Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1904 — THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR.

Jap army is alert. - 7 ■ Mikad>’< Troops Reparted Rushing Into tha Yalu River District. While Japan's warship's are engaging the attention of_the_£li£iUi‘'-i'l'L’-±he coast, the efforts to perfect invasion c.f the interior preparatory to. ;in cnesgetii: land campaign are proceeding steadily,, according to Seoul ad vires. It is openly admitted that the Japanese land forces are actively engaged in a.-mast import an-: movement, which will come to a climax ns swiftly as did Japan's sis.-t naval attack. Japanese troops are advancing toward the Vain Kiver. Tic re. :l g .expected, .they will meet and engage the Russian forces. ..The Japanese'deciare that the numbers-of the Russian troops are greatly exaggerated. The plan of . the Japanese appears to be to take the road which lends almost straight to Mukden. They profess. to have nd. doubt that they will be able to d rive back flux Jlussian—fwwjo vva rd Harbin.- 'i'lic Mnkdeii mad. ffio’tgh nominally under Russian mliitai. 1 . eimtrol. will be subject jo con.-tant raids from Chinese- bands, who. will swoop- down from the hills. 2=J&ee<'adimr diagonaliy. the Japalii"-e in tcnif-rtf-eftt the line rtf’ cotnmunica t ;on between I’ort Arthur ,a'n-J the mainland of Maneltttm. not only preventing re-en-forcements from reaching the Fort Arthur; garrison, but inflicting' damage on the Manchurian railway. .. ... The-hope that the Japanese would in the meantime be able to. occupy Port Arthur was' chiefly based on the belief that the Russian guns could 'not be brought to bear on any force landing at Pigeon Bay, .which is'on the western side of Port Artluir, rfd i; was believed -that the Japanese. ;.dmir.;l uoii’M fellow tactirts almost exactly siniil:;;- to those intended to be pur iK' l at Santiago,' the troops ptorming the batteries in the rear, while the Japanese flci't lay waiting for the ships of Viceroy Alexi*'iL who, in the event of- a land attack being successful; was obliged to either make a dash fog yberili-LffiUk -bis~ crippled 11 v t or fight where they were against practically hopeless odds. Only those who went through the Chinese war can. .quitejiiidUEstiriid. 1 he emii-

lation which exists between the Japanese army and navy. In the former war the .army was all to the fore and no little jealousy existed .between the two arms of the service, though the navy was then in its infancy. There is tremendous anxiety in the army to score a. success equal to that just made by the navy and keen land fighting is expected speedily.

PORT ARTHUR HARBOR AND ROADSTEAD, SHOWING SCENE OF FIRST DAY’S BATTLE.