The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-12-26


Copyrlkht 1894 ty the Newspaper
Enterprise Association.
NUKpEN japan has endeaver-
ed O. raise she business e capIen
arc ta tho standing ~ am honorable
profession. she herself feKHrjs her
spies with the Same pride that she
respects her soldiers she has rsa-
son because thc spies of Japan are
actuatad by patriotism and not by
the material reward which iu past
times has degrJded the calling
Juuan's success "a the Waf IS di-
rectly attributable 60 the excellence
q her espleaage system. When l
crossed the siberian railway 600 the
troubled weeks ~ September. 1898
amcnE che coolies al work ou The
tunnels aud che embellishments l
frequently recognized uudouttei
Japanese. II was NOT until ! real-
mcd that these euaIifs were actual
Isl ofneers ~ engiHsers Tn Che Jap
anese army and guIaaels eE the gene
sral staff that I understood to what
extremItics bis devotion g. Nippon
would carry Ihe ItHe yellow mas.
Al NewehNauE there MAS only
enc haifdrrsser little Japanese.
who assiduouaIy cut the hair uf eye
cry Russian officer 90 the garrison
until same weeks after war had
troken out That barber VAS "a cap
tain of che Japanese regular army.
Everyone remembers the incident
q the Japanese efflecrs who. disc
euisea as Chinese. we're arrested iu
the early days 90 the war when
about e. make au attempt 90 blow
up the brldga over the sungarl rtY-
er TIE rank 90 the senior was Nat
Of colonel. and before they went eat
e stand Up before the Russian
platoon Of Infantry they specially
hequeathed the money in their poek-
cts 70 the uses Of the Russian Red
Cross. such men are net spies %
ordinary calIeer.
Time ana aRam have seen little
groups % Ianauese spies captured
Amoue the gangs 81 coolies uH the
railway. among the Chinese peaa-
antrv carry laE water t1 TIE soldiers
IN the firing ZINE. uwenE the Groves
tn the bigger cities. There was
story at G.iau-N auE that lap1ueae
scout. captain 90 cavalry, rode into
the cts ln full uniform. examined
al TIE Qualifications. and was finally
arrested at tha chance word % aA
ultra suspicious Russian officer. TO
understand lhe rds hlitF - this y
Is necessary Go have seen the huFat
Cossaaks BOB the sereIve ~ che ezar.
Many % those men are as Japanese
n tvne az any citizen 81 Toxic
The efficiency 81 the japanese
SPY within the Russian lines b. Ia
finitely greater than that % any
possible Russian agent with the
forces q the Japanese. The Iapa-
uese SPY had az hiH disposition
thousands % Chinese willing O. ear
y whatever dispatches be- might lu-
trust 20 them out Of the Hines foF a
CONSIDERATION % - cents per hour
expended ou the Journey. A Rus
sian SPY with the japanese might
Be possessed % any amount % IN
formation. bus be uIane could carrE
II from the point from which u
could y communicated messenger
he could find none
When the Caucasian CoEsaeEs
landed AZ the front they were sur
rounded By their fellow religion
lists. Chinese MohammedauH with
whom they made quick friends a.
brothers In the Moalem faith. These
Chinese readily Acknowledged that
they were spies On the Japanese in-
ferszt. but refused 20 convey infer-
nation even Go the Mohamme1au
pueafana im view % this ctrCum-