St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-24
While He Is Getting Thrashing
After Thrashing by the
Japanese.
EMPEROR GETS ON TO HIM,
And Replaces Him in Corea
by an officer Of High
err Rank.

VI OalIOu Has iSSueu d uecree IOrDlQ-
ding all people under his authority to
use goods of Japanese manufacture. An
insurrection has broken out at Chang
Shan, in the Shan Tung province, SUIT
ficientlv formidable to beat back the
detachment of troops sen to quell the
disturbance. There is no evidence that
the outbreak has any politi-
cal significance, though hints
to that effect appear in the
Chinese newspapers. The general dis
tress in the neighborhood and the ap-
pearance of a famine is sufficient for
popular disorders in more than one
locality. Fears are expressed in the
north of China that the supply OF rice
will be insufficient, not only for the peo-
Pile at large. but even for the demands
of the army and navy. The grand canal
route from the southern rice-growing
districts is blocked above Chin kieng.
Doubts have arisen as Il the practical
bility of transporting grain by sea. By
a singular error of judgment the Picking
government has included rice in the
list Of
COntraband Articles,
a circumstance which would be turned
heavily to the disadvantage Of European
ships, had they not since received all
order that the grain shipped in neutral
vessels must not be considered contra
band. Then under this ruling the diff
Guilty of securing ships or the service is
great, and the conveyance of food to
the Chinese troops in Corea across the
Cult of Pechili is completely cut off
by the Japanese cruisers. Thus far,
however, the Chinese forces have sub
sisted mainly upon the products of
the regions they occupy. In the middle
Of August it was admitted by officials
in Peking that northern granaries COZ
tanned only food enough TO meet the
ordinary requirement of six weeks. The
Chinese Imperial family has been per-
suaded that the route of the array was
one brilliant victory. and Nichi. who
figured in the preliminary fight at Song
Nwan, has received a present of $4,000
taelS direct from the sovereign. and
Gen. Yeh. who was in command and
who has been placed in full command
of troops in Corea, with promotion to
the
Rank Of Field Marshal,
has been honored by q special decree,
in which the emperor eulogl yes him in
these words:
"When Gen. Yeh vanquished the foe
at Asan. the empress manifested her
favor by bestowing upon him 20, 600
taels. Now he memorializes that he
left Asan with 10. 600 men, fighting his
way through the Japanese army. of
whom he slaughtered 1.606. losing only
500 of his W followers. We hereby
proclaim Yeh's bravery and the vaIor of
those who served under him. Let him
send us a list of all his officers. that we
may forthwith promote them, and also
a list of his killed, that we may confer
bounties ON their families"
Supplemental to the above an edict
has been published dated Aug. &c, con-
seQuent upon the latest dispatch re-
That officer has at last found it eXped-
lent to inspect his army and inform his
sovereign that, after the battle at Asan,
which he still claims as a victory. he
was surrounded by such overwhelming
numbers of Japanese that, after fighting
desperately for six hours and
Infsicting FrightfuI Slaughter
upon the enemy, he was compelled to
retreat and carry the remains of his
army to a new rendezvous at Phig-
yanhe. He humbly begs that he be
severely censured for his failure to de-
sirou the Japanese forces. but the en-
peror proclaims that since he was able
TO escape. though hemmed i'll on all
sides by al army sc veral times larger
than his own, and then inflicted a
heavier loss than lie himself suffered,
therefore, his merit is sufficient to COM
pensate for any inability on his part,
and 'his request for censure is gra-
ciously refused"
But the announcement also comes
from Picking that Gen. Yeh had been re-
lieved from the chief command in
Corea recently conferred and is re-
placed by an officer of superior rank.
The river approach to Ming Pc has
been locked by driving piles TO obstruct
the channel, leaving a narrow space for
Junks to pass through. TO close this
space. in case the Japanese should ap-
pear. barges are loaded with stones to be
ready for sinking. kilograms announce
that i'll consequence of the continued
refusal of the governor of Shanghai to
allow the city the privileges of
A Neutral Port
remonstranceS were sent early in Sep
TENDER by the foreign consuls. As no
satisfactory answer was returned, the
following joint resolution was adopted
and forwarded to the Chinese authori-
ties:
The action of the tootai of Shanghai
is most unfair to a neutral port; and il
lie continues to act in such ii violent
mannc troops will be landed from the
American men of war for the protection
OF the Inhabitants of the settlement.
Two European missionaries have been
murdered by Chinese soldiers. One, a
Frenchman named Josea, who had a
large native following in the Corean
town of Pong Ku, is said to have in.
CURED the dispieasure OF Gen. Yeh
on that warriors retreat from Asan,
and to have been beheaded after
a form of military trial on imaginary
charges. A Scot hman named James
Wylie was set upon in Sine Yang and
beaten so brutality that he died in a few
hours. Corean adventures are taking
advantage of present disorders to en-.
gage in piracy Oh a small scale. Within
the past fortnight several Japanese
fishing boats have been seized at differ
ent points Of the Corean coast, their
boats stolen and The crews
~BarbarOusly MaI.reateA.
Warning has been sent from Niang
Hal that an attempt VIII be made To
disguise Il number OF ships belonging TO