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The Bemidji Daily Pioneer
Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minnesota
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Japan urgently needs to capture Port Arthur soon to redeploy 75,000 troops to Mukden amid balanced forces there, and to reposition its fleet to Vladivostok before Russia's Baltic fleet arrives, denying Russians a base and averting potential naval defeat.
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It is imperative to the Japanese that Port Arthur fall within the next few weeks. The Mikado has 75,000 men tied up at Port Arthur and he needs them at Mukden where the hostile armies are too near of a strength to make a decisive victory possible to either. The Baltic fleet is on its way to the east.
If Port Arthur can be captured before its arrival the Japanese fleet can be transferred to Vladivostock and the Baltic fleet will have no port of entrance. Russia's situation, now desperate will then be most desperate. On the other hand if the Baltic fleet can arrive in time the fall of Port Arthur may be indefinitely postponed and the Japanese will not be able to send the needed troops to Mukden. The Japanese blockading squadron at Port Arthur will be obliged to do battle with a fresh and superior fleet and may be beaten.
Japan must have Port Arthur at once and at any cost.
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japan must capture port arthur to free 75,000 troops for mukden and prevent russian baltic fleet from gaining a port; potential defeat of japanese blockading squadron if fleet arrives first
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It is imperative to the Japanese that Port Arthur fall within the next few weeks. The Mikado has 75,000 men tied up at Port Arthur and he needs them at Mukden where the hostile armies are too near of a strength to make a decisive victory possible to either. The Baltic fleet is on its way to the east. If Port Arthur can be captured before its arrival the Japanese fleet can be transferred to Vladivostock and the Baltic fleet will have no port of entrance. Russia's situation, now desperate will then be most desperate. On the other hand if the Baltic fleet can arrive in time the fall of Port Arthur may be indefinitely postponed and the Japanese will not be able to send the needed troops to Mukden. The Japanese blockading squadron at Port Arthur will be obliged to do battle with a fresh and superior fleet and may be beaten. Japan must have Port Arthur at once and at any cost.