The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-12-07
Cruel
China sMethodsare Barbarous
II0w Prlsoners Are Trealel.

Many people are glad that the
little empire OF Japan has been
able to give old China a great
spanking. The fact is China is
the largest empire on the globe
and Japan is merely a speckcom;
pared with her great enemy. But
the laps had long ago gotten
aroused They had sent their
voung men to the United States
sto 81 educated. They studied
new methods and got away from
old sSperstitions. The result Of
1.-THE warhas astonished the world.
Nevtr has a nation been so COM
pletely wallopedr as China has
been The heathenish and cruel
Chinese are not deserving Of any
pity The following is a descrip.
ton Of the manner in which two
Japanese prisoners were treated
by the Chinese
1.-THE story is that they first
received 1000 blows from the
bamboo. This is a form of pun
ishmertvery common. 1t is in.
tended to induce a confession. 1t
is so common that the Judges
daily, sometimes order it infiict.
ed in theirpresence. The prison.
Ter is brought before the magis.
trate on his knees, and the charge
is made. Care is taken to have
a magistrate from another prov
ince, and the prisoner makes his
lap7 Ier/NR language which IS
~ the magistrate. Il
isfnd rpreted BY an official. &C.
curataly, or inaccurately as he Is
bribed. and the Judge throws
down a little stick on which is
painted the number of blows the
man Is to receive. This is done
SO that the poor devil will not
know what he is to get before
hand. His head is then bent to
the ground bis trousers are
stripped down, and one of the
officials lays on with the fiat,sec.
ton Of q bamboo pole. The pole
is smooth and timber and hard.
The official whacks him Justify.
horribly. if many strokes are
given. It is said that after the
Japanese got the thousandstrokes
tits a miracle they did not die.
As they did not. and as they still
refused to confess. their finger
nails were pulled out. This is
done with a set of pincers. This
ingenious bit ofdeviltry proving
futile, the two Japanese under.
entthe process of kneeling on
chains. This lacerates the knee.
cap and causes extreme agony
In their case the agony was in
creased by having men stand OF
a pole which was put across the
inside of their knees.
1T is one of Gods mercies. anc
one of the reasons why tortures
are practised, that the Orientals
are not as sensitive as we are to
pain, else they would go starl
mad The chain torture proving
unayailing. the Japanese were
compelled to stand. and smaller
chains were put around theil
wrists and boilngwater was pour,
ed on them until the iron sunk to
the bone. Further, it is said that
torture is succeeded in wiring
ing from them a confession, their
tongues were pulled out and
crushed. and then an unamable
| torture was inflicted. To any
one familiar with China it is
evident from these details that
tine treatment of these prisoners
was inspired by malignant devil
try. The Chinese have thous.
ands OF ways of getting around
their beautifully reading laws.
To Illustrate what / mean. while
they require q confession, to pre-.
cede punishment, it is always se-
secured. While the prisoner is
being tortured they twist a moan
or any sound he may make into q
YES. Sometimes they get an at
tendant to say Vow for him,
which they Immediately take to-
mean I want.t to be punished.