Show An officer of the United States army passed through this city yesterday direct di-rect from China He told some inter cnllng facts One was that the Japanese Japan-ese soldiers arc superb and the only soldiers of the brown races that had personality and tho capacity to think in action that with their ofllcers killed they were each one an officer He said their valor and endurance are above all praise He explained how they took oneof5 tli gatesd Peking They l advanced I upon ftby slow stages from redoubt to redoubt half Bleeping while 1 the others advanced anl then after three or four hours slcefr advancing i and shUns and giving the others a chanco to sleep until the gate was reached and then the gate was blown up He said further that the Japs were the only real friends the Americana hadOf the Russian soldier he has su promo contempt for their ignorance their filth arid their atrocious cruelty Asked about tho American soldiers his I reply was The American soldier at i all times and In nil places is firat I class |