The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-11-19
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FROM THE WAR
CORRESPONDENTS ARE GOING TO
THE MAINLAND AFTER WIT
MESSING BATTLE OF LIAOYANG.

A number of war correspondents ar
rived last night on the $. S. Korea en- |
route from the Manchurian battlefelds |
to America. They are James f. J. !
Archibald representing Golfers Week |
ly r. 5. Dunn representing Outing and
w. II. Lewis representing the New
York Herald and the San Francisco
Call.
OF the trio, Dunn had probably the
most disagreeable experience for he was
shot in the leg by the Chun Chuses or
Red. Haired Bandits in northern Korea |
last July. He was wounded in the left
ankle and thought the injury of little
consequence but blood poisoning set in,
and he had to go back to the hospital
at Yokohama where he remained for
three months. He saw nothing of the |
war.
Lewis was with Oku's corps. The
Herald man has the highest admiration
for Oku and considers him one of the
most efficient corps commanders of the
Japanese army. Lewis says that the
strategic plans of the Japanese had all
been thought out before the war but
when circumstances arise when a plan
has to be changed the Japs were not
apparently, able to promptly adjust
themselves to the new conditions. He
considers the japanese infantryman the
best of the kind in the world.
Archibald is an experienced cam
paigner, having served in various wars
as correspondent He was i'm China
when the war broke out and at once
went to Newchwang. He was at the
battle of Tsachekaio and then followed
the Russian retreat to Liaoyang and
witnessed that great battle. At the
battle of Liaoyang so Archibald asserts
the Japs had 10000 more men than had
Kuropatlin but the Russian was able
to beat them back. But for the Fifth
Corps giving way, Kuropatkin would
have defeated the Japs.
THE day after the two armies rested
continued Archibald, "Kuropatkin par
AIDED the regiment which had been the
first to break and i'm front of it he
dismissed the colonel and lieutenant
colonel from the army-not from the
regiment merely, but from the army.
He told them they were dismissed for
life and must not go back to Russia,
and the only way they could atone for
their disgrace was with their blood. 1t
was a terrible moment for the whole
regiment.
Kuropatkin had intended falling
back on Mukden and then retreating
further north But the result of the
battle wore out the japanese and in
stead of falling back, Kuropatkin re-
manned and intrenched.
"An important thing is that the
Russian cavalry is the best i'm the
world. The Japanese have none worthy
of the name, but the Russian cavalry
up to the present has had no oppor-
tunity.
at Liaoyang the artillery fight was
the greatest the world has ever known.
I never could conceive of anything like
it.
Russian bravery is real bravery.
Japanese bravery is fanaticism. The
Russian soldiers recognize the Japa-
nese as fine soldiers and admire them.
The stories of Russian cruelty are all
a farce.
"T believe that the Russians will
fight until they whip the Japanese,
They will continue to pour troops into
Manchuria until they overwhelm them.
They are going to send another army
under Grippenburg to Vladivostok.
They have laid four tracks across the
ice on Lake Baikal and they have been
massing troops on the Russian side Of
the Baikal for long time. They have
also been paralleling their tracks on
the land. They will now rush troops
into Manchuria. The Russians cannot
starve in Manchuria-they are but
few among the 100000 inhabitants
there.
IAN army that can stand such de-
feats as the Russians have had and
preserve it's morale, must be something
great.
1.-THE Russian soldiers equipment Is
too heavy His boots are too large. An
| agitation is now on to supply leggings
and American shoes, which would be
an advantage"