Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 March 1904 — THE A B C OF THE FAR EAST WAR. [ARTICLE]

THE A B C OF THE FAR EAST WAR.

Wei-Hai-Wei —On north coast of Shantung province, China. Leased from China by Great Britain. Wiju—Near mouth of the Yalu in northeast Korea. A railway line was to have been built from Wiju to Seoul. Wonsan—(Gensan, Yuensan) —Treaty port on northeast coast of Korea with a good harbor. Population 20.000, with considerable Japanese settlement. Telegraph to Seoul, Yalu River (Amnok) —The northwest frontier between Manchuria and Korea. In 189(5Russia here obtained a timbercutting concession on the south side from Korea, and made this a pretext for occupation. It was in the estuary of the Yalu that the Japanese won a great naval victory over the Chinese fleet in 1894, sinking four Chinese warships. Yamagati, Field Marshal Marquis— Great Japanese statesman and soldier, commander-in-chief in Chino-Japanese war; a member of the genro; most important man in Japan after Marquis Ito. . Yamaguchi, Lieut. Gen. Baron—Commands Fifth division of Japanese army. Commanded Japanese forces with the allies at Pekin, 1900. . Yamamoto, Admiral Baron—Minister of marine, Japan. Yashima —Japanese battleship, 12,500 tons, sister ship to the Fuji. ""Yokohama —Chief port of Japan. Population 200,000. Y’okusaka —Very important Japanese naval station, arsenal and docks. • Was the most important naval center, but Kure now equals it. Yongampo (Yonganpo)—Haven at the mouth of the Yalu, now occupied by the Russians. Yuaushihkai—Chinese viceroy, in command of the Chinese forces in the north. A protege of Li Hung Chang-. Yuensan—Same as Wonsan.