The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1894-09-24
YEH IS CUTE AS Can Be
CHINA IN A VERY BAD WAY
She Has Domestic and Foreign
Foes In Great Number 70 Con-
tend With-hungeP Has q
orlp On Her. Toe.

tend With-Hunger Has
orio on Her. Toe.
VICTORIA. b C., Sept. A-Ths follow.
Ing hes been received per Northsrn Pacific
steamer Victoria from . special oorsss-
pondent OF the associated prsss:
YOKOHAMA, Sept. 10. Tho governoe OF
Co nton has published decree forbiddine
All people under his authority to purchase
pr uss goods Of JApauess manufaeture.
An insurrection has broken out ct
Chang Shan, In the Shantung province,
sufficiently formidable to beat back de.
tachmsnt Of troops sent from Wei Hal
Wei to quell tho disturbance. There 10
No evidence that the outbreak has any 20.
litical significance. though hints 70 that
effect appear In the Chinese newspaper.
General Distress In the neiGhboehood and
apprshensions OF . famine sufilciently &C.
count for the popular disorders In moro
than one locality.
Fears Arc expressed In the north OF
China that the supply of rice will b in.
sufAcisnt, not only for the people q large
but even for tho demands Of the army and
navy. The Grand canal route from the
southern rios growing districts 10 blocked
above Chin Kiang and doubts have arisen
90 10 the peacticability Of transportlng the
grain By ssa.
By singular error Of Judgment, the
Pskin government has included rice In
the list of eoutrahand articles, circum-
stance which would be turned heavily to
their disadvsntase u European ships had
not sincs rscsived an order that grain
shipped In neutral vessels must mot bs
considscsd contraband. Even under this
ruling the dilIlculty Of securing ships for
the service 10 great aud the conveyance Of
food to the Chinese troops In Coess 10 COM
plstely cut on by the japanese eruisses.
Thus far, however, the Chinese forces
have subsistsd mainly upon the products
Of tho regions they occupied. In the mid.
die OF August II was admitted by the Of
flcials In Pskin that the northern gran.
aries contained only enough 10 meet the
ordinary reQuirsments Of six weeks,
The Chinese imperial family hes been
persuaded that the rout Of the army at
Aaau was . brilliant victory and Mich,
who figured In the preliminary fight ct
Song Nwan, has received Q present Of 60
001 tasls direct from the sovsrelgu. and
General Yeh, who wss chief In command,
has been placed In full oentrol Of The
troops In Coesa, with promotion to The
rank Of flsld marshal, and hes bsen hon.
orsd By special decree in which the en-
peror eulogises him In these words:
"Whsn General Ysh vanquishsd the fos
at Asan, the empress manifested her fs.
vor BY bsstowlng upon him 10000 taels.
Now he memorialises us that he left Asau
with l.0o0 men, fighting his way through
the japanese army, Of whom he slsueh.
tered l.00), losing only 500 Of his own fol.
lowers. We hereby proclaim Ysh's Bro.
very and the valor Of those who ssrvsd
under him. Let him send 10 list Of all
his officers that we may forthwith promote
them; also list Of his killed that We may
confer bountiss upon their families"
6upplemen to the above, an ediet has
been published. dated Aug. %, consequent
upon the latest dispatch received BY the
emperor from General Ysh. That oflleeE
has at last found II sxpsdisnt to inform,
his sovereign that after the battle at Asau,
which be still claims - victory. hs was
surrounded BY such overwhelming num-
bsrs Of japanese that. after fighting dss-
perately tor six hours, and inflictins
frishtful slaughter upon the enemy. he
was compelled to retreat and carry the
remains Of bis army to new rsndssvous
at Ping Yang. He humbly begs that be
b severely csnsursd for his failure TO de-
stroy the Japaness forces, but the en-.
psror proclaims that, since he vas able to
escape, though hsmmsd In on all sldes By
IN army several times larger than hia
own, and to inilict heavier loss than be
himself suffered. therefore ''his meeit 10
sufficient to compensate for any inability
on his par" !" and ''his request Tor csnsurs
is araeiously refused" ---
But the announcement also comes from
Pskin that General Ysh hes bssn rslisvsd
from the chief command ID CoroA 70.
Gently conferred on him, and 10 replaced
b. IN oflcee Of superior rank.
The river approach to Ming Po has been
blocked BY driving piles to obstruet the
channel, leaving only narrow space fos
junks to pass through. To close this
space In case the japanese should appear,
barges loaded with stones are ready fos
sinking.
kilograms announce that In conse'
quonce OF the continued refusal OF ths
eovernor OF Shanghai to allow that city
the privileges OF o neutral port, o remon.
STRANGE was sent early In September By
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