The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-14

Third Infantry, was in the city yes
terday, the guest of General Richard
w. Young, his West Point classmate.
Lieutenant Beacon has just arrived
from the Orient and is on his way to
his post at Fort Smelling, Mimi.
Was With the Second Army.
He visited Japan on leave of alb
sence, and while not regularly at
taohed as our military representative
to the Japanese army. yet through
the assistance of the state department
at Washington was sent to join the
Second army under the command of
Viscount Oyama. He arrived in time
to witness the bombardment of the
Chinese forts, and the great success
OF the Japanese forces, ait Wei Hal
Wei. subsequently he visited Che Foo
where me saw the remains of Admi-
raj Ting and his associates who pre-
ferred death by suicide to dishonor
and degradation. Lieutenant Beacon
says that there was strong
personal friendship existing be-
tween the Japanese admiral Ito and
Ting and that when the latter sent the
former note announcing the terms on
which he would surrender Ito respond
ed in a note in which his country's in
terests were fully preserved but which
was accompanied by friendly person.
al note and a present Of wine and fruit
The Progressive Japs.
The Japanese. he says. have borrowed
their military system from France and
Germany. their naval ideas from Eng
land. their ordnance from Italy, their
medicine from Germany. their law from
E1~nr ~,
from America. The Americans they
hold in grateful remembrance as the
nation who first introduced them to
civilization and as the one great pow
er who may be trusted to do the fair
thing. having no interests in the east.
A Patriotic Nation.
Japan. he says. must be the birth
place of patriotism; all are fired with
an intense love of country and will
make every manner of sacrifice to
further its interests Patriotism is I'M
known among the Chinese: they have
strong racial instinct. but the size
country renders the love of China as a
nation impossible among them.
A Comparison.
The Japs have studied the arts and
adopted the best. Their alc-i troops SG are are
armed with first class guns and ord
nance made by themselves: their hos
pital service, clothing. commissary.
camp equipage, all indicate that they
have made a close study of the best
methods of the day. The Chinese, on
the other hand. have most barbarous
discipline. Official corruption exists in
every branch of the service. Civil SER
vice examinations are held to qualify
a man equally for the judiciary, diplo-
macy or for the army. Regiments are
raised by contracts, and the contractor
is the colonel: his muster rolls are Of
ten falsified and show more men than
he has in the field: when the colonel is
killed or disabled the troops go home. !
since the man they looked to for pay
is no longer to be relied on.
The Chinese Handicapped.
The Chinese are not deficient in
bravery, he believes, but are handi /
capped by a system which renders
impossible. In point of |
commercial integrity the Chinese have |
a first class reputation, and the Jap |
anese a much less desirable one.
ship and Fort.
The modern ship is powerless
against the modern fort. In the strug-
gle between the ships armor and the /
modern gun, the former appears to
have somewhat the advantage, it be-
ing generally understood that the |
heavy armor of the battle ships was
not pierced in a single instance in /
any of the naval engagsmtnts.
Lieutenant Beacon says that Japan /
in all probability will win peace with |
China only to enter upon some very
internal discussions, and /
that there are a large number of the
people who will not be quite satisfied
until Japan shall have Il war with a
first class power.
Are Now Originntors.
The japanese were first copyists,
then imitators, and now they have en-
tered upon an era of invention. They
ire engaged extensively in nlanufac-
turing, and will, with the Chinese, be
come fierce competitors of the civil
zed nations in the commerce of the
world. They are now exporting col
airs. cuffs, sheetings and other
European goods to European and
American centers A few cents a day
y i'll hire skilled labor.
The lieutenant Has Seen Service.
Lieutenant Beacon has seen eonsid-
cradle service in the northwest. He
organized company CT Coon Indians
lnder general orders from the war
department..
He was charmed with Salt Lake and
the constitutional con-
Tenticn by saying it was an unusu-
lily strong looking body of men. He
eft On last nights Western train for
Denver.
All kinds of fencing. Burton-Garu-