. Under the care of the Japanese war office . ed very pleasant. A large potof roses stood on an improvised pedestal, andthe table was newly covered with adjoining room was set apart for my bed-room, and had been tastefully decorated withpale blue Chinese curtains. Those allotted toMadame Kuroda and Miss St. Aubyn werealso decorated in the same style, only variedin colour. AU these kindly thoughts had beencarefully devised by the officers, the fulfil-ment of them had been carried out by themen, and we deeply appreciated their efforts,knowing how difficult it must have been tothink
. Under the care of the Japanese war office . ed very pleasant. A large potof roses stood on an improvised pedestal, andthe table was newly covered with adjoining room was set apart for my bed-room, and had been tastefully decorated withpale blue Chinese curtains. Those allotted toMadame Kuroda and Miss St. Aubyn werealso decorated in the same style, only variedin colour. AU these kindly thoughts had beencarefully devised by the officers, the fulfil-ment of them had been carried out by themen, and we deeply appreciated their efforts,knowing how difficult it must have been tothink out the requirements of European we were looking round these comfortablequarters, I heard a cheery voice in Englishasking for me by name. Sir Ian Hamilton,accompanied by Colonel Hume, entered. Ineed not say how pleased we were tosee them. Doubts had crossed my mindwhether our attaches might not disapproveof our coming up so far, but in a moment thesefears were silenced. How good it was to lookagain upon our English uniform, with its. THE JAPANESE WAR OFFICE. 145 neat ribbon decorations ! The men seemedso tall and fair, after having been with a peopleso uniformly small, with black hair and browneyes. We arranged to go over in the eveningand dine with them in their Chinese house,where we were to meet the two other Englishattaches, for they were all quartered had they left when a Japaneseofficer brought an invitation from GeneralKuroki, inviting us to dinner on the morrow,which invitation we were delighted to Kuroda was again much agitatedabout our clothes, and almost wept becausewe had brought no evening dresses. Sir Ianand Colonel Hume returned later to conductus to their quarters for dinner whilst we werestill discussing this momentous question, andseemed to take it also to heart, enquiringanxiously into the state of our wardrobe, whichconsisted of an extra tweed skirt and blouseeach. As we were crossing to the officersquarters, our atte
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