The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-22

Japan, to the Argonaut, tells of the
war from the Japanese standpoint. She
says:
but thru the gloom CLEANS ever the light
of the never-failing spirits, and the
keen sense Of humor, Of the Japanese
soldiers themselves. They go smiling to
their death, and laughingly. say: cit
is our. duty to go home by parcels
post"
In the funeral procession for those
lost on the Hitachi Maru, the collins
were only little boxes five inches
square, covered with black cloth. Each
one Of the 634 was carried by soldier.
That Of Colonel Suchi was borne first,
Upon them the decoration conferred by
the emperor shone and glittered in the
sun. There were $4,000 people in the
procession which reached from the bar
racks almost to Aoyama cemetery.
Among the mou1 p1T were many many ' Of the he
people watching them on both sides Of
the way, and some were sleeping peace
fully in their widowed mothers arms
The Yamato Damashii ,(spirit, Of JAP
an develops early in the re- chiidTsn Of
t tain A mo G died the battle DEATH at
Taishikikyo, and, altho soldier de-
voted to his profession, his favorite pas
time was to play with his children,
and to study and observe the ways OF
birds.
His little eldest son Of four was show
ing the photograph Of family group.
He prattied on: H3This is my father, and
this is my mother, and this is I, and,
this is Toshi Chan (the baby brotherl
M fab9 not W crT ns M II WAS f for s
emperor, and am soldlerchlld. When
I grow up Toshi Chan and are going
to avenge his DEATH"
The mother kissed her boy; her eyes
were fearless, not so our own. Marve-
lous .strong-hearted wives and mothers
of Japanl One watches them with IN
ceasing admiration, and, as the war pro-
crosses and the time wears on, still the
wonder grows.
interviewer with all that is most
magnificent and stern in character
fibre is, now and then, thread of SUI
perstition, quaint faith in things su
pernatural that only gives an added
beauty to the complex character.
By courtesy of the family, am able
to give letter from a young officer
He thought the following letter would
surely be his last, as he had volun
teered on "forlorn hope.' What the
dangerous undertaking was the family
do not know, but think there is hope
that so gallant life may be sparee
GERS who lose their lives are at once
telegraphed home, and his family
would have heard Of his death Ions
before his letter reached them had h
failed in his mission, or given his lift
for it's success.
I hope the, letter has not lost TOT
much in translation:
- = August 6, 1904.
My Dear Brother: I received YOU
words, "To every man death come
soon or late, yet it is noble thing ant
also a mans duty voluntarily to la,
down his life should necessity arise. ,
I will do my best and you must no
grieve if change into spirit befor'
Port Arthur.
T shall remember your favor foreve
even tho l may never more pc seel
in this world. Sometimes I think it i
better to have ones body blown int
bits by the enemy's shell than to b.
lined up in pairs with the dangerousl,
wounded.
-Four times I have been in large en-
gagements. Before each one I took
Bath to refresh myself, and with
clean body and free mind went calml!
into the fight.
Of course, sketched only in CANT
but sometimes, even when hot fight
amuse myself in the respite by littl
viii tell you about the actual fight
ing from the Goth to the 30th of July
The enemy in Port Arthur had mad
the strongest possible Notifications O.
zan, and tried with, all their strengt
d ! +o koan our forces hack
Our regiment was ordered to be 1
the van of all the great force whic
would attack at dawn.
Before daybreak I sat down in tn
thick grass, took out n ne,H+ s 4ra1, an u,
saber and waved it twice, thrice in tt
air, smiling as did SO. \
s. In the early dawn, when all the wor]
was hushed, our regiment began tt
attack on Taikaku-zan. Soon bot
sides were exchanging furious hr
and the death dealing bullets fe
"re GUN s Il ne P eaped i S1H5 The rain
death, and just at that time the searcl
ing fire of the enemy tore our regimen
tai flag into shreds. I, whose duty
r.. was to carry the flag at the head Of tt
regiment, thought I was surely shot.
The situation Of the rampant {
Taikaku-zan is splendid: It is on Il
and and strong Notifications armed wit
many machine guns. Besides the.
were precipitous sword-like elevation
and valleys lying between the enen
and ourselves.
The fire and efforts Of our side MAJ
no impression on the Russians, b.
every shot from them was hca1
blow to- us, leaving death and dead
= wounds in it's train. There were su
! den calls for filters and surgeons