The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-04
CHINA WILL SURELY WIN
RAW LEVIES WE'RE ONLY CAUGHT
UNA WARES IN COREA.
All the eo-Callel News OF the War In the
Far East Are JaPsneso ohieiai Iaies o'
WDdand Garbled Native Yarns

The state Of the public mind In ms
country and elsewhere In Europe. III iS
gard 10 the present position OF ANAL nalhiS Nv
Jho far East, as reflected or CT VthinE
the chief newspapers, may '''N'
be briefly stated as follows .,-..,o,,
The Japanese, by superior otSahihaaVo'ii
have gained great victories by lahu all1
sea They are In complete cOlhnann Va
me Y,llOW sen and the Gulf of Pe-Chee-
Lee, they are masters IN COrea, anu az
marching on MOokden, having ar
crossed the Yalu river at MahchuoI IA
Aookdtn can offer no serious resistance
and ia fan will seriously menace the
Manchoo dynasty. Meantime, lurtnS
expedition Of $1,000 men, Whlch leIt n
Toshima more than three weeks az i;;,p 20
somewhere In the Yellow sea, aWaltlhs
a favorable opportunity for eHeSuhs Il
landing. either 10 march on fcklh, 10
capture Port Arthur or TO strike DioH
at some other vital spot, what, Win
muddlIur. corruption, and demoTaiiza-
ton. China or at least the rclBhlhs ~
nasty, is ON its last legs. CONFUSION Iis-
order, and lawessness are tampant. me me
foreign residents at the open ports are
IN danger from the violence or the MOD
such grave danger. indeed, thar I anne
Council has had to he summoned hulIieu
Is, under circumstances well cohlTlNeu
TO excue widespread alarm, 10 concert
measures for their protection, ana now
We are sending out one very aFee aub
several smaller vessels for the PURPOSE
This is fortunate. Tor clearly the Japa-
ueSe are going To change the lace OF the
Eastern world, ard II Is right that we
should be well represented on the spot
10 make sure that II IS not changed 10
our disadvantage.
This / hope and believe is fair and
accurate statement of the general trend
of the public mind just now in regard
10 the war. and my object is 10 show
that the public mind is going altogether
wrong that the information Supplied 10
II Is, Tor the most part ito use the en-
phatic words OF The Times correspond
aT If,4ft- - 1ttg Of no
1Oth lnstD systematically misleading
mat there is no danger now, more than
any other time, OF either the fall OF the
ManChuo dynasty or of injury TO for
ciguers from Chinese mohs, ard l would
aud that there Is not the least danger
of an attack by 'he tA9anase IN Pckin,
or even or any serious landing in force
IN any part OF China at present
And, FIRST. 1 venture 10 ask readers
OF The Times To consider the conditions
under which news Of events at the seat
or war. either on land or sea, is supplied
To them at present There Is not q
single European correspondent with either
fleet or with either army. The Japanese
papers have been prohibited. since the
outbreak of hostilitleS. from publishing
anything about Japan, China, or Corea
that has not received official sanction.
Every line that reached the public about
the two ENGAGEMENTS at Asan, about the
battle Of Pins-Hang about the naval
engagement al the mouth of the Yalu
(unth the foreign officers In the Chinese
fieet made their stdtements), first reach
ed the hand OF European correspondents
at Toxic or Yokohama, Shanghai or
Che-too and reached them from natives.
The detailed and exciting tale OF the
battle Of Ping Yang, which was fought
ON Sunday and told In all the English
papers on Tuesday, was "A tale told Who'll
ly by japanese, and all that the public
can now safely believe Is that there
was battle there. in which the Japan
ese We're successful The japanese say
hot s..Ar YFtN
ese say that they had only l20o men
there altogether, OF whom 5000 rereated
In good order The Japanese say that
they killed several Generals, captured
several more. and that III Hung Chang $
famous picked troops are wiped out Inc
Chinese say that neither OF their three
generals was either killed or captured,
ana that there was not single man
OF LIS forces In Corea. And so the
contradictions in every detail so on. AZ
the present moment every one who FOL
lows the war with Intelligence is eager
ly watching for news OF the movements
OF the japanese secret expedition or
5000 men. which was alleged 10 have
LEFT Hiroshima on Tuesday, september
18th. IL vas said 70 consist OF seventy
transports and number OF men-of-war,
but 10 appears 90 have been lost 10 view
as absolutely as II ships and men had
gone down In the Yellow Sea. IL Is TO
the belief that this expedition really sail
ed that we owe the host of rumors OF
japanese WhulhSs on inc Codst ot Nnha
In The Times OF october nth we have
Reuters agent at Shanghai repeating
rumors OF landing. ShanghaI-Kwan, lat
the end OF the Great VAIN, and at Nj
uchuang, couple of hundred miles
away. adding. however. that they are
Lnconhrined and within the last rev
days we have had reports OF landings
al Che Foo. al Talienwan Bay, and at q
spot thirty miles north of the mouth or
the Yellow river. None OF these landings
have taken place, for the plain truth y
Is myth. No force left Hiroshima at
all on the date alleged. or since; nun.
lar OF empty TRANSPORTS left there. ana