The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-16

pointed out to him and to be told that
he can choose which house he likes. but in
a short time one becomes used to 1t and
develops quite 4 nice taste in Chinese
houses. AT first he plumbers into any sort
Of old shanty.. but after awhile he is care
full to select a place with a garden. large.
ciean rooms, a conmodious .kang to
| porous condition OF its owners finances.
| In Observation-Disclosures. however, L passed
very little time in looking for a house.
as I had been near falling asleep in the
saddle and simply wanted a place to lie
own-wha kind of a place did not mat
ter. so long as 1t had n roof over II. Ac-
cordincly l was soon asleep in a Chinese
house and most Of my fellow-travelerS fol-
lowed my example.
The General arrived at breakfast time.
but there was no breakfast. as the enemy
was close upon our heels and we all had.
General Aistchenko was very angry at
having to retire before a foe whom he
Geepised. but he had 10 obey orders. SO he
left Tsenying-Lunshan the same evening.
! In the second nights march we passed
large bodies of CossaCks massed in vari-
Gus places along the roadside. They were
again when our old leader called out TO
them In the stentorian. sing-song tones
usual on such occasions. wishing them
health. they answered with a shout that
could be heard a long way of.
The next village We came to was
I~ntsZyuey-at least. that IS how this name
is given on the Russian maps, from which
1 am taking all these names. At this
place 1 had great difficulty in getting a
bed and could get nothing at all to eat,
but We had a little cognac to drink and,
therefore. felt happy.
Next day we reached ~Yanshugon, where
there were a small camp and a detachment
of troops belonging to the corps Of Cen
here 10 comparative civilization. or,
rather, civilization returned to Is In the
form OF moldy biscuits and a pot o. ex-
celle1t Russian jam.
THROUGH \ PASS
On Wednesday We went over a large
pass in the mountains and descended to a
village of the name OF S~utszyapIdzy,
where. although the japanese were only
four or five versts off. We mad quite a
banquet, at which excellent Russians scnss
were sung and at which the band OF the
Chita Cossacks went through its whole
musical repertory-
The General placed several mountain
guns in the pass. OF which 1 have already
spoken and waited several days for the
Japanese to come on. but they didn't
! spent a whole twenty-four hours With
the officers on this Ass and seldom
passed a pleasanter time.
Ny hosts collected. for M especial ben
eft apparently. all the wine that was to
coneerves We lived famousIy. From an
adjoining mountain I could see Hai-Cheng
and the lost line of railway south. with
one large bridge. whose stone piers only
remained
l never by any nance caught sight @. a
Japaneae. but they were certainly about.
for Cossaek scouts were shot daily.
4 wounded infantryman was carried by
Chinese coolies. and the story ne told !
was peculiar. He said that he had been
IN the leg while crossing the maiz.
fields with some comrades. who ran for
sEaFr Tfpas or1 rznrr-rI hfrN la .IAaI H. 4
lay where he fell for three or four days.
fed in the meantime by Chinese.
he finally persuaded TO put him into
me of their large baskets and carry him |
inside the Russian lines. A similar incl
dent occurred the previous day. and in
that case the General gave the Chinese
From this il can be seen that the Rus
slams IyhO are wounded prefer 70 die OF \
starvation than to fall into the hands OF
he japanese, who they believe first to-
.ure and finally murder their prisoners.
This belief is fostered by the officers and
by the tales OF eyewitnesses. One wound
d soldier now IN Mukden tells 4 dreadful
story In this connection.
He says that he was one OF a number OF
whom the japanese took some
near the Yllu. and confined in a
yhineso house. While their own officers
we're about the japanese did not nlo;est
hess prisoners. but when the officers went
o sleep at night the %privates entered the
,iace where the Russians were confined
md murdered them with Knives. bayonets
md swords.
These japanese had been evidently mad
lened By come tales of real or alleged
russian cruelty that thew had heard. and
hey did their work with such thorough
less that only one Russian escaped-the
mar who tells the tale
COSSACKS' STORY.
An officer / met says that while east of
dao-Yang two Cossacks. belonging to a
NAL; party Of scouts that had been sent
ut to ~rec6nnoifer about 4 week before
nd had failed to come back. came into
IS camp and told him a fearful story Of
ow their party had been surrounded n
u. to pieces By the Japanese. and of how
from j hiding place in which they
ad taken refuge by their Captains or-t