The Russo-Japanese war fully illustrated : v 1-3 (no 1-10), Apr 1904-Sept 1905 . Japanese forcesthat they could extract from communication was however im-possible, for the Japanese could speaknone but his own language, of which-his enemies were entirely, wereobliged therefore to unlooseTorizos hands so as to enable him towrite, for the writing in both langu-ages is the same, and Japanese andChinaman can interchange thoughts,with one another by writing evenwhen, they cannot do so by speaking. The first thing they wanted toknow was the number of men theJapanese had in that
The Russo-Japanese war fully illustrated : v 1-3 (no 1-10), Apr 1904-Sept 1905 . Japanese forcesthat they could extract from communication was however im-possible, for the Japanese could speaknone but his own language, of which-his enemies were entirely, wereobliged therefore to unlooseTorizos hands so as to enable him towrite, for the writing in both langu-ages is the same, and Japanese andChinaman can interchange thoughts,with one another by writing evenwhen, they cannot do so by speaking. The first thing they wanted toknow was the number of men theJapanese had in that vicinity. To thisquestion Torizo replied that there were400 men at Tachentzu, and 10 moreto keep open the lines of communica-tions. The numbers were much exag-gerated and Torizo hoped by this falsestatement to alarm his captors, buthis words had quite a contrary captors seemed relieved to findthat the Japanese forces were so small,and Torizo saw that his falsehood had-not improved his chances of escapeafter all.^^ * /•^^: ^ . h He riovi? s^W that come what might. A Girl and a Boy celebrating a newly gained Victory, WAR TIME ANECDOTES. 84i he must find some means of lettinghis commander know of the proximityof a Russian force strong enough toface with equanimity the presence of aJapanese body of 400 men strongs and,whilst writing the answers to thequestions put to him contrived bywell-feigned agitation to break the tipof his pencil. This necessitated a knifeto sharpen it with, and again he con-trived to break the tip off the blade,and, returning the knife to its ow^nerwth apologies, managed by adroitlywiping his nose to conceal the brokenblade-tip in his mouth. Then night came on, and presentlyTorizos captors fell asleep over thefire. When he thought they were safelyasleep, he gave a cough, and at once without eliciting a sound. Then heknew that they were steeping soundly,and taking the blade-tip from under histongue he worked at the ropes whichbound him, until at
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