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A SILENCED GUN IN PORT ARTHUR.
INTRODUCTION.
The Japan-Russia War goes into history as the greatestmilitary struggle the world has known. Its story, therefore, rivalsin interest those of the great wars of the past which have been anunceasing inspiration in every field of art and literature. The politicalmachinations of great and little kings, of famed prime ministers,of peoples and states have attracted attention in more or lesslimited circles, but the world's wars have appealed to every classand rank. The world's vast army of readers have never wearied ofthe classic stories of feats of arms by men and armies told of thedawning days of world history; the tales of later map-making strugglesof Asia, of Europe, of America, have never grown old or dull.So in the Orient of to-day. The great political battles which havecentred about China and Japan for the last half century have interestedthe few. But to-day the attention of the world is centred onthe lands bordering the Pacific, because a war has waged; becausethe whole human family loves the stories of valorous deeds, of militaryachievement, of the history-making that is done with thesword.
The purpose of this volume is to bring American readers face toface with the events of the struggle of such stupendous magnitude,now drawn to a close. From b