The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-09-25
A FIGHTON THE YALU
Chinese With Bows and Arrows
Hurrying to the Front.
TARGETS FOR JAPANESE RIFLES.
The Governments of Manchuria Prepar-
ing to Resist Invadsrs-A Russian
Pretext for War With China.


the route to Win extern.
sive earth works are being raised.
The levies are composed OF hardy north
but they are badly armed. only about 4 ooC
of them having good military rifles.
Further supplies, however, are being
hurried up from the southern ar
senals. The Chinese force on the Ysiu
river Is estimated at :. 800. Many Of these
are raw levies and are also badly armed.
The loss of guns, rifles and ammunition at
Pingyang has greatly embarrassed the
Chinese. 1t is recognized that battle
must be fought on the Yalu. and the
Chinese are stralning every nerve to re-
trieve the disaster at Pingyang.
The island of Yantanta, in Korea bay.
has been made q coating station. whence
the japanese can keep constant watch
upon the mouth of the Gulf of Pechili,
nine Japanese gunboats being stationed
there.
The emperor of China holds war coun-
Gil at 4 O'Clock. He is completely under
the influence of his former tutor and ad-
visor.
Capt. Tang. commander of the Chinese
warship Chin Yuen., which was sunk in
the engagement off the Yalu river, is
among the saved.
The British steamer Irene, from Ham
burg, loaded with large quantities of mu-
nitions of war. has safely arrived at Taku.
and has landed her cargo.
LONDON, Sept. 25.-A dispatch TO the
Times from st. Petersburg says: 1t
is reported here that China has
aa he of he
Ussueri section of the Siberian
and killed eight employees. It is feared
the government will make this pretext
TO interfere in the Korean struggle be-
tween China and Japan.
VICTORIA. Sept. 2I-tSpecial.l Letters
received from Japan by the steamer Vic
toria contain the news that Gen. Count
Amagata, the new commander-in.chief OF
the Japanese forces. has promised to leave
not one Chinaman on Korean soil by the
end of October. japan has gone military
mad, and Creelman, the correspondent of
the New York World on the scene, SAYS
that the attitude of France in the begin
ming OF her recent war with Germany was
modesty itself in comparison with Japan's
tone now. The native papers talk freely
OF the arrival of the opportunity for Japan
to rid the mixed races of China of an op-
pressive and unpopular dynasty and es-
tablish the mikado as ruler of the Flow
cry Kingdom. In the meanwhile Russia
is modifying her forces at Fladivostock,
where in early September she had 25 .00t
men ready to march, and has already sent
5000 troops across the Tumen river into
Korea. Her plans are kept secret as
the grave, but her actions are significant.
China is believed to haze offered Formosa
as bid for British assistance, and Japan
is anxiously awaiting the outcome of the
negotiations in this behalf. which it is we'll
known are in progress. The Koreans IA
vorable to Japan are being armed from the
Japanese srsenals, and will be assigned to
hold the northern frontier while the Jap
anese troops attack the coast. A humor-
our feature of the war is the effort of the
Japanese to secure horses for the cavalry
branch of the service and also for the use
of officers. The country possesses few
steeds, and even the unfortunate nags
which have been doing duty on the street
cars OF Tokyo have now been pressed into
service.
YOKOHAMA, Sept. pa letter from
Tientsin says the Chinese fleet landed
1000 troops on the banks of the Yalu in
spite of the attack of the japanese squad.
ron. The letter adds that the Chinese ships
engaged in the battle off the Yalu river
were short OF ammunition. They were
ordered by COL Won Hanneken to ram the
Japanese vessels, but the order was toe
late as the Japanese were already retiring.
A rescript has been issued, convok;ng an
extra session of the Japanese parliament
at Hiroschimo, October Is, for seven days
to discuss matters requiring the sanction
Of parliament.
LoSpos, Sept 2l--Officiass of the Japan
csc legation deny the story cabled via
Vancouver, b. c., that the Kow Shung
affair has been settled by the japanese
government apologizing and paying SIS, DOC
indemnity. They add that the japanese
hold that the king of the transport As
fully justified.
WAsHISGroS CRY, Sept. 2f.-The con-
voking of the Japanese parliament on
October IS, as announced in cable dis
patches today, excites much interest in
Japanese circles here. as it will bring to-
gether for the first time members elected
in the first week of the present month.
While parliament may be divided on some
questions Of international policy, all par
ties, including those usually against
the government, will uphold the war
which the mlkado has precipitated
since the last parliament's dissolution.
Up to that time the Liberals and Radicals.
about twenty in number, had supported
the government, and the Progressionists,
about fifty in number. had usually op-
posed IL. The tventy-eight opportunists
we're shifting in allegiance and the other
members were divided into small groups.
The Issue at that time vas over the old
treaties, one Of which is with the United
States. by which foreigners exercise extra
territorial rights at certain treaty ports in
japan. The opposition 20 the gov
eminent clamored for the immediate
abrogatiOn Of these old treaties. The
government would not 20 this far. saying
IL would be breach of faith with foreign
nations. though IL sought TO secure the
a6roratiOn Of the treaties. The issue
aroused such bitterness that personal
feelings arose between parliament and
the cabinet, wheTeapon parliament was
summariiy prorogued. snd the govern
menE appealed TO the country. The
elections have just been held, and the re-
suits are anxIously awaited, although the
treaty issue is nov overshadowed by the
war
fWijG is on the Korean side Of the Yaiu
river. Here the japanese are eoncentrat-
ing their troops, whieh will be ferrted
across the broad stream There Is r good
road ~ Mcnkden, beginning at point op-
posite W.ia. Not single Jspsness SOL
der has yet set foot on Chinese soai- The
Chinese have ali been driven out Of kores
or captured.