On the breaking off of diplomatic relations the Russian Minister took passage for Marseilles on the French steamship “Yarra.” He left Yokohama on February 12, when war had actually been begun by the actions at Chemulpo and Port Arthur. The French and Belgian Ministers and attaches and a few other friends from the diplomatic circle accompanied him to the dock to bid him farewell [Illustration: MINISTER PAVLOV LEAVING LEGATION UNDER ESCORT ] [Illustration: REPRESENTATIVES OF NEUTRAL POWERS TALKING WITH M. PAVLOV AT THE WHARF ] RUSSIAN MINISTER TO KOREA DEPARTING FROM SEOUL [Illustration: NEWSPAPER BULLETINS ON THE CHEMULPO BATTLE IN THE MAIN STREET OF TOKIO ] [Illustration: PATRIOTIC CITIZENS STANDING IN THE RAIN WAITING THEIR TURN TO ENLIST ] [Illustration: BUILDING TEMPORARY STABLES IN TOKIO IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE DECLARATION OF WAR ] [Illustration: ENLISTED TROOPS, NEWLY ARRIVED IN TOKIO, WAITING THEIR TURN TO BE FITTED OUT ] [Illustration: IN HEAVY MARCHING ORDER READY TO DEPART ] [Illustration: TROOPS BILLETED AT PRIVATE HOUSES IN TOKIO ] MOBILIZATION OF TROOPS IN TOKIO AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR [Illustration: TROOPS MARCHING TO STATION THROUGH THE STREETS OF TOKIO ] [Illustration: ENTRAINING AT THE SHIMBASHI STATION, TOKIO ] [Illustration: JAPANESE CAVALRYMEN ABOUT TO TAKE THE TRAIN ] [Illustration: TROOPS ASSEMBLING IN STREETS NEAR THE STATION ] [Illustration: INDUCING A FRACTIOUS CAVALRY HORSE TO BOARD THE TRAIN ] DEPARTURE OF JAPANESE TROOPS FOR KOREA [Illustration: EXAMINING CAVALRY HORSES AFTER ARRIVAL AT HIROSHIMA ] [Illustration: UNLOADING THE LIGHT PORTABLE TRANSPORT CARTS ] [Illustration: UNLOADING CAVALRY HORSES FROM BOX CARS ] [Illustration: TRANSPORT CARTS LOADED WITH SUPPLIES ] JAPANESE TROOPS DETRAINING AT HIROSHIMA At Hiroshima the troops were detrained for the port of Ujina, whence a large part of the Japanese forces were embarked for Korea. Many of the cavalry horses were injured during their railroad journey by kicking each other or their stalls. The light “collapsable” carts shown here were one of the features of the mobile Japanese equipment. They kept pace with the marching column [Illustration: JAPANESE CAVALRYMEN IN RAILWAY CARRIAGE ] [Illustration: TROOPERS IN CHARGE OF CARS CONTAINING HORSES ] [Illustration: OFFICERS IN COMMAND OF CAVALRY REGIMENT ] CAVALRY TRAIN LEAVING SHIMBASHI STATION [Illustration: MEN OF THE ARMY SERVICE CORPS READY TO ENTRAIN ] [Illustration: “SAYONARA!”—GOOD-BY ]