The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-08

! BY one can become competent uu-
after a fow years study. such n
BIZ as talent ~ entirely ignored. and
man can gabbie In foreign tongue
h ~ once thought a good Interpreter.
Japanese officers. ySccpt the stan
eu Who have bern abroad, DO not
lk word % any foreign language.
ong these there In a fair knowledge q
lch, hut English u unknown. General
ushlma alone speaks English. and hns
fleet knowledge % German and
bon. as wen az little Russian.
RELATIVE MERITS or TROOPS
t0voland has told the Shanghai
'lry considerable notes about the pre-
dnuHs and behavior % the different
golng to make up the allied army
lt rlcn-THln and lts vicinity. In
non Win nii those who have seen
ofCct ho cannot say too much as %
excellence 90 The japan contingent.
uughly equipped Tor AIN contingencies.
transport appliances htted FOR the
l.fV, stmpana. and everything re-
l'o Tor the advance on the capital.
arc m the pink OF condition. and
discipline ~ 81 the very best Not
nElo complaint has been heard of these
mishohaving themselves. while they
dolnE the work which has fallen 10
m smartly. and without confusion.
|eNt IN general completeness Of detail
put those American troops which hive
no up from the Philippines. where they
M had the advantage % the lessons
fned there TO prevent the mistakes
~ misht otherwise have occurred. hat
Informant says that they are not
ny equal 90 tho Japanese IN the finish
thelr equipment or readiness for the
~ 10 be undertaken.
NJ british troops. while consisting OF
= steady men and men who have prov
themselves throughout Thoroughly ca
NJ N dolng what IL expected OF them
very far from being well ready foi
M vork. Their commissarlat II said
le % the worst, while there n terrihl,
hslon In dolng the work. and much
n ne men have % DO IL useless and an.
essarv. THIS ~ borne out by the FOL
slnF two stories which have reached
ircm another source; one OF the
inlnorta from india brought M two bis
20 boats fun Of firewood-thls 10 .
hsn city like Tlen-Tsin where firewoo,
~ ne moment a drug. This was labor
~ loaded into cargoboats and towe'
no pund At Tien-Tsin. and there IN
nle soldiers we're put 20 work on on
We hottest days of the summer un
'aing hts and piilnR u on 10 the Bund
result wns that several OF the me-
nled, and two or three we're sent Z
hospital suffering from sunstroks
NE stun had been shipped and hn
accounted for. Another story Il toll
Joy " wheei-barrows which arrive
iho Estng. a British Major. Car
N lieutenant ana n sergeant wcr
ihiendlna the unloading % these IN
cAfHo boat. and after hts had gon
'he vharf they bossed the unloadlnl
orders came from somewhere
Wem put back on TO the Esanl
vas done. Again. after anoths
We delay they were loaded again int
earEo boat and landed. and this tim
were allowed 90 remain on the wahr
these three commissioned ofiicer
non-com had been busy the who
luoon aoing what an ordinary stew
would have done IN an hour-and DO.
~ better These two stories told al
a 70 be typ.esi % the way IN whic
n. - wasted BY ~. n. M. forces
W.. su.a ans ana French are ciassed q
800. ~ from al accounts they are m,
l.i ~ themselves. While the Ru
II. pheers are said ~ be on very goo
IN. Win the officers Of the other force
en sre not inclined 20 have mu,
80. yum any one but themselves and q
ft...', With whom they fraternixe frccl
ast,. re not few white French troor
49,. thousnud we are told. while q
r.nuea. which form the bulk OF 4
sh troops. have not been seen uu
me other foroluncra Conasanf co,
n are made about tho behaytor
RUSSIAN troops. footing and other a
''' eeing frequent. In one Instan