New-York tribune., 1901-12-07

ON THE GREAT H1GHWAS c,orrrrnes,ondent rre Bv
James Creeman. Duodeclmo PIP. 40 p07'0''
Lothrop publishing Company.
Mr. Creelman has been TO great many IN
teresting places and has seen and known sieat
r,a,v of the worlds most interesting men, Not
onIy that but while representing various Aileil-
ran pewspapers he has been present in divers
far off countries when history has been getting
;,se1f made and he tells in his book "On the
Craat Highway" how the manufacturers OF
history whom he has observed at Work nave
gone about their business. Everything III tnis
volume has the crispness and the clean cut quai-
ity that only an eye witness can intuse INTO d
story Here is the beginning Of one OF MI Creei-
mans tales:
Hear the story of the storming OF Ping yang
h,1 the Jananese army in the heart OF Corea-
the hermit nation-and hear it from one who
wrote by lantern light on the outnloSt rttp't -
to escan ne the terrific sounds of victory that
rcared between the shattered walls OF the ola
city while the reek of a thousand half nurled
Chinese corpses rose from the 0arkSheu Lelu
over which the conquering soldiery stlll marched
northward in pursuit of Corea's oppressors
In this same chapter Mr.. Creelman gives a
vivid notion of the methods of warfare of the
Chinese only a few years ago which is OF espe-
cial interest in view OF the international compli-
cations still to be disentangled in the Flowery
Kingdom:
The Chinese fired the Red Cross, violated
hospitals, beheaded sick soldiers. tortured prls-
oners to death and used the white flag of peace
to treachery, while the Japanese tenderly
nursed Chinese captiveS and risked their lives
to rescue the enemy's wounded. Japan covered
herself with glory. l bear witness to scenes
of kindness and forbearanCe that Shamed the
military history of Europe 4 nation that does
not acknowledge Christianity planted the scar
let cross of Christ the battlefield and the
thunder of the fight was scarcely over before
the work of charity began among friends ana
foes alike
Creelnan'S pOrtrait of CaDtain Gem
era Weyler, who is described as the "most sins-
ter figure of the nineteenth century, is worth
reproducing:
He short, broad shouldered man, dressed
in generals uniform. with blood red sash
large for his body. The forehead was narrow.
the nose and jaws prominent and bony. the
chin heavy and projecting. The sharp lower
teeth thrust out beyond the upper row,
giving the mouth singular expression of
brutal determination. The eyes gray and
cold The voice harsh and guttural-a trace
OF his Austrian ancestry-and he jerked his
words out in the curt manner of a man accus-
toned to absolute authority 1t smile
less. cruel face, with just suggestion of
tIeachery in the crows feet about the eyes;
otherwise bold and masterful
This Don Valeriano Wcyler. Marquis OF
Tenerife, the Spanish Captain General, who
had just ordered his army practically to ex-
terminate the Cuban nation. the fierce disciple
of CorteZ and Alva, at the mention of whose
name the women and children of unhappy Cuba
shuddered; the incarnation of the surviving
Cling to retain foothod in the Western World.
He the guardian Of the last remnant of
Spanish authority in the hemisphere once con-
trolled by Spain, a worthy instrument to close
the most unspeakable period of colonial gov
ernment
In the volume under review Mr. Creelman
tells Of personal interviews with Tolstoy, with
the Pope. and with Sitting Bull, and describes
the massacre of Port Arthur the battle of Ell
Caney and many another event of consequence.
He is keen observer his wide experience has
qualified him to put things in a correct per-
spective, and he writes with a force and piet-
uresqueness which cannot but hold the atten-
ton of the reader.