The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-10
PATRIOTISM IN JAPAN.
How Christian Students Celebrated
the Fall of Port Arthur.


How Christian Students Celebrated
the Fall of Port Arthur.
BOSTON, Jan. 9.-The following letter
from Rev NJ Lafayette Gordon, NJ. D., D.
D., of Kyoto Japan, has been received by
the officials of the American Board of
Commissioners for Foreign Missions of the
Congregational Church. giving account
of the way in which the students of
Doshsha celebrated the capture of Port
Arthur from the Chinese. The Doshisha, to
which reference is made is a Christian
Japanese university, founded by Joseph
Hardy Neesima, in 1875, and it has nine
hundred students. Nearly all Of its leading
teachers are Christians. Missionaries of the
American board are members of it's faculty.
DR.. Gordon writes under date of Nov. 20,
follows:
anticipating the early fall of Port Ar
thur the school began a week ago to make
preparations to celebrate the victory. Ar
rangementS were made with newspaper
correspondent at Hiroshima. the chief head
quarters, to send us an early telegram, so,
when it came Saturday evening. we had al
most the first news of the victory that
reached Kyoto. Soon after dark, after
vigorous ringing of the college bell, the
students turned out in full force with flags.
red lanterns and a banu of music that had
been improvised during the week; The gen
sang the national hymn. Kimyga Yo'
Then we marched through the park to the
south gate of the old Palano, where the
hymn was played by the band. Thence We
went through the principal streets of the
city, stopping before the residences of sew
eral of trustees. 1t was very inter-
esting and exciting time. Just we got
fairly into the city the newsboys, or, rath-
er, the newsmen, were : Seilng the papers
their hats or each shoulder, and as
they went darling along they were greeted
by this time had begun to realize what had
happened and greeted us with clapping of
hands and shouts . OF Anseai The students
composed by one of their number. 1t was
full of catch words of the war, 'tenno heika
bassia" dong live the Empire); kajayaku
asahp 0he shining morning SUM; 'foyo no
hewa' 0he peace of the ORIENT, etc. The
tune did not amount to much, but the
rhythm was strongly marked One man
would sing line and then others would
sing 1t after him. Their voices We're pretty
we'll gone before the circle of the city had
'As you know, lack of patriotism is one
of the fashionable charges made against
Christians and Christian schools. This ex-
plains why particular satisfaction is taken
In the fact that ours was the first demon
stration in honor of the victory and prob
ably the most striking one ever made by
the school in the city. There is no doubt
that the hearts of the people are deeply
engaged in this war and it brings wildly
before ones mind the scenes of our own
war thirty years ago."
The Kaiser Wants More War Ships.
BERLIN, Jan. AT the parliamentary
reception held by Emperor William at
| Potsdam, last evening, his Majesty made
| a long speech on naval matters and pointed
out the necessity of increasing the strength
| of the German fleet. With map in hand
| he showed those present the different naval
| stations and distant scenes, and especially
| those of the war between China and Japan.
After supper had been placed before each
of the guests the Emperor conversed freely
| vitation.
| At to-day's session of the Reichstag a
| motion adopted suspending the prose-
| cuton of Herr Stadt Hagen, a Socialist
member of that body The debate on the
J anti-revolution bill was then resumed.
The National Liberals have decided to
| interpellate the government on the charge
| that it has failed to afford adequate pro-
| lection to Germans abroad
Danger in Electric Motors.
BUENOS AYRES, Jan. 9.--The fire
which occurred on board the excursion
steamer Terceira, off Nictheroy in the har-
| Dor of Rio de Janeiro on Monday last was
due to the explosion of an electric motor
| There were two hundred persons board
| the Teceira at the time of the explosion.
been drowned by jumping overheard dur
ing the panic which followed. Forty bodies
have already been recovered. In transpires
that the ferry boat Quinta, which was
1 passing by the Tecera refused to
help the passengers of the. steamer,
drew revolvers and compelled the cap
tain of the craft to proceed, fearing that
the flames from the excursion steamer
| would set fire to the ferryboat
Wolves PrOwling I'm the Streets.
LONDON. Jan. 10.--A dispatch to the
Times from Paris says that owing to the
recent avalanche at Orlu and Orgie, in
the Pyrenees, the inhabitants OF those vii.
lagos have fled to AK, where the hospita
is full of refugees. Victuals are scarce
The snow is so deep on the roofs of the
houses that they threaten to collapse
Wolves prowl about the streets of Orlu, de
vouring the bodies of those killed by the
avalanche. The focks of sheep owned by
villagers have disappeared The snowfall
continues. The mountain villages nea
Perpignan are showed up and all com
munication with them is stopped. Tn,
Trains are unable to leave Marseilles ow
ing to the snow
Cannot Seal Gladstone's Lips.
LONDON, Jan. 10--A dispatch to tht
Standard from Constantinople says that /,
reply to the formal request of the Sutar
that Great Britain disavow the speech re
Gently made by Mr.. Gladstone on Armenian
affairs the British government states tina
Mr. Gladstone is not minister and it is
therefore, unable to control his utterances
A representative of d London newspape
en- route to Sassoun was stopped at Alepp,
and not allowed to proceed.
Wuziris Surprised and Captured.
CALCUTTA, Jan. "a flying column O
the Waziristin expedition surprised the in
surgent Waziris at Jandula. The enem
surrendered and three thousand head O
. cattle were captured. Lieuienant Loeb
hart. nephew and ad-de-eamp of Ma
Gen; Sir W; s a: Lockhart.. conimanie
of the PunJab frontier force, who con-
manding the expedition, was accidental
! shot dead by officers servant In camI
Cable Notes.
Dispatches received here from Corsic