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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 27, 1904)
Naval Fight I V:- --. - 1 .-..IT"' A STRINC, OK PONTOONS IN TOW ()!' A STKAM I A I 'NCI I A PI'ROACI 1 1 NO LANDING STACtK AT CH KM CI .P . Copyright, IftM, by Collin's Weekly. III.? 1.!.'?.? i f.irlo.vilo In t.eini? ' B I enabled to print today rcproduc A I florid of iitiotnirranhs liikpn hv the only war photographer who) witness.. J the dct rucl !' a of thj Russian warships Variag si ml KorMs la the harbor of Chemulpo-the first battle of tho war, und the firs-1 naval t"Rh I of th twentieth century. Thin photographer v:i:i Mr. R. D. Dunn, one of the twelve rpcial war c one;-purulent who wore sent to the fur east ly Collier's Weekly. lly special arrangement with Collier's Weekly, Tho Itee reproduces today photographs of the burning of the Russian cruiser Variag anil the. landing of tho Japanese troops froai the transports at Chemulpo. Mr. Dunn was sent to Chemulpo late In January by Collier's Weekly in :ler that If hy any chance hostilities should occur there a retresoiitatlve of Collier's would he on the spot. While (he other correspon dents and photographers were held fast In Toklo, It was Dunn's remarkable good fortune to witness tho entire engagemt lit Praises for t'ke Girl Who ll.l. Japan is riiiKintf with th? daiirij; exj l lit of Miss Amio Ycshl, which the authonii.'s have Just. permltteJ to be known. Her name Is on everybody's lips. She Is beins cheered by the students and mer chants In torchlight processions and by the boys waging- the war game in tho temple grounds almost as much us Admirals Togo and Urlu. Moreover, she has been highly commended by the mikado, and In all prob ability will receive a decoration from him. Misa Ando Yoshl deserves her country men's praise. At great risk she stole Im portant wnr maps and papers from tho Russia n.i nt Port Arthur, and in disguise carried them through the Russian lines to Peking, where she delivered them to tho Japanese minister. These maps. It is understood here, havo Influenced the Japanese general staff to a considerable extent in its plan of war. Mince they give detailed information concerning tho measures taken to protect Port Arthur and IXilny harbor defences, strength of the garrisons, dimensions of the foi tilica tions, etc. They also show the location of forts throughout Manchuria and the dis position of the Russian forced up tu the day the innps were stolen. Then there are full details of defences to be erected in caiHt of a Japuncse inva sion, and instructions concerning the mobi lising of the troops In such un event. Means of transportation and the possibility of laying railroads for the purpose are mi nutely outlined, and the names of the regi ments to be sent to the front ut once and their destinations are given. Miss Ando primarily owes her fame to the circumstance that her family was too poor to support bet. She objected to be coming a geisha girl, and hearing that many of tier coniputriotK were making a good living In Manchuria, she decided to go ther. i She landed at Port Arthur about four years ago. There she began selling rle cakes for a living, first to the Japanese and the Chinese population, and later on to the Russians. Miss Ando, according to Japanese stand ards, is a prepossessing young woman, and It was not long before she attracted the attention of some of the Russian oflicora. According to a native account, "it was ber laoguel black hair and bright eyes" which worked havoc with the Russians. Whatever the cause. Miss Ando found favor In the eyes of the officers And was per Biitted to sell lice cakes Id the oltlcerg' ffiarvcr. in Chemulpo A t ;-.-..' , i'. - 1 v ' JT I- f - 1 I V-'1 : in SS I A N CRCISKK VAUIAt by Colli ON KiniO !