The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-11-29
According To Washington Advices she
Hands of Minister Denby.
BUTCHERY AT PORT ARTHUR
PRISONERS. WOMEN AND CHILDREN,
MERCILEssLY SLAUGHTERED.
Ii Hung Chang Charged with All
Manner of Crimes-Chinese Again
Defeated by the Japanese.

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cumbed TO the inevitable and has sued for
peace. And her proposal will be presented
to Japan through the United States minis
ters al Peking and Toxic thus promising q
termination OF the war. the result i'm
offices OF the United States. IL is not pos
sible at this time to learn the terms Of
China's proposition. as handed TO Minister
DENLY. but 1t is probable that IL provides
for but two concessions-a money indem-
nifty and REIMBURSEMENT of suzerainty
over Corea 1t is improbable that the first
tender will be acceptable to Japan. as such
overtures rarely are, but this proposition
viii open the way to counter offsr OF
terms by Japan. through Minister Dun.
and the negotiations II successful. and IL
they follow the usual course. will lead first
to truce under proper guarantee. or .
preliminary agreement TO cease hostilities.
and finally to the signature of a definite
treaty OF peace. Just how this proposition
was brought about is not yet known. II is
probable however, that as the matter is
i'm the hands of the American ministers in
China and Japan. the visit OF Mr.. DIFFERING.
commissioner OF maritime customs at Tien-
Tsin, to Japan cannot be directly connected
with the peace negotiations. as has been
supposed.
An Indiscriminate Massacre.
LONDON. Nov. 2s.-The Times to-mor-
row will publish the following from it's cor
respondent at Che Foo: Sunday the
British admiral. with over fifty officers.
landed at Port Arthur. The Taotai Kung
has gone TO Tien-Tsin. He escaped from
Port Arthur and made his way along the
coast in a. launch. He left the launch and
went on board a junk at Yushun. The
launch returned to Port Arthur. where it
was destroyed by a torpedo. The junk ar
rived safely at Che Foo. The report Of
atrocities committed by both sides has been
confirmed. A number OF Japanese prisoners
were found to have been beheaded ana mu-
tilated. Hence the Japanese gave no quar-
ter. There was an indiscriminate massacre.
Several Chinese soldiers and a few shop
keepers who were seeking to escape by
boats were followed by torpedo boats and
shot,
Another dispatch from Che Foo says:
Chinese fugitives who have arrived here
state that the Japanese sacked Port <r-
thur. shooting everyone. old and young.
and that pillage and murder were supreme
for three days. They add that the dead
were barbarously mrtilated. their hands.
noses and ears being chopped on. and say
that other nameless atrocities were COM
mitted. No resistance was offered by the
people, but Japanese soldiers secured the
country for days and killed all the Chi
nese they could find. The fugitives also
say that all the streets of Port Arthur as
well as the harboI were filled with dead
bodies.
Charges Against Ii Hung Chang.
LONDON, Now 2s.-According to a dis
patch from Shanghai. a sensation was
caused there by a memorial to the throne
signed by over 10 high officials impeach-
ing LII Hung Chang charging him with
corruption. peculation and deception The
memorial also says that Ii Hung Chang
rejoiced at the Japanese victories and pre-
vented the Chinese from achieving success.
He is said to have represented that China
was prepared for war when he knew the
contrary was the case. Ia Hang Chang Is
also said to be implicated with Prince
Kung, the Emperor's uncle. and president
Of the Tsung Ii Yamen. and President or
the Admiralty, who was recently appointed
dictator, and with the Tatoai WI and the
commander Of the Chinese forces at Port
Arthur. These three officials are said by
the signers OF the memorial 70 be guilty of
high treason and of selling state secrets
and war material to the eEemy. They are
further charged with investing money in
Japan, with harboring reasonable designs
against the Chinese emajre and with con-
spring to procure the overthrow OF China
| The memorial demands the instant punish
ment and dismissal OF all concerned in the
| conspiracy.