The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-07
WITH JAP ARMY
ON EVE OF PEACE J !,
Continued from First Page.

geartrid dge cases. and %the equipment Of
the mounted, soldier swing in "a .miscel-
laneoiis festoon from the roof. {'-ss*
4 & Truly, we, think as we sit in our
south bound train going to Mukden,
g iRSesid emit !, Roosevelt and ;thes other
5see.sw hatswa see today 3,1f:: ~ .52&.@S ss
> Ss1s,,s, Peace esor4war9o >2t: s2ts:
On the platform of one OF of tie lie sta
tions we are greeted in English by one
of the Japanese officers. After few
co1nmonplaces he. asks hat severy one
asks every one else these days.. i
'*-77H1 Well, what do. you Think rs it
I'VE laugh, for i We : know nothing save
ief fsthssinsect. lifetIo Of, FAX ku1ne1. WE tell
him, so, and ask, "What do you think9''
t4"ttAh, Y he says, with a shrug of his
oulders, soldiers de not think. They
onty obey orders. We only know that
est struggle Of tho war. We are moving
more troops than ever before. Thou-
lsands are coming daily and 4&hear that
thousands are blocked in Hiroshima the
great point Df E. emba Fking For the front J,
waiting transports to bring them over
here. of course, we soldiers prefer to
fight, for it is our profession-but there
may be peace and he sighs gloomily.
He waves us farewell as our train puffs
again. va Ss- ,@ Z
: Another Sedan?
Much apprehension is felt among the
soldiers as to the terms Of peace, for
many dread lest the final settlement will
all feel that the work of the army is not
completed until General Lin evitch (and
his staff; too, as one officer said to; me)
! is captured and his army annihilated.
Then, the soldiers will feel satisfied, but
! not before. IS. a a
Just what the Russians can be ex-
pected to do in case of failure in the
| The Japanese have now been inactive
for months past and have had time to
get all Of, their armies into the pink
| Of conditions. If Russia fails to accept
| this golden opportunity to make peace
even on hard terms, these five great
armies that stretch across Manehuris
for over 100 miles, will sweep down
| upon the enemy like wolves upon the
fold. That the Russians can make ar
/ effective stand seems hard to believe
/ Indeed, all the talk with US is not who
1 will win the battle, if there be one, but
i will we capture the Russian army, al
the French were corraled at Sedan9
i At headquarters, nearly 100 mile.
from the front line, there is little Il
indicate that it is the center from which
radiates the governing power of thi
vast army. A few soldiers Of the head
quarters guard circulate about th,
streets. Only a few companies, the,
are, drawn from the imperial guards
i division, and attached to the person O.
the commander -in.chief.
No News at Mukden.
\ Here we learn still less Of what i
4 going on in the outside world and &.
i what the probabilities are for the fu
ture. The general officers say nothing
but advise us to return to our arm,
q after laying in provisions.
saWill there be peace7'' we ask
4 HOh,y they reply with true JAP
anese inscrutability, tthe idea Of I.
correspondent coming to us for news
Il It is we that must ask you if there /
to be peace or war. ! 4:
Il HWe believe peace we venture
tho we know no more about it than th
Ecoolie selling garlic roots in the stree
without, and we. study these impassiv
faces to see If any expression may .sb'
tray their own opinions. az
& The missionary folk that have bee
here for years give us the only inte
!. esting information that we gather whi
. in the old Manchu capital. OF peace (
II war, they know nothing, but of til
Russians they know a great deal, f