Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-03

preterreJ not to do. but are re,naininx
~ tuc uetenslve at Ping-Yanx. They
nave chosen an admirable position <
river one-third Of mile wide flows be-
,wreii them and the south, and this the
1 III ~ must cross To get at them.
tne clty iiself is n citadel, and will
shelter 100000 men, Nc, one Knows the
number OF the Chinese AT this polnt.
put bood authority gives them at f-oia
sV'evo 70 tuOOO men which number "a
Being daily augmented
Inc Jalanese have now between a.
wv ana oVgOO men In Corea, and 10000
days. "a Ae"i
The army is to he commanded bv
Genaral Count Yamagata, while Lieu
tenan tGeneral Nuzu and Major Gem
erals Oshinia and Oselu are already on
the neid. With the arrival Of the 70 900
Improvements. aggressive measures
WIN be inauguratcd. 1t is runored
that concerted assault will begin on
~, w iotn instant on land Ind sea. and
thAt simultaneous with the attack on
the Chinese army at Ping Yang and Ia
North Corca, a descan Will be made ON
the Chinese coast. This will be the
closing In for the death struggle. CHINA
VIII be unable TO avoid 1t. The Japan
ESQ are determined TO meet and hight
do It.
The Chinese troops have proved TO
pc heavy burden to Corea already.
kapine and violence have marked their
course. 1t Is notorious that no good
Chinaman enters the army, and. with
the exception OF few thousand for
eign-drilled troops, her multitudes
OF braves are hordes OF freebooter3.
They neither give nor take quarter.
Accordlng to an authentic account OF
the sinking OF the Kow-Shing, the
troops who remained on the wreck
fired on their struggling and drowning
comrades In the water. Their attitude
toward the Japanese is indicated by
the fact that they have set price on
Japanese heads,
In great contrast to this are the
Japanese troops. The discipline under
which they are kept Ia remarkable.
while In the entire conduct of their
enterprise Corea has not been laid
under contribution for anything The
Chinese troops have no commissnriat.
and are living of the country through
which they pass. one OF the most
prominent features OF the japanese is
their commlssariat. All supplies which
have been purchased from the Coreans
have been paid for at 100 per cent adj
vance. AS result. they have con-
quered a public sentiment In their
favor. In the first days OF the inter-
vention it is undeniable that Corean
sentiment was with China. The Jap
anese have changed this. and have
done 1t by kindness. magnanlmlty and
generosity.
Such is the condition OF affairs In the
peninsula at the present writing. Two
large armies. in whose hearts burn
LISTING and deep hate. stand facing
each other in North Corea. only wait
L., a..
gle, and the outcome is uncertain.
No foreigners have left the country
yet. Though the Japanese army of
$1,000 men or more has passed here,
we have been Lnmolested. Foreign
sailors are stationed at the various
legations Sixty viii guard the Ameri-
can legation. and about the same num-
Der the English consulate general.
Seventy Russian sailors look after the
Russian and French legations. This,
added to the fact that the Russian
and French adnirals are both in Vlad-
Woodstock, shows that Russia and
France viii act together In the east.
At the German consulate there are
forty men. so that we have over 200
men In Seoul for our protection.
Admiral Carpenter Is atlll at Che
mulpo on the Baltimore, though the
Concord Is expected daily TO relieve
are two Russian. one French. one
English and one German.
September 20--Af,er the declaration
OF war between China and Japan there
came q period OF six weeks, during
which no collision worthy OF special
note occurred. Neither hostile party
was inactive. however. China. anxious
to meet and annlhllate, II possible.
with one crushing blow. her despised
foe, threw force OF troops drawn
largely from the Manchoo garrlsons,
| into the Corean peninsula. Ihese ad-
vanced 40 miles Inside the border to
| the banks of the Tai-Dong river. The
| japanese awaited the shock a little TO
/ the north OF Seoul, and sueh was the
| strength Of their position that the chi
\ nese apparently changed their first
| plan, hating at the capital city of the
| border province, Ping-Yang. assuming
the defensive there, and strongly fortl-
/ flying It.
| ThOOO people situated on the right
bank of the Tai-Dong, which here flows
| SOUTH and is about one-quarter or q
mile wide. The place IS admirably
| adapted to the purpose OF defensive
warfare, especially against an enemy
coming. like the japanese, from the
| south. Here the Chinese fixed their
base and slowly gathered their troops
together. These chiefly found their
wav overland, via the Yalu river
which forms the corean-Chinese boun,
diary. No attempt was made TO 'nnu
troops at the mouth OF the Tai-Dong
probably because of the kow shins
catastrophe. and also because OF me
watchfuiness OF the japanese teet'
The first Chinese troops TO reach Ping
Yang were q brigade OF 10000 men
who entered the city on the an o.
August Between that time and me
18th OF September. when the eetlre
force was Shattered by one crushing
hiow and the city captured by the
Japanese, no ono knows now MAY EN-
men were massed there by INC Shi'
nese. Estimates range from lv,VVy !.
los. COO. / am inclined to think ma
he number was really 80 GOO men Of a.
arms at Ping-Yang. exclusive OF ~
can auxiliarics. and, say soVVo NOR
elsewhere in the province.
Considerable difficulty was eNpel :,
creed in carrying the baggage an !,
camD enuipage OF these forces i,otl
cen. Nodzn and Gen. okeso were IN .
mountainous and sparsely setleu ~" ~,
try They had 10 depend upon the ~, ~,
reans. who. with their. unreasonins ~ ~.
for China's retaliation, We're Ntle u az.
nosed TO aid China's enemy IN SPY
81 these difliculties. the plan Wa ~
hered 10 and carried out TO me Islsei
ma Chinese were permitted g pross
cnte their operations along me q qS
80 ~ the ping An and Whan iin