The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-03

HOW SCENES OF WAR LOOK
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BY W. Il. ELLIS.
Port Arthur, Nianchurla.


NORT ARTHUR, Dalny Cor Dairen,
or Tairen, as the Japanese indis-
a criininately call it, and the en-
tire Liaotuns Peninsula are centre of
interest to those who watch the struS-
Gle for supremacy between antagonIstic
religions that Is one of the important
phases Of the complex far Eastern ques-
ton. Here, on Japan's newly ac-
CURED territory. 1t is TO be demon
strated whether or not her Christianity
IS to expand along with the borders of
the empire. or whether the old faiths,
Buddhism and Shintoisnl, are to fol-
low the sun flag. AS this great pro-
montory represents. geographically,
greater Japan. its stratcgis Importance
w field OF religious conflict is appa-
rent at once
An investigator OF religious condi-
tons may find Japanese Christianity
here, or a specially significant type
And he Will also notice the lack of
idols. shrines and temples that con-
front one at every turn on the island
which the Japanese now call .sthc main
land" Chinese shr'irlcs remain, but
these. as IN China. are comparatively
few. OF interest to the Western world
Is the fact that the only new mission
aryy.S agency that has come in since the
war Is veteran American missionary,
of the Presbyterian force In Japan.
A New City That Looks Deserted
a creepy feeling possesses the vis-
ltor upon his entrance into the edict-l
made ctv OF Dnlny. upon which the
Gar had centred such great hopes
and lavished such wasp expenditure 1t
seems like a deserted city: yet it is
full OF people. A sense Of perversion
haunts one; for here Is big. sub
stantial European city, with rows of
attractive brick houses. and all the
outward tokens Of q prosperous West
ern community; and yet there are
less than dozen white men In all
!. 9Dalny. One may live here for days
without seeing a Caucasian face. White
hands built these houses and streets,
and q white brain. designed Il all, But
now the squat Chinese town off toward
the hills is no more Oriental Nthan the
population OF Dalny. although eXter-
nally the city apears to be the anti
podes of amy Japanese settlement.
The signs OF ruin and defeat on every
hand are depressing. Some OF the finer
Il buildings were burned by the Russian
forces before they evacuated, and no
attempt has been made to tear down
or reconstruct these.
Others are in sad disrepair, simply
4 because the Japanese. who are camp
ing in them, do not know the use of
the buildings, which are so unlike
their own. The windows are curtain
less and shutteress. Bricks are fall
4 ing and accomplishing. The very me ta
storks that stand guard on the caves
of the houses are tumbing unheeded
to the ground. The dwellings are going
to ruin and their occupants are UNI
comfortable; thus nobody is satisfied.
So numerous, however, is the Japanese
population that it Is impossible to rent
house; the American Consul asked to
be transferred because he could not get
home for his family.
Good order is preserved in this
strange city. The Japanese are ems
tirely masters of the situations There
are no Russians and more Chinese
than Japanese. The former arc the
Coplies the jinrikisha men, the driver
of the low Russian carriages, or dros-
d kas. and the worimen generally. While
1t is plain that the Japanese are ir
command, there is none OF the over
bearing attitude. broW-beating and OBJ
preston that are SO apparent in Korea
Toward the country which it has really
conquered Japan Is gentlcr than TOWARD
It's friendly neghbor, Korea.
An Americans Unique Honor.
Soon after the wp was over--in
deed. before the Portsmouth treat
had been signed--the Japanese Chris
tlans in Dalny began to get together
Their leader was the man in cllarg
Of the entire commlssary department
OF tho army The same energy an,
efficiency displayed in Keeping tia
wdely-scparate host of soldiers Tie,
has always characterized this man,
religious activities, When he had or
ganized the Christians, who Were most
ly army officers, into a church, tn,
question of securing q pastor arose.
Thereupon aunlque distinction wa
conferred upon one of tho veteran
missionaries Of Japan, Rev. II. C. VIM
Presbyterian OF Osaka, Mr.. VIM
had always been engaged in pionee
work. BEFORE going toGOsaka he ha,
{ been the first missionary ut Ilanazawa
on the east coast, and many times i,
had been mobbed. Once he found
mob. armed with knives, stones an,
shalpened bamboo poles (Which max