The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, September 21, 1905, Image 3
TREATY SIGNED.
Church Bells Peal Forth the Joyful
News of Peace.
THEY SHAKE HANDS,
As the Treaty is Sijjned Russia's Envoys
Extend the Hand of Friendship
Which is Grasped by the
Japan's Representative.
A Secret Conference.
A dispatch from Portsmouth, N. II.,
says the treaty of Portsmouth was
sillied bliortly before 4 o'cltck Tuesday
afternoon in the conference room
of the navy general store at the navy
yard. The tiring of a national salute
of 19 guns \vas the signal which told
people of Portsmouth, Kittcry aud
Newcastle that the peace of Ports
mouth was an accomplished fact and
the church bells in the three towns
were soon pealing forth a joyful re
fraln.
For 47 minutes those outside the
conference room anxic usly awaited the
signal. Suddenly an orderly dashed to
the entrance of the peace building and
waived his hand to the gunner a few
feet away aud the opening shot of the
salute rang out on the clear air of the
soft September afternoon proclaiming
peace between Russia and Japan.
Up to the moment of signing the
treaty, no word had broken the silence
of the conference room. Throwing his
pen aside, Mr. Witte without a word
reached acfoss the table and grasped
11 iron Komu fra's band. His confreres
followed and the Russian and Japanese
delegates remained for a moment
in silence, their right hands tightly
clasped across the conference table.
The war was over?Russia and Japan j
were once more friends.
This simple ceremony rang true and
deeply impressed the attaches and secretaries
of the two missions, who,
with the invited witnesses, had form
ed a iarge circle around the delegates
' sitting at the table.
Llarou de Rosen was the lirst to
break the silence. Rising from his
seat the ambassador, looking llarou
Komura and Mr. Takahira straight in
the eye, said a few words which one
had only to hear to know that thev
came from his heart. He began by
saying that he wished on behalf of
Mr. Witte, Russia's first plenipotentiary,
and In his own name to say a
few words.
'We have signed," continued the
ambassador, "an act which will have
forever a place in the annals of his
tory. As negotiators on behal fof the
empire of Russia, as well as the em
pire of Japan, we may with tranquil
conscience say that we have done all
that was in our power in order to
bring about the peace for which the
whole civilized world was longing. We
earnestly hope that friendly relations
between the two empires will henceforth
be tirmly established and we
trust that his excellency, Baron Komura,
as minister of foreign affairs
and one of the leading statesmen of
his country, will apply to the strengthening
of these relations the wide experience
and wise statesmanship he
so conspicuously displayed during these
negotiations which have now been so
auspiciously coucluded."
Baron Kumura replied that he shared
entirely the views of Baron do
Rosen. The treaty of Portsmouth
which they had just signed, he said,
was in the Interest of humanity and
civilization and he was happy to believe
that it would bring about a
firm, lasting peace between the two
neighboring empires. He begged to
assure the Russian plenipotentiaries
that it would be his duty as well as
his pleasure to do everything in his
power to ncake the treaty in 'act what
it professes to he in words?a treaty
of peace and amity.
At the cjnclu-?ion of Baron Komura's
remarks Mr. Witte arose and
said he desired to see Baron de Rosen
and the Japanese pienipotentaries
alone for <i*few minutes. Tne four retired
to the Russian oilice and were
closeted for ten minutes. What transpired
in that dnal conference of the
peacemakers, the world may never
know. The plenipotentiaries have refused
to discuss it even to their secretaries.
The entire Russian mission, headed
by Mr. Witte, attended a thanksglv1.
1 1_ nu.1,,4 T/^ln
nig surviue ucitiuittbcu iu mm int my mcopal
church both by American and
Russian clergymen. Reentering the
hotel, one of the chief members of
the Japanese mission said: "The treaty
signed Tuesday may be tho most important
historical feature of the
twentieth century."
What the Treaty Stipulates.
The following Is the treaty as finally
agreed upon:
Article 1 stipulates for the re-estab(
llshment of4 peace and friendship be*
f' ween the ^sovereigns of the two emIres,
and between the subjects of Rusla
and Japan, respectively.
