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The northern const of the Island of
Shiioku forms one of the boundaries of the bolutifullliinrid Sea of Jnpnn. The town of Matsuyamu, in which Inn-go num- bers of Russian prisoners of wnr nre com fined, is the largest on the lslund. Mut- nuynuni is situated on nn extensive pinin surrounded on three sides by rnnges of mountains und on tho fourth by the in- land sea. Tiiore is n uustio which stands on nn eminence just outside the town,` and from it one enn obtnin n hird's-eye View of the town nnd environments.
Russuns CoN`r|_NEn IN 'l‘1_-_'M1-1.1.19.
Temples of Japnn urn often put to otlier
purposes thnn those for which they were erected, and many ure no\v being utilized for the accommodation of Russinn prison- ers of wnr. There ure three such plnees` in Mntsuyama, nnd between the three ure distributed nearly 5,000 men. ln ndditlon to these temples n lnrgo prlvu_t_e 'house . and the public hull have been- set npart for Russian diiieers and the bnijrncks ns n hospitni forwounded prisoners. The floors of the temples nre co\"ei;,ed with .liipnriqse mats, so thnt\'i\o'boots ure allowed inside the buildings. Ench man has his straw mattress and red nrmy blnnket, which in the day time is rolled _ up_nga\insL the wail together with such “kitns he may possess. Clothing is supplied by the Jupn-
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Mnny of the ollicers go to tin- bnths
every morning in this mnnnernnd return nfter hiking: n stroll in the irenutifnl pnrk which forms one oi” the nttrnctions to the nei|.4iil»orhood. The Dilicrrs ure in receipt of funds lmiii from their own governuient, through the l"rcnch legntion nt Tolrio, und from the Jnpzmese nnthorities. A colonel receives 'nlront 60 yen monthly in this wny, n cnptuin nboutiiil yen nnd so on through the vnrious rnnks. In addition to this privnte mcnns can be l'orwnrdcd from Russin. Oiiiecrs nrc Lzivrn privntc qualrters nnd they nc`:l:no\\'le_d;,'e that food nnd trcntxnentnrc good nnd would
has been linished oil' there will be nn nc~ count to settle with liriinin.
As fnrns rcndimg mutter is concerned
the lfhlglisli papers published in .Tnpnn nre nllowed, so also are Russian periodi- enis prior to the \\'nr,l>ut books nm scnree. Letters are, of course, subject to censor- ship.
:<1-:.\RL\' 100,000 r'.\|"|‘iv1~5s ON Isl./\ND. There ure z1bout0.'i,000 prisoners ull told nt the bnrrneks nnd this number includes some 2,000 oiliccrs. Neurly everyone scnt to the huspitni hun heen cither wounded ordisnlrled through sickness; when they recover they nre moved on to other
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Thi# Iiilllllfi Of Slilklikll 18 lil llllii0HH|l>l*~‘ comes grcnter when the lnnyrinngc is not
plncc to escape. from, ns oven- ii any prix oncrs mnnrnro to get way from their quarters unrtfrom Mntsuyauin they ure sure to be stoppedbeioro _getting oil' the Island. The nearest big trcnty port is Kobe, and any foreigner trnvellingr _oil` thebeuten truck is nlwnys sub_je<-ted to; searching inquiries_us to his nnme, nn- i
known, fur* thc few foreign residents of _ the district nre mostly rnissionnries, who spcnk Jnpnnesc iiuently, nnd this xunkes n
spicuous. In spite of nil this, however,
there hnve been severnl nttenmts to PA-I en_pe, nnd one oiileer has tnd the temi-r~ '
strunge foreigner ull thc more con-
ty to try twice.
tlonniity, business, nge, where he bus; come from and where he is going. Even in times of pe-ncc_thc police nrenlwnys 1 on the alert, nnd now the wnr is on it is quite impossible to spend n whole day
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in order genernlly nnd personnl nnntcrs which occupy some little time, und ex
cognito. The diiiie-nity of cscnpimglic-I
ereisc is tniren nlmost every dny, the men being mnrched out under the control ui' n Jnpnnese escort. Some few of the nicn ure nttempt_ing to lenrn Jnpn csc, nnd mnny hnvc mndc suillclent. pirikress tn curry on trngnients of conversation with their guards.
There ure competent interpreters at-
tnched to eneh depot to trunsinte the com- mnndnnt.'s orde"rs nnd to ne! us mediums between the nuthoritics nnd the men. There nro nlso dry goods stores at _ which smnll pureimscs can be mndc. Money is not abundnnt, but the noncoms. receive from one yen to two yen monthly und the
hnve been ('0i\siflcrv<l excellent on nctive scrviec nnd yet iiiere is i-\'i<le|\ti_v n kccn rr‘sc|\t\nent nnd deep sense of huniiiintion in i\n\'in;; to nclmo\\'lerlLre_unythingg to the credit of their captors. The oiiii-ers ure nllowi-d to pnrclifise wiint1:\'erLbcy plcnse
depots. The hospitnls :irc cnpuiaic uf
The ofiiecrs are allowed to retain their I either on the pi-cruises or in the town.
S¢l‘V5|\ifS illld 90 hBV° 0 Rl'¢‘-at deal of lib~ Mnny oi' them ure collecting choice pieces erty. They may no out individually or in of brie-n-brnc, which they will <ionl»i.iL-ss Dl"'ifi'35 W Elly DRTV Uf the WW" 0|' Hull' tnlce with them to linssin in duys tn onine. “F115 0" ll9l`ml55l°“ being E*'~|"‘?d ffm” N10 Severn] spoke excellent l'ln;_rlisii nnd \vcre J|\Pl||e5° Umflel' in Uhafgll Of their qu”-I" quite cnthnsinsiic nbout thc American WTB- NBi1lU’8llY "WY l1\\|5f' hi"/¢ 9-D 650011 inntion, which they 1'c1.;1n'd1~d ns being
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necolnuiodnting 2,500 invulids nnd u lnmc number from l_’ort Artlnn- lmve been dis- pute-hed thither. ’I‘hestnIl`consist~x of Ji0rlor;~ tors nnd nbom. 100 nurscs,nmonp_¢ whom is un American, resident of Mi\t.<nynmu.Ti c dispcnsnries,operating-room nnd nil other conveniences of u hospitnl ure fitted with up~to-rlnte requirements. Only 700 dcnl-bs hnve occurred in the bnrrncks since the curly dnys of the war, when they were first turned into n hos-pltnl, nnd, consi Ier- ing tiint lnuny of thc men nrrivcd in very
iprivnto soldiers 60 sen each, no that in 'nil | probnbility many are as rich as when in their own' country.
HUW OFFICERS ARI TlH‘IATl'lD.
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