New-York tribune., 1885-02-19
THE FRENCH IN FORMOSA.
ARRIVAL OF STRONG REINFORCEMENTS.

ANCr-ATRoCITIEs COMMITTED ON BOTH SIDES.
IFRoM SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE
Kr LUyG. Jan. S.-Night before last the
ransn,rt Choon came into port, bringing 500 elective
troops which have already gone to sven Co'"ho'
Duchesne's forces shore. Another Is eXlee'ou W
night with 900. they are not 10 move 'iii 'o
expected contingent of 5000 has all arrived WIN .no
500 elective troops here the French army u. nc
Iuug Will be swellcd to 800 men capable oil en''io'
Ian service. few weeks Will determine "i' ~ w
accomplished with this number Ihe nee. 10 80 . "a ,h
centrated here aud at Tam Sui Three shii ''p , on
latter place. There are now IN 'hS oi' ~ ard
yielly Eclaireur, Aspic and Npere' i"o , %
,iser or two are at Hong Kong The NVe' ohe Vi
tho largest transports in the service came hoio
for the purpose. is supposed, OF taxing 'he oN' ~
ING force round to Tam Sui. WhateTet aad't''nS now
he, made TO the dcences of that place since saw 'hea
IN November, they hardly he OF such an o'ho'o ~
as to prevent II from being taken by -'ooo 'cso ~
Tne rest M the army will needed TO raise tho siege Vi
Ke Lung and advance to the ke Lung hNe' ',o
10 see how this work Is to be accomplished IN" ' ~
of the Ke Lung and Tam Sui rivers he'" 80 "' W IT.
communication between the two places WITH ah arm! "
to- tho, from Z 600 TO GOOO. The Intervening uiSticl
% popuous and mghly defensibe. The rivers are oo'
dercd with villages containing from IL" "u0 "
some thousands OF inhabitants, ana 'he hes"ooi'Ho
country is covered with farming population Wno' NO"
ever they might have felt toward the trehch h"u 'os
taken the island promptly last summer are hiieu WIN
,i,or h.tred now BEGINNING with the village OF lam
sui called by the Chinese Hoo Bel there are,
the river Pla Tow, Ken Tow, Twatatia' balA' A'u ON
I'm 1.-THE northern capitaD and a constant s"o0o'
villages as YOU proceed up the he Lnns The poPul'ou
of Twataa is estimated at 23,OOo ana that Vi i' ,
ot from 35 600 TO 10000 Tai PAX Fu, beihS Hles
xvoed has so far only rice fields and icw reslucnooo
within it, among the latter being the laihel "u'' wv
eruor-General Lin Ming Chuan occupies Wheh ho "iS"u
In escape from the enraged population oi h""n" "
cities villages and In the country in the north Gnu VI ~
a mar
tbere can hardly be less than 100000 people whom tne
French must conquer tranqulillze elther y! 40i'' w
fear or by the Chinese desire Tor galu
Ono Of the first official acts of Admiral Courbe was TO
issue a proclamation promising that all OF thoso "no
would remain at their homes III the villages Vi vi "o'
farms sholdbe protected Only the inhabitants OF one
miserable fishing village on the east si"e oi inc D''
remained ani few wretched specimens Vi hin'N'''
who either hoped to little money oy Ser'is o
French or while pretending to DO friends to as'aSshao
straegers and carry their heads to Lin Ming Ohuah'
They are the most bcggary and wpe-begone set OF Vas
abonds ever seen In any country, their nau'e oIo"
having the clayey tint that shows them 10 pe Slaves
the opium habit So bold and subtle are INC! ia '"''
operations dangerous are the villages ana sno
of the bay considered, that the Few Ioresnoi'' NV
T,renchmen who occasionally como here, lana even Ill
tbs daytime with fear and trembling Inc A'te group
Of Cinnamon found in deserted mousse appatoHu!
stupefed with opium and harmless develops an "o''
later into band of thugs or ghouls, as greody ' gam
II
The new and rapidly growing military cemetery Vi Nc
Lung is ON the east OF the bay almost at the
waters edge conspicuous for the number OF us io"huS
and its crosses The guns of three or four men
frown over the spot distance OF only lew hun"Icu
wards Yet every few nights bodies are dsih'erred'
i.beoded and left in nameess dishguIement iew
DAYS since servant OF Colonel Duchesne III p -
rn,vsions found fowl which he desired TO purchase
Hila bcnnS forward TO examine Chinese stole
mn behind hiln and he was beheaded III moment
Two or three nights ago the captain OF o"DQS Win
Is
g stray little from the beaten pam @ r.gy M thS
attacked ana behesdet The NIere, Yns JIsI on , 'i
shore heard the cries of the men and sent rev. snots
into the bushes but without avail The TWO heauless
and hNrrlby inutiated bodies were found the next
morning. The French, exasperated beyond Icas ue, @
resolved retort in similar fashion ad u! oi u, %
aferwarl finding tive men whom they SUSPECTED 9l I've
crime, they died their queues tGSetheT b ax
The Chinese forces r TT9 Vgt Mbe nag M can be distinctly
noI e aont on little hl about three miles FROM The
bay and not more than half mile Heh tno 49,
French outpost Night attacks are comholi h'tiy ty
notable movement Oh the part OF the Ve,9eS ~ ,no
harOor is siguaed from the htols !" .hV iyj
vim beacon fires which announced tue arrival 9i lne
tronsport with reinlOrcements The slalsher ol % 1oo
OF fley IN tie attack on lie l.encL nv Tbr,r
had ONLY Il temporary effect on the Cnllc'c. ~. ln.
eir harassng attacks the habit, recently acquired o
once inre1ehins any Hosom tr1 3 yl or to the
belief that Sone the European or American ohcei9
have recently entered the sefn'ce ~ - gl rLe
In tbe meantime, while the Chinese are DchealinE
with nnYaraleleI barbarity in part Of Their empire
the Tepcl who unfortunate ~ 20 ai mo ta,II
hands they treating them with chi'.
enc elsewhere TIE French Consulate at Ilcntsih Is
carefully guarded The French sun carry on ,mri nm
banks mercantile houses and hotels IN 9Dael1 80 i, %
to the old city wall that pebble can oe thrown oNta
among filthy and dsorderly pobna33n az can hcS
found In tho orient. II there is dStur DaAce "Ic
endapgers the French colony the soldiers OF tue lao i
and the Chinese roice vie with the ffrncn PUeoot
and guards 10 sub iue It. Tas anomaly was ~lthrscu
onIy few days ago. when some Ming 70 shl3is from
thn Chinese men of-yar Nan Sheu and Nan JIM, yh3
in the harbo- having INDUCED IN opium smD.lhe ~ h
den in the French concession, near the east gaze VI %
Town became troublesome 20 the colony Inc ffrilcn
and Chinese police, working harmonlonsy togethcI,
failed TO quei tho disaster Then the lao lh Ia .g
been appealed to, cordially eo-cperaied senulng my
soldiers The riot finally suDdued bnl not uh,n @
two or three French soldiers ana poHccmen were
seriously injured The orsnaiors OF the To, wao %ere
aferwarl IOined ny other dsoTdeTly elemeh's, %eIc
arrested ana Lave probably this received condEh
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