Article 2. The Emperor of Russia
ecognlzes the preponderent Interest
rrom political, military and economical
points of view of Japan In Korea
and stipulates that Russia will not oppose
any measures for its government,
protection or oontrol that Japan will
deem necessary to take in Korea in
oodjunction with the Lorean govern
ment, but Russian subjects and Russian
enterprises are to eDjoy the same
status as subjects and enterprises ot
other countries.
Article 3. It Is mutually agreed
that the territory of Manchuria be
simultaneously evacuated by both the
Russian and Japanese troops. Both
countries are cotcrned in this evacuation,
their situations being absolutely
Identical. All rights acquired by private
persons and companies shall remain
intact.
Article 4. Rights possessed by Russia
in conformity with the lease by
Russia of Port Arthur and Dalny together
with the lands and waters adjacent
shall pass over in their entirety
to Japan, but the properties and
rights of Russian sul-jscts are to be
safeguarded and respected.
Articlo 5. The governments of
Russia and Japan engage themselves
reciprocally not to put any obstacles
to the general measures (which shall
be alike for all nations,) that China
may tak3 for the development of the
commerce and industry of Manchuria.
Article 0. The Manohurian railway
shall be operated jjintly between
Russia and Japan. Tne branch lines
shall be employed only for commercial
and Industrial purposes. In view of
Russia keeping her branch line with
I all rights acquired by her convention
with Uhlna fur tlie cunstructiou of
that railway. Japan acquires the
mines in connection with such branch
line which falls to her; however, the
rights of private parties or private enterprises
are to be respected. Roth
parties to this treaty remain absolutely
free to undertake what they deem
lit on expropria'ed ground.
Article 7. Russia and Japan engage
themselves to make a gjiiJune
tlon of the two branch lines which
they own st Kouang Tcheng.
Article 8. It is agreed-that the
branch lines of the Manohurian railway
shall be worked with a view to
assure commercial tratlic between
them without obstruction.
Article 9. Russia cedes to Japan
the southern part of Sakhalin Inland
as far north as the fiftieth degree of
north latitude, together with the islands
depending thereon. The right
of free navigation is assured in the
Rays of La Re rouse and Tar tare.
Article 10. This article recites the
situation of Russian subjects of the
southern part of Sakhalin Island and
stipulates that the Russian colonists
there shall ba free and shall have the
right to remain without changing
their nationality. Pereontra, the
Japanese government shall have the
right to force Russian convicts to
leave the territory which Is oeded to
her.
Article 11. Russia engages herself
to Japanese subjects the right to
fish In the Russian territorial waters
of the sea of Japan, sea of Okhotsk
and Behrlng sea.
Article 12. The two high contracting
parties engage themselves to renew
the commercial treaty existing
between the two governments prior to
the war In all Its vigor with sliurht
modifications in details and with a
most favored nation clause.
Article 13. Russia and Japan reciprocally
engage to restitute their
prisoners of war on paying the real
cost of keeping the same, such claim
for cost to be supported by documents.
Article 14. This peace treaty shall
be drawn up In two languages, French
and English, the French text being
evidence for the Russians and the
English text for the Japanese. In
case of a difficulty of interpretation
the French dcchment is to be the
final evidence.
Article 15. Ratification of this
treaty shall be countersigned by the
soveroitrns of the two States within
fifty day# after its signature. The
French and American embassies shall
be intermediaries between the Japanese
and liu.xslan governments to announce
by telegraph the the ratification
of the treaty.
Two additional articles are agreed
to as follows:
Article 1. The evacution of Manchuria
by both armies shall be complete
within eighteen months from
the signing of the treaty, beginning
with the retirement of the troops of
the first line. At the expiration of
eighteen months the two parties will
only bo able to leave as guards for the
railway fifteen soldiers per Kilometer.
Article 2. The boundary which
limits the parts owned respectively by
Russia and Japan in Sakhalin Island
shall be definitely marked off on the
spot by a special llmitographlc commission.
Fired at Crowd.
