ith March.
Admiral Kamimura's report of the bombardment of Viadivostock was made public yesterday. It confirms, in general, what was already known from the other side. Several reasons may be offered for the fact that the shore defence did not reply to what was a heavy and prolonged attack. The Russian official explanation is that reply was unnecessary as the squadron was too far away. More easily accepted is the notion that the defenders did not want to disclose the positions of their batteries.. Yet another view is that the batteries are not so strong as has been supposed and that they did not reply because they could not. We mention this for what it is worth. a war between Russia and Japan. Many wireless installations have already been established at Far Eastern ports, and others are in course of erection.
Traders on the Pacific slope who were expecting to make a profit out of the war are having a severe disappointment. Japan is not nearly so large a customer as Russia would have been, and, as is shown by the meat incident mentioned above, the prospects of doing trade with the Russian forees are not very bright. Several representatives of American concerns' have lately arrived in Shanghai on the look-out for business spoils of war; but by all accounts they are still looking.
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