The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-20
RUSH OF WAR CORRESPONDENTS.


cess Of an invasion depends upon hav-
ing the correspondents superintend the
first landing?
When a cablegram is received say
ing TO proceed TO the front the cor
respondent feels inclined TO answer:
Consider the position of the deaf-mute
with his hands tied" for the high cable
rates are prohibitiye to extended ex-
plantations. You may go to the proper
quarters and say how important il is
TO you that you should see some action.
some fifty men have repeatedly; and
YOU may even suggest that YOU would
like to go 10 Korea at once by way
Of China. The answer is, You will
do best to stay in Toxic; we Will
let you know as soon as you may go"
One correspondent, who did not under
stand that with the Japanese a hint
is the glove for a hand of iron, started
for Korea nevertheless. At Nagasaki
pOliteness stopped him; at Nagasald
pOliteness still holds him.
/ may cite the experience of "a writer
and three photographers. Dunn was
started TO Seoul by the regular pas
sengsr steamer before the outbreak Of
hostilities. tt was thought that he
might be sidetTaczed from main Oper-
atoms but wars fortune has favored
him, if il ever has a man with cam
era. With the Russian cruiser Nariag
and the Russian gUnbOat Korietz in
the harbOr of ChemulDO among the
vessels of neutral nations. d Japanese
squadron appeared at the entrance.
Here was naval battle duly an
nOunced hours in advance. just as the
editors would like it. This and the
occupation of the capital of Seoul and
the transferring of an ancient nation
U anOthers sovereignty, all fell into
the lap of the waiting Dunn. who was
not only the front" but on hand when
the front" arrived. Ashton was sent
to Nagasaki, TO be near the navy, If
he may not go abroad. When wounded
from the Port Arthur battle We're
brought to SasebO, 1 applied TO the
navy department for permission 70
photograph them. and it was said that
IL would be possible If i wrote "A let
ter TO the minister of marine. which
the legation would transmit with rec
concentrations TO the foreign office,
which. in turn. would transmit il with
recommendations TO the minister OF
marine. This was done and eventually
the request was referred 10 the COM
mander at SasebO, who refused il. Here
the veteran who climbed San Juan hill
with a camera. waits in Toxic for the
word which viii let him go with the
main army of invasion So do we all
from day to day Before this reaches
YOU we trust that we SnaH De out or
the room of an ordinary hotel, and on
the heels Of the Russians i'm Manchuria
with the fighting column.
I'VE are sorry that we cannot be
1 confidential" one of the generals who
make the strategy of this war said
Military secrecy can never be too well
Safeguarded. Not until two armies
are in contact can we afford 10 let any
foreigners go with war forces. Then
you shall see enough
There was q smile with the enough
that suggested that campaigning i'm
Manchuria would be no picnic.
Where viii the main army land
How many men will il haVe2 You
might as well expect Mr.. Rockefeller
! TO show his private letter book 10 a
stranger as to get this information
/ from an honest source.
Copyrighted. 1904, by Golfers Weekly.