Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1904 — MAP SHOWING THE DELTA Of THE YALU RIVER AND THE LOCATION OF TOWNS THAT FIGURE IN THE WAR DISPATCHES. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MAP SHOWING THE DELTA Of THE YALU RIVER AND THE LOCATION OF TOWNS THAT FIGURE IN THE WAR DISPATCHES.

The map shows an enlargement of the region at the mouth of the Yalu river and the location of Wiju, Yongampo arid Antung, about which towns the war dispatches nowadays have much to say. The Japanese occupy the two former places, while the Russians command Antung, on the north bank, and the question of crossing the river is the momentous issue for either belligerent. Wiju was declared n free port on the 22d of August last, and at the Same time the Korean government established a custom house at Yongampo. These incidents materially increased the tension between Russia and Japan at that time. Antung is merely a place of strategic importance, being practically only* a collection of hovels, but the Russians are now reported to be massed there in force. It is said that the Russians have mined the mouth of the Yalu, aud if this be so a glance at the delta will show the difficulty that Japan may experience in attempting to enter the river and land troops in Manchuria.