THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY. MAY B. 1P04.
HEROES OF CHEMULPO II ARBOR
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Crews of Varig and Korists Giten Wtrm
Weloow at Bt PtUribrg.
HIGH HONORS SHOWERED ON OFFICERS
ftepaaosT i His Stan Dee rate, with
Medals ul mam aaa Men Re
saeaa.ere. wit Parses
ava. Fltfrrri.
John Calltn O LauKhltn, stail corre
spondent for Collier V eekljr al 8u
r'etersburs;, write a very fnlerestliif
ocoust of tha homKomltii of the crews
of the Varlair and Korleu and the iel
rotne they were given by Russians from
emjieror down to lowliest peant. The
Variag and Korteta were emia by the
Japanese In tha harbor of Chemuljxi.
Carea, on February , the art slgnaiis
ln the outbreak of htlllUea. The
ttusslaa crows went aboard a French
t earner and were later sent baca to
Kumla. The officers and men are con
sidered heroes, tor their ships ent
uun wiih coiu fi""a And did no tall
Into the hands of the Japanese.
Richard Uardlna; Dvla In. apparently
chafing; at the fate that keep him In
active at Toklo when there la bo much
fine fighting; rh m-aUnf the Yalu.
He telle of the entertainment afforded
the bottled-up doaa of war by the
mikado a government. ." These ' letters
from staff oorreepondenta to- Collier's
Vrekly aiw rrrrmtuoeil ermultarteously
with their iiebftoatirm In 'w York by
a . special " and ercluRlv -'arrariftment
with Collier's Weekly.
CCopyrlirht. 390. br Collier Weekly.)
BT. PETERSBURQ. April 10 (Staff Cor
respondence of Collier's Weekly Special to
The Bei) When - the -survivors of the
Varta and K.orlAs arrived In Russian ter
rltory. M. de Flebve, the minister of the
Interior, raised the prohibition against
patrlotlo demonstrations. The removal of
the lid permitted U eutbtrrst of feeling not
leas intense tha that I have seen in other
countries In time of war. The people be
came almost delirious with patriotic exul
tation and they were roused. It should be
noted, not by returning conquerors, but by
men who, however gallant their conduct,
had suffered oomplete defeat.
Thus the welcome given by Russia to her
first heroes of the war with Japan has
more than passing Interest. It is a sub
stantial indication of the depth of the feel
ing of the Russian people in connection
with the far eastern conflict, and It must
he regarded as an event of political Impor
tance which foreign nations cannot afford
to dtsregaxd. Publlo opinion has nowtfnflu
ence upon, the policy of the eaar, but the
emergencies of war demand a united peo
ple, . and the attitude of the hundreds of
thousands who took part In the ovations
to the Chemulpo fighters has shown the
government, according to Its declarations,
hat it need have no fear of internal strife
'while the war Is in progress.
Everything emanates from above In the
Land of the Bear. His majesty presses a
butfin, his ministers respond to the signal
and pass It to their subordinates; the latter
anA tKon the nennla move. Tha uir'l
"' """ -""View of the conduct of his sailors was
shown by their decoration with the coveted
Cross of St. George. Mews of the honor
done them was cabled to Captain Btepanoft
and bis subordinates when they reached
Suet. Upon the arrival at Constantinople
of the steamer Malaya, which was bring
ing them home, the unspeakable Turk,
with courteous disregard of the valor of
Its passengers, held It in quarantine for
tweaAy-four hours. Russia chafed at the
Mil delay.
Mesa Makes a Holiday.
J"or weeks Odessa, the Industrial center
Of the Black sea, and one of the most Im
posing dUes of the empire, prepared to
receive magniSoenUr Its war-stained coun
try men! and by Odessa I mean not only the
Christian, but the Jewish population as
Wall. It not Infrequently happens In Rus
ata that the police will send flags to a
resident with Instructions to decorate and
afterward submit the bill. No such noti
fication, wag necessary at the Black sea
Krt, Tb beautiful Nicolas boulevard,
ng above tha sea, was transformed Into
a Ram of honor. Venetian master stood
I frith, almost the regularity of telegraph
I pel eg oa both sides of the street. nasi
Buttered) from the windows of magnificent
palace, and leas striking buildings, and
"Sv " trl umphant arches bearing the inscription
TO Ul aoeroe. ox nemuipv imiuwu
xrosa tha tbOMJOghfare. IvUh as were
lite deconttaBft at the boulevard and other
lees prominent streets, they had little of
the character of those which mark national
festivities In the fnlted States. They bore
the imprint of powerful Russia and were
arranged with Crimean art.
