New Ulm review., 1904-08-10
SAW JAPS LEAVE FOR WAR
Embarkation OF Mikado's Minions
at Nagasaki.
Great Demonstration When Sol
diers Went to War.
Impressions Gathered in Six Cit
les of Japan.

In the second series of letters from
the Orient, one incident of the mobillza-
tlon of the Mikado's armies IS described.
After taking the reader through that in
teresting country the letters give stir
ring account of the departure of jap
anese regiment for the front and are as
follows:
KOBE, JAPAN, JUNE 10, 1904.
Reached Yokohnma on Monday, June
9th, went Immediately to Toxic. Left
Yokohoma the 7th and reached Kobe on
Wednesday, the 9th. That afternoon
we gazed through the streets of Kobe;
the next day we went up to Osaka, the
historical center of Japan, and to Kioto,
the home of the Mik1do, previous to the
deposition of the Shotgun IN 1868.
I have now seen wonderful country.
Japan, the home of very reserved, po-
lite, neat and clean people, has made a
very favorable impression upon me. The
war spirit is heroically shown, and my
sympathies are with them.
We are not the only people on the
face of the earth as [ used to think. The
japanese show intelligence and great
deal of enlightenment, and they show SO
much better manners to foreigners than
do we Americans; that point has i'm
pressed itself upon me more than any
other.
SHANGHAI, CHINA, JUNE is, 1904.
Yesterday morning we reached Naga-
saki and remained in port until p. m.
Starting down the street we saw a sign
sSeamen's Home." We hustled in and
found an American lady right on hand
to entertain US. She first conducted us
to Japanese church. Children's Day
exercises were being held and there were
recltations and songs by the little Japan
ese tots in both English and Japanese.
The songs "The Kings Legions," !" "Glor-
la Patria" and the air, "John Browns
Body" inspired us very much and made
US think of home again. The exercises
were very spirited and show great apt
ness ON the part of the children.
We were then conducted to Osuwa
Park where we saw the bronze horse,
one of the idols of worship, and extens-
i've camphor trees. To Americans, the
fact that Pres. Grant planted tree here,
it is very interesting. Here is the in
scription left on d board near by:
JAN. %, 1879.
At the request of Gov. Utansin
Tamapolem, Mrs. Grant and each
plant tree in Nagasaki Park. I
hope the tree will grow, prosper
and live long, and this growth be
emblematic of Japan.
U. S. GRANT.
The tree Mrs. Grant planted died.
After this we went to the Sailors Home
where we dined. After dinner, services
were held especially fer our benefit.
This home was established by Methodist
missionaries from our states and is doing
wonderful work in saving young men
from the various snares set by Satan.
After services we returned to the "Ch1-
ma" and were soon at sea again.
Almost week spent in Japan and
Japanese waters-one of the most inter-
esting weeks ever lived. To sum up
I visited SIX cities, Yokoboma, TOXIC,
Kobe, Osaka, Kioto and Nagasaki. Each
of them typical of japanese life, very
suggestive to the traveller, and IN every
way interesting.
The japanese surely are wonderful
people. Japan, about the size of Mon
tana (area 14S,OOO square m1les), sup
ports population of 45,0O0,0 0,000-more
than half the population of the United
States. Less than Il per cent of the
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