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Title: A staff officer's scrap!book during the Russo-Japanese war
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Hamilton, Ian, Sir, 1853-1947
Subjects: Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905
Publisher: London : Edward Arnold
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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suppose ifbad boys in England were asked why they flung astone at a Chinaman they might very probably say, Because they have small eyes and no noses. CoAL-MiNES, Z)ecem6er 22nd, 1904.—Vincent and Ihave had a delightful outing. We went to a quietluncheon, just our two selves, with General Kodama,Chief of the General Stafl. Had a Cossack patrolpassed that way there was nothing to show them thatYentai village was the abode of Manchurian ArmyHeadquarters, except perhaps the numerous convergingtelegraph and telephones lines which centred at thebrain of the military organism. No guards, no patrols,hardly any troops, just a common Chinese village. Wewere shown in at once to the quarters of the Chief ofthe Staff, quite a small building. The Generals roomwas about twelve feet by fifteen feet. A Russiandrum filled with charcoal embers was the hibachi, andthe furniture consisted of one table, two broken-downchairs, and several boxes of maps. I started by saying that I did not intend to ask any
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Nakamura Encounters Santa Claus 295 questions about the present state of affairs, but addedthat if General Kodama would enlighten me on a fewobscure points regarding the past events, his viewswould be of inestimable value. His Excellency spent an hour and a half telling meall I wanted to know, and seemed in the best of spiritsand full of keenness. He showed me his left wrist, the bone of which hadbeen injured in the Satsuma rebellion, and I was ableto respond by showing him my left wrist, the bone ofwhich had been injured at Majuba. I told him I had that day received a request for anautograph from a small boy at Osaka, and he showedme a pile of applications from school children which,he said, he always met as far as he could. He pro-duced a postcard written by his grandchild, aged three,wishing him a safe and early return. Then we beganto talk about His Excellencys old life when he wasGovernor of Formosa. He was very much interestedand pleased to narrate his experiences in that capaci

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