(. Copy riKbt, 1!4, rs Weekly. When the n -ws reached the Japanese .it Port Arthur tl.a'. tin relations with Russia were straitud, Mis; Ando had lo ir? nj j.ved the frcidoi.i of barracks and ollii l i s' j : i r ters. Indi id, sae w a. not infrequently present at many of i he ntertaliiinen'.!! given by the ollli rrs. Miss Ando, upon lean. Ins of the impend ing war, di'lera ined to pat her privileges to some account for her covitry. So at the tirst siKh of troub'c sin did no! Il.'u from the city with 'he maj rily ;.f hi r country men. Instead, she ncj the cakes as before-, but she also kept l.er eyes open. Her chance came sonic- iu k before port Arthur was bomliarued. In i;oi.ig ab 'Jt tho quarters ut night she i.'iine 111.017 .1 group of officers engagrd In conference over :i Russia's Rough Riders j I scriptlon of the C .ss.u k' loa M tirrtn , : il ,1 1 li o.l IMi'fn i 1 in l'..t by Colonel de la P.inauze, wh : new retired from active r --, ;.flr-.' n lirH'.l.int rarx r as !"n :i ofTloer of cavalry and military attach- to 1'ieneh embassies In nime Kurnian niu.i ti.ts. lie suys, aa.ong other tilings: 'Or, the opening Of hostilities there would be at llrst a navnl phase. Then would conn the oi,-ratlons on Intnl. The Finall forces Of cavalry Which Japan would land WOhM be employed only for the strvl't? of out posts, and could not combat thi MupM lui' forces of Hussinn cavnlry pssemhlfrt In Manchurin. That cnvnlry, emposed of Cos -sacks, amounts to such n figure that th total of the Japanrso eav.ilry, were It pnF Mhlo to disembark It in Mntiehurl.l would be still out of proportion to the Coxrads cavnlry of Asia "In Europe the Cossacks operate fon Saintly with the ordinary cavalry, but til Asia they are the only mounted troops of ti e Muscovite empire. ... in txehariuo for a homestead ni.d other privileges the Cossacks are hound to military service, and to furnish their horses and eipilpnunt. uniforms, etc. There i.re, accirdir.fr to tho hfllelil staM-tlcs published In 1'mi by tho Inip'iial commission, l.V) regiments ef mounted Cop-a'-ks, thi'ff divisions, fifty, three sot etas r.r si.ridronf, rlgl.tren bit-t.-.ilons of Infantry find forty-four batteric of light artil'ery; In all. V.X,,m soldiers nip lionrnmmlssioned r.fflceis. The mobllla tion of the Coynck forces Is rapidly marie. Without tieit c..n.rfc of Ink snd phfer. Harbor : - ... , t;M t I r - r..-) v ' IN CHKMl ' TO IIAUHOU, KKI'.Ill'AUY Stoic the Kussian Maps lot of maps end parirs. Although she c-iuld not understand tho Russian language weli enough to ascertain what tlie' oilli 1 is v. ere talking about, she intuitively nall.vd the ini ortani c of the pap. r- . .iii.l d' (. ri'uueil to secure. Ihcm at all !.a;:;.;i.- end lake them to Japan. Si o no; it rcl ttiat the cfllce 11 were drinlt iiif; lieai,v, 111 d. to eiiccur;.ge tl.ein in tin ir i:ps, as Mior, rs the supply c f vodka g ive out : he . j'ici.is'.t u it. as bad been her cm torn . n v J rio us occasions. T!r Russians ucenriiirc to Miss Ando, did not object to her p esencc poFsibly because she wa In the habit of dropping it: In, i n:: her wares at all times. At any rate, cho wus allowed t". remain through the mi f.-rciicp. Win 11 it broke tip The military pests In the immense steppe, not being connec ted by telegraph lines, are served by "goriyy," or couii'-rs, having tho best of horses, and who stay permanently lic::r the province governors in inlT to carry their orders to the leg dwellers of th? CoBsat ks. When the mobilization order reaches the cctral military ad'nlnlstratbin f.f the provliii.s each goneis starts, carry ing In his right h..nd a sna'l red flag In daytime and a r d laciti rn at night, crying, "The czar calls you! Mobilization!' In a moment all the village Is up Oa tho high pole in front of the municipal building a red flag Ir daytime or a r. d I intern at npht Is hoisted. All the men, accom panied by wonin and children, start for tie ral.yli'.;: place. Ail the me.i are clothed Ir. their lini st caftans, of all ( olers. No body I.', missing; even si. 1. n.ea refuse ti remain lchind. Thrw- who would volun tarily lemaln behind woi.M rot d ire to re turn to the village; their mothers, v.lves or sisters would rouge out their c e, as l.ns happened several times. "The whole Rust-Ian Asiatic region from the 1'r.il mointains to Vlnll vostok Is col onized by thepe Cosracks. to whom could be Joined the thousands of eo.i.erted Mongol living along the frontier of Mongolia and Manchuria. Innumerable