Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-02-07
THE OUTBREAK In Konea
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T1e following Is from a letter written by As
| sfstant Engineer C. 7. Talcotl OF the L. s. steamer
ossipee 70 his relatives In Lais city;
L. b oSsiPEE, CEsNuIroo. KoREA. Decempei
70, lss4-"e arrived here last Monday afternoon,
(ths 2sdo and found The Trenton here That might
cur minister. Gen. Foote, with hi. family sscretary
OF legation. Interpreter servants end an IA, belong
ings came down from Seoul, the capital HIS ursf IN
tention was TO 90 10 Yokohama IN tho Trenton AM
then intercsde with the Aiksdo on behalf or ths
Koreans He altered bis plans. however ana sen,
Nrs- Foote 10 Nagasaki In the Trenton ana he ant
his secretary came aboard this SLIP The Trenton
sailed yesterday moraHs, but before she sailed,
CaPerton was detached from this ship and ordered
10 her. We all regret mi. very Eldch, Is be Is q
4 very pleasant shipuate. Two naval cadets came
over 10 his place Lieut. Foulk and Ensign Bernadsu
are stu IN Seoul ana Monday, Gen. Foote. the cap
viii try TO tell you OF the outbreak Min Yong-Ik.
the prince who went 10 Washington ana then came
back 10 the Trenton, was The head OF ths .spro-
greSSi 'alstS" party; but In spite OF wnaI NE saw
and The Treatment he received In the lIned stafes
ne returned 10 Korea With strong prejudice
against toreagnerS So he shifted over 10 the anti
foreign party The pFogressonlsts. soon aS they
We're sure OF this formet conspiracy 10 KIN him.
! slight pretext got him iDto a room to one side
| There he was SCI upon ana hacked with swords,
! bu' they failed &c Xiii HIN Thinking him dead .
they went TO the palace and tod the King, MIN
fong-lk had been assaulted and that there would
be a revolutioh so they ADVISED him 10 so 20 q
smaller palace. where they could protect hun;
re lly intending 10 keep him prisoner there until
they could get control OF everything In the mean
Time they TOOK possession OF the large palace and
sent In the kings name, Tor certain prominent
/ OF the anSi-foregn yarty. These Ihcy bcheaded
soon as they arrived. The King very soon suspected
| that things were not quite ght NO Got Ip TO re-
turn to the large palace one OF The conspirators
who was with him sicppSd in rroRt Of the king
guards. ihisdng D. was going 10 tack the
KING. quickly Topped his head or. Tho king then
OF anIi-foreign Koreans and a body OF Chinese
soldiers drove out The prosressIonist., who were
should mention here that both Japan and China
! claim pr0tectoratc over Korea and both keep
r n,rip a. seoul and al this port The aEforegn
on all loyal subjects TO Xii all foreigners. and
| japanese and all Koreans who favored OF had any
dealings with either. They next attacked the
japanese legation and the houses OF al foreigners
except he Omitted states legation. At this place
collected ali the different foreigners. including the
English, japanese and other ministers. AL OF the
ministers received invitations to come TO the
1 they had gone they would All have been heheadsd
Fouik was In the interior with only a Korean In.
| terpreter with him The day after the conspiracy
| ne entered a village and showed his papers. Much
TO his establishment the officials -efused 10 see him
and the people were very discourteous, while
heretofore he had always bsen treated with the
| greatest consideration. Before night be found &c
| necessary TO Limb out OF windows and Jump back
fences, evading the mob Finally he got in a house
and The mob assaulted the front door seeing no es-
cape he Lay down aero the door and when they beat
II down IL EEL on Top OF hun The people rushed in
over hi,l and ransacked the house: not finding him
they walked out over him, and soon as they had
LETT he got up and fastened the door again The
day courier came TO hin from the King bringing
apearl button. This protested him untu he was
about ten miles from Seoul This city he entered
at null run with $40 natives after him IN full cry
| The general treatment was TO dlsembowel aud mu-
tllate the victim, and then drag him through the
streets until dead. The japanese soldiers an men
collected their women aid children aud forming
hollow square around them, fought their way down
! = Chemulpoo, distance OF twenty-five miles
! Bernadou brought down shout nifty women and
children (5apGneSe who had been at the legation,
| marching at their head with revolver Ia each
hand. In spite OF all they had been through,
aud the great risk they ran, Foulk and BeTnadOu
requested TO be allowed 10 rturn 10 Seoul and take
charge or the legation, as TO protect the Aneri-
can physician VINO had remained there, and aid
any European or japanese who might be there.
Foulk lost e'erythng that he possessed, so that
some or the 1Tent0ns Officers Clipped In
and sent him all the clothes they could spare. It
: Is impossible 10 get anything here. do not know
what Gen. f. oIe intends 10 do. Ne Was asked by
the king TO go 10 Japan and prevent war posi-
bic. He consented al first, but there has been
/ hitch i think We Will prob bly, take him 10 Ma
! gasaRi or Yokohama when he returns from Seoul
| next week. The Jap nese have possession OF Che
! mulpoo, and have two sllps-of-war here. As we
caIne In last anday We saw neeJ or Tour Chinese
! iron-cIads lying outside. II tine japanese land
! troops and Try TO take the country, he Chine<
viii probably Interfere and assist the Koreans