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...Meter Hill, which enabled the attacking army to direct their mortar fire over the city and harbor, and led directly to Port Arthur's fall. Although General Stoessel has often been blamed for his conduct at the time of the siege, and has even been court-martialed, the Russian leader really did all in his power to save the city...
Major Charles Lynch '90, an officer of the regular army, who accompanied the Japanese Army in the Russian War, will give a stereopticon lecture on "Personal Experiences in the Russo-Japanese War" tomorrow night in the Union at 8 o'clock. The lecture will be open only to members of the Union...
...Tardieu told the story of the Franco-Russian alliance. He divided it into three periods: preparation, deviation, and regeneration. The period of preparation lasted until 1891. It was not easy to bring together France and Russia, between whom there was so much difference. Nevertheless it was finally realized that, as Bismarck had said, a Franco-Russian alliance must result from the very nature of things and that it was a geographical necessity...
Since then, after the peace of Portsmouth between Russia and Japan, after the crisis in Morocco between France and Germany, Russia has returned to Europe and has closed up its Asiatic affairs. The strengthened relations between England and Russia have as well fortified the Franco-Russian alliance...
...Tardieu told several anecdotes about the men who have been personally engaged in Franco-Russian politics and with whom he was personally acquainted...