The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-09-21
structions will probably be sent to their respec-
tive Ministers at Pekin.
THE JiPINEsE .IDrANCE.
Something About wi.iu asd Mukdea, To-
ward which the Array Are Marching.

Something About With and Muk den, TO.
ward which the Array Are Marching.
The japanese army, fresh from their victory
At PlDg-Yang, are now advancing along the
road TO the Ialu River, and there is little doubt
that they will soon enter With. the big Coreau
town Just across the Yalu River from the Chi
nose territory. This city Is said to be- the hand.
soonest and cleancst in either Corra or China.
This means great deal, because most of the
places In those two lands, and especially In the
Celestial empire, are monuments Of filth and
disease. Wi-ju Is walled city Of the first class.
3 1t occupies site whose natural advantages
cannot be surpassed. The Yalu River at this
point Is very wide and deep: the banks are mod
erately high and slope upward with gradual
ascent until they meet the hill on which stands
the city. This hill is about mile wide and more
than mile and shalt long. On its summit Is
the city. 1t Is surrounded 10y long, high. and
strong wall OF cut granite, which ages of ex-
posture have bleached to n dead white.
AT intervals are watch towers with windows,
from which the sentry can spy out In every di-
rectlon. II Is high. and pierced with openings
to allow the archers to shoot down upon invad-
ing armies. Before the invention of artillery
the place was considered almost impregnable
The walls are high that but little can he seen
Of the city within Here and there are glimpses
of red roofs and porcelain copings. the top of
Buddhist temples, and the upper stories OF Of
hcial buildings. Trees and towers are half con-
cealed by treetops and running vines. To the
northeast, west, and southwest the city looks
upon a fertile rolling plain divided into farms
and fields. water courses and woodlands.
The city has been besieged, sacked, and con-
Very verge OF Corea. Centuries ago 1t was the
OUTPOST OF the old kingdom OF Liau-tong, and
Christian era, 1t was the capital Of one OF the
sso5called Sushun kingdoms. Whoever controls
behind II. No better place could have been Sc
lected for headquarters. 1t is the distributing
centre centre and the chief market Of this part OF
foods, and is wells and streams supply an In
Prom this point rs a basis the advance OF the
Chinese will In all probability be an easy mat,
OF the Chinese, province. OF Shrinking. There
are large numbers Of Chinese troops both at
that Rar'e II s eS"sss
s,rS1s but ss,.ls. S SSS the real
Will be very small obstacle to the invader.
Unlike the Chinese army, at Ping; Yang which
isyies from shin-kins, Kirin, and Lisu.tons
and are without modern arms, connlissariat, or
army surgeons II they should ever go INTO bat
Mukdsn, toward which the Japanese are re-
ported 10 be advancing, IL very important city
In Shrinking. IL II on the road to Pekn and
also on the road TO NewchwanH. This latter
place may be the real object OF the Japanese ad-
vancv. IL has an immense commerce with every
port on the China coast from Tientsin down 10
Canton, and while Its exports are very cheap,
being beans, bean cake, and bean oil. they are
three OF the great necessaries Of Chinese daily
life. Their transportation from NewchwanR in
wolves the service OF hundreds Of steamers, sail
Ing vessels, and junks. Any interruption To its
trade would be thunderbolt TO the Chinese
coast, and would produce more CONSERVATION
than the capture Of Pekln itself.