The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-01-25
DOOMED &c DEATH.

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for sowsrd,r- f.isst from ~" 49,
p~ror. IN Which "a. Proposes Ia Oi- !
Fighting aud Isss. the s-mp.re ." More |
Competent Hands
VANCOUVER. ~ g.. Jan. l>-lhe
following advices from the "sisn; have
been received by the steamer Empress
Of Japan. The situation az irkin u
growing more conn icatrd since 'he
arrival If Niceroy iui Kun iieA. III
Hung chang's greatest enemy. ana
head ~ the Human faction. The fr>t
evidence ~ Lni Kun Nieh = the l>su-
ing ~ "A decree condcmning Admirals
Ting. kung and iao-tai ~ Port Arthur
10 death. and all othsr officers IN com
mand of divisions yet alive. who
showed cowardicc before. after or
during the battle.
By this sweeping decree none OF the
generals or admirals escape. lie
states. a. they are responsible f,r the
unnecessary fall of Port Arthur. death
mus, he their penalty. The board Of
punishment will publicly disgrace the
commanders before execution. The
mandate override> Ii Hung Changs
desperate attempt to ''whitewash"
every cowardly commander VIII" de
serted his post at the fall Of Port Ar
thur.
Officers have been sen; after Admiral
/ kung with instructions To bring him
back alive or leave his dead body To
the vulturcS- kung will surely be
taken lie j. in hiding al Yang Chow.
kung j. "A brother OF the Chinese min
/ lister to England. and up To recent
date under Ii Hung Chang was very
Z powerful politician at court Lui has
selected kung for his special revenge
on account ~ his enmty 10 III Hung
Chang. Lord ii. another impeached
admiral. j. in hiding and l. in com
munication with kEng.
Admiral Ting j. locked up with his
flee, at Wei-Hai-Wei 1t j. said il he
hears ~ his fate he Viii cheat his exc
cutioner. a. he is extremely proud. and
will not live 10 satisfy the hatred OF
his old rival Lui.
An edic, issued month ago by tie
emperor Of China 10 these within the
palace precincts has just come To light
During this time il has been jcalou>ly
guarded from the public. a. IL wa,
hoped and wished that the young em-
peror. dcspairing and di>coura ged.
would change hi> mind and recall his
utterance~. a translation 81 this
most extraordinary edict of any issued
hy the emperor during the war has
been obtained II was given ont when
Wing Thung T>ac and Wen Thung
Shin memorialized the emperor. >ug-
rcstinr the removal of the capital west
ward. The substance Of the procla-
nation j. a. follows:
When we first took charge Of the
affairs Of the empire IL was our inten-
fion To introduce many reforms sud
denly and Unexpectedly the Japanese
have broken the peace. taken away our
Corean dependency and taken posses
sion If the borders IF our empire
I'VE have sent our generals on whom
ve trusted with their armies To punish
the enemies ~ peace ami drive them
away. but Ne never intended ~ dis
,nrb the peace If the Japanese empire,
and this our ami all foreign nations
. well know.
Little did we expec; that our gen
erals were Incompetent. and in many
cases Enthusiastically. and that the
soldiers were insubordinatc and ill-sup
Piled with the arms adequate and the
large sums If money appropriated by
Us 20 supply them with. and II i fo'
these reasons that the Japanese have
gained victory after victory and placs
. after place. which causes u the great
: est concern and makes our ancestors
restless in their honored grave
: All this affection and trouble j. be
2 cause we are unworthy and have EN-
: ploved unfit men. If however the wors'
4 comes and the enemy secure our >acree
E affairs. then there remains nothing fol
rs but to perish ut the altar Of our IA
!. Tiers and b. gathered home 10 them
: fighting Ia the last. "a they did befor'
Z ~. for our country and oar honor
: When that time comes you may
I reverently escort the empress dowagel
4 westward AMI elect a worthy man Il
a be- vomr emperor. look after the sacred
q affairs IF our ancestors. revive though
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