Garland Globe | 1906-03-17 | Page 3 | Court-Martial of Japanese Officers

COURT-MARTIAL OF JAPANESE OFFICERS. Charged With Cowardice Becaute, They Failed to Suicide When Victoria. Tho steamer Kaaagawa Maru, from Jnpan, brought nowa that Lieutenant Commander Mlzogrjchl and othor ofTiccre of tho transport Kinehlu Mnru, sunk by tho Russian Vladivostok squadron at tho commencement of tho war, aro being court-mnrtlalcil for al-leged al-leged cowardice. On tho occasion o tho dlsnstor tho war depnrtmont at Toklo Issued a bulletin that nono .ot tho soldiers on hoard woro taken prls-oners, prls-oners, that with tho exception ot the' survivors who returned all had been killed or had suicided. Extoaded ac counts wero given In Japanoso nows-papers nows-papers of how Lieutenant Commander Mlzobuchl nnd other officers commit-tod commit-tod liar! karl( but with tho roturn ot thoso ofllcora among tho prisoners from Russia, Jnpancso newspapers say they regret their sympathy.