The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-08-12

General, Colonel Satow, who held on
like grim death, flung himself into the
narrow space alongside the gangway.
The strain upon his arm, which was
much hurt, must have been terrible, but
he chung to the hand until help came
and rescue was effected.
CAPT. TROUBRIDGE'S DENIAL.
Captain E. T. Troubridge, r. N, late
Naval Attache at Tokyo, sends the fol-
lowing letter to the London Globe, un-
der date of June z: In the Standard
of the 4th inst. g report from the New
York correspondent of a London paper
is telegraphed from ST. Petersburg in
which it is stated that: Captain Trou-
bridge is responsible for Admiral Togos
successes, having planned the night at
tack on Port Arthur, and being present
at it in person. In view of the pos
sibility that misunderstanding may be
caused were this statement to remain
uncontradicted, / shall be under an
obligation to you if you will mention in
your next issue: That 1 was not re-
sponsible for Admiral Togo's successes;
that l did not plan the night attack on
Port Arthur; and that was not present
at it in person.
RUSSIAN WIRELESS STATION.
Chefoo and Shanghai dispatches con-
cur in stating that Russia is erecting a
wireless telegraph station near Chefoo.
The place selected is an elevation 800
feet above the sea level, and 500 feet
distant from the shore five miles east
of the japanese Consulate at Chefoo.
The pole measures 20 inches in dame
ter at the bottom, and will be 100 feet
nigh. The work is superintendent by
two Europeans, one of whom is Ger
man telegraph expert who had been in
the Russian service at Dalny, and so
Chinese coolies are working day and
night. 1t is expected that the work
will be finished in fortnight. The
Russians are also building house at
the foot Of the hill. One report states
that the house is being erected as a
villa for the Russian Consul at Chefoo,
While another report states that it is a
power-house.
IGNORANT RUSSIAN PEASANTS.
Father Ignatius Diatchkoff sends to
the Kazan newspapers an amusing ac-
count of fair held in his village. He
saw a great crowd of the peasants
proprietor, who was holding a telescope
to his eye. After several mujiks had
taken shots. he inquired what they were
aiming at, and was much surprised to
hear in chorus the reply: THE Jap
anese, Father Our brother" said
bearded giant pointing to the show
man, says that the man in the moon
is Makak (Japanese). and that every
time we hit him 10 Japanese on earth
join the devil. We have killed. he adj
ded, naively, eighty OF them already"
GRAsPED PRINCES HAND.
Here is good story that wei illus
trates the stuff of which japanese man
HOOD is made and the loyalty of his
nature. At the battle of Nanshan
again, Private Takabatake was shot in
one of his eyes and he was put in the
field hospital He was lying in his bed
with the upper half of his face wrapped
in bandages, when in came some one
and taking hold of one of his hands,
said: "Takabatake! Takabatake! thine
is an honorable wound: keep up thy
spirit" The soldier knew that to be
privileged to visit and give comforting
words the man must be an officer. But
som Naow he thought that the words
spoken, as in Japanese, lacked some
thing in courteous Technology, even
as those of an officer toward private,
and his sense OF pride as a brave son
Of his country. especially as he lay so
painfully wounded. could not help feel
ing injured So he ventured to ask
who might the officer be. I am the
commander of thy division" was the
answer he received in stately but kind
voice! The commander of the divi-.
sion! Why that is His Highness the
Prince himself The moment the
knowledge dawned on him, the private,
forgetting himself in his deIirium of
gratitude, tightly grasped the Princes
hand in his own and forthwith wept
loudly in the fulness of his joy. From
this it may be perceived what japanese
manhood stands for and where it is
most easily Touched