The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-03

tArthurIiie kept u feet et,snssdl
and ha Kept s Der SJapaafis NJ
soldiers from joliins the n1niii srty a AM, ~
siying dltlonai force against Is tisopa ~
lkin.s 5fesa ao made tho dat as exp ,a
Sstvo ng ptsssibie tor the price zoe
,to japan lii Aid money e is's
NOUS. n III. "
Stn the i,,eantinie, he ga " the Baltic =|pstis
fleet d chance to and ne gave te
f,nr,e vtrnhient vaiuabiO ppport,in1IltyStto
attengthen 1surpr.tlan's pcsit!loHs 'rru ~,
the e,,d came before the Baltic feet n
reached ssits Courtney end and 6we E SO 60
not know how we'll the Ca he's turned 1tsa
Sto FOOD n account tho opporttf,ltt ty 70
strengthen tis position the flshtiEtrlg rs
iine ir5 Manchurla But General stocs eel
seems to have done ali that iriortal mai "
could do to delay the fal of Port Arth,lr
toStiie} last oment. II az Quite certain
that theyictory would have been worth II
moro had i conc mon lls
earlier. tst S$ VA ys n
13o tht,t5 Us 4 t,Bmny, lloweve the sur
render Of Port Arthur 1s III the nature l: {of
d inc N ewy Pear 81 gi It to ii pan and & y
must he In high slee that the 3naholt Br r..
5ccives It. This tsS tre second time within
ID few years Japan liza talserl Port Arthur
She captured from the III Chinese : On 81
November Isl 1894, ana when size came h to
settle she demanded tho cession IN per.
,potultys and NJ full III severe gnty, together
IwlthSalll fortifcatons arsenal s and publlc r
property therein; the southern part Of
the province OF l'ong-Tl len, the, part Of
!Afanchuria demanded being tile territory
which her soldiers Ind iRrun over and
occupied, Including Port thur China
readily yielded and all this territory was vas
actually coded In the treaty Of peace.
But after tic manner Of diplomacy, RUS is.
Ssla, Germany and france I'd vlsed apnn
not to take any part Of g hi1ese territory,
but only an Indemnity u none Japan 4. pslt
knew that. thisbl Of $'ndWlco 3 was eauiysr--
ialent9 ia an order from I hree strong n ma 4
{tions, which she dared not disobey. 5O 81
course she yielded, and Russia came cal ,t'
forward and loaned to- hilia the money me-
with #whichsto pay. y was, d. bltter%pill
for Japan to swallow, but the worst iwns
to comes Having ingratiated herse f8witll
China by making this loan, ii 1898 Russia 81
leased from China this same Fort Arthur
for d period OF twent y-tiye years! % 1inag-
Inc sJapail's chagrln and ind gnntlon when
this announcement was mad v; The port
which she had wol, q $ q. i,rlse5 9 9 war,
and which was so valuable to her. iii her
struggle against Russian, on croach ment;
tho prize wliicl, she was forccd y, through
Russia ag ency, give I'M had nov Nc be-
come u Russian port, and would be- most 81
Important factor Iii furtherng Russia II y =
schemes. VI 5ss q M
No wonder JaI,ai, was Indignant, and an 3n le
wonder sho made slicli nsssatl l,lL
upon Port thur WHOM wa wi III Russia
was declared and no wonder I. she n kept up
the savag q \ d ssaults until every Russian
ship the llarbor was destr Dyed and unit ltl
tho garrison Ii the fort was compelled $to
4 issyurre,,de or; and mo wonder that here is
great rejoicing III Japan day that once f
more the coveted prize has fallen Int
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