The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-08-19
THE K0REANCAPITAL.
wanderfuI City of Seoul, Which
the War May Destroy.
vue wARsHgPs At cHEmuLPo.
~s. WITH SOC. 900 Inhabitants, Lfv-
no 10 Hats, Has no sewers-Ihe
Dress Of the W omen-

r.~xrexktes, fs94 ~ Frank 6. cArpsnfAr.
r~.nt 10 give you some idea of Seoul.
/ =. ><.stal % Korea Il Is the center Of
ssw,r troable between China and Japan
s..sis rsay b fought IA il any DAY and
/ =. srsng would .lpe its matched huts
] - shs face Of the earth. II lies in =
/ -. u the mountains and it 10 perhaps
=. rnast beautifully located capital on
| 49, fsce Of the glooe. 1t is only twenty
1 q. miles from the sea- and il Is con-
/ -<rted With the port OF Chemulpo by
| r.or wagon road. which climbs up the
/ Is.ls ana over the mountains 70 get 20 IT.
/ -. sIuxeish Han river flows within three
/ ,.II-s Of il. and IL vas up this river that I
/ -. IN little steam tug 20 n landing
/ 80, not Ear from the spot on which kim
/ ~ gsrn's dead body was cut into six
/ rsecss recently.
Rat frrs take a look at Korea's chief
| s.rort, Chemnlpo 10 tie place At which
| s~aul gets all IL. provisions. liz is now
/ ths lEyelest little city Of Asia. There are
.snethlng like two-seors gunboats In its
k.rbor. and the Japanese have all told
sr~nty-eirht gurbosts and transports
,hsre. The haFpor Is large and land
lae1sd BY islands The tide has an
,noruous rise and fall, often as high
/ a. thirty feet, and boats which get close
% the town are left on the mud when
The tide goes out. Chemulpo lies right on
/ ,he edge Of the sea, with great bills rising
axhind il. and ii is on one of these that
sisl stands the house where Admiral Shu-
/ klds met the Korean commissioners ia
| fus and made the treaty which opened
/ Korea 10 the civilized world. Since then
/ chemnipo has grown 10 be quite city,
asa Il looks more like a slice Of Japan
/ lhsn Korea. II has 800 Japanese and
| 100 Korean population. There are less
/ ,han LOO Chinese, four Americans, six
| Tea Germans and Eve Englishmeh in II.
/ The only American business firm in Korea
/ b located in Chemnlpo. and that is.
shsuk. now closed on account Of the war.
lshas been about decided TO regard Che
nnlpo as neutral ground. and this will
psyent its being fred upon by either
party. Were il otherwise, a single gun
/ soss conld shell IL OUT Of existence, as its
| kssboF is open and unprotected.
The lighting has been at Va San. which
/ b shout fifty miles south of ChemuIpo. Ii
/ vas al tins point that the Chinese troops
/ tfst landed. aud ZOO came here Mt the
/ Instance of the king TO aid him In putting
down the rebellion. They did nothing TO
/ help, however, as has been incorrectly
stated in the papers. They merely re-
NAMED at Va san. In the meantime the
japanese began sending troops TO Korea.
/ saa by the LIST OF July they had 800
sediers IN Seoul aud 800 in Chemulpo.
| This caused the Chinese to send more
soldiers, but they landed all their troops
Il Va San, being for the time apparently
| psrslyEed BY the japanese invasion.
lsafn that there Is a decided difference be-
| tween the equipment Of the two armies
The Jsps have landed their men with the
beat Of everything. and have their stores
femplese In every department. They have
sQeasalry and about forty hsld guns, In
| ending machine and mountain guns.
| They have full stocks OF provisions and
are supplied with pontoon bridges, tele-
phone iines and all the materials OF mod
EN- warfare. On the other hand the Chi
psse are said to be calling on the Koreans
10 supply them with ponies, cattle and
nee. Korea Is very poor. The country Is
Gu the verge of starvation, and the Chi
nsss would not be able 10 carry on their
var loag BY rations supplied in this way.
The japanese have demanded OF China
hat she give up all pretense Of sovereignty
ever Korea. IL China does this she wall
lose her reputation throughout the far
East and IL may lead to the dismember-
nsns OF her government. Her provinces
sss BY no means closely tied together. and
tas nght that she 10 making may DO for
hsf existence as an empire as we'll as for a
sses Of power IN the land OF Korea. In
ihs meantime the danger OF the other
| posefs being Involved IN the war is very
great The baltimore and the Monocacy.
/ 81 Two guneoats. are at Chemulpo. The
/ ffench man-of.war Inconstant, the Ger
nan ganhoat lltis. the English warship
Archer and The Russian man-of.war
AossaiE are also IN this same harboF and
sas oihef ports OF Korea contain warships.
1 aas British are very much afraid OF the
kasslsns. There Is said To be a man-ol-
sN Al Fort Hamilton, which Is. you
aaes, some distance below Nladivostock.
| e Sioefaa- IL Is pat there To watch the
esssaan movements. The Russians
VmpashlEe With the Japanese, white En-
kAaa; sho sells tens upon tens of millions
| eoaafs worth OF goods every year go
| ealnA iay0rs her III the TRANSIT Berian
Afeai sas competed there IS little doubt
49, tas Russian troops would already be
AofeA 10 may be 30 nov, Tor Russia
| 49, het tolerate any coalition between
! .1ssa sAo England without coming 10 the
s1a'sahee Of The japanese
Aany rate. great part OF the war has
= fought on kore2n soil. aud Seoul
- y ground between the upper and the
"s'Asf nitisEoaes. Ii nav be wiped out
| saASssace II 50. the most curious city
vas ace Of the globe viii pass away.
| sA''s0 y S1 years ago. and my visit OF
- p'cssnt year lnclnded more than a
..s1sa o. hard Sork- I have spent days
mastering through ia streets have
sssa sassie 81 its prisons. aud have walked
's'sasa Us palaces. / have talked with
- e'asses aud aave seen al sorts Of new
.-'ss' Al every turn. There are no guide
se-s q Asa You viii not ana accurate
SYMPHONY Of Scout in any books OF
S The tourist who comes here With
~ sasrodactjous could not find lodging
| -. AaeFe are 30 hotels, and | am in-
- 49, y my friends among the mission
| - Aaeng the diplomats and with
| s4s hlga Koreans for my enter
49, through these many days. I
I@s-1 81 giving you an accurate idea
49, Aafean capital IL - SO different
r. aaY other city on the face Of
| "a. es. u - such mass Of the
IL h-s-s.iAt Ahd ihe urlv. Of a. giliEatfon and
/ s.szn. Of the old sad the new. that
/ 90, mos hoR 30 describe IT, Take It's
| $50 titles in a great basin eur
| 49, y mountains. which ln some
| g. 80 as tasge1 a. the widest peaks
| 81 ~. - @oSAtss AID WHICH in others have
aaes-e e<A9tfia5 ver4aru % the AneshA-
| 49, TIE NAtskils. The tops ct these
asa ois rest IN the clouds and
49, FaFof hang ia their reessses
Is ~s green pain upon " hich the cgty
I.ss,- Ahsy change Ia taeir hBss with
i 49, Saaeae o L.n aanKens Ana hey