Enraged becffusa none of the young
women In a dancing pavilion at South
Bech, St&ten Island, would dance
with him, but preferred the soldiers
from Fort Wad ?worth, an unknown
I Tf.lU.. ? .. _ 11 1 ?IJi
iuaiiAn uuuay unaiiouKeu any nuiuier
in the pavilion to tight. One of the
soldiers promptly accepted the challenge,
and with the Italian, started
to leave the hall, when the latter
opened fire into the crowd of dancers.
One bullet struck Edward Carson, of
Staten Island, In the forehead, inflicting
a wound whloh will cause
death. Another man, was wounded in
the thigh. The Italian escaped.
Vessels Ashore.
The steamship Aragon and the
barge Saxon, being towed by the
Aragon, both lumber laden, from
Georgetown to New York, were
caught in a severe storm Sunday night
and the hawser became entangled in
the steamer's propeller. This left the
Aragon and thf Saxon helpless and
both vessels were driven hard ashore
Wednesday night on the Virginia
coast, two miles south of False Cape.
It Is reported that the barge Saxon
was floating, but the steamer Aragon
is still hard aboard the Aragon.
JAPS ARK MAD.
They do not Like the Terms of the
Peace Treaty.
ItceolutiooH Adopted at Largo Mash
Meeting Demanding tlie Got*
erniuoni's ltcaignatlnn.
A dispatch from Tokio, Japan says
rioting broke out here Tuesday night
in connection with the di^satisfaction
over the results of the peace settlement.
There were several clashes
with the police and it is estimated
that two were killed and 500 wound
el. Tae rioting ceased at midnight.
Police stations were the only property
destroyed.
The tirst turbulence attendant on
the popu ar ar gcr over the terms of
peace arrai god with Itusvi i to; k place
Sept. 6 A mass meeting to protest
against the > ction of the govern rent
was called to take place at ll'biya
park, but the metropolitan police
ciosea uie gates ai;(l atiempun to ;
prevent the assemblage or the peop'e. ;
Tne municipality protested a^aintt
the action of the police ana finally (
the K^tes were thrown open and a ]
large crowd gathered and voted in |
favor of resolutions declaring the nation
humiliated, and denouncing the
terms upon which the treaty of peace
was arranged The crowd was serious
in its condic?, rather than angry, and
the police handled it discreetly.
The KatherhiK eventually dispersed
in an orderly manner.
Later on, however, a crowd attempted
to hold a meeting in the Shlntouii
theatre and the police dispersed it. A '
portion of the crowd then proceeded
to the oillce of The Kokumin Shinbun,
the government organ, and beKan
ho )ting. Taree employes of the paper
armed with swords appeared at the 1
door of the building and checke:! the.
attack and the police again dispersed
the crowd.
It was thought that the trouble
had passed when suddenly a portion
of the crowd made a rush at the
building hurled stones and damaKed
some of the machinery.
Several persons wore injured during
the attack, but the police eventually
cleared the streets of the crowd and 1
arrested a number of the rioters. The
riianrMar Ik nr?t. i/onprnl and hh? Rlt.ua.
Lion is not serious. Similar meetings
have been held at Osaka and Nagoya,
which in round terms denounced
the government and asked them
to resign.
Under a vigorous defense by the
conservative journals supporting the :
government and a fuller and better
appreciation of the situation con- 1
fronting the country, public sentiment
is showing some evidence of re- 1
action. The argument that it is impossible
for Japan to continue the 1
bloody war merely for the purpose of
securing indemnity is proviug eiTeo- 1
tive in allaying dissatisfaction. It is 1
believed that when the government is
free to explain fully the conditions of
the settlement and the logic apper- 1
taining to them, the reaction of sentiment
will largely increase.
The entire nation is keenly disap
pointed at the outcome. Nowhere
throughout the empire has there been
a step taken toward the celebration !
of the conclusion of peace. The radl- 1
cals continue their campaign against
the government, doraaniing the punishment
of those responsible for the
compromise. The forthcoming diet
is certain to be turbulent and it is 1
predicted that the ICatsura govern- 1
moot will be forced from office. The
declines in the market and the unsatisfactory
crop conditions, coupled
naturally with the heavy obligations 1
of the government, have created a
fear In son.e quarters that a financial
depression and unsatisfactory
business conditions are impending
A promlnet banker said to the As- 1
sedated Press correspondent that the '
Tokyo exchange was an inaccurate
barometer of real conditions, as lately 1
the exchange transactions have been
largely speculative. The August settlement
was the largest in the history
of the exchange. Tne recent decline
he said, was the result of conditions
within the exchange, and not correct ,
reflection of general conditions.