vcinforretrcnts In rivalry can he ilrawr. by Run la to push toward the cast. It Is cn'mlnted that there are fOOVi horsemrn alon-r the rullrofid line of Mukden-New Chwang. There would te greattr danger for Japan If there wns truth la tho theory, nlvaneed by (leners! Prjovalsky, that '26.000 CoshhI.s would be eurtlch nt. If ne-d be, to conquer the Chin ese empire.' "Hartford Tlmrs. Pictures from Photos Made for Collier) Weekly by U. L. Dunn f r - n Li COI-1.1K.H S PPW'IAI, THO ToC.itAi'lIKlt, 11. U DI'NN, Jol'HNKYlNtJ KI1PM SiOoll.To Yo.Nd TilNll I'd, W IT 1 1 111 llAliCA'ir, AND CAMKKA DRAWN IN JINRIK ISH AS.- I'opyr.Khl, 1!H. by Col lier's Weekly. nt Chemulpo. lie saw the two Russian warships steam out of lie harbor against liopelcsH odds and saw them deslroyed, and took pholumuphs of th burning of tho ViiriaK and the MuwIiik up of the Korielz. )'y special arrant:, men! with Collier's Weekly, The I'ep will print from time to time reproductions of exclusive pictures of the Rus.'-.o-.h.paiii se war taken by dif ferent members of Collier's photographic ft. IT in the far nisi. (Mi the moinisiK of l'( binary ft the Japa nese iidmiial warred the Russian eml er, ViirlaK. and the gunboat KorletK, to leavo the port of Chemulpo, as the Japanese In tend. 1 (o occupy that port. The Russian J -Lt::'.td to I hi' commanders of vessel of otl.ir nations then In the harbor and Dually steamed out. Outside they wire attackej by th - Japai.e e licet and returned to the bar I or in a sinking condition. Tiie Russian Kiil'or. were taken on loud the Kreieh Hhlp l'ascal. This was th" llrst naval i-n-Kat;ement of the new century. all tl Ulcers were more or less under the inllueiiee of the vodka she had served to Item to liberally, and riot one of them had (Hough sense to fccure the maps and papers arid take them away to safety. Mist- Aridu w:.s not slow to Improve her opportunity. With the disappearance of the last Russian she hastily seized the papers, slipped them under her Minima, fastened tl.em around her body and made her way cut of the quarters. Iter thoughts now were of immediate es cape. She knew 'hat she was widl known In 1'ort Arthur as a pet of the officers, nnd that her presence at the railway station might be commented on und lead to her de tention. When she hail made her way to her room In the foreign quarter of the town she dls gnlsid herself In the dress of u coolie and started for the railway station, llelng un familiar with the way she soon became con fused and stient precious minutes trying to locate herself At last, in her desperation, she hailed a cab that happened by and was taken to the station, rrprcscntbifT to the driver that she was a refugee hurrying to get awny before war began. At the station she found a crowd of Jap anese und ChiaCKe refugees waiting to take train for Peking, and she joined them. She succeeded in escaping detection and get ting on the train, which, by good luck, was not long in starting. During the trip to looking she kept tho papeis lightly bound mound her body. Once In the capital she made straight for the residence of Minister I'chida und In sisted on srolr g him personally. Win n she was taken before him she ex plained that she had brought papers of some sort from port Arthur, briefly de tailing bow she secured them. A few mln iitts later uliin they were handed to him the minister saw at a glance the great Im portance of the girl's prize. in the words of Miss Ando, "the honors'.!.- Minister was much pleased with me and ald the papers would be of much serv ice, lie also said for me to go to Japan before the Russians got after me, and he looked T'fter me and put me on a ship I i. in glad that I have been of some value to the nation." Miss Ando Is now In Toklo, where the papers prr-cdod her and where her parents live. She Is "in great honor and received by everybody." to nuote a Japanese ac count. Indeed, her parnts' rniKlest hornets a sort of patriotic Meeci for all conditions of her countrymen. Miss Ando takes her new found honors ci. Imly. "I uni glnil 1 have been of some value to the nation," she telle her visitors.-New York Sun.
