The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-13
/. After we took possession T fo,,n.

eTs. AFTER we TOOK possession I found
our soldiers tearing up valuable boots
and using them for fuel or throwins
them out into the snow, and he
sougth the general in charge to allow
me to go through the town and sava
the libraries. He did so, and as bo
saw how many books there were he
gave me a detail of soldiers to hring
them in. We collected altogetbar
about 10000 volumes. The most of
them were in Russian, but there were
a thousand or SO in French and Eng
lish. Several hundred were in Italian
and some Chinese and japanese. There
were nine sets of encyclopedias. all
Russian or German, and q great many
musical books.
L tried to catalogue them. classify
ing them first by languages, and later
by subjects. The most Of the Volumes
were fiction, but there were many
scientific works. There were Russian
translations Of Shakespeare and Dick
ems, and also of Mark Twain's limo
cents Abroad" The Russians had ev-
cry luxury here. They lived we'll and
at the close even better than we Jap
anese; for by the terms of our capitu-
lation we gave them fresh meat. al
though we were living on canned
stuffs ourselves. Nevertheless We
could not satisfy them"
Old POrt Arthur VS.. the New.
The Port Arthur of Russia was far
different from that Of Japan. In the
old days there were soldiers every
where. Military officers, dressed in
big caps and long coats, staggered
through the streets. There was a
large garrison, everywhere was boom
ing and money and drink flowed like
water. A circus building was erected
in which all sorts Of shows were held,
and there were famous cafes an rest
aurants. Today the circus has been
f1rna1 IN 70 n hn1aar and ahO1It tyvn
score Japanese women sell all sorts of
goods at the booths within it. The
sellers have disappeared. The Japa-
neSe AVE only n regiment here, and
nothing like as many troops are to be
seen as in the towns of Korea or even
Japan.
AS far as business is concerned, the
city is dead. It consists of about 5,
0OOManchurian Chinese, and the Mil
itary and civil officials of the Japa-
nese government. The Chinese are
poor. 1 see full grown men going
around With baskets on their should
ers picking up the dropping Of ma
nure from the streets. When a mans
wages for a whole day are equal to q
half bushel of such sutff he must be
poor indeed.
The Chinese do the rough work Of
Port Arthur. Many of them are now
engaged in getting out the blocks Of
stone with which the Russians sunk
their merchant vessels when they
knew that Port Arthur must fall.
More than thirty ships were destoyed
in that way; some thousand stone
blocks being used for the purpose.
The Japanese are sending these
blocks home for their public schools.
One will be erected as a in
each play ground, to keep alive the
memory of the heroes of Port Arthur.
"Will your people contiue to hold
Manchuria and Korea? ' l asked this
question Of a high Japanese officer.
Yes, was the emphatic reply.
eve shall hold on to Korea as long
is there is a one left in a soldiers leg
to stand upon the soil. We are in
Manchuria to stay, n we will die
before we will allow either the Chinese
or Russians to drive US away"
Japan's Monument to Russian Dead.
At the same time, l find a kindly
feeling for the Russians among the
Japanese. They have erected a little
granite temple with a greek cross up
on it's top as a to the dead
among their enemies who fell at Port
Arthur. This is situated on a low
hill about two miles from the city and
surrounding It are the graves OF
thousands Of Russian soldiers. There
is a brick wall inclosing several acres
about the monument. In this space
space the officers are buried, the grave
of each being marked with a stone or
iron cross. Outside on the slopes OF
the hill stands a thicket of white
wooden crosses rising to the height Of
a mans shoulder, and marking the
graves Of the Drivates. The inscrip-
tons On the monument are in Japa-
nese and Russian, and they state that
the memorial was erected by the En-
peror of Japan in honor Of the BRAY
cry of his great enemy, the Russians.