A dispatch from T -kio says serious
rioting followed an attack on the office
of The Kokumln Shimbun, a government
organ. The mob attaoked and
burned the official residence of the
minister of home affairs.
Threatening demonstrations occurred
In the neighborhood of the official
homes of Premier Katsura and Baron
Komura, the foreign minister, who is
now in the United States, but the po- j
lice succeeded in preventing injury to
the occupants or damage to the houses.
The situation is threatening.
During the rioting on Tuesday night
fifteen small doHo.p. station*! and two
large ones were destroyed. After midnight
another attempt was made
against The Kokumln Shimbun c flic-is,
but the police dispersed the attacks,
killing one of the assailants.
It is olaimed that the turbulence
resulted from the indiscreet closing of
Hlbya park, and the denial of the (
right to publloly meet. It is estimated
that two are dead and 500 wounded,
among whom are 200 polloemen.
E. H. Barrlman, president of the
Southern Pacific railroad, has been
threatened and Marquis Ito, president
of the privy council, has been stoned
by mobs. Neither was Injured.
The Harrlman party had an exciting
experience Wednesday night while
attending and returning from a dinner
given by Baron Sone, minister of
finance. Dr. Lyleand J. C. McKulght
were caught In a crowd on the way to
the dinner and were stoned, Dr. Lyle
being struck by a missile and slightly
hurt. After the dinner was over a
detachmeut of soldiers escorted the
party to the legation.
Crowds menacing the neighboring
police kiosk tilled the space tu front
of the American legation aud hooted
and jeered the soldiers escorting the
Harriman party, who with tixed bayonets,
charged the crowd, cleared the
street and guarded the legation
throughout the night. The dinner
planned for Wednesday night iu honor
of the Harriman party will not take
place owing to the disturbed conditions.
A member of the mob which burned
the home minister's residence said to
the Associated Press: "We burned
the boose for the purpose of attract
Ing the attention of the Emperor.
We. want him to refuse to ratify the
treaty. We believe those surrounding
him prevent him from correctly
jnderstanilug the popular attitude
toward the disgraceful, humiliating
peace."
Soldiers are guarding the foreign
egatlons. Apparently the outbreak
s not. doe to anti-foreign sentiment,
rut the government is anxious to pre
rent li.ju y to any of the legations or
neml ers of the legations, foreigners,
however, who*are caught by mob *
ire ri uglily used.
A mob burned and destroyed ten
Christian churches and one mission
rouse schoo' Wednesday night. The
people were not Injured.
A ROUGH VOYAGE
rtio llrltlnh Steamer Tropic 1'utH Into
Charleston Harbor.
A dispatch from Charleston to The
State says tiro British steamship
Tropic, 2,340 tons, Capt. Barber, arrived
in that port Wednesday alter a
voyage that had lasted nearly three
months and which was tl led with ex
cltement. The second mate, purser
ami 1 5 seamen arc missing* Sailing
from Valparaiso, Chile, .Iunc 21, the
Tropic met with lad weather at once
and on June 28, while off l'atu and
about 16 miles from C mstitucion the
lookout reported "breakers ahead"
and before the ship c< uld be got abeut
she had gone hard Rgrmnd not over
200 yards from the beach. High seas
were running and It was realiz;d that
something must be done.
The Recond mate, purser and 15 seamen
put out in the ilrst life boat for
Constitution but never returned. All
night the seas dashed over the Tropic
and the 20 men on board huddled in
the cabins and momentarily expected
the end. Morning brought hope in the
sight of men on shore?but there
seemed no way to got to the ship. No
boat could live in the breakers and no
swimmer could make the shore. A
happy thought came to tiie captain
and with a quickly made kite a cord
was carried by the wind to shore, and
next a line and then a hawser reached
the land. Over this the mm went
ashore. Still hoping that tugs or vessels
might come from Constituclon
the waited.
