Tt need scarcely be said that one of the acknowledged trails of Japanese officers and men in both services is the strong bond affection which unites them with each other, says. Tokio journal. It is ther fore satisfactory 'o note that the recent attempts to weal Port Arthur gave fresh proof of this trait in a manner of which the nation may well be proud. It must be remembered that in the two attempts to block the enemy's port, the officers were altvays the last to retire into the bonta, as it was their duty to see that the arrangements for the sinking of the steamers had been Jeare the vessels, the oticers were, of course, roperly carried out. In being the last to only doing their duty, but the impatience and the anxiety of their men were so great that, as soon as the officers stepped into the small craft, they wore invariably hemmed i -xious bluejackets, who insisted i against the
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