New-York tribune., 1900-08-20
JAPANESE GALLAN1RY.
MILITARY MEN IMPRESSED BY THE BE-
HAVIOR OF THE MIKADO'S TROOPS.
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London, Aug. 20, l a m.-The Foreign ONCE,
the Admiralty and the India Office are ap-
parently quite convinced that there is no espe-
ciaI anxiety in the public mind to hear Chinese
news. Calling at those departments Of State
Saturday night, 1 found that the officials had
philosophlcally made UP their minds that moth
ing further was to be learned about the details
of the entry of the allied army into Peking. and
had abandoned any attempt either to get or
give additional information. Fortunately the
Japanese General Yamaguchi was more COM
muncative than his colleagues. so that the
readers of Sunday newspapers in England yes
terday knew something beyond the bald fact
of the relief OF the legations. The Toxic tele-
gram seems to show that at Peking. as at
Yans-Tsun, it was again the japanese Amer
leans and British Indians who bore the brunt of
the fighting. The Japanese, on blowing up the
eastern gates Of the Tartar city. would have
found themselves much nearer the legations
than the Americans and British, who entered
by the Tung-Pien gates and had the whole
breadth Of the Chinese city to cross. On the
other hand, it may be assumed that the best
fighting men of the Boxer force were in the
Manchu city, so that the Japanese may have
had more strenuous resistance TO encounter
than their allies.
Military men here much impressed by the
accounts of the extraordinary gallantry and eff
fciency displayed by the japanese troops
though it does not surprise those who had op-
portunities of seeing their behavior during the
last war with China A British naval officer
who attached to the Japanese headquarters
during that campaign told me that for COM
bined steadness and dash he thought the
Japanese were equal to the best regiments of
any European army. In the present brief
operations they have already covered them
selves with honor. At the battle of Pei-Tsang
the manner in which the Japanese cavalry
charged straight at a Chinese battery and
sabred the gunners is described as magnificent.
Their fault is that they are too impetuous and
lose men through their reckless courage, but in
this war. as in their previous conflict with
China, they have shown that no Drawer troops
and more enduring soldiers can be found in the
ranks Of the European armies
The British troops are now landing from
transports at Shanghai, and the French are
sending around battalion from Saigon to the
same place. The result is likely to be that there
will be two allied armies instead Of one Operat-
ing on Chinese soil.
The German Emperor has taken leave of
Count Won Waldersee in another grandiose
speech, in which. among other things, he says
that the whole civilized world has spontaneously
intrusted to His Excellency command of its
troops. This is going somewhat beyond the
facts, considering the very guarded and grudg
ing manner in which some of the Powers have
agreed to regard Won Waldersee not as Com
nander-in-Chief but as senior officer in virtue
Of his rank. /. n. +.