Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-06

are thousand o. away AllAA tiF.'
h1mes. TO hgai against foTeiEn Troops
ammuniiicn Is OF the utmost import
anee THIS high ofhc.al has been com
ue--ei uiih Cur military affairs for
ovsr thirty years yet he has shown
hirnseif Ignorant q military matters
0ur country and people expected much
from our army. which has been organ
irci by this high official but By en-
pisyiag men Of bad character and %
M uh.lityshey have brought the coun-
FRY 10 rs p-ssen, pitiabis STATE. Tnis
high Official should b. hated By all the
people throughout the length and
breadth % iie empire.
1t was said that Japan had her eyes
on Cora for years. but Aer Intention
was kept secret until the spring Of the
present year. This high official OF the
N5-th was the only man In the empire
who had the reputation Of being posted
with all the news OF The hrsi-ciass I'M
prrtanca' Was be really ignorant %
the intention OF Japan7 When Yuan
sle-kwai got wind Ok japanese inten-
lions he az once telsEraphed 10 this
high oilciil with The request 10 pro-
vide Immediately. for the emergency.
But he CI-D kep6sae information from
reaching the iluI'sTial ears. and appear
"a 10 care little o. nothing for the mat
ter. Later on. when things became
was very powerful and X would be 70
ChIna's advantage to make peace with
her. When the war actually broke out
the emperor was s;iil ignorant OF IL.
though ell the officials were fully in
formed Then Yuan Sie-kwai was or
dered 10 proceed 10 Pekin 10 give an
account Of the troubles % his majesty.
but he was prevented by this hiEh Of
fetal. All the Information sent hy Yuan
aar al %
this same high official before forward
Ing 10 the throne, 50 that the real facts
never reached P5kin- This high Of
fetal has committed an objectionable
sin against the throne. and even Il his
head were o. Dc taken ~ his sin
would still rem1iu unstonc1, because
his crime is much ia excess Of any farm
NJ pun shuaut that could be me,ed
cut to him.
our constant defeats were caused
by The Inactivity and cowsriice Uf our
navy, which was commanded by Ting
Ju-chaug Re always tried 90 avoid
engagements with the ensmy whenever
and wherever he met :hsn. The naval
ba-J- Of the Yalu was an accident
watch he could not we'll avoid Then
be was forced 10 fight. Wnen the Chi
hyusn made a daring charge upon the
enemy De sent not q single snip 20 fol-
luW hHr example or % assist her in
amy way. Was it right for an admiral
Co De inactive when one 0f his ships
alone was engaging with the enemy
captain F1ng Pel-l-i=u was beh-rdad
hy him Ting fa- c1wa-dl-s. h-t the
emperor has not punished Ting for his
neglect u duty. Our constant defeats
on land we-a caused los General Wei
Snla-Ewai. WIN ran first. and then Cen
eral Ieh Chl-rhga, who followed hts
example. Before tine battle % Ping
Yang General Ts5 tei=rraphed 90 the
authorities 90 recall General Wei and
his troops from tla e 3D. fHr " d. was
lnt recalled Ping-YauE would certainly
fl.l. as his men were u bad character.
They pluldarai the Clraaus and QUIT
ragged their women, So much So that
the natives have been made % dislike
US. ana would not supply US with the
necessary food.
"Af,er the battle OF Ping Yang GEN
erai Wei Shlh-kwei and his son hid
themselves In the long grass IN prevent
being muir, red by lis own tr1rus FOR
pocf-tilE their Wa yes ID time oF ue4g1.
Indeed, the magnitude ot his Sin ls
unspHaEabl=. But, as every one knows,
s. long as this particular high oGic.al
Is not degraded, and dismis=e from
yilce. these two traitors. Admiral Ting
Ju-chang and General Wei Shih-E,5,.i
can never be decapitated. even IL the
emperor himself We're 10 be the eyncr-
toner. And so long as the s5llier5
are dissatisfied with their tr-rru..rit
there Is no chance OK gaining a victory
f7r China. And why? Because tbay
Will not fight unless the hIr1 aufbori-
ties recosni27 the justice " awarding
hnHon 10 whom h7ug- Is due. and pun
is1men' to whom punishment o. fassr,--
cd. Liu Poo-sha was shown b., some
ore 20 be unfit for the position bio thGn
held, but this same high 8m-l7l h7s
promoted him To q higher. better ana
hand. CaDtafn lin 1900
bravery Tor MS country but he was