Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1894-12-20
THE EASTERN WAR.
Detailed Account OF the Capture OF
Port Arthur.
whv the IaPaH~-~ rroup- W sIs-,I. and How.
wh-a Al rnsax. We're Ready tbs
fisn- f"r the tsptur~ sf the Cht-
ar-~ Gibraltar were Carried OaE-

steamer Gaelic.
>SN FEASCI~Cu. Dee tl-TelSfo.
japan. Nov IA peace party Is
gradually growing mp in Japan. th..
motive ~ 20, formation being derived
partly from the general ss.uss. of the
sufFerings aEsI losses entaiI-d by the
war and partly from 4 perception %
the immense uSst~S involved in Tie
diseuteg grafton II the chinese empire.
Japans Rothschilds, the Ntitany fam
I iIy. have presented "a the state an ex-
I tensivc plant Of machinery drSigued
for the casting Of heavy guns An ar
SERIAL 70 receive this eostiv equipment
T i % - sst in Mop. 4 town On the
straits of >huEnuns,,iei that has sprung
iuto su.isisu prosperity a. the di>trib-
F utin< csnter of the enal mines IA the
north os kin>hu-
{ On November u the Japanese min
I ister % state fpr fuaHse increased ths.
issue of a ,i.sn..s III. loan of -. aso .aon yen
-. .la0. .aa9 gold approximately. being
Z the sscrrd iastalImsnt OF the total war
E funt q I50.eo0.eca yea voted BY the
I diet In il -~ceas special SESSION The
T srst inssallnent. sa.Qao.Qog ven. was
( plas.,,i On the market in August. ansi
was subscribed nearly three times over.
the pr erut- h1usis being all taken By
tine Puhlle az par q port1on even sell
in- at premium
There have been 50 many rumurs OF
mediation h~twe~n china anil Japan
[ that the recently circulated intelit-
I gvuee % an oger in that direction
T frum Prv~ilseut Cleveland was not inn
rras,liately credited Yet the president
disl really try % step iato the breach
I Thinking tsat b. detected signs ~ a
{ cvaiicl1u of EErop-au po1vers - di,s-
T tate p..art.. and percsiviur that Japan
must surrender many 0f the Just fruits
I of h.-r victories in ths presence ~ such
[ inserscre nav. h- suggested the astvusa-
/ bllitv of arranging terms az oucc- and
Z tsuslsre,l his own god oftiss.- for that
Purpsse- The Japan-.s.s government
7 h1yuevsr. knowing that an European
[ cilai -i.lu need not b. apprehe1fis,i- re-
pli~L in that sense. at tn. ,ans time
intiuasinx IT, oVvn natural desire that
China should sur direct Before that
answer crIld he. euuveve,i % han Mr.
Z Cleveland had himself discovered that
the apprehension inspiring his oner
nerd uos b. entertained anil - the
project was ahan6ouerf by mutual euu-
ssur
Port Arthur helI into the hansls %
the Japauess On thu efst of Navemh.sr.
jass a rlpnth after the Transports car
ryinE Its aSsailants haat steamed away
from the shores q japan The man
uer Of It's fall assoansie,t every one. not
excepting the Jsrane~s themselves.
'Thsnretiealiy the plae~ was impr~e-
aAble against an astaeS from the sea
frunt Ou the iAn1 s1Is - desensss
were not - >sruag. bat there had hsru
ample time % strengthen thess HIaud
ahuEiiant material was az hand. while
nature had lent powerful 4it by
throwing around the east % the ssr-
tre=s n -euai-circie. u hills. varying n
hsighs from 900 - $50 feet ansI offer
ing ideal sites for batteries AMI in
I rrenchuleurs.
An English newspaper eorrrspousg-
eut- writing FROM the place ten days
before it, fall told how thousands Of
Chinese infantry and cavalry. well dr.
eiplined and armed with magazine
rifles Of the most approved pattern.
we're drilling FOR hours every day. ant
declared uuhesitatingly that the Jap
aness could never take it, that they
had missed their opportunity. that the
garrison was fully prepared and that
Port Arthur would Justify the predic-
tionS Of those who had fore=een the.
moment when the petty tide Of Japan
ese aggression would be shattered to
foam against the rock Of China's vast
resources
The japanese themselves did not uu-
derestimate the task. On the very eve
OF the receipt Of the finaI news. their
military experts said gravely that
there would be 4 heavy Ioes Of life.
The slow march ~ events in the pen
insuIa had also begun TO wear an omi-
nous looSs- Chin Chow and fallen were
taken on the dth ami 5th Of November
Thence tS Port Arthur the distance
was only forty milcs. Vet two weeks
passed ami the attack had uus been de-
livered There bad. il = tgue. been no
actual rvver>es. Evil tblings Of that
nature would have travelled swiftly.
But the apparent hesitation of men
like Lieut-t'en- iamajI- y no II the Jap
snese ideal OF stern determination
AA&t4 AA=ftt4- ttit.tl
the existence of the most foruuiia bic
obstacles. The omin0uS impression
grew stronger when il was learned
that there bad actually been ! proposal
To rush on the place on the herls Of the
fugitives from TaIien and Chin Chow
bat that Licut-fien- Yamsii had
shaLen his head and ~assi- Wait
Yet after all. IImaiI's wait meant
only that he wanted his sisge train
Thirty t@-esntimetre guns and sIX
ritest nortars were still on board ship.
To land them at the original place of
dehariSati0l would have involved an
overland journey Of 10 miles. ami Big
guns do NOT eruss mountains easily Or
travel swiftly along uarroz roads. al
ready Insufficient for the passage of
the troops. Therefore, LieuL-eien-
NamaITs plan was To se-p a. siexe
train On board ship until Talien had
b.seu captured
Talien u within forty miles of Pert
Arthur IL has ma-uiiceur h1rbor
tally equipped with stone iettses, lift
I1E cranes and all the parapheruafia
% 4 modern station Lieut. zen Va
maj intended that these appliances.
prepared 50 carefully by the Chinese
for their own use. should be turned TO
the advantage Of the invaders. He
took Talien on November :, aud 50
soon a the har6Or had been freed Of
It's pavement Of tOrPsdoes. the japan
ese transports steamed IN and Landed
4 cargo Of big guns
These heavy pieces furnished the
KEY to the scheme Of attack The
Chinese GefenSes were to De battered
into an appruaeh4bIe condition before
storEinz parties advzneed against
then II was4 pTcgraGne based on the
n-ss principles Of modern strategy.
and the .0th OF November saw rs cor
summation when ioo guEs. heavy AZ
tillery- Field and mountain pieces and
Hnortars, rzinet storm Of shot ard
shell against the Chinese irtreneh-
Elen-s trUE dawn TO dusk That was