The record-union., 1894-12-03

Due to the Chinese Following the
Advice of General Gordon, That If
an Enemy Invaded the Country to
Retreat Until the Enemy's Troops
We're Well In the Interior and Then
Turn the Chinese HordeS Upon
Them and Annihilate Them.
, Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
' TACOMA. Dec. I'm an interview in
! the Ledger, Captain John Panton, Il. n.
| r., master of the Victoria, says it is cur
rent gossip and generally believed on
| ''the other side'' that England had deep
| object In Fastening to sign treaty with
Japan several months ago, after Japan
! had won several victories. The supposed
! object was to form an alliance with the
Power likely TO control the Corean situa-
ton, in order to prevent Russia from
gaining power in that strategic quarter
of the globe-strategic particularly from
Russia's point of view, since her chief
Siberian port, Vladivostock, is blockaded
with ice hall the year. By remaining
! llI0uuIy Will OdpdLI. IL Is 1ulIN Do4lSNC Gu
that England will keep the Gar out Of
| Corea.
Many people in the Orient are Begin
ming to think, Captain Panton says, that
China has adopted and is now putting
into practice the advice given to Viceroy
! Ii Hung Chang by General Gordon of
| the British army after the TAPPING rebel
| lion. His opinion was that if ever an
army invaded China, TO retreat, retreat,
retreat, until the enemy'S troops were
we'll in the interior, anu then TO turn the
! Chinese hordes upon them and annihilate
them.
this war is hard to forecast. Ii it is true
! that the Chinese are carrying out Cor
! don'S advice, which seems quite prob
able, they will yet swamp the Japanese.
| Yet If the Chinese allow such places as
| Port Arthur TO be taken, one cannot tell
what TO expect. Port Arthur was a Glib
raltar. 1t had new guns from Europe
only few months ago, and was sup
| posed TO be lmpregnable. 1t looks as II
the Chinese Mandarins and Taotais
wanted to overthrow the Mancnurian
dynasty, and were playing into Japan's
hands.
Every body in the Orient is disguised
with the way things are going IN China,
| and the rotten state that country is in. 1t
/ is common gossip that the Mandarins
| and TaotaiS draw money in large sums
| from the Government for ammunition
| and supplies to maintain their troops,
! and that they sDend most OF the money
| for themselves or hoard it for future use.
| 1t is the most rotten state OF affairs that
| was ever seen In any country IN the
| world.
Amy one who has pull with Man
DARN can get a position of some kind.
| For instance, a framder with pub may
! be put In as Captain of vessel III the
navy. This system permeates China
through and through. There it is called
| the Mandarin squeeze. The term ap-
| plies particularly to what would be
called 'rake-off' in this country.
| Large contracts for Government supplies
are let, it is understood, with the under
standing that the officials get u good per-
centage Of the contract price from the
! contractors. Sometimes the supplies are
not purchased. or only IN very small
! quantities.
sit seems to be pretty we'll settled that
| the Chinese had used up all their powder
and ammunition when the lighting WAS
finished at the battle of the \ alu River.
If China's fleet had had plenty OF ammu-
milton it should have sunk the whole
Japanese fleet, unless the Japs ran away.
| The Japanese were willing to quit tight
! ing, not knowing the Chinese were out
| of powder and shell. Had they known
| 1t then, they might nave demolished the
| Chinese fleet.
NO; l do not think Ii Hung Chang is
| in the scheme to overthrow the Govern
ment, if one exists. He is handicapped
! by China's conservatism and apathy to
| modern improvements and modern ways
of tighting.n
NO APPREHENS FOR THE SAFETY OF
! AMERICAN RESIDENTS.
! WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.-It is stated pos
| itively at the Department of State that
| there is no fresh reason for apprehension
! touching the safety of American residents
| in Pekin, and that United States Minister
! Denby has not made any appeal to the
| department for protection since his orig
! inal dispatch sent some time ago, and re-
| ferred to at the time in the Associated
| Press dispatches, il which he stated that
| should the Japanese troops attack Pekin
| the safety of the foreign residents might
i be threatened, and it would be well to
send a force OF United States troops to
| protect the Legation.
| AS is customary in such cases, this dis
patch was promptly communicated to
| the Navy Department., and fifty marines
were ordered to be transferred from the
| other vessels of the American fleet to the
! Monocacy at Tien-TSin, near Pekin. Iu
addition Admiral Carpenter was instruct
ed to put himself In communication with
Minister Denby, and to use his own dis
cretion to do anything TO insure the safety
! OF the American residents. All this took
| place SOlll6 tIlllt ago. anu SIIlSo Inen Mr..
| DENLY has made no further application
| for protection. He is at liberty any time
to transfer his legation TO Ten-Tsin,
where it would be almost under the guns
| of the Monocacy, and in fact he was au-
thorized to do this at very early stage Of
the war, when the Chinese showed synp-
toms OF disaffection at the first reverses
sustained by their armies. The legation
was certainly much safer at Tien-Tsu
then at Pekin, as it is impossible for even
the light-dratt Monocacy to navigate the
river up to the latter city at this season of
the year. But the fact that Mr.. Denby,
although the means of communication
are open, has not recently asked for aid
from the department, is regarded as evil
dence that he feels no apprehension at
present. and this view is supported by
the cable advices from Chez Foo to the
effect that, encouraged by the prospect of
a restoration of peace, many of the for
eign residents at Pekin who have taken