Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-07-09
No USE FOR Japan
CORRESPONDENT DUNN has
FORMED ADVERSE OPINION
SAYS JAPANESE ARE HARD LOT.
SOME OF HIS EXPERIENCES
WHILE At THE
FRONT.

reach the scene of the Japanese-Rus-
sian war, arrived In town yesterday by
| way of Vancouver and Seattle, and Is
stopping at the Palace Hotel. Dunn is
the photographer who represented Col
lier's Weekly in the Orient and made
himself and his paper famous by the
views he took of the conflict, and more
particularly Of the fight between the
Russian and Japanese war vessels In
Chemulpo harbor on the afternoon Of
February 8, 1904.
He acted not only as photographer,
however, but served also as correspon-
dent for nearly two months after hos.
tilities opened and furnished the only
authentic news of the war to the
world. Sitting In his rooms at the Pal.
ace yesterday the adventurous CORE.
spondent, who defied the mandates OF
the autocratic japanese Government
for months and held on to his cam.
paign after he had been repeatedly or.
dered to return home, told a graphic
story of his hardships, of the situation
as he saw 1t and of the difficulties in
the way Of the man who attempts to
get news in Korea for the public of
the far.away civilized world. Incident.
ally he paid his respects to the Japan
csc Government. to its Generals and
to its personnel In a manner which
that nation of conceited little brown
men would not like.
Went to- Work, Not to Blow.
L 10 hn 10,
for my paper and to make money for
myself, not to have a good time and
blow hard about my great Deeds" said
Dunn, land that is why was success
full. | left San Francisco on January
9th Of the present year and reached
Toxic shortly before the end of the
month. The same night I arrived In
the Japanese capital thought saw
the situation and left Immediately on
the next boat for Chemulpo, the port
of Korea. War had not been yet de.
clared and hence the Korean harbor
was not blockaded, although Russian
and Japanese war vessels were lying
about In ominous silence. The day
after left japan other correspondents
tried to follow me, but It was too late;
the Japanese forbade them and SO the
steamer which carried me was the
last one admitted to the harbor.
II stayed in Chemulpo for ten days
keeping my eyes open and watching
for signs Of the fight which knew was
sure to come. On the night Of Febru
airy It'll I was standing on the wharf
looking toward the sea when ! saw q
procession Of lights coming up the
channel toward the town. Between
me and the lights three Russian wal
ships were lying among the little isl
ands which dot the harbor. and beyond
them were lying the ships Of war OF
the neutral nations.
Story Of Japanese Landing.
AS | watched the lights moving uT
the channel they grew more and more
numerous, and presently they passed
a the three Russian ships. came up tc
a the shore and small boats began t
!. pull out from them, knew at onc'
what II was and hurried for my fash
light apparatus. 1t was the Japanese
landing troops. There, right unde
the guns of the Gear and his sailors
the Japanese landed $500 troops be
fore dawn. took fashlight photo
graphs of them. but they were so tire'
and SO eager to keep themselves warn
by throwing kerosene on wetted drift
, wood that they never noticed me, a.
though the Koreans saw the flashes
and, thinking they were from Russian
guns, fed to the hills. But the Rus
SLAMS, themselves went to sleep Of
board their ships as though nothin
had happened.
1.-THE next morning the Mikado'
forces were marching through the BIZ
terly cold dawn, trudging with froze
!, feet through the snow and draggin
their artillery with them over tn
mountain passes to Seoul, twenty-flv
miles away. AS the Koreans had bee
talking bravely of how they woul
/. fight the Japs should the latter eve
march on Seoul, followed the invat
ers, expecting a hot scrap before tn
& gates of the capital. But when tn
Koreans saw the brown troops the
began running. and don't believe the
have stopped since. While was tai
ing snap shots Of the Japanese
front of Seoul I suddenly heard th
boom, boom. booming of heavy CUR
far away.
The chemuIpo Fight.
what is thatT ! asked a Japane.
officer. Did you hear it?'
THAT replied the officer, is Japa
and Russia. They cross like this +
crossed his fingers with smile of i
and hurried for rickshaw men to tai
me back to Chemulpo. whence the q
ing sounded.
There Is no need for me to tell "
how arrived at the harbor In time
see the three Russian ships gallant
go out to fight the thirteen Japane
vessels, nor how the Variag sunk al
the other two we're blown up by the
own sailors. Those things are matte
Of history and I photographed ther
But afterward | stayed at Chemul
\ day by day watching the Japanese la