When no help came and the storm
abated somewhat, the vessel remain
Ing in apparently unadamaged condition
the crew retuened in hall boats
and jettisoned about 200 tons of cargo,
this no lighting her that she 11 ?ated at
high tide and the iires being started,
sailed for Talcahuano, where a naval
court of Inquiry was held and captain
and crew exonerated. Toe report of
the court was signed by the British
consul at Talcahuano and others and
was ample In praises of the pluck and
energy of the master and crew, while
expressing regret at the loss of the 17
men. The grounding is accredited to
a deviation of the ship's compasses
and the pre\alence of a strong Jme^
current oiT Putu. in latitude 35.00
south and longitude 72 20 west.
Too Tropic was 28 days overdue and
a cable from Valparaiso to the m ari
time register, dated June 29, said that
9he would he a total wreck; a later
cable from London told that she wa.i
II >ated. Captain and crew show evidences
of the train and were glad to
reach port for fresh food and rest.
Crunlied by a Car.
In New York in attempting to indict
punishment on a raotorman Tuesday
night an angry crowd in Clinton
street caused the death of a little
girl, who otherwise would have esoap
ed with few slight bruises. In the
ribs that followed several persons were
badly hurt and police reserves had a
hard fight to disperse the mob. The
victim of the accident was Anna
Schrinshock, two years old. With
her father and another man, she was
being led across the street when a
crowded northbound oar rolled the
girl under the feDdor, where she lay
crying, but apparently uninjured, he
fore the motorman could step from
the platform and lift the fender, the
crowd made a rush for him and In
the scramble he was forced against
the controller, turning It around and
putting a full current on. Instantly
the oar shot forward a distance of
two hundred feet and the child's body
was ground to pieces. The sight of
the mangled boly added fury to the
mob. and the motorman wan drat/i/Art
from the car and nearly beaten to
death.
Typhoid Kpldemlc.
Nantilake, a suburb of Wilkesbarre,
Pa., 1b in the throes of a typhoid fever
epidemic. It is olalmert there are
now over a hundred cases. At a
meeting of the school board Tuesday
it was decided to close the schools In
definitely. Dr. Dodson, county coroner,
said he feared the school houses
will have to be used as hospitals.
Three deaths have been reported today.
riandbills have been posted advising
citizens as to sanitary precautions
and to boil water for drinking
purposes.
'will war again.
Dr. Seaman Thinks the Peace
Treaty is Put a Truce.
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CHINA. TO TAKE PART
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The Wonderful Awakening of the Ancient
Empire, (ireat Armies Being Raised 1
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and Drilled by European In- I
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structors. Power of the <
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Japanese Surgeon.
There has been added to Mark
Twain's another dlaordant note In the
chorus of praise of the peace of Portsmouth,
says The New York Sun. It
has been sounded by l)r. Louis L
Seaman, who has Just got homo from
a visit to Manchuria, where he saw (
both the Japanese a? d Russian armies (
at the front. He had something to
say Wednesday at his home, Twenty- (
eighth street and Fifth avenue, not
only a out peace, hut of the awaken
ing and modernizing of the Chiuese
empire.
" The so called peace of Ports
mcir.n," said i)r. Seaman, "will, In
my opinion, ccnn to be regarded as
one of the great mistakes of the century.
That which is called peace will
be, In my opioiori, only a prolonged
armistice. I have been fairly neir
the tiring line of both the Japanese
and Russian armies and 1 believe 1 (
know something of the temper of the
men who have fought this war. 1
know something of the spirit of the
house of Romanoff, of ItH nobles and
the Russian people. I have a more ,
intimate acquaintance with the temper
of tiie people of Japan, and I tell
you that tl e so called peace of Portsmouth
is welcomed neither lu St.
Petersburg nor Toklo.
