The record-union., 1894-10-03
JAPS MOVING ON PEKIN.
A Large Force Arrives Near the
Russian Frontier.
CHINESE TROOPS DRAFTED TO PRE-
VENT THEIR LANDING.
Leading Representatives of the Gov
ernment at the Capital in Fear That
the City VIII be Captured. the
Chinese Troops Gathered to Defend
1t Being Considered Unreliable.
Special to the RrceRD-Ux1oN.

1t Being Considered Unreliable.
Special to the RECORD UNION
TIEN-TsIN, Oct. 2.-It is officially an
nounced that 5000 Japanese troops have
arrived close at Passiet Bay, near the
russian frontier. Previous to this an
nouncement it was reported here that the
Japanese fleet had been sighted Septem-
beT 10Th ten miles from Shan Hal Kwan,
200 miles from Pekin. Large bodies of
Chinese troops have been drafted to that
district the last few days to prevent the
Japanese landing.
ANTI-FOREIGN FEELING.
SHANGHAI, Oct, 2.-The anti-foreien
feeling at Pekin is increasing hourly and
the authorities find it difficult to repress
the outbreaks of the Chinese population.
Leading Chinese representatives at Pekin
fear if the Japanese march upon Pekin
the Capital will be captured, as the Chi
nese soldiers gathered to defend it are dis
satisfied and unreliable. 1t is reported
LII Hung Chang has received orders not
to proceed to Corea.
A large deputation of Chinese residents
OF Ilen-Tsin have publicly thanked Col
onel Won Hannecken for his services I'm
| the battle at the Yalu River.
CARNAGE ON THE CHEN YUEN
| LONDON, Oct. "A British naval officer
attached to the Chinese naval squadron
| engaged in the fight off the mouth OF the
| YaIu River. has written a letter to the
| Gfdph1c IN Which he says: "On board
the warship Chen Yuen the fighting WIS
awful. The decks and the space around
the guns were strewn with human fra;.-
ments. Three of the five men working
on tour-ton gun were blown up by a
| shell from the japanese warship Naniwa
! A fourth gunner was shot while irving
/ to escape from the turret and fifth stuck
/ TO his post. This man fired three rountls
at the Naniwa, one shell entering the en-
I glne-room OF the Japanese ship and all
other crashing her fore bridge. The'Nani-
wa then hauled off. The Chinese Adj
miral rewarded the surviving gunner
/ with present of 200 taels. A shell
glanced from the steel deck OF the Chen
| I uen and went through her tower, scatter
| ing everything therein. A Lieutenant,
in the act of speaking through the tube
| leading to the englne-roOm, was blown
to atoms, and his head was left hanging
to the speaking pipes. Huge fragments
| OF armOr were carried on board by a shot,
! crushing large mum Der of sailors into a
shapeless mass. 4 European engineer,
groping about in an endeavor to repair a
steam pipe, was drenched from head to
foot with the blood OF his assistant, who
was disem boweled by shot from the
enemy's Ship The writer expresses
! the opinion if European rulers could
have seen the decks OF the Chen Yuen
they would have forsworn war forever.
| TALK OF DETHRONING THE EMPEROR
DIsCREDITED.
! WASHINGTON. Oct. 2-Officials of the
! Chinese Legation were very incredulous
! to-day of the reports from Shanghai that
the Chinese Emperor was about to be de-
| throned and his place occupied by son
! of Prince kung. 1t is pointed out that
| Prince Kung hos been in retirement so
| long, and his s0u is so little known in
| political efiairs, that there is no reasona-
| BILE basis for crediting such an internal
! revolution as might overthrow the EN-
peror.
| The official draft of the new treaty be-
| tween China and the United States as re-
Gently signed in China, is now on its way
| to the legation here. 1t is expected that
| the Presidents proclamation making the
| treaty effective in this country will be the
| next step taken.
! Prince Kuug, who has been recalled to
\ Imperial favor in China and placed at
the head of the Privy Council is said by
! diplomats who have known him per-
! sonally to be one of the ablest and most
| adroit statesmen in the Chinese Empire.
! He has behind him a long record of dis
| tinguished service, beginning in 1850 and
! running until April, 1881, when he fell
| into disgrace. He was the founder of the
Tsung LII Yamen iPrivy Council, has a
broad knowledge of foreign affairs, and
! to his courage and energy in remaining
| at Pekin in 1861, when the British occu-
| pied the place and the Imperial family
| fled, was due the very existence of the
| reigning dynasty. In April, 1884, the
| Emperor dismissed him from office In
disgrace, i'll his decree asserting that prob
| ably on account OF broken health: he had
! become careless ana had neglected his
| duties. He has since recovered, and heis
now in the sixties.
! The officials here who have been closely
watching the war in the east are puzzled
| to account for the landing of 5000 Japan
csc troops at Posseit to-day, announced
| from Tien-Tsin. The bay lies directly on
| the eastern boundary of Corea and the
| Russian maritime provinces. 1t is not
| believed any Chinese troops are in the
| neighborhood, as the country is too bar
rem for the troops to make an overland
! trip. 1t is considered conceivable the
Japanese are preparing to resist an ssl-
vance of the Russian troops into Corea.
Shan Hal Kwan lies on the boundary be-
tween the Chinese provinces of Manchu-
ria and Chi Ii. at the eastern end of the
great gateway to China. 1t is directly on
| the railroad building from Tien-Tsin to
| Moukden, and as the line is already in
operation between it and Tien-Tsin, the
| town is place of great strategic advan-
| tage. Should the Japanese effect its cap
ture and land an army, there would be
! nothing In the way OF a rapid advance on
! Pekin, and unless the Chinese resistance
| is more formidable than it has been so
far, the march could be made in week
| or ten DAYS,