The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-18
THE GALLANT JAPS.
War Correspondent Villiers
Tells What He Saw.
WINTER IS PEkln's DEFENSE.
The Veteran Writer'S Tribute to Jap
anese Soldiers. Despite the Port
Arthur Massacre.

Fre5er.c yififers, the war correspond
en-; and artist, vas at the Butter last
night, just from Japan. where he has
been acting as correspondent Of the Lon
don Sta n<fa-yI ard ether papers Mr. VII
HERS reiterates his statement concerning
the massacre OF the citizens of Port ar
thur by tina japanese troops. He pays
a friga tribute To the bravery Of the 1sp-
az7ese and speaks OF ths apathy and In
difference OF the Chinese soldiers. Mr..
Niillers Is man Of perhaps s. years OF
age, although he looks as though he was
not over 10 years old. He Is a man Of
culture. and has been a journalist for
neatly forty years. In speaking about
the physique OF the japanese soldiers
he said:
"A majority OF the japanese army are
small men. much smaller than the Chi
nese. One japanese province. that Of
Sats,Haa, breeds large men. The men
from Satsuma are large. much larger than
the ordinary japanese. but stiil they are
inferior In size to the Chinese"
Why t,e Jan. ARR wfnnin~.
In explaining why the japanese we're
uniformly victorious In their battles with
the Chinese, Mr.. Nilliers said: The
Japanesesare fighting or military race.
The officers are the gentlemen of the
country and are trained IN the profess
sion or arms. In Japan the military
ranks higher than any other class, while
In China il Is directly the opposite. as the
soldiers belong to the lowest class. m
Japan IL Is a profession to be a soldier,
and the result Is that the officers are
hooked I'D to. and the men are disciplined.
Then the Japanese are extremely patri-
otto and are SO devoted TO their country
thai they consider IL the highest honor
to die for II. They consider such death
glorious. The Chinese have little or no
love OF country. They are selfish and
do not Cooperate. For instance, at Port
Arthur there were two generals: che
was defeated and the other would rot
take the remnants CT the defeated gem
erals troops under his command be-
cause he would have been compelled to
provide for them. In the same way The
Southern and Northern Chinese fleets
would not cooperate with each ether
II they had done SO. they might have
done better than they did,
The ADVANCE an Picking
In speaking OF the possibility OF the
japanese taking Picking Mr.. yilliers said:
The japanese can take Peking any
time they desire TO. The Chinese troops
VIII not prevent them from doing so. The
only difficulties in the way are the cold
weather, the difficulties in the matter OF
equipment and transportation and the
distance, not the Chinese who will impede
the taking of Picking. They are not con-
sidered impedinlents by the japanese sol
derry"
The Pert Arthur Massacre.
In speaking Of the taking Of Port Ar
thur he said: at really makes me sad to
speak OF Port Arthur. on account of the
nEsssacring OF the non-combatants there
admire the courage. the discipline and
the forbearance OF the Japanese soldiers
and have been ever ready 10 pay tributes
OF praise 10 them for their virtues, hut
they broke down their well earned record
for humanity al Port Arthur am not in
the pay OF the japanese government, and
as an Independent Witness fe3i comTeiled
10 tell what saw at Port Arthur Il was
a decided shock 10 me. can yet SEE the
and 1t makes me shudder when / think
OF them. Should / shut my eyes and re-
fuse TO tel! the world the truth? All the
attaches of England and America
Will bear me out in what l say. Capt
o'Brien, the military attacne of the
United States sent out by the war depart
ment al Washington City. was there ana
saw those unoffensive non-ccmbatants
shot down and murdered in various other
ways. IL was an unfortunate, shocking
business. but the japanese lost their
heals The Japanese general had prom
Used the Inhabitants OF Port Arthur that
trance 10 the town OF Port Arthur. in
front Of some shops / saw the heads OF
i've japanese. The Chinese had put
strings through their upper lips and
fastened them 10 some sapiings. The
ears and noses had been cut off and they
presented grueSome horrible appear
ance. This sight Infatuated the Japanese
soldiery. They lost their heads com
pletsiy AMI they began 10 massacre the
citizens. Over 1.0sl were killed In three
days. The Japanese ala not Kill the We
men, nor the children. / only cav one
woman killed ana that was an accident.
Chlvalry or rhs jAnanese.
The japanese are very chiyairous with
women and children and do rot n:olest
them. Several jun&s. loaded with refn-
gees. outside OF the city. were sGak bat
! DO rot. know whether they contained
women AMI children or not. Port Arthur
was taken SO suddenly that the Chinese
ala not have time 20 remove the heads of
TIE japanese. II they had concealed these
CORY trophies q their own cruelty there
would probably have been no massacre.
There IS a cessation Of hoSsilitieS,''
saia Mr. villterS. owing 10 The severity
% the weather The campaign viii he re-
samei just as soon as the w.sather be-
comes mild
Foster NAY Bring reacr.
In speaking Of the prospect Of peace
between Jaran aui China Mg. Nnliers
said: Il think II very rossilse thar a
strong man IKE john w Foster may be
able - bring ahont peace between TIE
two warrln< countries. He IS very skill
Eul. wise ana strong. ana viii ee abie 10
accomplish mare than a Smaller and
weaker MAJ What she japanese want
ia To be certain Of the iBsfet~n3ence Of
Korea ard a large Indemnity shat viii
cover the expenses - the var and tsavs
: srl,s hinS over. The japanese severn
rsent Is favorable 20 psace. hut the ogsro-
-ss.ff.