CHAPTER XVI

The March into Manchuria--Feng-Hoang-Cheng--“The Merciful Man has no Enemies”--The Governors of the Province--The Manchu as Soldier--A Beautiful Country--March to Kao-li-men--Russians Fall Back upon Liao-Yang--The Intendent of the Eastern Marshes--Informing Interview--“Twenty years since I spoke with an Englishman”--Nearly like a Cardinal.

The Soldier and his War Songs--Temple Bell and Rifle Shot--The War Song of Nippon--Political rather than Martial--Sir Ian Hamilton’s Translation.