The city was ready for the fete when a
salvo of great guns, fired by tne. Alexander
battery, announced that the Malaya had
appeared upon the horizon. A cheer from
the waiting people crowding the quay on
that brilliant April day testified their grat
ification at the approach of the men who
had fought for them and for the common
flag. A second salvo, end at the signal
fleet of steamers and yachts, loaded with
passengers, whose shouts almost drowned
the martial strains of the bands accom-
l panylng them, began the forward move
ment toward the Incoming ship. In trie
lead was the launch of the eommsndant
of the port, and by his side was a myste
rious parrel which he carried with him
wtai he boarded the Malaya. After ex
changing greeting!! with Captain Btepanoff
and his men, he opened the parcel and
took from It the crosses of St. George.
"My Instructions," said he, "are to de
liver theae decorations before you arrive
at the port."
Military aad Rellslowe reactionaries,
As soon as the Malaya tied Op to the
dock Captain Btepanoff passed " down the
gangway to receive the greeting of Gen
eral Baron Kaulbars, commandant of the
Odeesa military district, and other dis
tinguished military, civil and religious func
tionaries. The scent was brilliant and
picturesque. The man, so modestly dressed,
wae the recipient of honors offered by
those priests in robes msde of cloth of
gold sweeping to the grotmd. by the mili
tary and naval officer garbed In gor
geous full drees uniforms, and by etvia
officials lees showily ' but none the lees
strikingly clothed. Near by soldiers and
marines were drawn up, with arms at
present,- and behind them' was a cheering
mass of people 'bo looked at Btepanoff
and then past him to the deck of the
Malaya, where were standing the men who
had fought with him. After the official
words of welcome were exchanged Btep
anoff returned to the ship, and, giving the
order to his 268 followers, marched at
their head down the gangway. All wore
the uniform of the British navy, which
had been supplied by the English man-of-
war Talbot mediately after the battle. A
third salvo of great guns welcomed them
to shore, and the massed bands of 30.000
troops played together the national an
them, "Ood Save the Czar." To the granite
Stairway, which leads from the port of
Odessa to the city, the survivors marched
through two lines of saluting sailors and
soldiers. At the foot of the stairway the
military gave way to young students of
the universities, standing side by side and
forming two rows, which stretched past
the bronae statue of the Duo de Richelieu,
at the head of the' stairway, down the j
Nicolas boulevard. Before the Richelieu
statue were gathered representatives of the '
church, the municipality and the district
administration, who welcomed the surviv
ors to the city. Here the latter received a
blessing and reverently kissed the cross.
The procession then turned into the Nico
las boulevard, where 200.000 people Joined
in a roar of welcome. Not satisfied with
this demonstration, the people swept
through the lines of students and police
and seised the survivors, bearded men
pressing their lips upon bearded cheeks
with an enthusiasm that would have' been
the better understood by an American had
the objects of the caresses been fair young
girls. Some of the people's heroes were
holwteu upon brawny shoulders and carried
In this fashion, and crowds struggled and
shoved to get near enough to touch the
nanas or me men wnom they were war-'
sblplng. Somewhat rumpled, but thor
oughly pleased by the rough attentions
showered upon them, the sqrvfvora reached
the city ban, where k-pavUloa hBd been
erected and where they were received by
the city fathers. The latter offered bread
and salt to Captain Btepanoff upon a silver
platter Inscribed: "Welcome of Odessa to
the heroes of the'Varatg and Korteta.
whose deed 'ast ounded the world.
For twenty-four hours Odessa feasted
and gave free idn to her frantle wnthusl
asm for her guests. Then the latter. In the
auxiliary cruiser Nlcolai II proceeded to
the military port of Sebastopol-tbe sturdy
resistance of which In the Crimean war
will be duplicated. If necessary, Russians
say, at Port Arthur. A torpedo boat flying
the signal, "Welcome to the Brave," was
first sighted from the Malaya. Blowly
came into view the whole of the Black sea
fleet, from Its masts flying' the flags that
Russian men of war always hoist when go
ing into action. The thunderous roar of
cannon afloat and ashore Intermingled, and
tire faint echo of the cheers of the military,
the nobility and the people came across the
water. The survivors answered with a
loud hurrah, which was caught up by the
sailors of the fleet and thus carried to the
shore.
krydlow Gives tepaacrir His Medal.
