The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-20
CHINA IS LOST.
Held at the Mercy of
Japan.
HOW THE FORTS FELL.
Splendid Courage of the
Garrison.
SOLDIERS MAD WITH RAGE.
Butchered Every Man Who Came
in Their Way.
PORT ARTHUR AND ITS TRAGEDY.
The First Stain Upon the Fair Fame
of the Armies of the
Mikado.
OLDIERS MAD WITH RAGE.
Butchered Every Man Who Came
in Their Way.
PORT ARTHUR AND ITS TRAGEDY.

NEW YORK. Dec. 19.-The World to-
morrow will print the following special
advices from Its correspondent, James
CreelmaD. who was with the Japanese
army, dated Port Arthur, November "a,
via Vancouver. B. c., December 10:
The struggle for the emancipation of
Korea has been suddenly turned into
headlOng savage war OF conquest. 1t is
no longer a conflict between civilization
and barbarism. Japan for the last four
days has trampled civilization under the
feet of her conquering army.
The taking of Port Arthur and the pos
session of one of the most powerful
strongholds in the world was too great a
strain upon the Japanese character, which
relapsed in a few hours back into the
british state from which it was awakened
a generation ago.
Almost the entire population found in
Port Arthur has been massacred, and the
work of butchering the unarmed men and
unresisting inhabitants has been con-
tlnued. The streets are choked up with
mutilated corpses. In spite of the vast
ness of the battlefield and the strength of
the batteries massed in this mighty cham
of land and sea, the skiing of Port Arthur
is robbed of lis dignity as battle by the
fact that large and Well-trained army at
lacked a mere rabble.
There was great deal of artillery thun-
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among the cannon-crowned hills, but the
infantry fighting was Incidental. and the
butcher bill." as the hardened cam
paigner would call ii, was Insignificant
The japanese lost about 90 dead and 80
wounded in carrying fortress that would
have cost them 1000 men had it been occu-
pied by European or American citizens.
China is now at the mercy of the island
empire. In a few days the fierce Sennal
troops will be ready to leave Japan to
join Field Marshal Oyama's army, and
then the third and final movement toward
Peking will begin.
Up to the moment Port Arthur was en-
tered / can bear witness that both of Ja-
pans armies now in the field were chival-
rOus and generous to the enemy There
was not stain on her flag when we left
Kin Chow On November II and began the
march on Port Arthur. The battery of
thirty siege guns was still floundering In
the rear, but General Hasagawa arrived
with the famous Kumumoto troops and the
entire army of invasion was assembled
something like 23 600 men.
News had been received from the Japan
ese spies swarming about Port Arthur and
a general plan of action was agreed upon.
On November II the cavalry scouts
recOnnoitered the villages of Suishyeh,
commanded by the land forts of Port Ar
thur. and then fell back after skirmish
TO DOjoshua, hamlet at the eastern foot
of fortified monument, and the hill COM
manding the way to wide valley adjoin-
ing the Suishyeh valley.
At 10 O'Clock the next morning the Chi
nese advanced out of the Port Arthur
forts and surprised small body of Japa-
nese cavalry scouts in the valley. The
Chinese had three field guns.
They arrived at the NJ onument fort lust
in time to see Nish's advance brigade take
up Its position and send fanking columns
around the hill to cut off the enemy in the
rear. The valleys behind were filled with
troops, rushing along at the top of their
speed, to the rescue. could see the Chi
nese advancing in three columns from the
southwest and northwest.
Away TO the left were the Japanese cav
airy, in cloud of dust. cutting their way
back on the main road through the line of
tossing red and white standards.
There were at least 800 Chinese in the
three columns. Suddenly the enemy
caught sight of our flank movement and
began to retreat. The Japanese had lost
men and 42 wounded. No man can say
how many the enemy lost saw the JAP
anese dead on tue road with their heads
gone and their bodies mutilated. Several
corpses were without hands; two had been
butehered like sheep and their hearts aud
livers torn out.
AS The Japanese reinforcement began
double quick the enemy disappeared
through the ravines into the Suishyeh
valley and returned to Port Arthur.
On the morning of the Goth. after the
armies had been placed in a straight line
on the east of Port Arthur with a range of
low mountains between and mass of
forts beyond. a council of war was held.
The field marshal and his staff met Gem
erals Yamajai, Nishi, Noghi and Hasa
gawa with their slaffs. 1t was decided
that part of Yamajafs division should
make great turning movement on the
flank of the Chinese and attack the left.
while Hassagawa's brigade should follow