New-York tribune., 1905-12-31

Komura would be Mr.. Small Village. AS 'yarna'
mountain IN Japanese. Field Marshal
Oyama would be Mr.. Big Mountain, and General
Yamagata would be SIr. Mountain Province. Ad-
nliral Togo would settle down here Mr.. East
Town, Count Kuroda as Mr. Black Rioe Field, and
Mr Kamige Mr.. Lobster Stream Lobster in
Japanese, by the way is a term Of honor and not
deris:on. with us After Admiral Togo's great
victory over Ro1estvensky, for example, his
rymen here eulogiEed him by calling him this kind
Of shellfsh."
The other clubman going TO say something
but he didn't
Taxa is prefix you see In many Japanese
names, continued the professor. well, that
means high. Mr.. Takahira, accordingly, would be
ar. High Plain, and Mr.. Takahashi would be Mr.
High Bridge"
You can turn Jap names into English easy
enough" interrupted the Gaelic member. because
the japanese and British are allies but l defy you
TO treat the Russians that way"
TT be done Just as easily and with much the
pictorial results" said the professor Let
Us take General Kuropatkin and Admiral Rojest-
vensky examples. As you know. the general
was constantly on the retreat and the admiral was
made the recipient of moro presents in the shape
Of cannon balls than he hnew what to do with.
Well. sir, Kuropatkin is the Russian for field
chicken. and Rojestvensky for Christmas child
General Linevitch, too. could not have TO
1T him better. Linevitch means borderman. As
you know, he has never been more thar on the edge
Of battle Potemkne. the Black Sea battIeship.
the mutiny which darkened the Russian horizon
ominously at time. has equally appropri-
ate name. Potemkne means twilight. the kind
which verges on utter darkness. Bouligin Min
lister OF the Interior and head Of the police, is
also aptly named. Bouligin is Tartar word mean
ing cobblestone. Gorky, the name of the Russian
revolutionary writer, means bitter; but, as you
know. it is his pseudonyme. one he adopted to ex-
press his feeling toward monarchy. His real name
IS Pyeshkoff which means q pawn ana which
shows the humble origin Of the family. In Russia
II you regard a person es too far beneath You 10
associate with you call him a .Dyeshk' or pawn
II suppose you have read up on the Russians
and the japanese" said the other club man still
irTitably, but look hera, you must own up
your scheme wouldn't work with the Chinese"
We don't intend 20 let the Chinanan settle
here" said the phiologist. good neturedly; but
even II did. translation Of their names into
English would only enhance language. II Il
Hung Chang had become an American citizen be-
fore his death he would have been known as Mr..
Ii Vastly Manifest. The Chinese, according TO our
ideas. do everything backward, and IN this in
stance they put the family name first Now Il
Hung chang had brother Of the name OF L
Han Chang. which although IT also signifed Mr.
Vastly Manifest Ia had little different shade OF
meaning. Hung gives the idea OF vastness By
p5cturing barren desert Han affords tho same
thought by calling TO mind a great flock of wild
geese flying at dizzy height Both these ideas are
suggested 10 the eye Of the native who looks al
the Chinese characters for Han and Hung The
fathers name Tseng Kwah-Fan, which meant
The Country's Protection, and the name OF ar
uncle was Tseng Kwah-Tsuan. which signifies The
Country's Fragrance. The character for fam pict
ured to the eye wall which would keep a foenar
at bay; while the other gives the vision of Z
garden of blooming flowers
That IS too far-fetched," interrupted the Gaelic
member Don't bother with any more Chinamen
sad lets what you can make out ot German