The episode io a very small foretaste of what the misguided defenders of Teingtao will very shortly be called upon to #xperience. "General Kamio's preparations are now practically oomplete and are of an overwhelmingly: heavy kind. Mined with the hard determination and cold precision with which they have been made has all along been something softer, a desire, namely, to render the final stages of the siege ae swift] and 89 bloodless as possible. Whiether the defenders will carry out their Emperor's instructions to the letter and fight to the last man and the last gun remains to be seen. It is the sincere hope of the allied forces that they will not, though whether they do or not can make no difference to the ultimate fate of the port. The most stubborn resistance imaginable can, at the most, only delay its fall by a few hours Life at Headquarters varied by visite to the outposts has given one hoist that an extraordinary insight into the inexorable nature of the modern war machine when fed from a Limit-lee source. Perfect organization down to the smallest detail, celerity that shows no trace of hurry, the minimum of noise—these are' the characteristics which impress one most. The Japanese have all the rules of the game at their finger tips
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