The Yale expositor., 1894-11-16
NEWS OF ALL KINDS.
EVENTS OF GENERAL INTEREST
AND IMPORTAN CE.
Two Other Chinese Strongholds.-The
United States Offers Her Services us
Mediator for Peace
Port Arthur surrenders.

London: dispatch received from
Shanghai saws that the Japanese cap
tured Port Arthur afCer meeting with
a feeble resistance on the part of the
Chinese. Port Arthur was bombarded
previous to its surrender. The Chinese
laid down their arms and yielded
themselves prisoners of war. The
Chinese commanding officers aban-
doned Port Arthur during the night of
November g.
Washington: The Japanese lcga-
tion had not received official confirma-
tion of the capture of Port Arthur.
They say, however, that If Port Arthur
ha in truth fallen ii will be the most
disastrous blow that China could have
received. Port Arthur has been pro-
nouncei impregnable by the tirsC naval
experts of Germany. Ii Hung Chang
has built there modern gun factories
which rivaled those of the krupps. II
is IA city given over to the assembling
and making of modern war materials
1t is in some respe It's similar to the
Brooklyn navy yards, although 10
times greater in extent and strength.
Moreover, Ii Hung Chang had cen
tered there the pick of the Chine c
army. In any event. il is said that
great quantities of war material and
implements for making them must
necessarily follow the capture of Port
Arthur. 1t is pointed out, however,
that the capture if effected Is mainly
important in giving the JaTanese a
fertilization inside China from which
they cannot hereafter be diSlodged.
The Japanese soldiers would undou bt-
edly make the place depot of opera
tions, and it would also afford pro-
tectcd shelter for the japanese fleet.
The gun factories which have been the
chief reliance of III Hung Chang would
henceforth be at the service of Japan.
Oriental War Ncws.
Yokohama: Advices from the armies
commanded by Field Marshal Count
Oyama, now operating on the Listing
peninsula, conurm the reports of Jap
anesc victories at ChinchiI (Kinchau)
and Talienwan. The Chinese forces
at Kinchau numbered 1000 infantry
and 100 cavalry, and at Talienwan
5000 infantry and leo cavalry. The
| Chinese made little resistance at either
place. They retreated toward Port
Arthur. The Japanese lost only 10
men in capturing both places. The
Chinese losses were also slight.
London: \ dispatch from Tien Tsin
says that the emperor and his court
| are preparing to leave Pellin for Sing
Janfu Using Kiang Pu), in the province
| of Kiangsu, about l2j miles northwest
| of Shanghai. 1t is reported that the
| emperor is suffering with fever and
| is confined TO his bed. The CORE
spondent of the Times at Chcfoo says
| Taotai Kung, with several military
| leaders, abandoned Port Arthur on
| November 6. This indicates an inten-
ton to surrender There was an ample
| defending force both at Talienwan
and Port Arthur, but no general direc-
| ton of affairs. Chaos prevailed every
where. a panic prevails at New
! thang. Military deserters and refugees
arc fighting for passages on outgoing
| steamers.
Shanghai: The Chinese army of the
north has retreated TO the mountains
| where the soldiers are reported TO be
starving and suffering severely from
| cold and exposure. The japanese
army is reported to be cncamped at
| Feng Whang Cheng. The japanese
are pursuing 1900 Chinese, mostly
raw recruits. Admiral Sir +. K. Free
mantle considers that Port Arthur will
| probably be the scene of the last
engagement of Importance between
the Japanese and Chinese. The latter
are not expected to make much
| resistance.