The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-10-21
1t Is MALICIOUS
EVEN CHINA'S ENEMIES DISC listed
WITH THE EMPEROR.
Treatment Of Lii Hung Chang the
Depth of Ingratitude-Off Official Re
ports on the Battle of the 1alu-
Japanese &c K Beheaded- Chi
nese Military strength.


believed that so grave step would be tax
eli as the degradation Of the great viceroy.
Undoubtedly the decree was instigated Dy
LIS enemies who have been long eager for
an opportunity to satisfy their old grudg e..
How the venerable statesman will receive
the affront is question of deep interest.
Hitherto be has Shown the utmost devo-
lion to his imperial master and
his sense of duty may compel
E!m to submit uncompleiningly now.
Possibly, however, he will make himself
S cure against further indignitIes by end
Ins his existence in accordance with the
irIctice favored by many Chinese dlgDl-
taries who incur their sovereign's ire In
any case it is hardly probable that he Will
be inspired 10 any heroic efforts for re-
trieving the errors for which others are
much more accountable than he. The
announcement of his humiliation has pro-
duced proper impression in China and
even in Japan a feeling of disgust is
awakened by this exhibition Of malicious
spite on the part OF of an ungrateful ruler.
MERCHANT VESSELS TO BE ARMED.
Brief Chinese accounts OF the sea fight
have been published They coincide in
most Particulars with the japanese reports
but claim that three japanese ships were
destroyed. This mistake probably grows
cut OF the fact that Hiyei Arnji and Saikio
were disabled and forced 10 retire. They
also enormously state that the japanese
had torpedoes. 1t is announced that great
efforts will be made by China to strengthen
tie fleet Of Peichili, and that vessels OF all
kinds. even The smallest gunboats, will be
- Il
with Admiral Ting's forces in protecting
the approaches TO 1ien Tsin and Peking.
Three of the largest cruisers belonging 20
the Nan Yang squadron, the kaIcha,
\ansgbene and Huenti are all ready, also
tour formidable torpedo boats, the La
Yuen, ley Yuen, Tsu Yuen and Using
Euen. Proposals for armlng the ships of
The China Merchants company and add
Ing them TO the Pei Yang squadron are
under discussion.
The japanese clerk of the ordinance de-
partmeat iu Tien Tsin was decapitated
Sept. ii. He was accused of no crime, but
au English newspaper accounts for his
execution by saying that his existence
was a source of considerable embar
rassnent to officials who ought to have
been alive 10 the danger OF having such
person in the department at a time when
the utmost Vigilance should have been
used % prevent information from leaking
Gus in any way.
ARMY PRACTIC ALLY WIPED OUT.
The naval successes have divided the
puulic attention from the military move
~ ats in mort hern Corea and little has
hrrn heard respecting the progress OF the
I-i aaese army since the capture OF he
j yong Yang was announced. Even the
del ais of that important event are few
HHd unsatisfactory. No conclusive state
me n as to the strength of the Chinese |
~. Al. \
,.IcIal attempt made TO reconcile the con- |
. ing estimates of various generals who
n.ir,v speculative range of from 1000 !
10 5000. The lower figure is uudoabt-
eddy the most Dearly accurate.
A regards the number of prisoners TAX
en-, the discrepancies are bewlldeTIng. At
first it was fixed at 1900, but later has
steadily grown smaller until now only
some hundreds are claimed. To the ques-
tion as 10 what became of the main body
no sufficient answer was vouchsafed. That
the army was practically wiped out or eX-
istence can scarcely be disputed; that it
might have been held captive had the Jap
anese so chosen. seems evident from the
completeness with which it was surround
ed. But inqulrers are left in ignorance ol
this vital point. No light is given by jap
anese correspondents who, though per-
mItted considerable latitude, have not |
been privileged 10 approach tie quarters |
Df the csptalus-
CHINESE WERE FURIOUSLY PURSUED.
The government shows no desire to con- !
real the fact but appears TO have very
scant information concerning matters of
much moment. Even with the aid of |
every official dispatch thus far received at
Toxic, 1t Is impossible TO compile anything
like an exhaustive account OF the Phyong
NaIig campaign. None of the representa-
lives of foreign governments are allowed
10 accompany the army.
The list of japanese losses OF PhyOug
YGng is now made up. The officers killed
were eight. none higher than captains of
infantry. One hundred and fifty four non
commissioned officers and privates Were
also killed. Twenuy-six officers were
wounded. the highest major of artillery.
and three hundred and eighty-one non
commissioned officers and priyates; miss
ing, forty.
Teltgrams from the front state that
the pursuit of the Chinese iugitives
was furiously continued until the japanese
cavalry reached hasan, town on the
northeastern inlet of the Yellow sea
Struggling remnants of the defeated army
had passed IN advance over the road in
Niiu on the frontier and comparatively
prisoners were taken. Dead horses en-
cum bered the way for miles and at ADju
four abandoned troop field guns were
piCked up, making the whole number of
field pieces seized in the campaign forty,
to4ether with twenty mountain hrupp's
aud four Gatlings
CoREANS TAKE KINDLY To THE JAPANESE.
scouts have been sent forward as far as
ChoBg Ju. about fifty miles east of the
Yellow river and large japanese body
WAS expected to take up quarters at hasan
before the end of Sep embsr. RumOr
points 10 kiuliu, a fortified town n
Chinese territory, as the scene OF the next
battle, provided the present line OF march
IS continued.
While the mass OF the Corean people ap-
pear Indifferent TO the struggle IN the
north. the majority of the higher class
living in the districts recently held by the
chinese are Inclined to the side of China. |
Thus far they have made a feeble and
irregular effort to annoy the japanese
troops. and though pOweriess 10 offer
elective opposition, they have at least /
succeeded in preventing the dissemination
oi the kings proclamation IN favor II his /
new allies. But in the regions OF which /
the japanese have had possession siace the |
hrst OF Srpte mber very different spirit |
prevails The orderly conducs of
troops, their respect for private I
properly, AMI the promptness c. their pay /
ments Tor al supplies have rapidly won
the favor OF the populace, and a feeling Of |
genuine friepolluess has sprung up, and |
especially among the middle class OF Core
ans along the line OF march The only /
evidences OF active hostility are sxhibjr.ad
bv the party Of Iosa Tugato. whose revolt
IL July last WAS prete-t for Cbina's inter
rerieriug in Corean affairs Several small
disturbances have been fOmeutei by rba
leaders ot this secret association bur IL i /