Evening journal., 1905-07-06
HOW JAPs WIN
THEIR BATTLES
Wounded Russian Officer
Has Bought a Farm Near
Dover
SAYS MIEAUO'S men GET DRUNK
speeIaI 70 rhe EvenIng Journal.

fine fruit farm east OF Dover and yester-
day he and his wife ana an interpreter
arrived here. The new owner spent the
day in buying horses and other equip
ments for his farm and then they went
to the tract. Varetti will experiment with
hops and other Russian crops during the
remainder OF the summer. lie is greatly
pleased with Dover.
He was a stan officer with General Das-
chichow and was in a number pf engage
ments. receiving bullet In his left leg at
Newchang. He suffered for several weeks
in hospital but has now recovered sur
iciently to be able 70 walk with a light
cane. He wears the decoration Of the ST.
Anne order, and his wife. who was also
in the far East wears a Red Cross crown
badge
varetu says he is through with the
war and with his native county and that
henceforth he will be a Delawaroan He
declares the Russian people are so
aroused that the Government Is bound
to settle the conflict no matter what the
Japs may demand. In discussing the fail
ure Of the war. to the Russians he said:
CAUSE OF RUssIA's FAILURE.
"Our country was in the midst Of a
corrupt state among the nobility, and
our people. gasplng Tor some liberty be-
came divided as how to get Il. so that
Russia is today driven to the extreme Of
settling this war at all hazards and
sheathing her swords. The people say:
Stop this war and they intend to be
heard
''rhe war is a failure because It is not
a true war, not ap opular uprising for
certain economic relief Of freedom from
oppression. 1t is simply a matter OF pi-
racy.
The American and English newspa-
per accounts do not exaggerate the true
developments fthe war. only many
inside incidents have never become
known. or course the Russian soldiers
in the far East do not want to be routed
in every engagement and would show
hot fight but for three reasons. the Rus
SLAMS being tall. athletic 6-footers and
white men who are educated in warfare.
while the Japs are diminutive yellow
men who have only lately taken TO sol
diery.
"rhe reasons for the failure OF the
war are u) the unpopularity Of the war;
() the absence OF shrewd leadership and
the strife among those who could b,
leaders; and O. the japanese have a Sc.
cret Of success which will disclose tC
you.
Their great secret Of success Is this
d Both armies and navies are equipped
with modern field guns Of tefrihc FORE
and great possibilities for slaughter.
figured in a number Of engagements an
can tell you that no human being ca
walk into the face Of that FIRE. seein
men blown to pieces all around him. whei
IN his right sober mind. Il is hell, mad
by these modern death-dealing guns AMI
no human heart. search where you VIII
possesses the courage 10 walk into II.
JAP ARMY MADE DRUNK.
''The Japs wcll-know this and have re-
sorted TO their cunning to overcome IL
which works like charm. The Japanes,
army, all except the field and stan Of.
hcds, is made crazy drunk before goine
: intd an engagement.
you know there are certain stages OF
5 drunkenness when man. loves fight and
cares nothing for his own life. The Jap.
anese drink brings their men right &c
this stage and just enough is distributed
to each man TO have this effect Theil
drink is called sake. pronounced in Eng
lish sackey II is made from rice, much
the same as your whskey is made from
rye. With it, the Japanese sally forth
with a roar. and walk right over theii
dead until they are close enough TO un
man the Russian field guns. Then il is on
on TO victory OF death with them.
Then the Russian leadership. as / hav,
J said, is simply awful Let me give yol
/ an incident When Staclleburg landed 1
division of land troops at Wa Fan Cav
that the big detachment might march Z,
. and relieve Port Artlrnr with reinforce
ments and wagon trains. he had a I'm,
body of fresh soldiery and they Tough
hard enough to throw the Japs into
panic One instant more and the Jap,
would have been in a state OF retreat
Staclleburg, who had been on his train
commanding the battle with field glasses
and signals. was accompanied by his wife
three laundresses and three servants, an,
carried with him his own thoroughbred
COW.
STACKLEBCRG' COW LOST BATTLE
Just at the instant that the Japs could
have been repulsed in confusion some mer
were shot down near Stacxltburg and hil
COW kicked Up her heels and dashed
away. He sent whole company after tn,
COW and gave her so much attention fol
q, the few minutes that followed that th'
Japs were enabled to regain their con
troll and close in for final sally which
proved successful. MY views OF that en-
gagement are fully verified Throughout
the rank and file Of the army.
''Stoessel, they say here in the West
is great hero. He is a great coward
Port Arthur would have fallen immedi
: ately upon being vigorously attacked
only wonderfully courageous man wh'
lost his life during the siege, stood b.
Stoessel and worked day and night 70
y the Russian sustenance. He was Kon
! dratehko, and had he lived two month
longer the Jap losses would have been s
)great and their resources so nearly ex
u hausted that they would have neve
d taken Port Arthur. Kondratenko, how
U ever, died in action during critical day
and the fourth day thereafter, stoesss
q surrendered. without an earthly reaso
y for so doing except a lack OF. backbon
and genuine courage.
Russia cares for her soldiers as n
i tother nation. and her discipline is a
s. near perfection as possible. but her. caus
y and her management, against counties