"There are several good reasons
why the peace treaty which Is now being
written can only be a prolonged
armistice. In the iirst place, Russia
?sue is stlil one of bho great nations
of the earth?will never consent to be
bottled up and will never be satisiied
until she has regained the piostigo
and the territory which she has lost
in this war.
"Furthermore, and I fear it is not
generally known to my countrymen,
R issia Is a most fertile territory.
Acre on acre and mile on mile of the
soli of the empire needs only to 1)3
tickled iu order to bring forth rion
harvests. With the lilack sea oios- d
and an uncertain way through the
Dardanelles to the sea and with only
a poor water way to the Raitic, Russia
must have an outlot for her commerce
of tire future. She will go where she
cau or where she may. She will tiud
her way to the Persian gulf and if
necessary, through China and over the
battlefields which she has so recently
lost and upon whioh she has left her
dead. The great empire by the frozen
sea will not stand still.
"And while the Russians are get^
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imjtf lonuy tuu Japanese win grow (
more end more restive. Do you sup
pose Neil's veterans, the men who ,
followed wlierever ()^u led or the soldiers
of the splendid army of the masterful
Kurokl can forget, for Instance, ,
that they won by their valor ail of j
Sakhalin Island only to have their <
Emperor, the elder statesmen and the ,
plenipotentiaries of p ace give half of ,
it back to the Russians whom they
thrashed? I) > you suppose that the
men who fought with Togo will forget
that the battleships which only
escaped the merciless lire of their
guns in a fog and found shelter in the
harbor of Manila have been giv?-n back
under the terms of peace to the Russians?
The big white soldiers of R is- {
sla and the little brown men of Japan
will come together again and the roll
of the war drums will be heard in the
Eist. Then will be fought to a finish
that last iinal battle for supremacy , ,
which, for the good of mankind an
the welfare of Russia and Japan,
should have been fought now by the
armies of Oyama and Llnevitch in
Northern Manchuria.
"Rut however that may be, both
the belligerents and the world in gpner&l
are reckoning today in the East
without China. Some day, and it is
not far distant, China, with its militant
millions, will be the power in the ;
Orient. Wo can no longer speak of |
t.iiA vniiainr? f pa*y\ q1aa?n /- # * '
vnv m.vjudiuk uvui uuc oiccp hi ui
China. She has already awakened,
and yet the world knows little of It.
On my trip home I met I)r. Ton#,
who has been sent by the Chinese
government to negotiate a new treaty
with the United States. 1 talked to
him of his country ai d his people, and
even I, who know something ui China
(I have been there nine tunes) was
amazed at the story he told. So
p.raazed, in fact, was I a ked him to
reduce to writing and in the form of a
letter to me the huostanoa of what he
tad said.
"Here Is the letter. laithespa&ks
of the co*'1 .1 relations that have al
ways exit ted t)?tweon China and the
Unit-d hwatos, and reminds me that
the Chinese pcop'o, from the days of
Confucius, have been a people of peace,
who have been taugnb, moie ohau
anything else, to revere the works
and the spirits of their ancestors. A
Chinaman who dies leaving no son is
regarded as a l ist soul, because he
leaves behind him no one to veuerate
him. Yet there Is an old Chinese
ada#e that It Is better for a man to
leave no son than to leave a son who
beoomes a soldier.
| "In spite of this and in s^ite of the
I thousands of years of tradition and
the wall behind which they have lived
Dr. Took writes to me that the diet
has krone forth that a school for modern
and Western education shall be
established In every district in China;
that there shall be a high school In
every prefecture, and that there shall
be a college or university In every
province. The teachers in these Institutions
shall be either Chinamen
taught abroad or Americans or
Europeans.
"Hut that Is not all. From what
Dr. Tong told me It looks very much
as if China herself were preparing to
take her part In the war* of the future.
An army of 10,000 men Is to
be raised by order of the Express in
uach of the twenty-three provinces of
the empire, and ihes? armies, also by
imperial edict, are to bo officered and
1 rilled by Americans or Europeans,
or by Obinam:-n. who have learned
thoroughly as the .1 ipinrse have
learned, the best methods of the armies
of the Western world.
