Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-01-29
Miseellaneuus 8saains.
MAN WHO MISSED THE NEWS.
Baron Won KrissIstein's Hard Luck
In the East.

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In the East.
| An American paper published II
Yokohama recently translated from
q Japanese paper a brief dispatcf
from Japanese settlement in south
ern Saghalien saying that the steamer
Cecilie, which was wrecked on the
west coast Of the island in the sum
mer Of 1904, was being broken VI
land freighted back to Hakodate
Japan. to be sold as junk. The paper
briefly referred to the fact that the
Cecilies was piled upon the ragged
Saghalien coast while being used a.
dispatch boat by the late Baron vor
Krieglstein.
Thus passes the last relic Of mar
who made himself famous as a wal
correspondent In the far east during
the Russo Japanese war. This Ger
man. bhron was the most picturesque
II not the most energetic correspon'
dent Of all those who were baffied BY
the japanese war office and trailed
through stale battlefields by japanese
censors, He was the one man among
them Who cut loose fr@m restraint
and furnished news by his own ex'
ploits during lulls in the active cam
paigning.
One of the tales they tell of the
war correspondents at the Imperial
hotel In Toxic concerns the advent
of the resourceful Baron Won Krlegl-
stein. He came to japan in the early
months of the war as a representa-
tive Of an influential Berlin newspa.
per and he was armed with all sorts
of special letters from important peo-
pie In the German capital.
Krieglstein went direct to the wal
office In Toxic with his sheaf of let
ters and there met Terauchi, the min.
lister OF war. He told the minister
that ne came not only as a correspon-
dent, but also as an unofficial repre-
sentative of the people of Berlin te
convey to Japan the highest express
sion Of their best wishes.
The. baron's speech was impressive
and the war minister seemed duly I'M
pressed. Directly after his audience
Krieglstein went to the cable Office
and sent this dispatch to his paper:
well received here. Probably
start for the front within few days
He did not start within few days
but he received indirectly expressions
of the war minister's high regard fol
him. The baron did not realize thai
nearly all of the correspondents cool
ing their heels at the Imperial had
also received the same assurances, sc
he sent another dispatch to his pa
per:
Doubtless leave for the front be-
fore end Of week."
Krieglstein was one Of the many
newspaper men invited to garden
party given by the war minister. Or
| that occasion he took advantage OF
/ few minutes with the minister to re-
iterate the fact that he was unoffi'
cial representative of the good will Of
Berlin.
The minister. made fitting reply anc
Kr!eglstein FASTENED to file another
message for his. paper, assuring the
manager that a speedy departure fol
the front was surely to be his portion
He waited a week, then received the
following cable from his office ir
Berlin: ...
Haven't heard from you. Are yot
In Toxic yet? Advise US OF youl
whereabouts Immediately"
The baron was too surprised fol
speech. He took a ricksha, pos
haste for tie cable office. There tho
clerk of the telegraphs politely hand
ed out all Of the kilograms he had
previously filed with the explanation
that It had not been deemed advisable
| to send them, and that he was sorry
the baron should be thus disappoint
ed.
Baron Won Krieglstein left Toxic
In high dudgeon and made his way tt
the Russian lines In Manchuria. Hi
adventures while serving with tht
Russians have never been made
known. and 1t was not until he hat
been captured by the Japanese In ont
Of the heavy engagements and turned
loose again at Toxic that his fight t
get the news passed from the com
| monplace to the epic.
The baron who seemed to be sup
piled with plenty of money, went t'
Shanghai and prepared to meet th'
Baltic fleet. which was then creepini
up past the mangrove swamps Of th'
Indio- China coast. He chartered
steamer at Shanghai, renamed 1t TIT
| Cecilie and shipped a crew OF monde
script sailors from every land In th'
Orient. A German captain tool
charge.
| Thus master of his own craft, Bar
on Won Krieglstein started out to COY
er the China sea and sweep 1000
miles of ocean, II need be, In nj
search for the elusive Rojestvensky
Then 1t was that the Historically ner
vous Shanghai saunders began Il
flood the wires with weird tales OF th'
doing Of the baron and his ship.
He went south and hovered of
Hongkong. He dropped into AmaI
for a night From way stations alont
the China coast came to Shangha
frantic stories Of the movement o
the Cecile.
The Shanghai papers jumped t.
the conclusion that he was acting a.
spy for the Russians and that wher'
he appeared the Baltic fleet woult
soon follow. Japanese secret service
agents through the length OF tn
the Cecilie.
coast began to get busy with steam
launches and junks. hoping to inter
cept the baron and learn something
of his mission.
One night when the excitement at
tending his wanderings had some
what quieted, Won Krieglstein drop
ped into Woosung and steamed VI
the river 20 Shanghai. The mex
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