9th February.
Tus morning a year ago the officers of the Russian Port Arthur squadron rubbed their eyes in amaze-given by "Almiral and Mrs, Stark, ment as they went off from the ball wondering what had happened to their ships in the night.. Admiral "Pogo begun the war. In the ear that has the Russians ye seen the whole of their magni-cent fleet sunk, dismantled, stranded, or 80 as to be incapable Stone cramer the Rossia: they have of action, with the possible exception lost Port Arthur and Dalny, and all Manchuria south of Mukden; and how many Russians have fallen in action or been incapacitated by wounds or disease, or sent to Jay as prisoners, only the Russian War Office knows, if it does know. This is what the enemy they despised have done in one year, and Russia is finding it difficult to send reinforcements to General Kuropatkin, The Japanese take their successes sd soberly that to-day will probably not. be kept with any parton 1 ceremony, but in the future, when the war drum throbs no longer and the battle-flags are furled, the ninth of Februry will be kept as fervently as Henry V expected the feast. of Crispin Crispianus. t"..be celebrated in Engl Linley Sambourne's cartoon in "Punch" of the 28th of December recalls some by Tenniel in much earlier issues, though a close com-|: parison would show a marked superiority in the work of the great, draughtsman who has laid his fearful pencil aside. It is called "Peace on Earth." Peace has come down to earth with a lily stem in her hand and her white dove flying, before her. At her feet is a dead saltlier, his rifle and knapsack lying beside him. In the distance is a; sentinel who raises his rifle and chal-longes gentle Peace. "If I only knew the countersign!" she says, sorrow fally. Let.us hope that if she does, not know it yet, she will soon learn) that a friendly Power is being ask: to whisper it to her.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.