THE CRISIS OF THE WAR.
The command of the sea is assured to the Japanese, and Russia must now bend her energies to the-prosecution of the campaign on land. There seems to be little to choose (according- to the Scientific American) between the fighting qualities of the average Japanese and Russian soldier. Both are equally, brave and persistent. It is also true that in strategy, Kuropatkin seems tot* fully a match for Oyama. Therefore tin issue of the great Manchurian campaign this year will depend chiefly upon the relative ability of the contestants to place men, munitions, and supplies at. the front. I* will be largely a question of transportation. Can the single-track Siberian railroad, 5000 miles in length, maintain at the frorit a larger army than the Japanese with their; few hundred miles of transportation over three or four independent routes from Corean and Manchurian ports to the front? This is a vital question which will be answered very soon after the break-up of the severe casters winter.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12818, 18 March 1905, Page 4 (Supplement)
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