The San Francisco call., 1905-06-21
BAR THE WAY
TO PORT ARTHUR
japanese Refuse to Allow
High Austrian Officers
to Visit Fallen Fortress
RETURN ON THE DORIC
Field Marshal Count Hubner
and Prince Windisch-
GraetZ Here From Far East

There are eighty-one letters of steel en-
graved script on his visiting card, but
neither that masterpiece in black and
white nor the fact that his companion
was Prince could coax from the Japa-
nese Government the permission, sought
by Lieutenant Field Marshal Count Hub
ner, private counselor of his Majesty the
Emperor of Austria, to visit Port Arthur
Tne refusal was given most politely, but
1t meant No" and the gallant Austrian
has come away from Japan feeling as
il the Mikado had slammed door in his
face. He is going back to Europe to tell
his Emperor all about the brown and yell
low peril
In spite of his script-covered card and
his crouch against the people of the is
land kingdom, Count Hubner is a pretty
fine old soldier and won from his fellow
passengers on the Doric the verdict that
he was a good fellow" Prince Win
disch- Graetz, his aid de camp is re-
lated to the Emperor, is mem
ber of one of Austriais noblest fami
lies and holds in the Austrian army a
commission as lieutenant of artillery.
The Prince, who has only twentythree
years to the Counts three score and
more, also made good in the field of
good-fellowship.
Count and Prince left Austria six
months ago for 4 tour of the world. The
Count is an old friend, he says, of the
Princes family. The Princes father is
dead. His mother, when she heard of
the Counts prospective tour abroad,
begged the old soldier to take the Prince
with him. And here they are.
The Prince thought of taking a run
through Japan to the Russian lines and
there visiting some chums among the
Cars officers. The Japanese saw him
first however and soon showed that they
did not care to have an artillery officer,
with friends in the enemy's hosts, wan
dering too freely about Japan and would
not allow the little excursion to the Rus
sian camp.
Then came the Counts plan to visit
Port Arthur. AS a military man nothing
would interest him more. He was through
the Boer war in South Africa as a mill
tary observer with the British army, and
he was anxious to do a little observing
on the scene of the famous siege. But
the Japanese, politely but firmly. told
him nay. They were most pleased to
meet the honorable and distinguished
foreigner, and If he would accept their
miserable entertainment they would be
his slaves for life. AS for Port Arthur,
the honorable private counselor of that
other Emperor might sicken and die of
the hardships of the journey, and even If
he survived there was nothing there
worthy the attention Of the great Eu-
ropean military genius.
There was no Port Arthur for the
Count and no vedka-fest in the Russian
lines for the Prince.
But they are going to see America.
1--WE mean to see it ALL" said the
Count yesterday. I'VE will spend few
days in your city. of which have heard
much We will go to the Yosemite, and
there hunt the big game. Then we go
to Utah The Prince wants to see that
strange race, the Mormons, If there are
still any left After that we shall visit
Niagara and from there to New York,
where we take ship for home"
Speaking of Japan, the Count takes the
yellow peril view of the future. Within
ten years the Japanese and Chinese will
have combined. They will have driven
every European out of Asia and closed
and locked every door. And they will
throw away the keys