Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1894 — THE JAPANESE ARMY. [ARTICLE]

THE JAPANESE ARMY.

A Recruiting Officer at Work In California. A Los Angeles, Cal., dispatch, Augustj 17, says: An effort is being made In this; :lty by a man who is said to represent the Japanese government to secure the; services of one thousand men to go to the domain of the Mikaao and help the Japanese in their struggle with the Chinese.' The sum of $25 a month besides transportation to and from Japan and necessary rationsare promised those who will enlist. Because of the extreme penalty at-, tached to an endeavor of this kind, under* the laws governing the treaty with foreign countries, the agent has made him- - self known to but a few people, Those whom he will secure are ostensibly em-‘ ployed to engage in railroad construction. But the real object is to go into active, war against the Japanese enemy, the Chinese. It is contended that a regiment of 1.000 men would furnish material from which officers could be secured to lead the nation’s troops.