The Portland daily press., 1894-11-03

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nese have just landed force in the real
of Port Arthur wan means harbor anC
just as our word Indicates a place OF
shelter so this character wan is built III
OF sym pols for water, and to BEND de-
noting place where the shore curve.
around body of water making safe
anchorage
"New-Chwang, which appears on some
maps as notwithstanding, reported to be
captured, means Cowtown: Shanghaik.
wan must be intended for Shan Hal.
hwan the place where the great wal
ends at the shore. If it be true that 40,
oO0 japanese have landed near it, they
Will be less than 200 miles from Picking,
Iakuar, where several Japanese war.
ships were reported to have been sighted
on the 10th instant, must be a misprint
Tor Ta-ku bar, off the mouth Of the Pr
Ho. If that be true. there is little won
der at the reported CONSERVATION in
PekIng, for it means that the Chinese
Meet Is powerless at present. Ii Japan
ese squadron has also been seen off Ming
4 70 (tranquil Waves about 100 miles
south OF Shanghai, the vessels are no
0oubt ready to intercept the southern
sChlnese men-of-war and coal likely to
be brought from Formosa.
TALK OF DISBURSEMENT.
| China itself bears several active titles,
which have been translated The Celestial
Empire and Beueath- the H esvens. ALL
between-the-four-Seas and the Middle
Kingdom; but perhaps among it's own
heterogeneous people it is best known as
| Inc Eighteen Provinces, which last
name, II European jealousy will keep
Its hands off and let the Japanese halve
or quarter the empire, will probably
have to be changed, provided also that
no mistakes are made by the plucky
Japanese. 1t is some comfort that the
seat of war has been removed from
Corea, for We had the mos5 important
place there spelt in four different ways,
| and other names under guises which. no
fellow could find out The recent cor
rected chart issued by the photographic
office, has, however, filled most blank
spots, which we have been accustomed to
see marked, Corea.
"Our ALIASES, as has been owned, are
imperfect, and even in China, there is
dearth of information about it's own
geography. More than twenty years
ago party of American naval officers at
Tien-Tsin, wishing to visit. the Kou-pe-
kow and Nan-kow passes through the
Great Wall or Ten-thousand-m ile-ram-
part), also the Ming Tombs and other
points OF interest, fand the only guide
mands, Minister Low persuaded us to go
without guide, and after roughly
tracing Manuscript sketch map of the
roads, ETC., which was borl lowed from
the British legation, we succeeded emf
nently, and the writer had the satisfac-
ton afterward of helping to make more
elaborate copy of the map for the use Of
our own legation.
MILITARY CONDITIONS IN WINTER.
Your interesting correspondent, Mr..
Carpenter, has to some extent described
travelling in the north of China. The
country to the north east of Picking is
generally fat, and near the coast of the
two CULTS, Pe-Chil and Liam Tung,
there are salt marshes. Over the COM
paratiely level plan by which the Japan
ese may approach there are dirt roads
passable for carts, though long use has
in some places cut them below the gem
eral surface. In winter the ground is
frozen hard, and the streams for several
months have a covering of ice thick
enough for the easy passage of troops, so
that it is difficult to understand what
some English journals mean by stating
that Tien-Tisn will be safe from attack
in a few weeks; the streams could be
crossed on foot, and the Chinese gun.
boats could not ascend the Pei Ho to
help. On the other hand, if TIE Ta-Ku
forts were captured before winter large
Japanese men-of-war, even after crossing
the bar, would probably not be able to
go up the river on account of it's excessive
crookedness and sharp bends. AS to the
cold, if winter outfits were forwarded to
the Japanese soldiers IL appears as if the
latter should not have great trout BILE. In
parts OF their own country they have
cold ana snow, while in northern China
though the temperature sometimes falls
to about ten degrees, it is clear, dry
cold, and there may not he half inch
of snow throughout the winter. In any
case we are not likely to wait long now
for some decisive movements.
Dism IN berment has been whispered
and already the eagles, the bear and, of
course, the lion, are preparing to gather
where the carcass is and to claim slices
of rectitied frontier, outlying islands,
etc. II these things happen Americans
should not pass on with a feeling of
contempt alone for the huge, rich, popu-
lous country alone which may be de-
spoiled. We, with our defenseless ports
and our handful of ships are living in
the same FOOLS paradise. Let us heed
his last, grave lesson while there is vet
time. Washington Star.