New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-24

used in the hot days OF summer. The place does
an immense trade. and has more wealth In all prob
abilities than any other city In North emma east OF
Picking From II caravans come and go to and from
Manchura. Siberia Tse-Tsen. Northern Chih-li and
Corea.
1t is the great fur market OF the Empire. and be,
ses doing yas business in breadstnnS ana AL
Tho taxes Of the three provinces which are re-, usually
ais. and not in coin In fact. with the exception OF
the familiar cash which is in use throughout the
Far East there is practically no currency IN inat
and bills, paid in sycee or silver fragments and
not in coined bullion There are gold and silver
mines somewhere in this district, but they zeal
ously guarded from the outside world. All that -
a million dollar, worth year Of crude gold and
silver flowing into the Provincial Treasury at Mouk-
den. Moukden has been celebrated in verse by no
less a poet than The Emperor Kuenlung. \ good
translation OF this metrica gem was made into
French by the scholar Amyot. Next 10 the capture
Of Poking the capture of Moukden will be the great
est blow that The Japanese can srike a! tAe proTd
means the loss Of prestige ana the crushing Of the
From Moukdcn a fair road runs To- Pcking, which
Is about so miles to the southwest. It has been
traversed 90 often by the ManchurIan and Mon
golian horscmen that it il In better conllti.n FOR
an army than amos; any other road In the North.
another road .on,h by %e' roes to o ihe trsay
There + no doubt in the mind Of any one familiar
with China but that ne yapanese either h@fore or
upon this place. It does the largest cxport bust
ness OF all the Northern trcAty ports A. ~ SUPPLE
cultural products. a. long tn" harbor * open.
when j. about "lgnt months OF the year, Us
able harhor Is crowded with frelgnt steamers JuhKS
and -lng vessels In 1892 there entered ana cleared
~ steamers. i02 sailing vessels and $500 junkS
Al ~ these went away Laden down with local
pro luce. Capturing \'WchwdnR would stop. TINS
enormous traffic and convey the impression or chi
nese disaster ami ruin - every part of the coi't
There Is another feature about this contemplated
NOV. Of tho .apanr-e which seems - have IS
capped all notice heretofore. and that * tho un-
stable and unrulv condition OF the Manchuri1n
the Imperial yok" from year Il year, ana since
1850 have engaged in any number Of rails. riots
and uurlsings They have worried Ii HUNG thang
beyond all expression In tn" last i"cll" and have
Moukden. Kwang-Ying. Ichau. kin-chow. klcng-
C'nanC Chao-Yan and t'hiuE-tih In November.
1871 they rose 500 strong. and under II ls said.
the command Of a distinguished Lama priest at
general ami 90 soldiers and driving the rest OF
Tho army. some 2J'p In number. into the nils be-
vonI the city L. Hung Chang was compelled u
send 500 troops from Tlrn-IS.n anu othet points
stylc Two months aftorwari his General reported
iha, h" hal met the Insurgents AMI after a mere"
battle hal defeated them with great slaughter. MS
own losses being about nfiy and that ~ the rebels
i.Vr This. of course. meant that m" Ich"lS as
persel whom th'y heard ~ tho heavy fore" sent
against them and that the General sImnly took so
many mcr from each town AMI city inv9lF"i IN
Tho UPRISING and beh"adei them in COLI blood.
Arer that however the garrison at Chao- Yam was
doubled and has been kent ~ the latter ngurs
evor since. In October 1892. and In November
500 there similar. but smaller uprisngs be
tween kfn-ch,w ana NOtkIen They klllei large
numbers ~ troops and We're IN turn slauEht"rrl
bv thousands by the mpcritlls's Th's" peopi" ar"
rcb.lllois enough 20 Join forces with the Japanes"
partly I'm the hope Of VenCcsncr but chiefly IN IN"
idea - DESTROYING the administration which kc'is
thcrn In "A condition hor lcrlnR upon starvation. "
the furthr-, they viii be- help and not hinirance
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