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Northern Pacific in March 1904, and having subsequently renewed that acquaintance at Tokyo and in front of Port A rthur. In Chapter VIII. Mr. Richmond Smith graphically describes the irritation aroused among the Press correspondents by their long detention in Japan. Such irritation may have been natural enough, but the display of it was futile, and the correspondents who, like the author, kept their tempers and held their tongues were regarded with greater respect by the authorities than those who gave full expression to their impatience and indignation. In fact, no one is less liable to be influenced by strong language than the Japanese official, who has been taught to regard any display of emotion as impo Ute and unbecoming. When I visited Port Arthur early in December 1904 I found that Mr. Richmond Smith had housed himself, in company with another Press correspondent, in a cave dwelling, which he had caused to be dug out of the side of a steep hill by Chinese
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