Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-08-15
THE CAUSES OF THE WAR
CLEARLY STATED IN a LETTER
FROM CnnuA.
chinn's Violation of u Trrnty-so-
cisi and PoiIiieai c,ait'i,n of the
Hermit IsinEdom-Thc Jnps' sue
cess Has been Hard blow.

OF inc lliuhE-RANAs - AAAaNARhNA@
this city to Corea. who has many reia-
uyos ana friends in Cincinnati, giving
graphic description OF the breaking
out OF the war now raging ia the
Orient. with many faets not yet pub
lished in the American press. Follow
Ing is the letter In fun;
Chemujpo, corea, July 2. 1s9i.-We
IRE now in the midst Of active prepara-
lions for war. and to my mind It 10
doubtful If diplomacy viii be success
ful In warding on the strife. But TO
begin at the beginning. Last May a
serious insurrection broke out In one OF
the Southern provinces which soon got
beyond all probability Of government
control This insurrection was an up
rising against official corruption, e1lor-
ton ana oppression. The people
claimed TINT the queens clan, the min
ieterB which dominated in corcun
AFFAIRS for years. had degraded the
government to the basest condition;
that thoy had prostltuted every hon-
oruble Institution to the ignoble pur-
pose of personal enrichment advance
mcnt ana revenge. As ! stated, the
insurreotionlsts simply swept every
thing before then ana soon had one
entire province M their hands. Then
ranio a significant exhibition OF the
weakness and oowardicc Of the pow
ors that be-" Instead Of submitting
the Justice OF their cause to the loyal
re,,1, az M, i,rd aud apoeatInp ia
pe"P'' W "'' ''''' "''' "rl
them iur N"lhutenf' 1" put uoWn the
rebellion they called In Chinese MD
,,,d ,t,t,, ,t,,1 ,r ,t,e ,,,,,rtrt,it, n,
Introduce troops unto Corth sent BIN
buttnlinns OF her iawl sa troops to put
down the paopte" ON tbeb. nppronch
a.. .t...,.. .....'.., ,..,,,,,. =,
'lo peopl' HiHnp'S u'pelH'u pul''Y ~
their homes and into the mountains,
40 the "puttlnr down" WINS appnreutlv
b''"' nu1'9 i"' P'"p'' i'"'N''i'u
qulet Tor time until more startling
developments further aroused thom.
Tho lonI-standing cnntpmpt Of CHM
and Japan Tor each other is hut thiuly
biddrn under tho ,.n,or of trsntv stIt.
mattel friondabIp Japnn bas hStiev'l
nii nt,,, ti,nt gi, .r,,iJ ,,.,,g,.,. ~, ,,,,,
ma md t,,,.ai f,, i,. ,,,,,.,,,,t,,,,it,.
~ i,t, ysa,'5 st,.. loo ,.t,.'.l,
t.,tinn ,,ttl,.,. -, ,,,5 ~
s,'.,,', ,.,.,.,t s,,,,s .,,,'.t,. d., 49,, i,'',
az, ~ ~ a,'''.n
"ll' nnNS h"HP "l'' IN
u "u. w w, gi""to' iitr war
snilh "lu i3ilH'u"pl' specimens OF
modern naval science ana hor army
nluuel'u' ! Deheve, on tiai OF France
monster pi the latter she mas IN
n'l i'suH,r, s'Uoo men with a re-
s'rNe OF s1Vuoo' compare This with our
American regulars and you can form
some idea of what this b.. Tor ne
have but 10000 men. think. Well
THIS longing Ia net at sUmCone-upy-
one, but especially China, was uccpl-
ernted in April when the Clrean ref.
ugee, klm-Oh-Nlm whom Japan had
sheltered SO long. was lnred 10 sh8np.
hal ana murdered there. At TAT tln.
china gent the body hnck tuTTnren In
gunbQdt to be diAmembered ana AK
hoHorcd. and the murderer. a Corenp
ON tho same Enboat 10 be- faastrj
aud rewarded.
Japan took oifsnte at tbIs ma Cha
war spirit ran hirh stW INK r,,le
FOR war was loo nlIstv Ia b,gitr,. u,,
government al hmm '1tch'
China. 10 tbey could not h,,,t,, -'r my
limo The digr,t,l, az rt,i.,,'. Wy '''',l
10 Corcn 10 INK dn,y, Xxx ,,r iWvti'a
was another m0ttsr. hangover tp,,,n
Had.nt least no. OO0 or brr srii.,i, iti'',"
inn IN .orea nnd r.nrese,,iiT,, ~,
co.nnifrclnl in tS'sg .r,,, '"A bl''t
A. - 't' -'''h- NA years NhNt