The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-26
kuR0PA1kIN HAS BEEN RELIEVED Of some
OF HIS AUTHORITY BECAUSE He WAS TO SLOW

man to distinguish him particularly
from those around him, one instinct
lively knew he was the leader Of all
these oAicers. the real man Of power
among them. Even one who has
never seen picture Of General Oku
could not have been mistaken in the
man.
General Oku Is taller than the av-
erage Japanese. He IL well built and
carries himself like a. soldier. His
head Is large and is well placed on
his shoulders; he IL man evidently
slightly beyond middle age and his
long thin struggling chin beard IL
literally streaked with gray. His
chin is square and firm. his lips thin
and compressed. But the most mo-
ticeable feature Of his face IL his
eyes. They are large and keen and
rowing. He sees everything and you
know that he sees 1t. His voice is
low and musical, but gives one the
impression that 1t could be stern and
harsh II he should choose to make
It SO.
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The general impression that one
receives after watching General Oku
for a few moments Is that he Is q
man Of q most kindly nature, but
one who on occasion could be as Arm
and strong as could be wished. He
possesses a very keen sense of hu-
NOR and has the ability of being
genial and companionable without for
a moment losing the dignity which
is SO marked In his bearing. In his
face, whether he be stern or smiling,
Is that indefinable quality which one
instinctively recognizes az the mark
Of q great mind, a strong intellect
and an unusual power over men.
When the correspondents arrived
at headquarters the other day. Gen.
eral Oko at once sent one Of his aides
to welcome us and to present US in
his name with gift Of champagne
and beer and live sheep. He also
expressed q desire to meet us and
today was set as the day for the
meeting. Accompanied by Lieuten-
ant Satake. one Of the officers assign
ed to look after US. we rode to the
headquarters in a body. We entered
the tent in the courtyard and were
Immediately followed by General
Oku and his staff. The general shook
hands with each of our party. After
this ceremony, through his official
interpreter, he made brief speech
In which he said he was very glad
that we had at last been able to take
the field after our SIX months watt
ing in Toxic. He expressed his re-
gret at the delay which we had been
forced to suffer and said that 1t was
only the exigencies Of war that COM
PEELED the officials to keep US 30 long
from the front He apologized for the
quarters he had been forced to assign
us and assured us that he would do
everything possible for us consistent
with his duty.
On behallf Of the correspondents, a
reply was made by. MELTON Prior, the
Oldest campaigner among the corre-
spondents. Mr.. Prior thanked the
generals for their kind Intentions
and stated that while on all other
campaigns In which he had ever
taken part the correspondents had
been trusted to a much greater ex-
tent than we are now being trusted,
he was sure that everyone would do
his best to follow out the instruc-
tions which had been laid down by
the army.
After a few minutes general con-
versation with the generals and the
staff officers, they all shook hands
with us again and the audience was
over.