Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-19

that of the Russian projectiles, and the
Russian guns carry LOCO yards farther
more than half mile-intO the bargain;
yet the Japs do better with their field artil-
lery than the Russians though it must be
added that there is one advantage in their
lighter guns. inaSm UGH as they allow o.
greater mobility on the field.
You have heard of the Jap's GOODNESS.
1t is superb. He has all the elan of the
French yet he is not carried away Tith
emotion when displaying his greatest valor.
He knows what he is about all the time.
and he gives his life. when necessary, from
rure patriotism. He takes care of his life.
even in the moments of greatest emergency,
though. but not because he is afraid to lose
it. 1t is that he may fight for the emperor
and japan that he tries to save it.
At Oyama's Headquarters.
"At Liaoyang one day l wished to see a
Japanese lieutenant while the big fight
there was going on. He was stationed at
Gen. Oyamas headquarters, which were es-
tablished in the midst of a beautiful Chi
nese garden. Stepping to the open door. i
saw a man, clad in an immaculate white
suit, sitting quietly at a table, reading a
Japanese newspaper which completely hid
his face. When l spoke he put the news
paper down, and then l saw that | was be-
fore Oyama himself. In the house and in
the garden outside all was as peaceful as if
the world had never known of war You
ing clouds rustiing over the grass.
"Oyama was courteous; he asked me in
and offered whisky and soda and a good
cigar, for both of which [ was duly CRATE
full had not had a drink in three days
and waved to an inner room. where
Kodama and other officers We're sitting. The
talk was jolly and cheerful, almost fippant.
| asked about some details of the fighting.
Kodama laughed You know too much
now he said with a smile and gesture
which said as plainly words could say:
Drink your whisky and soda smoke your
cigar and be comfortable. We will attend
to the fighting Your dispatches can wait
In Close Touch.
And. even while the two generals were
joking and laughing with me, they were at
tending to the fighting. AT intervals order
lies, sometimes covered with the CRIME of
the battle, would come in, salute. and de-
liver verbal messages, brief and terse, from
some officer in the field. Oyama would sus-
pend his talk, listen, give his directions and
then return with animation to the perfectly
commonplace topic under discussion, pre-
clsely as If nothing special were afoot
He received many telephone and tele-
graph messages, too, in the same matter
of-fact way. and dictated his replies to his
secretary, never losing the fire in his cigar,
and contentedly slipping his whisky and
soda all the while.
THE pretty peaceful Chinese garden IN
winch oyama headquarters was hidden
away was III the center of a vertable
5piderWeb Of wires through which the COM
mander-in-chief could get instant commune
cation with any part of his forces. The
Japs lead the world in field telegraphy. I'm
like western warriors, they string the wires
on the ground and not On posts, thus saw
ing time and money. They have The art
of securing insulation worked out to perfac-
ton, though they cannot always prevent
the Chinese from meddling with the wires
II saw one Chinaman cut off a piece of
Japanese telephone wire to make Il neck
lace of 1t. In three minutes he had been
beheaded In full sight of dozens of his
c0untrymen. no lighter punishment being
thought sufficiently terrifying to teach them
the lesson they so plainly needed"