The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-01


was lost to husband the knife was
in the vitals of the Port Arthur defence.
The japanese never fortified the hill
they pretended to. What they did was to
erect a signal tower on the higher peak.
from which it dir, ctcd the fire of the H.
inch navy guns at ia Metre Hill on the
Russian fleet in the hdrbor. sinking
them at their moorinps. The great forts
along the eastern front still remained.
but their doom was sealed; there were
other l1-inCh guns within range of
them.
Looking a. ound 1t was hard to con-
jure up the horrors and terrors Of those
| days of blood and fire. The green chad,
| smoothly rounded hills had no sign of
war about them; the shattered 6-inch
Russian gun on the northern end Of
the plateau served for a seat for our
party. Rank green weeds strove through
the broken rocks on the sacred ground.
Below the declining sun was gliding the
slopes of the cultivated valleys and the
aprons 81 the hills that ran eastward
| from Akasaka by Erlungshun. Bodai
and across to the North Fort of Tung-
| chi-kwan-san. 1t made the far waters
Of the western harbor giisten and
brought strongly out the white houses
| at the waters edge. Golden Hill, the
| high and naughty at the harbor mouth.
and Tigers Tail, nearer and lower, all
| stood out in the golden light. All was
bland and serene.
The next morning was warm and
misty. We visited Monument Hill and
the touching memorial battle shrine. as
I have told elsewhere. We drove down
to the Navy Club in the old town at the
| harhor's edge and We're met by natty
young officer In spotlcss white uniform
| who explained 10 us the fine model
showing the naval operations in ana
outside the harbor.
| Interest centred on the efforts to seal
the mouth Of the harbor, four attempts
| 10y the japanese and at least as many
| by the Russians themselves. the for
mcr To keep the Russians in; the latter
to keep the Japanese out. The first
Japanese attempt was made by Com
| mander HirOse when his sacrifice Si.p
J went on the rocks under Golden lIll.
| His second attempt was made with
many other heroic volunteers on four
ships. and In this he lost his life near
| Tigers Tail. At least thirty ships dot
ted the model to show where the small
ships sunk by the Russians lay as they
went down.
| Thus instructed the Lieutenant took
rs aboard smart little naval tender
ana We steercd out through the harbor
entrance. only 1000 feet across, with
Golden lin rising sheer in naked rock
On our left and the lower hut forbid
ding rocky shore of Tigers Tail ON our
right. With quiet precision the Lieu.
tenant pointed out the spots where the
| japanese vessels We're sunk, how so
many drifted away from their intended
| point of submergenCe and where the
crew OF one OF the doomed vessels that
| had been thrown against the rocks If
Golden Hin clambered up the projcc-
tions where they We're annhllated by
rifle fire from above.
Then as we pushed out into the open
sea he pointed out where the Russian
hattleship was sunk by floating mine
carrying with il all on board. including
Admiral Makaroff, the fleet commander
and Nerestchagin, the great Russian
painter. He showed us where the Jap.
ancse hattlcships lay ten miles of shore
under Admiral Togo's command. JUS
letting their funnel tops be seen from
shore.
Through the hcaving waters outward
for "a mile and then back 10 the whar
inside again. Fair behind the ccntr,
Of the harhor mouth with a stretch o.
silver water to the shore rose the sym
motrical bow shaped curve of Monu
ne mt Hill, the white uplfted finger q
the tower at its crest, an exclamation
point OF victory. 1t was n picture I,
treasure In the memory in day of pis
lures.
Ashore we visited the War Museum
near by, with great Russian guns o
, many fashions and dates. captured with
, the fortress lining the approach, som,
of them dented, smashed ur warped h,
, japanese shot and shell. over a bridg
with balustrade of gun carriage vince,
we passed and then on and through al
- array of shells of every shape and sza
like an asparagus bed of steel. En-
tangements of barbed and common wir
, strung upon painted posts, woodci
chevauX de frse for stopping cavalry
Z planks with outstanding nail points wer
' Observation-Disclosures of Russian invcntio,
or application from the works of tn
n lslege.
I within. the collection Of weapons an
@ other man-killing devices was very var
n I'd, as well 1t might be with che debri
Il II such a terrible battlefield to glea
:. rom. There were cases full of Russia
g informs, caps. boots, rifles bayoneti
= on every side, very dusty and very grin
The only romantic touch Of all was
:, pair - dainty white satin slippers foun
= in the wreckage of a deserted casema,
i OF the great North Fort after the flgl