The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-07-04
DOES NOT LIKE
THE JAPANESE
SEVERE CRITICISM OF THEM BY
WAR CORRESPONDENT DUNN OF
GOLFERS WEEKLY.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 24.-Consid-
erably broken down in health, but with
prayer of thankfulness on his lips
that he is still alive and once more
among people of his own land, r. L.
Dunn, who has been representing Col
lier's Weekly in the Russian-Japanese
war, arrived in this city this morning,
holding tightly on to his camera which
stood him in such good stead on his
long march from Chemulpo to the Yalu
river.
"As soon as Set foot upon japanese
land" he began, with my camera and
what provisions 1 could carry, 1 set out
for the mountains of Korea without
asking anyone's permission or waiting
for anyone's orders. l started on horse
back, but the country is so mountain
Gus that it had to be traversed by foot.
l made no attempt to havel along with
the army, but either went on several
ghours in advance or else broke across
the mountains on either side. 1 arriv-
ed at Chemulpo two months ahead of
any other correspondent, in time to see
the great water battle which resulted in
Russias initial defeat. It was the most
wonderful sight 1 have ever witnessed.
All was just one seething mass of steam
and smoke and fire. The din was aw-
full. In this battle three of the Rus
slams good ships We're sunk.
From Chemulpo 1 Travelled 400 miles
to Sunan without much adventure save
several arrests by the officers of the
Japanese army, who would hold me a
prisoner until they could telephone
back to the station just left to inquire
I,of 20 do
they found that there was really moth
ing that they could do, since 1 was an
American citizen free to travel through
the mountains of Korea if so desired,
they invariably let me go, directing
return path which 1 was to take, which
I invariably followed until 1 considered
I was at a safe distance, then I would
turn around and set out over the noun
tains again.
"At Sunan, which is about 500 miles
below the Yalu river, 1 made my head
quarters and would travel two or three
hundred miles in advance and then re-
turn. 1t was from this point I made the
expedition to the mouth of the river.
Il tried usually to keep ahead of the
army, for in that manner 1 could reach
the villages and become supplied with
food before the soldiers came. 1 found
this necessary in order to get enough
food, for it was impossible to carry suf-
ficient to supply my wants while jour
neying over that rough country with
the thermometer registering below zero.
The cold was probably the greatest
hardship 1 had to contend with.
Among the newspaper correspondents
who have gone over there there is a
general feeling of disgust at the atti-
tude of the Japanese army officials. In
Toxic there are several hundred for
eign correspondents living a life of ease,
and with no chance or getting to the
front. A number of them have given
up and are now on their way to their
respective homes. One of these is Mr..
Won Goldberg, really the representative
of the whole German press. He is now
in Victoria and quite Ill. If he recov-
'ers sufficiently he will visit San Fran
cisco before starting for Germany.
This man Won Goldberg created quite
a sensation by tearing up his pass be-
fore the face of one of the Japanese
generals, because this general quibbled
over its provisions"
Regarding the japanese Dunn had the !
following to say:
Il think Russia wll thrash the life |
out of Japan, and for my part 1 hope
she does. If the Russians can be any
worse than those conceited little brown
men of the Mikado's they must be dew
lis. Yes, the equipment and discipline
of their army is very good That is
true. But they are fanatical, unfeeling
and cruel Why, a Japanese trooper
N OF Of hi a
very little of himself.
Their only idea is to go ahead, to go
ahead at any price. If a horse has it's
leg broken the trooper ties it up with
splints, mounts the animals back and
makes it carry him on three legs. If he
camps for the night and feels Ike Civ
ing his steed any food or water he may
do so. If he is tired he lies the beast to
a post or tree and let's it stay there. !
That is a good example of their ethics
of war. I never took a photograph that
some Japanese didn't do his utmost to
hinder me by shov ng me and politely
apologizing therefor or doing some 9TH /
er trick equally dirty. If I were eating
in Korean restaurant a Japanese
would enter and seat himself beside me,
but he would never talk. He would on
ly watch. And when took room in a
hotel a japanese officer always had the
next room. They always speak in innu-
endos, and certain innuendos mean |
death. have no sympathy and but lit i
tie admiration for them"
Dunn looks thin, brown and wealth
er-worn as the result or his perilous
venture into the actual scene of war,
and declares that he has lost thirty
pounds of flesh during his stay in the
Orient. He win remain in the city for
a few days to regain some of his
strength, and then he will proceed to
New York.