The Helena independent., 1894-09-24
Chinese Emperor's Reports From
the Scene OF Battle We're
Very Favorable
Gen. Yeh Sent Word That He Had
Completely Dsfeated the
Japanese.



steamer Victoria from ths special CORES.
pondsn, Of the Associated prsssi
YOKOHAMA. Sept a--1he governor Of
Canton has published a decree forbidding
all people undor his authority to pur chase
OF use goods Of japanese manufacture. An
insurrection has broken out al Chana-shan,
In tho shan-TunR province. sutIicisntly
formidable 10 beat back the detaobms OF
troops sent from Wei Hal Wei to qus!l the
disturbance. There Ia no evidence that
the outbreak has anv political sianin ncAnco.
though hints TO that effect appear In Chi
nsss newspapers. General distress In the
nsiehborhood and apprehsnsions Of famine
sufficiently account for popular disorders
In more than one locality.
Fears are expressed in the north Of China
that the sapply OF rice will bs nsuffiolent.
not only for the people al large. but even
for the demands Of the army and navy t.
The grand canal route from the southern
rice growing districts 10 blocked above Chin
KisnQ. and doubts have arisen as 10 the
prao,issbility Of transporting grain by see.
by q singular error Of Judgment the Psking
government has included rioe in the list Of
oontraband articles. a Circumstance which
would be turned heavily 70 their disadvsn-
tags II European ships had not since re-
osived an order that grain shipped In nsu-
trsl vessels must not be considered 90 n,ra-
band. Even under this ruling The difficulty
Of securing ships for the ssrvios 10 great. and
the conveyance Of food 70 Chinese troops
In Corsa Ia cub OF BY the japanese o, uissrs.
Thus far, however, the Chinese forces have
subsisted mainly upon the products of tho
regions they occupied. In the middle Of
August II was admitted by ths officials In
Pskina that the northern arAnsriss con-
tainsd only enoaRh to meet the ordinary
requirements Of six weeks.
The Chinese imperial family has bsen
persuaded that the rout OF the army al
figured In the preliminary 6ght al ong
Nwan, has received . present OF $1,000 tAels
direct from she sovereign, and Gen. Yeh.
who Was chief In command. has been placed
In full control OF the troops In Kofsh. with
promotion 10 the rank Of field marshal, and
has been honored by q special decree In
which the emperor eulogizes him In these
words. "When Gen. Yeh beat the foe NJ
Asan, the emperor manifested his favor By
be,toviug apon him 10000 saels. Now he
smofializes ne that he lsft Asan with 10,
600 mon. fighting his way through the Dap.
aBese army. Of whom he slaughtered 600
losing only 800 of his own follows's. We
hereby proclaim Yeh's bravery, and the
valor of those who served under him. Let
him send us q list Of all his officers. that we
may forthwith promote them; also list OF
his killed, that We may confer bounties on
their families"
aupplemsntal TO the above, an sdict has
be ,n published, dated Aug. a, conseq uent
upon the latest discatch received By the
I'm error from Gen. Yeb; that officer has st
last found II expedient 10 inform his SOW
ereizn thai. after the battle at Asnn, who b
he still claims ss a victory. be vss sur
rounded by such overwhelming numbers of
japan. se that aftsr hQhtiuQ Desperately for
.ix hours and ipfiictinQ ffiQhtful slaughter
uuou tbs enemy he was compolled 10 re-
trens and carry the rem ain. OF his army 10
a now rendezvous nj Ping Yam, Hehumbly
bags tbs, he be severely censured for his
failure 10 dsstroy tho Japan forcs, bot the
smperor ptoolsims that since he was able
10 sssa, o. though hem mod In on all sides
by an nrmy several timvs larger ttan hi,
own. and 10 iuflict heavier Ioss than he
himself snffsted. tusrsfors ,'hls merit IL
an lIicient 10 compeusnte for auy inability
ON his mari. and .his reoues, for osnsure
Ia uraoiousiv refused.D
But nunounosment also comes from
p,hina thai Gen. Yeh has b,en relieyed
| iron, tbs ohief command In Corea, recently
conforrsd ON him. and IA replaced u an
offioer OF suue,ior rank. The river ap-
proneh 10 Ming po has b.eu blooked by
driving niiea 10 obstruot the channel. Ieay-
inc oni, a marrow space for iunks 10 pass
throuyb. To olo.e tbis apace. In case 4
Japaneae f,,st should appsar barues loaded
wi.b stones are ready for sinking.
Teleotams announce ,ha, In couseaueucs
of tho oontinued refusal of the 2oyernor OF
SHANGHAI 40 allow that oity the privileges
Of nentral morn Iemonstrsnoe was sen,
sarly IN scp,embsr by 10 elgn conuulr. Az
a.