The herald., 1894-12-20
Streets of the Town ChOked
With Mutilated Bodies
of Chinese.
JAPANESE FLAG STAINED
The Mikado's Troops Sack the City.
Brave and Heroic stand Made
by tho PsGans,

New YORK, Dec. 19.-The World to.
morrow will print the following special
advices from its correspondent, James
Creelman, who was with the Japanese
army, dated Port Arthur, November
Oath, via Vancouver, B. G., December
10Th:
The struggle for the emancipation OF
Corea has been suddenly turned into
headlong savage war of conquest.
1t is no longer q conflict bs,we,n
civilization and barbarian. Japan for
the last four dsys has trampled civiliza.
ton under the feet OF her conquering
army. The taking Of Port Arthur and
the possession OF one of the most pow
erful strongholds in the world was too
great q strain upon the Japanese char
actsr, which relspsed in few hours
into the british state from which it
was awakened q generation ago.
STREETS cHoKED WITH BODIES.
Almost the entire population found in
Port Arthur has been massacred, and
the work of butchering the unarmed
and unresisting inhabitants has been
continued. The streets are choked up
with mutilated corpses. In spite of tn,
vastness of the battlefield and the
strength Of the batteries massed in this
mighty chain of land and sea, the tax.
ing OF Port Arthur is robbed of its dig
nifty as a battle by the fact that large
and we'll trained army attacked mere
rabble. There WAS a great deal of artil-
lery thunder and maneuvering OF troops
among the cannon crowned hills, but the
infantry fighting was incidental and the
butcher BILL" az the hardened cam.
paigner would call it, was insignificant.
The Japanese lost about so dead and
$50 wounded in carrying fortress that
would have cost them 1000 men had it
been occupied by European or Amer-
lean citizens. China is now at the
mercy OF the Island empire. In few
days the fierce Seminal troops will be
ready to leave japan to join Field Mar
shall Oyama's army. and the third and
final movement toward Pekn will begin.
THE FLAG WAS UNsTAINED.
Up TO the moment Port Arthur was
entered, l can bear witness that both Of
Japan's armies now in the field were
chivarous and generous to the enemy.
There was not stain on her flag when
we left Kin Chow ON November 18th
and began the march on Port Arthur.
The battery OF 80 siege guns was still
houndering in the rear. but General
Hassagwa had arrived with the famous
Kumusnto troops and the entire army
of invasion was assembled, something
like 90, OOO men.
News had been received from the
Japanese spies swarming about Port
Arthur and a general plan OF action was
agreed upon.
On November II the cavalry scouts
reconnoitered the villages of Suishyeh
in the valley commanded by the land
for to o! Port Arthur and then fell back,
after skirmish, to Dojoshus, q hamlet
at the eastern foot of fortified moau.
ment and the hill commanding the way
to wide valley adjoining the Suishyeh
va alley.
AT 10 o'clock the next morning the
Chinese advanced out of Port Arthur
orts and surprised small body OF jap
anese cavalry scouts il the valley. The
Chinese had three field guns.
FLANK MOVEMENT.
They arrived at the Monument fort
just in time to see Nish's advance brig
ade take up it's position and ssnd flank
ing columns around the hill to cut off
he enemy in the rear. The valleys be-
hind were filed with troops rushing
talong at the top of their speed to the
rnscua. could see the Chine9e advanc-