Naval Fight
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
