The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-11-14
DIRECT FROM YOKOHAMA
Authentic Advioes Regarding the
! China-Japan War. -..
AMUSING CHINESE oowARD1oE.

When They Feared an Attack by the Jap
anese, Officers and Men Crowded For
eisn Vessel and Insisted on Being Taken
Away from the Scene.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 14-The. steamer
Peru arrived last night, bringing the fol-
lowing advices to the Associated Press,
dated Yokohama, Oct. 30: General Oya-
mas army left Japan Oct is. The num-
Der OF troops was estimated at little more
than 10000. They filled nearly fifty trans
ports, and fifty flatboats accompanied the
fiotilla to facilitate the landing. On Oct.
"a the east coast of the Liau Tung penin-
sula was reached.
A considerable part Of the force was put
on shore at point supposed to be some
thirty miles north of Forth Arthur and
little north Of the fortified town of Lang
Chao, or Chen Chiri, on the opposite
coast. The remainder of the army passed
around the extremity Of the peninsula
into the gulf Of Pc Chi Lii and toward q
destination not yet positively known to
the public in Japan. The fleet under Ad-
miral Ito moved simultaneously upon the
stations at Port Arthur and Talicnwan.
The purpose was to hem in all the Chinese
garrisons in the southern part Of Liau
lung and compel their surrender as well
as that of Admiral Ting's squadron. The
native troops defending the positions were
believed not to exceed 5000 in number.
General Yamagata's army signalized its
advance into Manchuria by the seizure Of
the walled town of Kewleeh, or Chiu
Lien. The attack was so feebly met that
the encounter could hardly be called a
battle. The crossing of tho Yalu river
cpmnlafal af,t ha ,jrn ~ n,t
and was followed by succession of skir-
mishes. in which the Japanese lost seventy
killed and wounded. Kewleen fell Oct.
H. The defending force was estimated
variously ut from 10000 to 5000, all of
which ran away before the first assault.
The Japanese casualties were about
twenty killed and eighty wounded. OF
the Chinese 200 were reported killed. The
spoils We're of great value, including the
thirty large cannon, thousands of small
arms, abundance of ammunition, 800
tents and quantities of provisions and
fodder.
The captain Of a foreign steamer en-
gagged in carrying coal to Port Arthur re-
ports that scores of injured men are lying
exposed and uncared for and surrounded
by unburied dead While he was dis
charging his cargo a panic was caused by
approaching, and the exhibition of coward
ice was thus described:
Every inch of space was taken up with
Chinese officers and men, both from the
fleet and from the fort, who came on
board, and insisted on being takon to
Taku, whether j wished it or not Vice
admirals, post captains, lieutenants and
officers and men of the fleet hustled and
Jostled with generals, colonies, majors and
captains and every grade of petty officers
and the rank and file of the land forces for
berths on the steaner--anything as long
as they were taken away from the place
which they momentarily expected to be
attacked. Many Of the officers from the
forts had their wives and families with
them, and paid for their passage with dia-
mond rings and valuables"
diplomatic question will presently be
brought forward for consideration by the
governments of the United States and
Japan, BY American usage all sailors
sailing in American merchant vessels are
held subject to United States jurisdiction,
no matter what their nationality may be
or where the ship may be stationed This
claim is not only theoretically maintained
but has been practically put in force. The
governor of the kanagawa district in
which Yokohama is situated, now asks
the central government for information
as to whether this position will be recor-
nized by Japanese seanen on alien ships
within the limits of the empire The for
eign offices answers that all Japanese and
also foreigners not belonging to treaty
powers, who are charged with offenses on
American ships while in Japan, must be
tried by native courts, and that the right
of the United States rs authorities to deal
with them cannot be admitted
Several American newspapers express
the opinion that the proposed treaty be-
tween the United States and Japan is de-
layed by the unwillingness of the latter
power to agree to restrictions upon the
immigration of her subjects This Is an
error. The imperial government regards
the question of no importance, for the rca-
son that few Japanese show any DISPOSE
tion to leave their native land. The cuun-
try is not at all oyercrowded, and more
than half of the land available for cultiya-
ton is still unoccupicd
Major General Orme, of the British
army, now visiting In Japan for the pur-
pose of military observations, has made an
inspection of the Red Cross hospital at
Toxic, in which the Chinese prisoners are
received. The prisoners themselves were
profuse in their praise of Japan, and had
NO WihH w De III examining their
injuries be found they had been wounded
by sword, bayonet and shot from behind,
showing they were caught us they had
taken to their heels.
A severe earthquake occurred in the
northern provinces of the main island of
Japan on Oct %. Many hundreds of
houses We're thrown down or consumed by
fire and more than 200 persons were killed
The town of Sakata was almost entirely
destroyed. An eruption of Mount Chokai,
u volcano in the disturbed district and sup.
posed to be extinct, is also reported.