New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-15
HOW PORT ARTHUR WAS lNNr'
oyAMA DELAYED THE ASSAULT UNTIL l''N "''
RIVAL or HIS GREAT GuNs-Thh ~
LEGGED JAPANESE ATROCITIES -rIESi'

nrxr CIr,VEI.ANr's PROPOSAL
r,. xov % If, san Francisco. Dec. H-Port
Arthur fell into the hands OF the Jap'heS"
49, -, ,,st a month after the transports carrying
,,s ,ssailarts had steamed away from the sho'' ~
rap,n. theoretically the place was i'npfes'.'o',
o,trs, an attack from the scafron' On inc 'Ahl
tlo ,s defen-es were not so strong, nut the'' ""'
h.en ample time 90 strengthen them. ana "p""''''
material was at hand while around me e's' 81 W.
fortress n semicirclc - hills. varying IN h''s"
IN, 400 n $50 feet offered excellent sites Tor batter
Tee and entertainments The japanese themselves
a., "a. ,,der-atc the task on the very cv" % the
-. q, IN. anal news their military experts san
r,,.iv ina, there would 30 a heavy loss "' NV
chn-Chow and Talien-Wan wer" taken on '>"N''"-
h.r 6 and : respectively. Theme" u To'' '''"N''
the distance only forty mics 'e' -"
nd uassed and the attack hal not been attempted
r. ,.t 4, ia trtie been no actual reverses hut
the apparent hesitation OF mon Ike lAeutcnah'-'eh
oral ovama seemed to imply the existence Oh iof-
mlabe Obstacles
Thirty i2-centimetro guns and SIX ritea moran
vere sim on board ship. TO land them ~ '"e o''~'
"a, ,lace ~ debarkaton would have involved an
-, ,.,-,c, o, 10 miles The Gcnera.s plan
v,s ~ keen his siege train on board snip uh''
fallen Wan had been cnpiured ~ soon a.
the harhor OF Ta'cn-Wnn had br'h '''"'e'
OF its pavement u torpcdoes. the Iap'h'S'
TRANSPORTS steamed In and landed '"'s'
-, hig guns Those heavy pieces Furnished the
b.. ., tho scheme ~ attack at Port Arthur. The
chinese defences were 70 Doe battered into an ap
nroachable condition before the s;ofm'ng pif"es an
vancei against them. II was programme "i''' ""
the first principles OF modern strategy. ana N"''"
her % SAW its contamination. wAen 10 guns navy
artillery field and mountain pieces and mortar'
raincI A storm OF shot and shell against the IN
r.se entertainments from dawn - du-k
A. daybreak the next morning The Jhpah'N"
movcd 20 the assault They wcr" Va 'hf'e W.
Visions the wings being charged with inc 'h'"''
date duty OF escalado. IN" centre. win me 'uho
,ton az maintaining a cannonade am furnishing
reserves TO either flank IN" 'hineSc io"sn' WI"
but the backbone had been knocked out OF 'he'
resistance by the furious lire OF the preceding day
II vas merely a question Of noting the hour "heh
zach fort or entertainment fcL ~ usual. the
Chinese collapsed In the later stages o, 10" ~on
&c, ON the japanese side the casualties SIT"
70 have been abou, 80. on the Chinese side. 80"
Many reports current. ana have Deom been. i pup
lished abroad. accusing the Jaiah"H" oI III, A.
sary slaughter OF the chinese IN ,;'kihF oi. o.
thur some explain ~ by saynf c ns' 1a
hy The revolving sight Of the atrocioua inuuia
ioh, nh" had been captured by the Chinese
Indeed some OF the official records found on inc
capturc OF knchow nfte,n day. previously n'-
tailed the ,oriurng to death by crushing The bone
and then roasting OF three japanese "t3 werr ",en
ment and every EFFORT VIII be made 10 thro"
There have been 30 many rurnors OF mediation
between china and Japan that the recently clrcm,
from President Cleveland was not immediately
credited The President, however, thinking thht
no detcced signs % n coalition OF European
Powers to dictate peace and perceivlng that Japan
| must surrender many or the Just Uu,ts Oh ne'
Victories I'm the presence OF such interference.
suggested the advisability OF arranging terms at
| once and rendering his own good onceS TOR thht
| nurposr The Japanese Government, however.
| knowing that European coalition neel not DE-
| upprc hcndcd. replied to that effect. nj the same
| Tine n,imatng It's natural desire that .hina
should sue directly. Before that answer couih De
| conveyed to him. MIR Cleveland had hirnsef us
| covered that the apprehension inspiring MS oicr
need not b. entertained. 50 the project was abah-
| doned by mutual consent.