Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-12-19
News FROM Yokohnmn.

VICTORIA, Il. G. Dec I9.-Tho steam
ship Empress OF India arrived with Yoke
hama adviccs Ia Dee :. All is quiet in
Port Arthur The army is resting from
its cNcrtionS. and the navy is busily en-
gagged in removing torpcdots and other oh
Structinns from the harhOr. Owing To the
fceblcncss of the defense 10y the Chinese
the injuries of the Qualifications were slight.
The japanese losses in the several engage
mcnts hctwccn Nov. 10 and - were ri
killed and 333 wounded.
y singular and unexpected dcmonstra-
tion of Chinese spirit was made during
the attack un Port Arthur While the
main body If General Oyama's army was
dCvoting its energies tn this enterprise II
Chinese forC, estimated mt ), 600 was hlLr-
ricdly sent from Foo Chou. - town ON the,
western cvSI>i nf the Lao Tung peninsula.
with the design of surprising u small gar
riSon left in charge of King Chow The at
tempt WAS an utter failure. Although
heavily outnunhcrJd. the Japanese defend
rrpulsCd the enemy after Il contest of
thrlC hours
Correspondents "f Japanese newspapers
tell ghastly and revolving stories Of atroc-
tiles committed hy the Chinese whenever
accident had thrown small bodies nf Jap
ancSc soldiers into their power Many of
these are officially ,nrrnhuratCC, with mi
nutrnCSS uf detail. which leaves mo room
for doubt H. tO their authenticity. Ii j.
rumurcd that these >Ccu,~ have CnErndcr-
oil fierce revenge in ;hc soldiers uf the
conqucring army and have caused them To-
throw aside all restraint and show IL"
merry To the enemy. hut il should cause
no surprise il evidence was produced that
the pCrpCt rat0r~ Of hundreds Of un>pCak-
able infamiv~ have hCcn taught for oncr
that forbCarnnC,. j. NOT u rule. without OK
CCption~.
No news Respecting the movements Of
the first army in Manchuria has b,rn n
criVCd this month. and the announcement
III n sudden change nf commanders opens
u new field nf speculation a. to its future
operations General Namagnta has r'>ign-
cd and i SuccCc'ltd hN GCnCTal \ozu,
whose promotion from the grade of lieu
tenant general Is understand To- IN an ap
proprintC reward fnr hi~ ~IiCtaS-ful man
agcmcnt uf the Phy"nE Yang campaign.
General Iamagata retirement il said to
h. caused by illness, The emperor has
sent one of the surgeons III his household
10 attend the invalid. who was expected To
return Ia Japan without delay.
Ii Hung Chang'~ Last Opportunity.
The winter cold i already severely felt
in Manchura. At Hong Wh"ng the tenn
pcraturc averages : DEGREES below lcfo
The Ialu river is frozen over and can h.
eros SCd ON horseback near MukdCn.
1t is r." ortCd that orders have been is
sued by the japanese marine authorities
that the Chinese ships of war arr not tn be
molcStCd HEREAFTER except under cirCum-
stances of absolute necessity. a. they are
expected presently Ia form part uf the Jap
anc~c navy. To thtSc instructions the
immunity of the Chen Eucn from attack
may II" perhaps attributed. as that vessel
l. now lying lRachcd at Wci-IIai Wei in u
position which might bc pachCd without
much difficulty by the Japanese long
range guns. but j. thus far unmolcStcd.
The attitude "f the Ii family, the still
powerful faction of which the viCcruy of
China is the center. is Regarded with deep
interest. The conviction i general that
Ii Hung Chang had "A great opportunity
open before him two months ago and that
il he had chosen 10 act with promptncSs
and energy the destiny uf China would
now he in his hands: hut. ~ ON a former
occasion, he wasted too much time in
weighing chances and allowed the cnthu
siasm uf his strongest supporters To grow
cold while he WAS making up his mind to
strike "a decisive blow. The 4'ci Ho and
Tung Chow might have bccn his Rubicun.
but he would not cross il when lac should
have done so nj the head Of forces Sufii-
cicnt To dominate the situnt ion. and now
he darcS not vcntur' beyond his official
quarters in Ticntsin. Although several
times summoned To the capital. hc refuses
TO stir, evidently fearing the intrigucS of
his enemies. who arc now in the ascendant
ut court. Experienced observers dcclar,,
that il he had not proclaimed himself die
tator ut the first sign of the cmpcror's hos
tility the entire course of events might
have been greatly simpliilcd and the worst
of China'> disgrace avertcd.