The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-27
NOT FIGHTING FOR Fun.
Japan Will Make China Pay the Cost,
With Interest.

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Worse of-The Japs Will Take
Pekin.
From the New York World.
Poor old Ii Hung Chang! I'm really
sorry for him"
So spoke n. Hashiguchi, Japanese con-
sui general in New York, at the consulate
on Warren street yesterday afternoon.
HE was always pround of his army
and navy. had an interview with him
last year at Tien-Tsin. was with him
an hour and half. l was at that time
charged affaires at Pekin and called on
him at Tien-Tsin as matter of courtesy.
He is very robust in spite of his age. At
that time the relations between Japan
and China were not strained, but Ii
Hung Chang asked me a good many ques-
tions that were not in the best of taste.
He seemed to be inquisitive about mat
tiers didn't care to discuss. 1t will not
be long now before his complete over
throw takes place. ] should not be at all
surprised to hear that he has been be-
headed"
The cry, On to Pekin,' seems to be an
mating the Japanese army" observed
the World reporter. Are you in sympa-
my WIN II, Mi. HaSllguClls ~
"Of course am. A naval victory in
one place and a land victory in another
will not bring matters to a focus. We
must occupy Pekin and permanently set
tie this matter. AS Minister Kurino said
TO the World correspondent in Washing
ton, for the sake of posterity, China
must be taught her place. To obtain any
permanent and practical benefit from our
recent victories, Pekin must be cap
tured."
is Pekin well fortifedl'
DEFENSE OF PEKIN.
The consul general smiled. SIT is sur
rounded by a wall. aud here and there
can be seen a rusty and time-worn can
non. Pel1in is divided into eight banners.
Each banner represents a regiment. But
Of what avail are such troops in these
days? There are only few breechload-
ing rifles among them. Some of them
carry the old-fashioned fint-lock musket.
Still others are armed with bows and
arrows. The ambitious soldier of Pekin
practices with the bow and arrow in
order to elevate himself in military rank.
The officers of the regiments are chosen
from the best marksmen. A captain in
Pekin regiment can always shoot an ar
row with little greater skill and pre-
cision than the sergeant No, Pekin, as
knew the place, offered no defense to an
enemy not three or four hundred years
behind the times"
How bout the recent naval battle at
the mouth of the Yalul"
II have received no Official information
as yet regarding the actual outcome of
the fight, but private dispatch from
Japan to friend of mine in this city re-
ports that there were twelve Chinese
warships engaged in the action and nine
Japanese The dispatch says the Chi
nese lost four ships and the Japanese
none. You see, the fact is that the Chi
nese navy is superior to the Chinese army
in several important particulars. The
navy really possesses some very fine
war vessels. Itlis their ships we fear, not
the men in them. If the Chinese navy
could be handled as sBillfully as ours,
the outlook for speedy ending of the
war would not be so bright But they
don't know how to manage their great
warships, and | am not at all surprised
that the recent fight at the mouth of the
Yalu resulted as it did"
what, in your opinion, will Re the next
step in the campaign2"
CHINESE EMPEROR IN FIX.
"We will send an army into Manchuria.
You see, the present Chinese dynasty is
not, strictly speaking, Chinese, it is Man
churian. The emperor and his family are
usurpers. To reach Pekin our army must
pass through Manchuria. BY so doing we
will place the emperor-poor, unfortunate
young MANN very unsatisfactory posi-
ton. He will be, as it were, between the
devil and the deep sea. Let me explain
The Chinese have always been opposed to
| progressive ideas. Not long ago, however,
the reigning family made no opposition to
the building of railroad from Tien-Tsin
to Shan Hal Kwan, where the great wall
runs into the sea. This railroad the en-
sv.k lr.sN
WhYE lie wanted to possess q rapid
transit line to the country of his ancestors
| in case OF revolution in China. But see
| the plight he is in at present"
There is already feeling of discon-
! tent in China, he continued, that is apt
to break out any moment in revolt
against the emperor. With Japanese
troops in Manchuria and a mob of en-
| ragged Cinnamon at his heels, where can
the emperor flee tol Ii Hung Changes
present situation is sufficiently unpleas-
ant, but the outlook for the emperor is
not at all encouraging. He is using Ii
| Hung Chang as scapegoat, but the
time will come when he will have to
reckon with his subjects on the one hand
and the Japanese on the other. His is
not an envlable position at this moment
what are the chances of European ar
Ditrationl"
Il don't see how there can be any inter
! ference from the powers They have as
serted their neutrality and they must
stick TO it. Not one of the great powers of
the earth has the shadow of a right TO
mix itself up in this matter. 1t is the
| great Asiatic problem at white heat, and
it must be settled by Asiatics.
And We'll settle it, Wen destroy the
Chinese fleets, and then China will be alb
solutely at our mercy. AT Ping Yang was
the flower of the Chinese army 1t has
been wiped out At the mouth of the
| Halu the Chinese navy has been badly
crippled. China is already defeated, al
! though the war may lost some time
But China will have to pay for all
this in cold, hard cash Japan is not
| thrashing her as an expensive luxury,
! kind OF costly amusement Every cent
that we expend in whipping China will
have to be returned with interest And
II has been an expensive matter. You
see, the Japanese, when they take pris-
oners, treat them kindly and give them
| plenty TO eat and such Of the comforts of
| home as are available.
81 am very much inclined to think that
the average Chinese soldier enjoys being
captured blythe Japanese, as he is so well
treated. Now when the Chinese capture
any Of the enemy they kill them. It is
/ more economical. The Chinese don't
| observe the usages of modern warfare.
but fight on the basis Of savages. And
| so when China comes to settle IN for the