The Washington herald., 1907-04-28

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Leave then these smiling seas.
Rise frm their meio5ifs;
Look where tLe g.fes oi day
OPP GA tEe broader way;
THE s4iis are set-the gods i1ulere,
Then cream 100 mEV. dream 10 more
WashustlH Van Dualn. in Belk Ness.
ing forward 10 the time when the white F.
hosts from the north win sweep down F.
and drive their enemies into the sea. /
In the meantime the Emperor of Korea +
is practically q prisoner in his wretcheJ
palace IN Seoul and the unhealthfuluess
of the general situation Is seen from the
fact that the Russian consul general 10 T.
Korea has refused 10 accept his eXequa-
tur from the japanese government
There follows in slr Wetle's book
some interesting travel chapters. One de-
scfibes Northwestern Korea. especially
along the line of seoul-Wiju Railway "a
purely military line. Here one can SIN
dud traces II the battie5 that We're
fought; the trenches age grass grown, and
the military roads constructed by both
combatants are deserted now for the old
Chinese roads, which are much better
Once into ManchuFi1. the japanese no
longer find "a population def,rential or
afraid The big Manelus slap the Jap
ducse tommy on the back and even
caan him by pretending 10 think slowly
with an insgck of breath when they are
asked questions.
Going over the old bsttedeIds in South
ern Manchuna, Mr. Weale is able TO see
more clearly now how tEe military raA-
..nH
to hide taeir forces baei. in zoe i-s'ls and
rush them 10 the front just when they
were needed.
This leads naturally enough ID a dis
clss.ou of why Japan made peace. Here
is an interesting review of the causes
which matte Jauan's success less great
than it was Excessive caution was one
Of the causes. according to Mr. Weale.
Here are some facts that have NOT before
been told regarding the positions and the
conditions OF the opposing armies al the
time the negotiations tor peace were be-
gun:
The acceptance By the Gar OF presi-
dent Ro0seyeIts invitation 60 send pleui-
poteuuagses 90 meet the pienipotenJiaries
F 6f Japan completed Japaus satisfaction
and made the press of the world res0und
with praise for Il clever country, Wnlch
had accomplished such noteworthy re-
suits. Il was TOO soon believed that this
array OF armed strength was practically
nv.ncibie Although a polite form was
being used. il seemed plainly apparent
I @ the ordinary man that Russia AS un-
fortunate on the battlefield as in the
/ conduct of her home affairs. was suing
Tor peace. The japanese press outlined
/ the crushing terms which would be de-
manded. and men understood that the
hour OF victory had arrived.
/ Unfortunately. the public had not yet
/ had occasion 10 peruse accounts which
/ showed the entirely new situation al the
front ana the manner IN which Russia.
( thanks 10 tie extraordinary efforts she
F had made. had succeeded I'm massins fresh
( armies in positions just as strong as
those held az Liaoyane and Mukden. Fur
Their. the nature OF suppressed kilograms
from the front was unknown 10 the
1 world although known % the British
government. and likewise tsiuce it is op-
perfume o. insert them herel the world
would have read with surprise the fol-
lowing statistics, recently drawn ND by
Dr. Koike Masano. chief surgeon Of the
japanese array:
Total casuaIti,s e3 591
Casualties co the 49,
Number Gf wounded ~ SO
Deaths from s. So
N,mbe- q aen wounded who subsequently
recovered llai-
fa55 OF disease. -a
Number Ut reclvc1ies from iluess..-.----.-- 29 lo
Cas- Of disease among the troops an home
The number Of persons Of all ranks. engaged iu at
tendance on the sick and wounded vas l9i19. Nd
count vas kept Of the men killed outright.
*. B.-These last numbered aoout 59oaI
This little table. indeed. tells its owr
tale very eloquently, if brUsquely. The
Japanese losses had been enormous iI
, spite Of all the victories. and JlIs i'm
. mediate prospect at the front was thai
r further fighting I'm the nature of "a grant
battle an along the line would entail aT
approximate loss of an additional l000
men. Also, in spite of an efforts 10 con
81 ceal the fact. acute observers at th,
( front had already decided that the re
! ports of the battle of Mukden had beer
! exaggerated, and that the victory ha,
3 been far less complete than was general
, Is understood TO be the case By June
indeed. the Russian armies south OF tht
Smgari had been brought TO The SAM
! strength as they had been before Muk
den; by August these numbers were In
fair way toward being doubled. Vladivo
e mighty place of arms. and a combines
garrison and field force, amounting to SO,
900 men, was assembled IN its vicinity
That was the position.
+ That puts new face on the matte
: and makes it easier 10 be understood VIII.
I Japan-which at the time OF the peac
: negotiations was thought TO be in al
{ inyincible Dositon-was so ready TO com
d TO the terms. OF N. White.
Most interesting. 100, is Mr. Weale'
s chapter, "A Last Look st Port Arthur.
In previous volumes this author Ia
drawn for his readers Port Arthur as
: was; this chapter tells how it IL now
I One of the most remarkable of Nj
Weale's statements-and t. must be re
membered that it is the statement of
= carefully trained observer who has see
with his own eyes-is that not a singl
Russian ship was sunk by the Japanes
: gun-hre to such an extent that she coul
not have steamed all the way home t
Russia Indeed, throughout. this write
finds that much less damage was done [
5 the Russian works that has been accept
ed as true.
# The forts that We're destroyed are nc
being rebuilt. on the contrary, every foI
e on the land side Is being stripped of q
z; its guns and of everything OF value. ]
3; Japan, these forts are meaningless, sine
II her fear VIII never be the sudden lanC
n ing Of an enemy on the Kuantung per
+ insula, but the slow advance 0. OVel