The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-01-19

limited-May make lecturing our.
viii Come to Norfolk II He Does.
Richard Henry Little, known to his
friends and to the newspaper profes-
sion of four continents as "Dick" Lit.
tie, who has been war correspon-
dent in the JapaneseRussian war, the
Boer war and the SpanishAmerican
war, may come to Norfolk within
few weeks to deliver a lecture upon
his experiences.
Mr.. Little-a very, very tall and
very very slender man who is rival
of George Ade. Mark Twain or Bill
Nye with wit-was one of the party
which made that famous trip over the
Los Angeles Limited in its initial run
from Chicago to the coasts. And one
afternoon, when there was a wreck,
he gave a talk for several hours on
board the train, describing his eXpe
riences in the far east In Los An.
geles he save another lecture ON the
topic, and his friends could have lis
tened to many more When the party
broke up. he promised The News that
if he came west he would include Nor
folk in his lecturing tour and he fur
ther stated that he thought he would
start out in February on that trip
Little was the correspondent for the
Chicago Daily News in the Russian
war and he scored many beats for his
paper. He was with the Russian army
in Manchuria and once, when cap
tured by the Japanese, he narrowly es-
capped hanging. The only reason
that he wasn't hung was that no tree
tall enough to tie him to, could be
found by the Jap commander.
Little had been captured, together
with the Russian army, by the Japan
ese. While in captivity he received
a Cablegram from his paper which
said, Wire at once how many men
the Japs have in the field, how many
guns, how many in the hospitals,
where are their lines and when will
they fight their next battle.
Paper Got Him in Trouble.
The Japanese general saw the ca
blegram, for all messages were cen,
sored, and summoned Little before
him.
you send this?" he asked.
"Of course not" replied Little.
(Which is greater you or your pa
per?" asked the Jap.
why, my paper" explained the cor
respondent.
Then you obey, don't you?"
"Not always. This was sent by
some editor who knows nothing of
conditions, and l shall not obey"
WhereupOn Little was released.
A week later another cablegram
came, instructing him to interview a
Japanese general. There had been or
ders that no one was to approach the
officer But Little tried. He was ar
rested in the act and taken before the
authorities?
"Why did you do this?" was asked
My paper ordered me to-" he said
Then you obey your paper?"
"Yes."
aha, a week ago you said you do
not obey; now you say you do" And
a higher officer was summoned.
He strobe into the room, and stood
gazing out of the window
Nice day, General" ventured Lit
tie
No reply.
Looking for something?" asked
Little.
"Ah, | was looking for a tree tall
enough to hang you to" was the cheer
full response.
Little was sent to the guard house
for ten days, while the officer should
consider his offense. A battle broke
out before that time and Little es-
capped.
Hard to Send Dispatches.
Mr.. Little also told of the methods
used in getting news to America
There were two routes-one by way
of Tsen Tsin, or the other around by
way of st. Petersburg. BY way of
Tsien Tsien tolls had to be advanced
The Chinese operators usually pocket
ed the tolls and tore up the messages.
And when, on rare occasions, the mes.
sages did get through to Tsien Tsien,
the Associated Press correspondent,
ny ullDluS Ihe opSldIolJ was given
copy of the dispatch so that he could
get into America with the same news.
And around by st. Petersburg, every
thing was censored until it was worth
less. These were obstacles which the
was correspondent had to overcome,
and which they did overcome by mi
Taculous ways.
The Japs," said Dick Little, "are
taught to glory in death for their coun.
try I saw one general lamenting the
fact that his son had not died in bat
tie, and enyying a fellow general whose