Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-07-14

Nobody but himself could be held re-
ponsihle for what he did. HIS govern
nent was 20 be left free 10 disaVoW
,pv connection with him, Acting IN
accordance with Instructions, Do pro-
,eedcd TO ---. a country whore "a hrst-
Glass power was engaged IN a fierce
conflict with the natives. Carrying
out his orders he Joined the stan or
he leading native chief His military
knowledge. hts courage and resource
flluess rendered his SERVICE invaluable.
II was inevitable that the presence 81
such "a man On the ranks ~ the enemy
should become known 90 the power
whose EFFORTS % bring The campaign
o. speedy conclusion he so frcquent-
lv hafaed The result was that The
-- government opened diplomatic me-
potiatlons with Japan. alleging that
Japanese military officer had taken
service with the rebels and demanding
that be- be- recalled.
so OFFICIAL KNOWLEDGE.
The japanese government replied
that II had mo- knowledge whatever of
The matter So military officer 10
declared had been SEN, from Japan on
such mission The japanese gov-
eminent could not undertake 90 assume
responsibility f0r the conduct OF Us
subjects wherever they might roam.
n one Of its people had been So on adj
yised ass Goo participate loo a rebellion
against q friendly power Doc thereby
rendered himself aWeuahlr to its mile
tary laws ana had placed himself be-
yond the pale NJ the protection of his
own government That ended the dip-
lomatlc negotiations and me -- eov-
eminent ccntentoi itself with placing
price ou the head of Tho maui suspect
cd of being a japanese who was hght-
Ing with the rebels,
PRICE Of HIS HEAD.
Of course the jap did not know az
that time that he had been repudiated
by his own government but 10 would
have made 200 difference t0 him " he
had, be was stu oheyug orders He
heard of the reward that had been Of
fcred for his capture. dead or alive, but
Dee kept on fighting as hard as ever,
aud working AS hard as ever 10 get the
information Tor which he had been dis
patched on his dangerous mission.
That was % learn everything possible
about the topography of the country,
the eremy's plans aud scheme Of OPP
eaii0ns. his tactics and his strategy.
his Notifications and his defense works.
The rebels We're subdued at last as
they always are when pitted against
white men. and the Young eX-oficer
ll a. q.
ceeded in cludlng an efforts 20 capture
him and made his way back 10 Japan.
with a VOlumlnous report Of an that
he had learned There he found that
the great general 10 whose orders he
had yielded such implicit obedience
had died during his absence lie had
been heard 10 mutter something dur
ing his last Illness about somebody he
had sent somewhere 10 90 something
30 difficult and dangerous that Il would
be doubtful II he ever came hack but
nobody had paid much attention to IT,
STATE DEMANDED"
When the former lieutenant told his
story to the minister OF war. that off,
cial protested TO place no credencc
whatever IN his story and refused 10
regard MN IN any other light than
that Of man who had been dismissed
from the army In disgrace and had
therefore rendered himself ineligible
for any future service. Othey minis
tiers and other high state officials
treated him with similar indifference.
There was some excuse for this shabby
treatment The an paramount inter-
ests OF the state demanded il. Janan
was then putting It's finishing touches
to Us preparations for the death strug-
gle with Russia ana anything that
might be construed as am open recog-
milton 81 the services Of a man for
whose conduct 70 had repudisted an
responsibility might lead to compi-
cations with the other power which
had placed a price on his head Il
was to provide against an possibility
Of such complications ensuing that the
general had selected as his agent "A
man who had been dismissed from the
army In disgrace And Furthermore.
the astute chief ~ stan had acted en-
tlreiv on his own responsibility I'm the
matter.
MUCH MORE MYSTERY