With Russian, Japanese And Chunchuse; the Experiences of An Englishman During the Russo-Japanese War
With Russian, Japanese And Chunchuse; the Experiences of An Englishman During the Russo-Japanese War
Brindle, Ernest
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Below me was unrolled the map of the capital city of Japan, and hidden fix)m sight behind the stately trees seen through the archway was the royal home of the Mikado, ruler of an Oriental race. Some months afterwards I saw the Japanese soldier many times. Three weeks before war commenced I made his acquaintance at Shan- haikwan, in North China, where he lived side by side with the troops of England, Russia, Germany, France, and China, the district being then as now under international control. ...In that centre of military rivalries the Japanese soldier showed a behaviour unsurpassed in excellence by any of his foreign comrades. Good-tempered, kind-hearted, and taking a delight in his work, he was regarded by his critics with great favour. Even the Russians liked him. I witnessed on the eve of war the merriest fraternisation between a party of Russian and Japanese troops — ^the one section under orders to leave for Port Arthur, and the other to return to Tokio. Knowing that before long they would be flying at the throats of each other, they yet jested and laughed, trying Digitized by Google THE INCIDENT OF THE FAN 107 to understand what each other said, and ex- changing cigarettes with careless generosity.
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