with which his recent movements have been enveloped. mystery which the irregular and incomplete dispatches to the press cannot dispel. There obtains st this writing dread of forty power ful vessels whose keels nave been scrsped. moving swiftly under cover, bent upon the annihilation of poor little Togo.
 The no longer disputed fact that Rojestvensky has presented himself ss a target for Togo whenever the little brown man" gees fit to give the firing command has raised a doubt as to where the victory will rest after the terrible hail of steel which must be witnessed within the next few days, but the strong probability is that after the "belching forth" of the sea mon- sters we will hear more of Togo. It is 10 be presumed that Togo is as well posted on the every move of Ro- jestvensky as the war correspondents. Since the Russian course developed to view it is quite proba ble that Togo has followed it just little bit more accu- rately than anybody else.
 The world is apt to be less surprised at the result if it will assume that the mental clockworks in Togo's crsnium have not been asleep during the long interim of our own speculation upon what Rojestvensky intended. Togo rejoined his vessels after short rest i1 Tokio fslly two months ago, and long prior to that time the Japanese navy department was preparing & strong fleet of auxiliary cruisers and torpedo boat destroyers for service against RojestveDsky. That Togo formed reasonable plans for holding in check the vladivostOk cruisers and combating the oncoming armada and that he thoroughly turned over in his mind every possibility of the latter's method and course is the more credi. l ble assumption. especially when we reflect that he has thus fsr followed | what seem sd to be the best policy. in
  permitting Rojestvensky to enter For nosan waters. which are sufficiently removed from the Yellow Sea to allow of u1distnrbed traffic with Port Ar thar, and at once give the Japanese accessible ports for repairs. coaIinr.