The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-05
JAP ACROBATS
DEVOUR WAR NEWS
WATCHING EAGERLY OUTCOME
OF STRUGGLE IN THE EAST.
They Have Sent Money to Help Sup
port Japanese Armies and Say They
Will Go Home and Fight if the Ne
ceSsity for Their Assistance Comes.

Mamkishi Kitamura, head Of a troupe
of performers at the state fair last
week, sat in his tent on the state fair
grounds one night eagerly reading the
Osaki Mamichi Shinbun, which means
the Osaki daily paper, Of Aug. g., in
which Y the last notes Of the late Admiral
NJ. Yamaguechi are printed in full.
Admiral Yamaguchi was the imme-
diate predecessor Of Admiral Togo and
was the real head of all the armed
forces OF Japan at the time of his
death, soon after the opening of hos
tilities between Japan and Russia. In
his dying statement to his successor he
says: "Take Port Arthur by all means.
Then you can accomplish what you
Around Kitamura sat the others of
his troupe, SO hungry for war news
from home that the papers just ar
rived by way of New York were torn
into single pages, each member OF the
company being possessed of sheet:
In Kitamura s hand was one page filed
With viii pictures and the names Of the
Anybody there you knowl'' some
SNo,0 said the little Jap, "but my
brother-my sisters husband, he was
wounded at Port Arthur. He was with
the big, gun. What you call it? Yes,
Cue dIG1leIy. he dill IlguI HOW, GuO,
| Confident of Victory.
"What is going to be the end Of this
War7' another tent dWeller asked
"Won't Russia finally swamp your
countrymen.
ooh, no,'' blithely answered the lit
tie Jap. Many Of the finest regiments
are not yet at the front Much Of those
who have gone to fight are from. the
interior-farmers you might say. There
are lots Of men to be left yet. -
The Japs Of the Kitamura troupe
do not read English, but they do show !
the keenest interest in what is going
forward over in Manchuria. Every BIZ
Of news retailed to them by their man
ager, "Tim' Keller, or by others O.
their friends, is fairly licked up. Thei
patriotism is Of the practical sort, too
(.@ Sent Money to Mikado. ..a
When war came upon the Japanes
nation-and, this illustrates the thoro
ness Of the Japanese government s .sys
tem-every Jap in the country receive
call for financial assistance. Th
1 Kitamura troupe gave $3.50. One
the documents priced by Manager Kee
Ter is a letter from Consul General s
i. Uchida Of New York, reading:
, Referring to my last letter under dat
of Feb. II, 1904 I beg to transmit to you
at the request of the proper authorities a
l home the enclosed two receipts signed b
. First Class Payma ster K. Dol of the arm
: department and Paymaster Inspector 2
Yano Of the navy department, Toxic, fc
the sum of yen 1928, each, the tots
amount being equivalent to $50 ]
American money, which you kindly cor
tributed thru this office toward the re
lief fund of our soldiers and sailors in ae
tual service. Thanking you again *
y ,,o, thIri in no struggle
our national existence, etc.
: The receipts are, ode! things in ia
:. anese characters, bearing, the COVER
T ment. seal and the seals for the arm
0 s. IA great many Japs were called bat
t when the war started,' said Mr.. Ke
n Ter, who has several troupes, in tn
n country. cit made quite a diferen
y to us show people. The Ringing she
:, ter to get troupe, and Ando got t
troupe and paid their. salaries for
: year in advance, as is the custo
:. >Ando and his troupe are there "
ID They can't get away. Kitamura, "
e. was over last, year, barely got tn
Il time to keep his contract: The Japa
~ ese government is going thru this cou
:. try and other countries with finetoo
- y comb, digging up the reserves and WI
~ ever else will fight or help the natl
w otherwise. ...-. r,..
RI @.s ''Uncle Tom in Japan.
n And in the midst of this struggle
n national existence somebody is 'sputti
II II on' "Uncle Toms Cabin in
n Japan! A letter from Kinjiro XII
-. ~ mura, scenic artist at Osaka, dat
;;s Feb. 9, says:
=, painted two scenes, that is all for tt
no month, in play Of 1.-THE Merchant
ID Venice" the trial scene and the exter
ri of the court looking the grand canal
he Venice in the far distance. My next
terror production will be the Uncle Tor
s., Cabin on the Japanese stage. Please
no tfail to send me the dramatized Of "U
=. Gle Toms Cabin" and state how ma
=; scenery with the illustrated me the i'd
Will Fight If Need Be.
20 eff your country gets in a pinch '
90 you go and fght9" little Kitamura y
90 ask ed. "E i.
% "of course course. I 20 t and fight, he 3.
80 need me. The big men, they we
I'd one thirty-fve pounds. I weigh o
M one hundred ten. They lick with
me - . ..- ...@.