The Cairo bulletin., 1905-05-02
TIE MASTER GENIUS or mUKoEN

Who was the master genius Of the
japanese forces Al Mukden2
Ever since thar desperate battle in
Mancharia casual NEWSPAPER reaaers,
as wei as students Of military men
ana ms.hods. have awaifed definite in
formation on the subject Field Mar
shat oyama was given the credit be
.eause he was IRE ranking or Ger ia
eommand II the 5apanese farccs. TNis
was done more as matter Of eonven-
Ience 8hah ofzknowiedge. Ishe reader
felt thar some one was entitled 10 the
homage and he might IS Wen be Oya-
ma. No one knew that the genius was
not Yanagaia nor Nog nor NsFoli.
nor some s snhor1irate operating
through his chief. and The wide range
of territory over which the campaign
extedsl. as wen as The secfetlveness
of all the japanese officers, did not
make it easy for even the most dis
corning. most persistent and pluckiest
of co,r1lpon1cpts TO ascertain the
facts. For that matter, there was no
.e3oa reason for asserting that the
Toxic N nisters did no plan tae
shrewd stra,egy executed By he offi-
.cars and me- IN the field
d A correspondent af athe London
FINES has ,9ldertaken 70 throw some
ffsat on tae qdestion He puts for
ward new name-Baron Kodama,
Ssdana, according 10 him. isihe prin-
cipal ctra.eg-st Of Muklel. He writes
tllis CONCERNING The ieg figure:
Military liisto Fans VII WISH to
know 10 WHOM. the credt Io- the fine
strategicaI program Of Che battle a.
Mukden should be assigned. The dis
position az F1nglisamen would be 70
look fer q Roberts o. a Kitchener, ana
1tha INCLINATION of European and Am
srican experts is 10 regard Toxic as
the brain center.
@Bo,h are m stake1, especially tho
latter by many Occidental writer's
Field Marshal YamaEaia Is spoken OF
Is Japans Won M0ltke BY Others
Field MARSHAL Oyama ii honored al
the Wellington oil his natien. but what
! Yasnaga.a and Oyama represent is q
sentiment the sentiment 0f Satsuma
ana Choshu, respectively. There re
mains to Japan this relic Of Old times
tnat the two most renowned Samurai
clans Of the military age must furn
lisa figFfraheads for every great en- eT
| prise III war.
"The Two Marshals are remarkable
| men, but to any ono crediting then
with strategical genius their own an
swer would be a laugh IT, on the othe
hand. the Japanese publlcist were in
Yited to assign praise for the racen
yicscries he would probably. after cor
Il siderable hesi*at ON. nEne Baron III
fdama Of The general STAFF. His hosita
i tion would mean This: That he know
his, countrymen'5 faith In many coar
cilors.
TIE major part Of ihs applause SCI
/ tainly belongs to Kojama bit caualt
] certain II IL thaf a gtoas number c
I ciilcefs had = hand IN Shaping ~
/. program A wise suggestion frm th
/ Youngest would reeve as much Il
4 ffrcnes ia though II emanated fro
4 1 senior That n the Japaue1e hahi
/ Only a few, perhaps. viii be callc
{ eonspicuously To tue foo.lights wing
1 inc curtain falls On THIS great dram
0 but many win have contributed 10 t.
q hesult
e IS sha spondent right? Is Il
master genias really Kodama2 {
4 he 0yama? Or Yamagata? Or vi
], some one else now unknown to fan
O loom up above all others?
d When the inside details Of he w
p come to the surface this may be d
r term ned.