The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-27
Military Experts Who Accompanied
the Japanese Say They Saw No
Such Outrages Described.
GENERAL MODULUS ADvICES
ARMY OF 10000 CHINESE PUT TO
FLIGHT st HAI-CHENG.
No Cessation by Turks in Their Per-
Cabinet with NJ. Ribot Premier.

VICTORIA, b. c., Jan. 26.-The Northern
Pacific liner Sikh arrived this evening from
Yokohama with advices to Jan. Ii as fol-
lows:
The misconduct of the japanese soldiers
at Port Arthur is still a subject of earnest
discussion among the natives and foreigners.
The newspaper correspondents who have de-
scribed these events IN their worst aspect
understood to have expressed a will
ingness that the question of their accuracy
be settled by the reports of the foreign mil
itary experts who were present. What the
tendency and purport of these reports will
be is clearly foreseen. A representative of
the French army, who followed the move
ments of the Japanese from beginning to
end. asserts that after the day on which
Port Arthur was taken, he witnessed no
such atrocities as have been publicly
charged. Until last week an American Of
ficer remained the field after the others
had returned to Toxic. His view of the
affair is set forth in private letters, which
entirely fail ito substantiate the accusation
that an unrestrained reign of terror con-
tinued for three days. These letters were
written without the slightest idea of con-
troversy, and before anything had been
heard at Port Arthur concerning the state
ments telegraphed to America.
Inc JdpdIleSe DleI TedSSeIuDIeu JAN o.
The two houses were informed that no con-
sideration would at present be given to
internal enterprises. The budget for the
current year was presented showing an esti-
mated revenue of ninety million three hum
dred thousand yen, and estimated ex-
penditure of eighty-nine million seven hun
dred thousand yen. Compared with the esti-
mates of last year, the increase in revenue
is over two million yam and in expenditure
nine million. The budgets of
recent years have encountered the
most strenuous opposition form from
the anti government factions in
most strenuous opposition from the
anti government factions in the
House of Representatives, not single
one having passed and for some years
past the finances of the empire have been
managed upon basis established when
Parliament first came into existence. This
year, however, it is expected that party
discussions will be buried.
Preparations for the projected expedition
from the Liza Tung peninsula are continued,
but no signs of departure are perceived.
Transportation of additional troops from
is general that We-Hai-Wei will be the
object of attack. Advices from Lieutenant
General Nozu, dated Jan. 8, contain nothing
to show that the military situation is
unsatisfactory.
Although the Japanese government has
undertaken to provide Corea with "a loan
of five. million yen, some difficulty is ex-
perienced in carrying the promise into eff
feet 1t was thought that money might be
obtained at a high rate of interest from
some of the leading capitalists of Toxic,
but the three largest financial houses of
the empire have declined to negotiate. The
Bank of Japan has likewise intlmated its
distrust of Corean securities, and the gov
eminent finds itself in an exceedingly awk-
held as guarantee the Japanese bankers
would advance the required sum, but the
officials in power at Seoul strenuously OBJ
ject to such expedient, and Japan will
not, in this particular, use compulsory
measures.