Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-13
GOSSIP OF THE WAR.
Some Phases of the Struggle and the
People Engaged in It.

Correspondents at the front indulge In
superlatives in describing the battle of
Kin Chou and the capture of Nanshan
heights. Greatest" 'bloodiest," most
desperate" of battles are some of the
expressions employed. Estimates OF
the losses of the Japanese range from
1.500 to $500 at Kin Chou and from
3,G0O to 1000 at Nanshan. Russian
losses at Kin Chou are placed at 500
| and 400 at Nanshan. How insgnifi-
cant these greatest" and "bloodiest'
engagements are when compared with
some of the worlds really great bat
| ties! The following are the losses in
famous battles:
Sedan-Germans, 5000; French,
3S 5000.
PIcvna-Russians, 10000; Turks, 3d.
| 600.
Leipsic-French, $4,000; allies, 3d.
COO.
Sadowa-Prussians 5000; Austrians,
$4,000.
Shiloh-Federals, 1858; confeder-
ates, 1868.
Bull Run-Federals, 1852; confeder-
ates, lisp.
Borodino-French, 10000; Russian,
10000.
Waterloo-French,3 $1,000; allies, 49,
900.
Wagram-French, 10000; Austrian,
$4,000.
Antietam-Federal,1 2,469; confeder-
ate, 25,S99.
Blenheim-French,4 10000; allies 49,
900.
Wilderness-Federal,3 7,737; confed-
| crate, II 400.
Gettysburg-Federal, 23,1S6; confed-
crate, 1851.
Stone River-FederaI, 11,57S; confed-
crate, 25,aG0.
ckamauga-Federal, 1851; con-
federate. 1854.
ohenlinden-French, 5,0O0 Austri-
an, 10000.
Solferino-French-S Sandman, $4,000;
Austrian, 10000.
cellorsville-Federal, 5000;
confederate 122S1.
The bloodiest ten minutes of the
Civil War was the first rush of the I'M
ion army against Lees impregnable
W vi 1T SoiI I1dFDoI. III IitiiI stii nun
the federal loss was about 1000 and
probably $500 fell in ten minutes.
Ito HimatSu, n Japanese merchant,
who made Il fortune in business at
Forty-second street and Fifth avenue,
New York, arrived in Chicago last
! week with a common split leather va
lse containing $1,12O.OOO in United
States money, which he will give TO the
mikado to help defeat Russia. The
cash is all in United States gold notes
and bank bills.
At the Japanese consulate, 705
Chamber of Commerce building, sur
prise was expressed that SO large a
sum of money should be carried over
land in Il crowded train, with no
recourse in case of robbery and with no
safeguard in the event of a wreck or
fire enroute. The money was deposited
in Chicago with a trust company on the
advice of Il local Japanese consul.
Il have done pretty well i'm America"
said Ito Himatsu. 81 ain going back to
Toxic and will give my money to the
cause. What is the cause? 1t is, as
understand. to keep Russia out of
Manchulia. We japanese are not Civ
&. 4 expansion. But. as l understand.
we cannot permit Russia to overspread
the seapOrts of the eastern seas.
Il shall place it at the disposal of
the mikado for what you Americans
call the sinews of war No. l have no
plans for the recOup. 1 shall do well,
thank you. All of us Japanese do well
in America. No. we do not wish TO
take our money home to Japan. But
this is an unusual time. Our country
is not SO rich as Russia and 50 we who
love the mikado will go home with our
money so that it may be used early in
the war;