The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-01-23
FRED VILLIERS' STORY
The Great War Correspondent Talks
About the Orient.
HE'S AFTER ONE MANS SCALP
DeguerVilIe Is Charged with Plot
ting to Have a Fellow Journalist
Put to Death BY the Japanese
as Political spy,
Special correspondence Of the Standard.

Special Correspondence OF the Standard.
SEATTLE. WASH. Jan. 2l.-Onc of the
most distinguished men who ever earned
the title of war correspondent is Freder-
iclS Villiers, the London newspaper man
who has Witnessed some battles in nearly
all the wars in which European nations
have engaged during tho last 30 years.
Mr.. Villiers has been visiting in this city
and left yesterday for San Francisco. He
arrived in Victoria. b. c., from Japan by
steamer Empress of Japan last Tuesday.
During the progress of tho Oriental war
Mr.. Nlliers has represented big London
newspapers at tho scene of hostillties.
HIS accounts of tho principal events in
the Japancse-Chinese war arc filled with
interest. He brings with him sensational
evidence against the New York HcraId'S
correspondent in the Orient-A. B.
Deguerville, whom he accuses of plotting
to have n fellow newspaper man, James
Creelman of the New York World, muir
dered.
In his day Fred Villicrs has seen some
very interesting engagements; many road
ers of the STANDABD will remember that
it was Fred NIliicrs, the war correspond
emf. who accompanied tho valiant Col.
Fred Barnaby on that officers fatal OK
petition to Abu Klcc--u wells during tho
disastrous days of the Gordon relief cN-
petitions. Villicrs was the only English
man who over survived to give the haT-
rowing details of that awful struggle on
the burning sands of Africa. lie is a war
correspondent of known probity; fearless
as lion, he has given TO the world the
most graphic and tho most reliable ac-
counts of the events on old world battle
oil hn IF i,n lr,If nj,
butcheres down to tho massacre at Port
Arthur. When he reaches New York he
promises 10 make it decidedly interesting
for Deguerville; no says he will drive him
from the New York Press club and from
New York city. Villicrs says when he and
Creelman were taken prisoners by the
Japanese they were liberated by English
intervention. lie SAYS no hol Is plenty of
proof that Deguervillc betrayed Creelman
into the hands of the Japs, and cndcavored
10 have him put TO death as a spy.
During his stay in this city Viliers gave
TO the press a statement concerning re-
cent events in the Orient which will be
read with deep interest in all parts of tho
country. In speaking about the physique
of the Japanese soldiers, he said:
"A majority of the Japanese army arc
small men, much smaller than the Chi
nesc. Ono Japanese province. that of
Satsuma, breeds largo men. The men
from Satsuma are large. much larger than
the ordinary Japanese, but still they arc
inferior in size TO tho Chinese
In explaining why the Japanese were
uniformly victorious in their battles with
the Chinese, Mr.. Nillicrs said: Tho
Japanese are fighting or military race.
The officers are tho gentlemen of the
country and are trained in the profession
of arma In Japan tho military ranks
higher than any other class, while in China
IL is directly tho opposite, as the soldiers
belong TO the lowest class. In Japan IT is
n profession TO be a soldier, and the result
is that the officers are looked up TO. and
tho men are disciplined. Then the Japa-
nesc are extremely patriotic and are SO
devoted 10 their country that they consider
II the highest honor To die FOR it. They
consider such a death glorious. The CHI
nese have little or no love of country.
They are selfish and do not cooperate.
For instance, AZ Port Arthur. there were
two generals; ono was defeated and tho
other would not take the remnants OF the
defeated generals troops under his COM
mand because be would have been COM
PEELED TO provide for them. In tho same
way the Southern and Northern Chinese
fleets would not cooperate with each other.
If they had done SO, they might have done
better than they did,
In speaking of tho possibility of the
Japanese taking Picking Mr.. VIllIers said:
The Japanese can take Picking any time
they desire 10. The Chinese troops will
not prevent them from doing so. The only
difficulties in the way are the cold
weather, tho difficulties in the matter of
equipment and transportation and tho