"These things Dr. T r\g told me,
but It was not all, and in my opinion
not the most interesting. of all that
he said. You remember that following
the Boxer rebellion in China the
United States ? xiotid from the Chin8:>e
government an Indemnity of $0,000,000.
It has been proposed that
we should return this Indemnity to
China. Dr. Tcmg spoke of this proposition
and amazsd me by saying
that China would appreciate it if the
ITlt'inrl S t n t nd rll.l unnh .? ^ >"
V VVV4 kiUI u\ CI \ I I * I C1UUI 1 (V 11 I 1 II V JU
the contrary, he said, the thing
which China would llko best would
be for the United Slates to Invest
that twenty ml'll< 11 of dollars In Its
own government bonds and with the
locomo provide scholarships at various
t\ trie Iran colleges rtr*d universities
for the free education of Chinese
students who in the years that are to
c >me shall be the scl Hers and statesmen
and trad smcnof China.
"If th? Kl iwery Kiogd tm Isn't already
sitting up and taking notice,
then I don't know what a real wide
awake one is."
Dr. Stamen wns asked about the
methods of the medical corps of the
creates: and host of any army In the
world- Toe history of the world's
wars show* that practically live soldiers
have dltd of preventable disease
whore one has died from bullets. In
the war of the rebellion about b02,000
lives were lost, and of this number
102 000 were killed on the tiring line
or died from the results of wounds,
balance died from disease, most cases
of which could have been prevented
with proper care.
"The surgeons of the Jaginese
army received somethlr g more than a
half million well men. The medical
men directed their entire attention
lifter the war began to keeping that
army well. To accomplish tills the
army surgeons did that which had
never before been heard of In any war
:>f the world. They went forward
with the first screen of scou&s thrown
>ut. Tney were away In advance of
the main army. With lightning-like
rapidity they examined every well and
jvery stream of water over which the
army would travel. Over one well
oney would place a placard with this
legend: "Tills water must not b?
irunk except after boiling." Over
mother well they would place anoth3r
placard which read: ''This water
must not be used for any purpose except
for bathing."
"Except in battle the surgeon in
the Jspanese ariuy Is the great mogul.
Ills orders are ooeyed implicitly, and
when a Japanese soldier is warned
not to drink this or not to drink that
lie would no more think of disregarding
the mandate of the army surgeon
than he would think of disregarding
the command of his general-ln-cliief.
"The result was that the men who
won the v emeries for Japan were as
well nigh physically perfect as it was
possible for men to be. It had to bo
*0. llad iho death rates in other
wars prevailed iu lids one the Japanese
army would have been wiped out.
Therefore in tiie main, preventable
disease was prevented, and the soldiers
of Japan were not murdered in
the cause of war."
i>lUHt Not KIhh.
A Dmver dispatch to the Wasting
P?st says: Private J. F. Merrltt,
Company F, Second Infantry, Is
spending thirty days in the guard
house for kissing his sweetheart on
the military reservation at Fort Logan.
Miss Daisy Hilton is the klssee.
The two were standing on the lawn
near tho otlicial quarters, when Lieut.
Samuel Ucrron, otlicerof the dav. saw
them kiss.
"If you do that again I'll have you
court martlaled," lie declared.
"I'll go you," retorted the private,
at the aame time panting another
kits on Misa Hilton's lips.
Lieut. Ilerron not only arrested
him, but preferred oharges, and at a
summary Ocurt martial Marrltt pleaded
guilty.
"Have you any thing to say?" asked
the court.
"Only that," replied Merritt, "I
think Lieut. Iltrron was kind of
sweet on the girl himself and he wants
me out of the way."
An Awfat Kn(l.
Kathcrlno Sullivan, daughter of
wealthy parents residents of Tol6do,
O , was found burned to death early
Wednesday morning. From the condition
of the rcom it is supposed mat
oil was thrown upon her while she
slept, and that the fiend who had caused
to get her out of his way, set fire
to the bed clothes and il jd. The girl
was at one time a society belle. She
took up a life that caused her family
to cast her off. The man supposed to
have been the oause of her downfall,
and, also, of setting fire to her bed
clothes, has been arrested and held to
await the aotlon of the ooroner's jury.