. Review of reviews and world's work. s at Port Ar-thur is the greatest honor towhich the dreams of a soldierof the Emperor can fortress is full of senti-mental interest to all theNippon race. Port Arthur stands at theextremity of the Liao-TungPeninsula ; like the point ofa dagger, it thrusts itself outto sea and divides the YellowSea from the Gulf of Pe-chi-li. Across the mouth of thisgulf to the south and facingit is the harbor of Wei-Hai-Wei. Not so rugged as Gi-braltar, to which it has beenlikened over and over again,the hills which hem in theharbor of Port Arthur arequite as co
. Review of reviews and world's work. s at Port Ar-thur is the greatest honor towhich the dreams of a soldierof the Emperor can fortress is full of senti-mental interest to all theNippon race. Port Arthur stands at theextremity of the Liao-TungPeninsula ; like the point ofa dagger, it thrusts itself outto sea and divides the YellowSea from the Gulf of Pe-chi-li. Across the mouth of thisgulf to the south and facingit is the harbor of Wei-Hai-Wei. Not so rugged as Gi-braltar, to which it has beenlikened over and over again,the hills which hem in theharbor of Port Arthur arequite as commanding as thefortress on the Mediterrane-an. The strategic possibili-ties of Port Arthur are quiteenough to make a militarytactician dream like a poet ;long ago, even the Chinese saw it, and, with theassistance of German military engineers, theyfortified the place heavily. The fortress com-mands the waterway to Tientsin, Taku, and, nat-urally, to Peking. The master of Port Arthur, GENERAL NOG/. THE JAPANESE HERO OF PORT ARTHUR. 447. BIRDS-EYE VIEW OF PORT ARTHUR AND ITS FORTIFICATIONS, AS SEEN FROM THE NORTH. provided always his strength be equal to hisgeographical opportunities, can throttle the neck,so to speak, of which Peking is the head andbrain. Of all the fighting men of Nippon, GeneralNogi, who is carrying the standard of Nipponagainst Port Arthur, enjoys the reputation ofbeing a model soldier according to the mostrigorous and ancient standard. He is is sometimes savage when occasion all, he is simple to the point of rugged-ness, and loyal and almost heartless in mattersof discipline. Once upon a time, he said : A soldier is a soldier, after all, and after a man be-comes a soldier he must be perfectly willing to lead alife that is somewhat different from the life of an ordi-nary man in society. It is impossible for him to enjoyliberty and wealth such as so many of his fellow-menseem to enjoy. The soldier must understand this fromthe start. If on
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