The Tokio newspapers express hoon geati n at this signal success on land, though they warn against over-sanguineness. They observe that the moral effect of the victory is greater than its material consequence. It will nerve the Japanese army and increase the enthusiasm of its advance, while batting the croakers who insisted that Japan might succeed on the sea but had no chanco at all on land. From whatever point they are viewed, the Yalu operations constitute a great and complete triumph for Japan. General Kuroki's dispositions were admire able. The movements of his troops were excellently synchronized. It is noticeable that from the modesty and restraint of the Tapanese reports it is never necessary to discount the news received, each report indeed leaving room for the fair assumption that the victory to be claimed 1 greater than the account given of it.
Two Misfortunes.
The Russian raid on Gensan, the sinking of the small merchantman Goyo Maru, subsequent loss of the transport Kiushiu Maru came as severe shocks to the Japanese, The Kiushiu was guarded by two Japanese torpedo boats, but at the time of the mishap they were sheltering behind an island owing to a dangerous fog and so Jost company with her. The torpedo boats arrived at Gensan to find the Kiushiu overdue, and than hastened back but too late. The crows stamped the decks with chagrin and than rendered assistance in rescuing the survivors from the transport. It appears from Admiral Kamimura's report that he left Gensan on the 23rd ult with his cruiser (eet intending to proceed to Viadivostock, but the further ho steamed the more densely he became enveloped in fog. For three days he was unable to take any bearings, and during the greater part of that time could not even discern the vessels of his squadron. On this account he re-tured to Gensan on the 26th April, but it was in this interval that the Goyo Maru and the. Kiushiu Maru were sunk, the former on the afternoon of the 25th and the latter at midnight of the same
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