8?bastopol's reception was more of a
military character than had been that of
Odessa. The temper of the people had been
shown at the latt-r port; the attitude of
those gathered at Bebastopol Indicated the
feelings of the military. The Russian
stronghold was not as gorgeously deco
rated as Odessa had been, but Its welcome
was not a whit lees hearty. Vice Admiral
Skrydloff, commanding the Black sea fleet,
who had comm'anded the Paciflo squadron.
warmly Embraced Btepanoff. "In the fight.
said the latter, "I did not forget your or
ders and instructions. We lost, but ws
fought as hard as we could, and we did
not give up our ships." That night at
banquet, Skrydloff took from his breast
the St. George's cross, gained In the Russo
Turkish war cf 1S7S, and pinned it upsa
Btepanoff. "I have worn that cross for
twenty-six yVare," he said, "and here in
Bebastopol, whose soil is rich with the
blood of Russian heroes, I give It to you.
another hero, and wish you happiness and
health."
But a portion of the crews of the Yarlag
and Koriets were brought to Russia by
the Malaya. The remainder came home
two weeks later via Marsefllea. When the
survivors were reunited they were ordered
to St. Petersburg. Immense crowds greeted
them along the route. At Moscow they
were given an ovation such as had not
been exceeded probably by any previous
demonstration In that old capital. St
Petersburg decorated in their honor, troops
gave them a military reception and the
people let loose the enthusiasm pent up by
long waiting. The welcome of the nation
was crowned by an audience granted by
the emperor to the officers and men of the
sunken ships.
Gifts of money, of Jewels, of clothing
were showered upon the survivors by the
emperor, the nobility and the peasantry.
The sailors and soldiers who are fighting
In the east, and those who remain at
home, were shown the depth of the nation's
gratitude and they may expect like treat
ment If they, too, dare bravely for the
honor of the flag.
JOHN CALI.AN O'LAUGHLJN.
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TOKIO, March (Staff Correspondence
of Collier's Weekly Special to The Bee.)
Each time the War office here announces
that the advance of the army has been
again postponed, those terrible dogs of war,
the war correspondents, cry "havoc," and
try to slip their chains. And the answer
of the Japanese officials to their demand
that they Instantly be shown "battle, mur
der and sudden death" Is to Invite them to
a garden party. This Is supposed to soothe
the correspondents and to satisfy the pro
prietors of their papers at home, who are
sending them rich drafts and singing sadly.
"It's AU Going Out, and There's Nothing
Coming In."
A few nights el nee the members of par
liament gave a dinner to the military at
taches and the war correspondents, at
which they asked us to do patient. As
a sop, diplomatically administered, and
Intended to reconcile us to being bottled
up )n Toklo, It did not altogether carry
Its purpose, but as an effort of hospitality,
as a dinner of ceremony and. In so far
as It illustrated the courtesy and thought:
foteess of the Japanese. It was a charming
success. It also la Interesting, when one
compares It as an entertainment with one
that would be given to strangers In Wash
ington by our own members of congress.
' We went to the dinner In Jlnrtklshaa,
each with an accordion-plaited paper lan
tern bobbing fantastically In the night like
a giant ' firefly, and stopped at a house
that glowed among the surrounding trees,
not from any windows, as It had no win
aows, but through, its walls. It glowed
most brilliantly through a square low door
way in which stood many little girls In
gray kimonos with glistening black hair,
worn a la pompadour, and who bowed
and rubbed their knees with their open
palms, continually shifting from one stock
inged foot to the other, and bowing and
bowing again. They took away our shoes
and gave us big woolen slippers, and then
led us down corridors and along outer
galleries Into a room which ran the length
of the tea house. It was covered with
mats. Not with, what we call mats, but
with what la more like a, mattresa with
piece of fine matting sewn on its ton.
These mattresses were sunk between broad
grooves of beautifully polished wood, and
with the wooden beams formed the floor
.a which we walked, the floor on which
w. sat, the floor from which we ate. When
strangers to Japan object to removing
their shoes, and walk with boots upon a
Japanese mattress, they shock their host
Just as thoroughly as It would shock an
American hostess to see her visitor stamp
wiu ma boots upon the Ud of her piano
or on ner damask tablecloth.
The room of the tea house was bar. f
all furniture, and even of ornaments, save
me decorated screens that formed tha
walls and the decorated beams that sup
ported ine aeoorated ceiling. The room was
Its own ornament. The panels on the
walls were of nstive woods of great beauty,
ana on some in has relief were carved
flowers, dragons and landscapes. It was
like feasting In an enlarged glove box.
