The San Francisco call., 1904-12-17

with him a wholesome respect for the
little brown men.
Amy nation on earth,' he declares,
that undertook to whip Japan would
have its hands full"
Captain March was assigned 10 Gen
eral Kuroki's army and from May 1
until November 80 shared the for
tunes of that branch of the Mikado's
forces. He witnessed many engage
ments, among them the famous artil-
lery duels which marked the long and
bitter battle of Liaoyang. The Jap.
anese, he says, have artillery much
inferior TO that of the Russians, but
the daring of the little brown men
more than made up for what their
guns lacked in range.
Captain March has many friends
in San Francisco. His first visit here
was when he came through as colonel
of the Astor Battery. He brought
those curled darlings safely home
while the trouble in the Philippines
was still young. He returned to the
Philippines later and rendered dis
tinguished service in some of the
hardest campaigning seen in the ISL
ands. America now has only two mill
itary representatives with the Japan
csc army. Colonel Crowder is with
kuroki and Major Kuhn is at Toxic
waiting for the Japanese Government
10 SenQ MIN 10 the front.
j. AZevedo CASTILLO Branco. Portu
gals representative at the Chinese cap
ital. was also on the passenger list of
the Mongolia.
Major Inagaki is a member of the
staff of Marquis Oyama, the command
er in chief of the Japanese army. From
the beginning of the war he has been
attached to General Kuroki's army and
has been in two battles and many skir-
mishes. Inagaki is a type of the best
quality of Japanese officers. Small of
stature, erect, alert and athletic, his
eyes snap with enthusiasm when he
speaks of the struggle in which he took
part. He speaks Volubly and with ap-
parent eagerness to tell all he knows
but he says little and answers direct
questions with a Japanese smile. Ina
gaki has a fine record as a soldier and
is now on his way to London as mill
tary attache to the Japanese embassy
there.
a BLOCKADE RUNNER.
Thomas P. Doris was mate of the
steamer 81 Shan. of which Captain
Harry Struve, once commander of the
transport Hancock, was skipper. The
ST Shan was owned by Louis Spitzel OF
Shanghai, and in October is said to
have run the blockade into Port Arthur
with 100000 rifles and eighty-fives head
of cattle. After unloading her cargo at
Port Arthur she proceeded to New
chwang, where the japanese seized
her. She was taken to the naval sta
ton at Sasebo, but after twenty-five
days detention was released, the Jana
nese being unable to get sufficient evil
dence of the Port Arthur trip. Struye,
Doris and all on board We're held in
close surveillance at Sasebo. The ves-
sci returned to Shanghai and Spitzel
has begun suit against Japan for dam
ages. Doris lives at 726 Duboce ave-
nue..
Edward A. Kee. the boy of doubtful
parentage who is held on the liner by
the Chinese Bureau, left this country
three years ago. He has a passport,
which lost its virtue as a ticket of re-
admission year ago, and he will have
to prove his American birth before be-
ing allowed to land He was born in
Chicago, he says, and attended school
there and in Washington. D. c. His
mothers maiden name was Healy.
CONSULTS HIS MIRROR.
The man he knows as his father is
Charley Kee. a full-blood Chinese en-
ployed By this Government as an in
terpreter Though Charley Kee brought
him up, paid for his education and pro
vided him with money while IN Hong
kong whittier he went to learn the
Chinese language. Edward says that
when he consults his mirror he has
grave doubts as to whether Charley is
really his father.
Young KEGS appearance would seem
to confirm his suspicious. There is no
apparent trace of Mongolian ancestry.
either in his features or hair, and in
speech, manner and ideas there is
enough of Young America to give force
to his comment, II was a sucker to
spring that Chinese passport at all.
Nobody would have been a bit the
wiser If I'd kept my mouth shut
Edward wants to reach Chicago by
Christmas .I'll stay on board to-
night" he said, and If they don't let
me land tomorrow I'll go ashore ANY,
way If they arrest me they'll have to
show why. I'm an American, and I'm