The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-09-28
CHINESE RUN AWAY.
Cowardice of Commanders of
Warships in Battle.
SOME OF ThEMTo BE eEHEAoEo
Activity Of the Eagiish Against the
Jzpanese-Rising OF Religious
Fanatics In Korea.

naval of1cerS now a. FORT Arsnur anu
Tientsin are sguabbling among
themselves as TO the response
bigity for the terrible Chinese losses
in the naval battle off the Yalu- A court
of inquiry 10 sitting and has already found
Capt. Foug, of the warship Isl fuen.
guilty of cowardice in the face OF the
enemy. He was condemned to be be-
headed. and 1t IL believed that other off,
GERS will lose their heads.
A telegram from the Kung tsotai ct Port
Arthur, received by the commandant at
Weihaiwei, positively accuses the COM
mander OF the Chen Yuen Of taking flight
with his vessel at the battle at the
first sight of the enemy's smoke. Ad-
miral Ting, who remains at Port Arthur,
has also telegraphed to Weihaiwei making
grave charges against some Of his officers.
The admiral declares that "the Ping
Yuen. the Kwang Ting and the Chin
Chung, together with our torpedo boats.
were Up the Yalu river when the battle
commenced. There they remained until
all the lighting was over. They then
sneaked cut and made for Port Arthur. :"
Two of these torpedo boats are said to be
still missing
LONDON, Sept. PA dispatch to the
Times from Shanghai reports that the
japanese have been repulsed both at
Anju and Win.
A dispatch from Simia to the Times says
that the English papers there urge the
rush of troops from India to Hongkong
and other treaty ports, as letters have been
received reporting dangerous anti-foreign
feeling in those places.
YOKOHAMA, Sept 27--The Tong Haks.
powerful religious sect of the Korean
rebels, have attacked the Japanese troops
at Taiku, Southern Korea Reinforce
ments have been sent to the Japanese
from Seoul. The Tong Haks constitute
one of the most powerful revolutionary
elements in Korea. They ascribe the pre-
carious condition of Korean trade and
commerce to the presence of foreigners.
The Tong Haks, early in the year, under
took to rid Korea of foreigners, and
threatened tho Japanese as well as the
people of other nations. Last year, in
cited by the Tong Haks, 10000 Koreans
threatened to march on the Korean capt.
tai and expel the foreigners there.rom.
The movement was suppressed, but the
feeling which existed led to disturbances
which eventually brought about the war
between China and Japan.
YOKOHAMA. Sept. A.-An eyewitness Of
the battles at Sekwan and Asan states
that the Chinese are not skillful in shoot
ing, their bullets being directed not higher
than three feet from the ground. They
used smokeless powder, and most of them
were armed with seven-shotted repeating
rifles. They seemed. however. to be mac
customed to the use of the repeating rife.
as, when ordered to fire, they discharged
all seven shots in rapid succession. Dur
ing the firing of these vollcys the Japan
ese officers ordered their men to lie down
on the ground and then to rise and rush
on the enemy in the intervals when the
Chinese were loading their rifles. These
tactics were successful.
Eight Japanese cooks employed on a
French cruiser, who landed recently at
Chefoo, were instantly seized by Chinese
soldiers and killed.
The rumor thst the Chinese have pur-
chased the Chilean navy is again revived
in Yokohama This time it is stated that
the purchase includes two new cruisers
built by Armstrong, and that they are ex-
pected shortly.
A native japanese paper saws that the
British government has ordered Admiral
Fremantle TO watch closely the move
ments OF the Japanese fleet during the
war, and that. In pursuance of that in
struction, some British warships always
follow the Japanese fleet and bring tidings
to the flagship once or twice every day.
The Japanese press condemns this action.
claiming that Great Britain is showing
partiality 10 China.
Japanese SPY, disguised as China
man. has been found in the house of a
nephew of the viceroy and commander of
the arsenal at Port Arthur. The man was
immediately arrested. and is considered
to be an important capture. as the Chinese
think that now they have found how the
Japanese possessed such accurate knowI-
edge of their plans. ornaments, etc.
Inhuman barbarity marks the course of
the Chinese army. The Chinese taotai OF
Formosa, who offered prize for japanese
heads, Is not a solitary instance OF savage
deprayity. Korean butchers have been
enlisted. and three japanese heads trans
fixed on spears are reported to have graced
the walls of Pingyang. and the hands of
i've OF their foes were nailed TO the gates OF
Whangiu by the Chinese.
Chinese soldiers at several camps have
been threatening lady missionaries with
Insults, and trouble may ensue very
shortly. The imperial generosity of the
Chinese emperor was Enthusiastically dis
played last month. Ii was deemed polite
To reward the extraordinary valor OF Gen.
feh and his army, who. il is stated, slew
no less than 5,0o0 Japanese from July IS TO
the end Of August. The general received,
accordingly. gifts consisting of white
gem, a peacock feather holder, small
knife. pair of large purses and couple
OF clnder boxes. The common soldiery
were by no means overlooked, for another
imperial ediet. dated August 70, states that
her majesty. the empress d9wager. being
most sollcltous about the health OF the
armies now stationed a. Pingyang, which
have 10 endure heat and various other
hardships in tiEhting battles. desires that
forty chests of preventive pills be handed
10 Ii Hung Chang, who will forward them
with the greatest dispatch to Gen. Yeh, for
distribution among the armies.
number OF Europeans IN the customs
house have JEFF. Canton and come down to
Hongkong. in order TO serve the imperial
government in the war against Japan.
Several Of these have bad torpedo and gun
neFy training ia the British navy and are
probably intended for similar work ia the
Chinese feet. They are promised $50 taos
month during the war aad after the war
are 10 DC resnstated in the customs service
i alive. while Il killed their next of kin
Sill receive three years full pap. 5 400
tseis. as compensation. guaranteed by the
insPeetor gene "a. This IS rsdiculously
cheap. The Japanese have stringent or
csrs 10 spot and pot" every one Of them
>T. PETEEsEuRG. sept 27.--Ihs Nefee