The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-08-27
CRUELTY OF
THE CHINESE
They Behead Subjects Of the MikadO al
FOrmOSa
CHINA'S EFFORTS At EQUIPMENT
Cargoes of Arms and Ammunition
Are Moving Eastward in Spite of
Neutrality charlottesville Japs in
Many Parts of the Celestial Empire
Subjected to Harsh Treatment.
China Does Not Want the City of
Rome.
SHANGHAI, Aug. 26

SHANGHAI, Aug. 26.
m EVEN Japanese in Chinese cos
" tunes were arrested here today
mn md it is given out that they will
" be expelled from China; but no
body would DO surprised II they were
treated more severely, The Japanes:
elsewhere in China are subjected to the
most harsh treatment.
The activity of the Chinese in hunt
ing down japanese spies increases
every day, and if the Chinese are to b.
helieyed the coast must bs overrun
with agents of the Japanese govern
ment.
In the Island Of Formosa the Chinese
authorities have been decapitatinl
Japanese subjects. supposed to be spies
in large numbers. According to advices
received here from Formosa fifty Jap
aness have had their heads cut of
recently. after having been arrested al
spies.
The most intense heat prevails and
there is much suffering in consequence
In order to raise money to push the
war operations the government has in
creased the transit dues on yarn.
THE VICTORY AT CHEMULPo.
The letter from Cnemulpo, Korea, re-
ceivsd at Chez Foo yesterday. an.
nouncing the defeat of japanese force
and killing OF 1900 japanese soldiers,
Is much commented upon here. If the
report of the battle is correct the Chi
nese cavalry. in dividing the japanese
force in two parts, did excellent service,
aud the subsequent heavy fire of the
Chinese artillery from an eminence,
causing great havoc in the ranks of the
soldiers Of the Mikado, would seem to
denote generalship of no mean order
upon the part of the Chinese COM
manders.
The German fathers of the Catholic
mission at Si.Ning-Chou. in the south
ern part of the province of Shang-
lung, who were captured by bandits
and held for ransom, have been re-
leased by the government posse sent In
pursuit of the robbers.
oHINA's EQUIPMENT.
LONDON, Aug. 25.-Chinas efforts to
secure war equipment in Europe are
being successfully prosecuted in spite
OF neutrality obligations Two or three
cargoes of arms and ammunition are
already on the way east, and several
more will leave Hamburg, for that is
the port now used for such shipments,
within few days. A certain tea mer.
chant whose Office ia on Eastcheap,
London. is the agent for the purchase
of ammunition for China, and he has
his hands full. He receives commits
sion of 8 DER cent.
The Chinese minister here is also re.
ceiving many offers of ships The
most important has been that of Hen
derson Brothers, who offered to sell the
Anchor line steamship City of Rome
for round sum The Chinese govern
ment refused to pay the price asked
Twenty thousand rifles were success
fully shipped to China more than two
weeks ago, and are expected to arrive
within ten days. Since the declara-
tion Of war it has been deemed neces-
sary to carefully close and barNthe iron
shutters at the Chinese legation in this
city, and the building now looks like a
safety deposit vault after sundown.
The conflicting reports from the seat
of war have almost destroyed popular
interest in the struggle in Europe.
The unreliability of most Of the news
from both Chinese and Japanese
sources has already become byword,
and the most sanguinary stories of
victories and defeats on both sides at
tract little attention.