The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-26

l. The Russian injures his work by his impetuosity; and the Japanese gives the outsider an unjust idea of himself
 by his excessive Teticence. After 9 time I got to know something below the surface, and found a heart beat
 ing there essentially the same as ones own. A portrait came for you by post yesterday" a young staff officer said
 to me. Was it your wife? Will you
 let me see it?'' I showed him my pie ture. Now see my treasure" said he, and he pulled from his pocket , his watch. opened it, and showed a DOT
 trait of chubby, pretty little boy pasted inside. That" said he, proud ly. that Is my son." Then our talk drifted to home Mine was a London
 fiat, with the roar of great city out side, led to by a myrialic lift, lit by electricity. His was paper screened,
 one storied building outside Tokio, led to by jinriksha, lit by bronze lamps. with no sound disturbing it's calm save the ringing of the temple bells out
 side. For each his home, and for each
 home meant the same.
 The Russian goes into battle with blare of many brass instruments and l to the beating of many drums. The ! Japanese has nothing but the sharp | calls of bugles. The one eats bread. ti5e
 other rice. The Japanese thinks out
 everything ahead, and sometimes finds himself hampered by the elaboration Of his early plans; the Russian leaves too much to the inspiration of the mo- ment. The Russian general goes among his men, encourages them by his pre- senee, and sometimes dies doing so, taking away the directing brains when they are most needed. The Jap anese general stands on hill safely behind, where he can think out his
 plans cooly. If there is no special need
 for his interference, he will take a nap in the fiercest hour of battle.
 The Japanese is sanitarian; despite the excellence of the Russian Red
 Cross, prventive medicine seems nn- known in the Russian army. Doctors proceeded the first Japanese army, de-
 eiding before we arrived where VIC mightshould be allowed to stay, what
 water we might or might not drink. the drainage of our camps. and many jother usually neglected things. Oul soldiers were regularly served with
 Russian invasion medicine pills consisting of some form of creosote which they were obliged to swallow three times day. During the summer the doctors argued that mosquito bites
 would be bad for us, and might spread
 malaria So portable mosquito curtains adjustable around the neck, were serv- ed out to every soldier. Odd hours | would be employed in giving sanitary
 lectures to the soldiers.
 The state of the deserted Russians
 camps was the best proof to us of the .I neglect of sanitation among the enemy These camps were filthy, and the oc. cassional dressings of chloride of lime
 which the Russians doctors had just pl
 over them did little to improve matters I If the Russians did not lose many
 men from disease during the summer they were specially favored by fate. The Japanese runs his camp on tenn.
 perance and cn strict moral principals 1 The common idea of the West that tn, , Japanese are an especially imn1ora < race is, so far as my experience gees i. wrong. Chance tourists, who have goni the orthodox tour between, Yokohama and Nagasaki, may laugh at this Doubtless the experience of many Q
 them is to the contrary. But they d'
 not see the real Japan. While wal , with the first army, there were n camp followers, and the Chinese wo'
 men in the villages around were a 5 safe as at ordinary times I only kney of two cases of drunkenness through out the campaign. @ #
 With the Russians it was notoriousl different. Camp followers crowded cer 5 tain quarters of NewC Chwang and o
 Liao- Yang, and probably also of Mouk e den. But as I kneW nothing of persona } experience, of Moukden. exclude il : Whenever Chinaman had to tell - grievance against Russian he woul
 usually procede 1t by declaring that th g Russian was drunk. Port Arthur hal I almost enough spirits sent to it las
 l January to float a cruiser, and steame
 loads of brandy and champagne poure a in when men looked for cargees .o V ammunition. &a $S
 At New-Chwang in the early month
 of the year, it was the same. T Tai o down a stock of special military sup Ii plies when war became certain," said l. New-Chwang storekeeper. T secure f quantities of prisinatic field glasse Ii and of special officers extra equiI
 ments of the best type. My militar
 goods remained uncalled for, but tn .- Russian officers quickly bought up m