The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-20
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same army for a goal 300 miles away,
over country where there are few vii
lagos, realizes that the TANKS of this
army are from fifty to seventy-fve
miles from the central line Of supplies,
the railroad, and that it must not only
carry It's own weight of ammunition,
etc, day after day, but must keep
ing distance each day its supplies for
the remainder Of the summer, then one
begins to form q small conception Of
what large sort of proposition it
is to launch a mass Of this size on a
300-mile expedition.
However. in spite of appearances to
the contrary, we feel that before long
we will move and that when we.do get
under way it will be with a momentum
that will carry us like tidal wave over
the Russian resistance and then on and
on and on without further respite until
we enter Hardin itself, just when who
can tells September possibly, October,
more likely, and before snow flies at
the latest. if indeed we don't have
be not unlikely.
Ina North China Town.
There are worse places to be camped
in than this town, the name Of which I
must not mention. For Of all the Chi
nese towns / have seen this place is the
least repulsiye. On the main trade
centuries past it has been slowly build
ing itself up until now it is respect
able sized town Of nearly $1,000 inhabi-
tants. Spread out in a dip of the hills,
with it's mud walls and curious eastern
architecture it reminds one forcibly in
evenings Of. an ancient Bible picture,
scene in DerhaDS .Tu6ea
Just beyond the great gate which
leads to the north is a line, roughly
marked by decaying walls, heaped-up
earth, little ridges and piles Of stones,
now we'll nigh efaced by the wear Of
between MANS Maheh shG and %aa
golia. Away to the west stretches a
rougher as it hears the foothills and the
mountains of Khingan, which separate
us from the dreary Cobb desert.
In the summer, of course, this trade
then all goes by the river, but in the
winter when heavy loads are easily NOV
| able over the snow there come thous-
ands and tens of thousands Of the rough
| Chinese sledges loaded with the pre-
| vious summer 8 harvest from the north
Beans, mostly. Much of this goes to
Newchwang direct and great deal
the ice melts and the swarms of junks
| can take it to the sea.
Here Life Is Smooth.
Here the life is smooth and unruffled
from one years end to another, save
trouble sweeps over the land. AS far
as I can make out the only other di-
version that has passed this way is an
| occasional visit from the Chuchuses.
There are OF course some bad bands, as
there are bad men in every land, but
generally speaking they are neither
more nor less than Cinnamon Of row.
ing disposition who wander about from
place to place. Frequently. they come
down on these towns and live in them
for a few weeks and then pass on and
occasionally one Of the more offensive
lots shows up and levies forced loans
on the community.
There are two foreign missionaries
these two great devastating armies
came over the land like cloud of To-
Gusts. First, the Russians with their
! bands Of irregular Cossacks scavalrY,
, far worse than the Chuchuses, passed
, thru: Russian officers and Russian sol.
diers but a few months ago were living
where we live today.
-. Waiting for Rain to Stop.
There are with this army six attaches
besides the correspondents. We are
CHARTERED about in Chinese houses and
living with degree Of comfort which
would disgust the romantic reader who
thinks Of the war correspondent as a
being born and brought up OH the field
Of battle and living on an exclusive
diet of bareback and bullets. 1t is not
i Iol n l. %rr1. 1,,4 H.
ceeds day and the rain still falls and
we still sit, we grow very weary. Yet
we live in hope Of an early move.
! '@ Stanley Washburn: