Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-03

this alongside the flagship. and blow IT
and himself to smitheTeens! The re-
wards for these viii be family pen
sion and the ennobling of ancestors 10
three generations.
Yet another scheme is that each sol
der shall carry bag Of pepper and
at q given signal throw it in the air,
and, while the enemy is blinded and
sneeling the valiant Cinnamon VIII
slaughter the helpless Japs. II IS as
sumed OF course, that the japanese
will time their attack so that the wind
may be right for this. and also that the
Cinnamon will stand within pepper
rangel
Regarding a trip to Port Arthur the
correspondent says:
was at Port Arthur week after
It's capture. What a prize 1t IS for the
Japanese, and just the thing they have
been wanting. Now. they haze an i'm
pregnable depot close 70 the shores OF
Chill. and only seven hours by steam
from Wci-Hai-WeL They can, from II,
patrol the Gulf OF Liaoiung, and Ell
fectually se=' up the Chinese fleet As
a base from which to start an eNpe-
ditiou. 1t Is admirable In It's basin
tweuty-four steamers can lie Mt the
same time, and the Chinese troops lett
basin, dockyard and machinery in good
order, as also were the forts ana guns,
and none OF the ammunition was de-
ElfeAtG. NtafIN aUfNNW Ib4lh VI ibNlt
with fifty or more miles OF steel rails,
were also captured,
When | was there | saw Chinese sol
| diers working as coolies for the Jap
auese and dragging guns Mp the hills
/ The capturs said many of The soldiers
| vro had fled were coming IN to- be ems
plOyeI; the civil population was bring
| Ing In provisions and had rcOpensd the
| Chinese theater for their amusement.
| Before boiling, the Chinese troops
| Killed their wounded, and they also
! tortured to death some of tneir pris-
oners. The evaporation of the jap
/ anese at the sight Of the mangled bod
| les is quite intelligble, and their CIV
ing no quarter was justihable, This
accounts for the 2O00 Cinnamon killed.
/ Taotai &ung, WAC was great man
az Port Arthur, and escaped from there
during the nightingale do him justice,
/ he Is not a military official, but civil
| ouc--has lovely theory to account
| for the success OF the Japanese. He
says the latter did mot fight like men
AT all; the ChlnVse soldiers were all
| standing up ready 10 receive them but
| the Japs separated into small bodies
ran ON few yards, then lay down;
then got up and advanced and lay
down before they could be fired at.
| what could Chuemen do against such
idiots as these Besides they fought
~ unfairly; they got into .one of the
end forts and actually turned the guns
on the Chinese soldiers, 1t Is most I'M
fair! The guns we're never meant to do
that!' Delicious iGca OF tactics, is it
not?
had almost forgotten to tell you
about TaoJni Shcng. The steamship
Eel Ching In crossing the bar ran into
and damaged a torpedo sheHg made
n complaint against the captain for
damaging one Of the contact turpe-
does laid in defense OF Tulsu. Useful
torpedOes This IS the same gentleman
who made corner in rice, and We're
It not that the season Is unusually
open there would not be enough rice
for the soldiers Of the southern prov
inces.
The correspondent describes the Chi
nese government us mass of cor
ruption.
The introduction Of modern arms,
fortlhcations and railways has been
hailed as a fruitful source Of pecula-
ton by Chinese officials All the old
iifcs and ammunition which foreign
firms could induce them. or rather
hrlhe them, to buy. they have taken
You should see some Of the rifles
Stocks unfinished, barrels roughly filed
down, and the screw parts simpl,
screws with the heads nipped Off nnt
rled, while the sights are put on any
how.
No Chinese official receives a SALARY
on which he can live, and It is the prac
tice to supplement salaries by embez
element and "squeezes" up to certain
point fixed by custom. Beyond tina
point commences official dishonesty II
Chinese sense
Take the case OF Taotai here. II,
is really a coolie; his salary Is but 200
taels year, not enough TO support til,
crowd of yamen runners and secre
tarles which he Is Obliged to have. and
10 Keep up his position, he must TAX
something out OF the public funds pass
Ing through his hands. II is the sam
with the army; the generals have NJ
standing or influence among the civil
and educated class, their salaries ar
utterly inadequate, and they are ex
pecled 10 Increase their incomes h
false returns and embezzling and d
, It,
! As for respect to their officers. II doe
not exist The other morning troo
train was starting for Shang Hal Kuar
hrst-cluss carriage had been put o
for the officers, but these, coming lats
round II occupied by soldiers, who. o
! beng told 20 get out. said: mo; w
are quite comfortable here, and don
E intend to move" Thus the officers ha
to travel in an open coal truck, Wit
3 the baggagel
Tien Tsin Is perfectly safe for fol
eigners, for, between sailors. marine
ana volunteers, there are nearly 10,
armed men.