From time to time one of the neaana, as
they call ths little girls who serve the din
ner, would push back a paper screen with
its squares of glistening black lacquer, and
we could see outside swinging from the bal
cony cherry-red lanterns, and beyond them
the chill spring moonlight and the black
pine, of Bhlba park. We sat on flat
cushions of crimson silk, each with his
back to the wall. In a long row that
stretched around ths room.
When we had last seen our hosts, when
the mikado addressed them In their House
of Parliament, they were In our evenin.
dress. Now, they wors their national cos
tume; the skirts of cloth, silk, or brocade
and. folded over the chest like an abbrevi
ated bathrobe, the kimono. There was no
brilliant color in any of the costumes.
They all were gray, brown, black. The
room was heated by braxters of brass set
In wooden boxes and filled with hot ashes,
over which the Japanese passed their hands
oontlnually, as though performing an in.
cantatlon. .
A Japanese dinner begins at the end with
the sweets, and then starts over again with
soup. A nessn placed In front of each
guest a box filled with cakes, candy and
sugared fruit. -The guest Is not supposed
to eat this, but to save it until ths din
ner is over, when he packs whatever parts
oc tna atnner ne baa not eaten in the box
and carries the box home. After the little
girt bad explained with much shaking of
ner bead that ws must not eat the sweets.
she brought us a tiny lacquer table that
stood about six Inches from the floor.
dius ana wmte Dorue niled , with
v nun. a umibb naa warm snerryj, a saucer
of salt and mustard, a saki cup. a bowl in
which to rinse the sakl cup before we offer
u to an yon witn Whom we wish to drink
a toast and a pair of chopsticks. Jfenp
followed In a lacquered bowl, then hot fish,
and. on a gridiron of glass rods, raw Ash.
i nmu were as
delicious! y cooked as at the oldest
was a novelty which even the bravest mili
tary attache and the politest correspond-
ent dared not attempt. After that the
dishes no longer came In courses, but were
placed at the same time in rich profusion
upon the tiny tables. Many with which
we were familiar were so served that we
failed to recognise them, and other dishes
we thought were those we knew st home
we ate In blisrful Ignorance that they were
not. Some kidneys I especially welcomed.
"Ah." exclaimed one of the polite hoets.
1 see you like very much our devil fish."
I had seen devil fish In the aquarium at
Naples, but I never before had hungered
for one. Of course, the chopsticks were
baffling, and of how many other breaches
of etiquette we were guilty one blushes to
gueas. The next night I dined after the
European fashion, and when I saw how
adroitly ths Japanese officers st the din
ner followed It I was amased at our
temerity of the night , previous. For the
first time I became conscious that the
customs of our table are full of pltfalla
As someone has seld, the Romans were
able to conquer the world because they
did not have to stay at home and learn
their own language.
But no one of the Japanese members of
Parliament made any sign that we were
not eating with perfect propriety, though
we must surely have shocked them. Many
of the Americans and English could not
understand that the little girls who knelt
in front of them were not to be admired
and complimented, but were there simply
as waitresses. And when the Japanese
heard their guests address them as "Mal
mle" and "Maude," they must in their art
less Japanese way have congratulated
themselves that when they determined to
copy us they knew where to stop. Of
course. It Is very hard for the visitor to
take the little nesans as seriously as they
take themselves. The whole situation Is
unfamiliar. We do not often sit cross-
legged, while quaintly dressed handmaidens
kneel and bow before us. To the gallant
American the occasion seems to demand
that the least he can do is treat the young
lady as one of the guests. As a matter of
fact, one is supposed to treat her with
every politeness, even if you speak Japa
nese, to discuss the food with her, and to
he, thA aolrt mm that aVia tn Flnb
with you, but It does not follow that you
need necessarily address her as "Good
morning, Carrie."
Our hosts probably knew we did not of
fend with knowledge, and the little girls
themselves accepted invitations to drink.
and did drink, after a most polite cere
monial, and, when our chopsticks refused
to work, and wa spilled our food, shivered
and giggled with delight, and covered their
eyes with their kanda
After the dinner and the speeches, they
gathered up the sweets and wrapped the
boxes we were to carry home in napkins.
And then tKey cleared the floor for the
geisha girls.
The geisha is but, no, Jn this peace-rid
den city, so far removed from "wars and
the rumors of wars." where thaycomlng of
the cherry blossoms Is the one event of
vital Interest, the geisha becomes a sub
ject of to. serious moment to be wasted la
paragraph. It must be saved for an
other steamer day.
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