The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-14
JAPAN TO. BE GENEROUS
 TO VANQUlSHED FOE

TOT which she could reasonably clain compensation. It was supported. more. HSer tSe .oG Sy os the tremsndous power whiet little ii b browp o1 war r ana the prowess of tho tho hands of the Japanese government actually. If Japan were vindicSive, de. hsii hesiImined to push the knife in to the there is hardly a defnable limit to what the Japanese armies might %aunIsve. % Oyama Is now in position to overrun all Eastern Siberia. He may When he take. whaasSf5 MasSip Se Eiaayos.e wishes must must Iaii into his lap by merely shak- Ing the tree.
 The Czar Is credited with saying not do. if they meet with defeat in the Far East. IS to retire to the west of Lake Baikai and sit down and wait till they can build up armies strong enough to Japanese nH ntn Snshsive ms and to sweep " the were to receive orders from Tokio to go 10 Lake Baikal and from Baikal to sweep farther west. military experts what Russia could stop him.
 put the Japanese have not greatly enlarged their demands Inquiries nave nave been made in proper quarters. and been eci.ea nn rsat assurances that there has which Japan held tentatively after the fall of Port Arthur. An indemnity of mOderate proportions has probably taken its place. in the Japanese mind pr justice. But the salient point is that apparently the Japanese government recognizes the fact that Russia must and is not disposed to attempt to check forever that natural stream of the Russian national and commercial life. though insisting that 1t shall not reach the sea in the Gulf of Liaotung of ad- Jacent waters whpra fn Ia onin- ion, 1t Is menace to their own com mercial supremacy as well as hook In the corner of China" that some day or other Is expected to throw Pekin into the mouth of the Bear.
 NO member of the American govern ment and no one in the diplomatic col ony here, so far as can learn has any nation as wbetber muHh nof fess inc will now give up the hopeless struggle. Count Cassini says the war will go on to the bitter end, but what Cassini says counts for nothing. He says merely what 1t is his duty to say and Is pre- pared to take 1t all back tomorrow if necessary. Everyone is hoping the Czar and his advisers will now see how worse than useless 1t is to go on sac, hundreds of thousands in the vain ef- fort to recover lost prestige and re- store a stricken pride. And the. fact
 
 erosity and consideration gives the more ground for hope and may within few days become the subject of dip lomatic efforts similar to those made after the fall of Port Arthur.
 In military circles the victory of Marshal Oyama is looked upon as one of the most extraordinary events known to the history of modern war fare. It may well be doubted if his tory shows another instance of such tremendous results achieved with such small numerical preponderance over the beaten army. According to the in- formation in possession of the general staff here. Oyama's forces. at the be- ginning of the campaign which is now drawing to a close, outnumbered Kuro- patkin's in the ratio of about 4 to 3 1-2. or possibly { IA to 1-2 The experts agree that with this slight preponder- ance Oyama took great risks when he and thinned his enveloping lines over such a vast area as that which lies between Fushun on the east and Sinmintin on the west.