The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-06-24

Japanese. The Russians were out.
thanked to boot, because the extreme
right end OF the Japanese force ex-
tended far beyond their own and over
tapped II, and they were turned back
by the extreme of length of the Japa-
nese column. The Russians. too, were
in process of retreat at the time.
But the advance of the japanese
soldiery is most praiseworthy. 1t was
simply an Irresistible advance. and was
perfect. 1t was steady. stern advance
and the Japanese died willingly for
their country. 1t is glorious thing.
to them, to be permitted to exhibit
their patriotism by dying. In this re
spect they are similar to the Dervish.
who dies willingly from fanatical love
for Allah. The charge of the Japa-
nese at the Yalu is worthy of remem-
brance In the history of battles.
I'VE were permitted to see this much
at long range, but instead of being al
lowed to go on with the victorious col.
umn we had to go back to our camp
behind range of hills. and saw moth
Ing more. When the army crossed the
Yalu we did likewise on May 2. We
went to Antung and to Feng Wang
Cheng where the japanese army met
its first repulse. l understand today,
that the Russians are still holding
them back
THE Japanese adopted the German
method in maneuvering by taking ev-
cry precaution against attack. The
Russians seem to take no precautions
whatever, but seemingly look TO a mir
acle to pull them away from disaster,
or to give them victory
II saw many Russians prisoners.
They are generally pretty big men and
seem to be brave and as perfect SOL
diers as they can be under the Rus.
sian system.
"The strategy of the Japanese is won
derful-is perfect. Nobody knows any
thing of their plans. But the manage
ment of Russian operations seems
nothing short of criminal. The Japa-
nese commissariat is n wonderful or
and their hospital service
of the best
How did I get news from the front
to the cable offices? Well, 1t wasn't
very well done. OF course, everything
we sent out was censored at once. We
had established Il relay line of Korean
to Ping Yang. The news / sent
of the Yalu fight was sent by runners
to Ping Yang where the field telegraph
corps of the Japanese army put it on
the wires to Seoul. 1t was censored
and censored and finally reached To-
kio by wire, where it was again sub
jected to censorship. Every censor
who could take a whack at it did so.
There wasn't much left of it by the
time it reached my papers.
Messages by wireless We're sent for
some time, the London Mail having
chartered the steamer Himun which
was fitted up with wireless apparatus.
They received news from shore, being
able to operate about 100 miles, and
what they saw of the fleet they wired
to Che Foo. But one day they We're
boarded by n Russian man-of war
officer and the vessel was detained.
Messages were sent right along, now
ever, even with the Russian aboard
One was, We are being boarded from
I Russian man-of-war. If you 10 not
hear from us in an hour, communicate
with the English ambassador '"he
vessel was shortly released
Il am now on my way home, where
will probably write book on the war.
You see l went out there on vaca-
ton. l am not a journalist in any
sense of the word, only a writer of
BOOKS and stories. I have put In my
vacation to good account and have |
much material for a book"