2 JULY 1904, Page 9

N OTHING of great moment has happened during the week in

the theatre of war, but Friday's telegrams bring news of another raid by the Vladivostok Squadron. Early on Thursday morning six Russian torpedo-boats, sup- ported by three cruisers, which, however, remained outside, entered the Japanese port of Gensan, fired upon the town, sank two small vessels, and then withdrew. The incident is not of any great importance, but it shows how difficult it is to obtain the complete command of the sea, and how anxious an operation invasion is while there is still a fleet in being. To have made themselves absolutely secure the Japanese should have "bottled up" Vladivostok as well as Port Arthur; but to do that they would have required more ships than they possess.