. Review of reviews and world's work. double envelopment of the prodigiousarmy in front of him, under a renowned commander,whose generalship liad been even more eloquently ex-tolled than the Japanese leadership had been depre-ciated. As the battle of Mukden ended in the rout of the Russian host, with the loss ofapproximately 200,000 men,—80,000 naoi-e than capitu-lated at Sedan,—and an incalculable amount of mate-rial, the supersession of General Kuropatkin by GeneralLinevitch, and the conversion of every serious person inRussia, with the possible exception of the Czar, to


. Review of reviews and world's work. double envelopment of the prodigiousarmy in front of him, under a renowned commander,whose generalship liad been even more eloquently ex-tolled than the Japanese leadership had been depre-ciated. As the battle of Mukden ended in the rout of the Russian host, with the loss ofapproximately 200,000 men,—80,000 naoi-e than capitu-lated at Sedan,—and an incalculable amount of mate-rial, the supersession of General Kuropatkin by GeneralLinevitch, and the conversion of every serious person inRussia, with the possible exception of the Czar, to the imperious necessity of making peace It may fairly be regarded as one of the decisive battles of theworld. As a result of this great battle, continues thiswriter, Japan is now completely master of the situ-ation on land as well as on the sea. Her recordof fifteen months has been a marvelous one. She has not sustained one single reverse on eitherelement during a tremendous struggle of fifteen LEADING ARTICLES OF THE MONTH. 605. A BIRDS-EYE VIEW OF THE BATTLE OF MUKDEN. months, and, according to the most recent Russianfigures, she has already disposed of a Russian army of750,000 men. Nor is there visible on the horizon anyfactor which could seriously compromise her predomi-nance, unless it be suggested that Admiral Rozhest-venskis barnacled battleships are capable of challengingJapans command of the sea. Moreover, as in thisworld nothing succeeds like success, the victor has atlast secured access to the money markets of the world,and is plentifully supplied with the sinews of war. The very financiers who only the other day declined toaccommodate her except on usurious terms are nowtumbling over one another in their anxiety to hail theRising Sun. There could scarcely be more significantevidence of the respective positions of the belligerentsthan the recent refusal of financial France to float an-other Russian loan and the frantic desire of the GermanEmperor, who has been th


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