Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-11-30
JAPANESE WAR METHODS
ALesson 70 Western Civ
ilization.

Shimbu gives the result of an in
| terview with the war correspond
ent of the New YORK -erald.
The conversation was held at
ChemuIpo on the occasion of the
latter's tripthither from Phyong-
wang. 1t was on the 18th ult.,
said tie erald's representative.
that he sailed up the Tai-dong
on a JUNK. Here and there on the
banks one could see dozens of
dead Chinese, all in an advanced
state Of lee IMPOSITION. So fear
full w.s the resulting stencil that
he was ntinually obliged to
carry a bottle of scent in his
hand. The number of corpses
gradually increased as the boat
approached Phyong=yang, the
surrounding air thereby vitiated
to suct an extent that it was al
most impossible to eat his meals.
The dead bodies # the Japanese
were fouai. TO be nearly always
fearfa!iy mutllated; heads and
arms were missing. having evil
dertly bsi G carried off as troph-
les by Inc barharous Chinese
ld!ely. u marked contrast to
this savageiy, he gave a striking
instance the generosity shown
by the japanese to the soldiers
and people of China, On the
18th, just aftS the fall of
Phyong-yang. "a heavily laden
Chinese junk was captured by
the japanese troops on the lower
course of the Tai-dong. Four
Chinese sailors and one China
woman were On board. The wo-
man was discovered to be the
wife of a Chinese telegraph ex-
pert, formerly stationed at the
Chinese Telegraph Office at Che
mulpo, but subsequently station
ed at similar post at Phyong-
yang, where he had been taken
prisoner with several others on
the 10th. The junk was requisi-
toned fer Japanese service and
her crew ordered to assist in
conveying stores brought by
japanese steamers to the lower
Tai-dong up the river to Phyong-
yang. Delighted to find them
selves mercifully treated, the men
mvi hoa fep snuo al daye with ad-
mirable diligence. Their enf,rc-
ed labor was however not of long
continuance. 1oo.5 :, week later
they were brought into the pres
ence of Lieut-General Viscount
Nozu and were told that although
they belonged to nation that
was the bitter enemy of Japan
they themselves were not consid-
cred as foes. In recognition of
the service which they had rend-
cred the japanese army they
were about to be set free. and
thirty yen would be paid to each
man. in lieu Of travelling expen-
ses. Moreover, hey should be
furnished with q PASS securing
their safe passage through the
japanese lines. The four men
were completely dumbfounded at
this magnan'mous liberality, and
so struck were they by the chiv-
alrous gener sity of the japanese
that they repeatedly refused to
accept the preferred money. 1t
was literally with tears of graft
tuds they were at last obliged to
take the gift. TIE woman was
similarly :reatsd and was at the
same time assured that though
her husband was a prisoner and
in confinement his life was per-
fectly safe. A similar spirit actu-
a,es The japanese army in its
treatment of the Chinese prison
ers of wa. Wien the Herald's
correspondent was in Phyong-
yang there were no less than eight
hundred Chinese captives employ
ed in various matters connected
with the Japanese army. Yet
their treatment was so kind and
liberal that. In the correspond
ent's opinion, they were more like
guests than enemies taken with
arms in hand. The action of the
Japanese army in all these points
certainly So, passes that of any
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