The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-05-01

ports rose above the seavard hills. and
the making ready of the port had begun.
II was afternoon as the ships came TO
and ere yet they had sieadied to the
cables each man on board had sprung TO
place appointed In the ordered scheme
The andns ot PSs sis the TO s sssh
OF headquarters-this was perfunctory, but
II was the first step.
Along the harbor line at the point chosen
Tor the cebarkation the water laps gently
over many yards Of mud. shallow. often
impractcabie even for the native sampan.
Out across this from the shore 20 the
could conveuiently come boat bridges
were ordained. Great loads Of stou; planks
came slowly In and were decanted neatly
in authority to the owenrs OF Korean
craft-ranging from the light ssmpan to
the small junk, not saying, This that Is
yours we take but rather. This that is
80 much Of good money hereafter 10 be
paid" There was grumbing. OF course.
but when has war taken account Of
BRIDGES SOON BUILT.
The boats were ient-or taken, As you
willard in q day q bridge was built OF
planks nung and bound over them.
Across ts:. bridge came pianks and yet
more planks. whereof were built four
more Then high and dry above the In
hospitable shadows came store. Of grain.
held equipment ammunition. the complex
men.
These were the Second Division-the I'm.
perial Guard: the flower OF the Japanese
Army, most Of them OF that superb fight
ing age-between 20 and Is. They are Salt
go. however with veterans bearing the
medals Of lss4 and 1900. to whom the coun-
Try is an old battle-ground.
lie distinction of the gria m Ia ha SaAr-
red facing to their uniforms which mark
them out from all others OF the land
you-they are 1900 OF the best Japan pro-
duces. high in intelligence splendid IN
physical development. admirably trained.
na,hins hh, wonderrni Sad ,d system which forgets
k4HEHngs wherein these men were to rest.
et Dy street the houses were visited by
the military police. and In each the occu.
so many, soon to arrive. wailing and
gnashing Of teeth there was, and 10
spare but always the authoritative voice
come"
They came. putting on the heavy boots
at the door, standing the neatly bound kits
out again to work With the ganas OF Ko.
rean coolies pressed into service, achitv-
Ing In disciplined quiet twice a cody.
the heavy lighters piled between ship and
shore, transports came and went stores
were loaded on bullock carts hand carts,
pack ponies. and dispatched overland to
shallow-draft river boats when the ice
clears-and always IN that atmosphere OF
quiet sureness which holds Sou In aston
tshDent.
The lesson OF chinnampo leaps to the
eye. The Oriental will 20 far. given his
own allowance Of time He will spend In
useless harsngue golden minutes meant for
work: he will put out two mems strength
to achieve boys task yet ultimately ne
moves forward. So II was with the peo-
breath OF the spirit of the greater world
So to be true. II Is with thousands OF
japanese to-day. But these men who are
going up against Russia are of another
sort. They have learned to work and be
quiet, TO spring full armed al opportu-
nifty. to husband power and to store
know,edge: The New Japan stands out
see, and you cannot but admire
wILLMOTT H LEWIS