An item dated Tokyo 9 January reported that Japan intended to use the just captured Port Arthur as a naval station.(1) Presumably was vice admiral Shibayama to be appointed as commanding officer.
Note
1. Between 8 February 1904 and 5 September 1905 were the Japanese and Russian empires in war and which was disastrous for the latter. Both empires had heavy human losses and the world sighted the destruction of a major European naval power by an Asian empire.
