The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-01-23
JAPANESE BRUTALITY.
The Horrors cfti.e Port Arthur Massacre
Depicted.

VANCOUVER, B. c., Jan. 16.-Among
the passengers by the Empress ofJapan
was Frederick Villiers, war CORES:
pondent and artist. who :: arrived
Straight from the Seat of war: *tW.fen
asked by the Associated Press CORES
po11dent regarding ctheIt'uth: OF the
stories of MISREPRESENTATION Arthur,
Villnrs:SiN: that unfortunately 1t was
only. too true: On the twenty-first,
when Port Arthur was captured,
Oyama decided that the japanese
should occupy the. town, and the
Yamagai's regiment was ordered to
perform this duty, They. entered the
town, Nillier.s London:. Standard
Creelman. :(New Fork,.4horlds and
Cowan, london Tines, being with
them: -: -. -. t..
|. Just inside the city. were three mutt:
lated. heads Of .Japanese ,stNck on
poles, and no sooner had t4e: troops
seen these than theX!ost all co4tl9l
and indiscrininatelX, butclered every,
body they found: OSaEa had issued
proclamation that no9he, 9f the lnha:
bitants should be molested, SO the ma
tives were; standing in groups on the
streets watching the entry of the soldi-
ers. They We're driven like sheep into
groups and shot down in cold blood.
That was kept up all of the tirst'day:
On the second day the soldiers broke
open stores and houses and'sEot' down
men; women and children: who We're
hiding. No one waS;spared. 711eitEer
Young nor old. The:thin and fourth
days the butcherv continued officers
not even attempting to'check~the men;
and many of the bodies'wefe-horr1bfy
'''''1 -.
,Ohthe third day Of the:massacre the
Japanese officers recognized that they
had made mistake. and attempted to
conceal the butchery by = throwing
clothes, of. Chinese soldiers over the
bodies. Villiers, Creelman and Cowan
witnessed the killing of many, and
Nilliers has taken several snap slots
wlfichs bear" undeniable truth ,of the
butchery. When gshown statements
sent out by the. Japanese: legation at.
as ass is iS5sidlt was impossible to justify it.
daI was excusable,. as the soldIerssIos;;.
ali: control on :,seeing the. .muttl M lated
bodies; but latter. they had 1me. to re; re;
ftect:there was no excuse: Elllers So! .sald |.
the town had a population Of g0g TO
1000, and from 35 to 20 We're lett a!lye,
and those had ticket signed by: the
Japanese officers signifying that they
were not to be killed. .-:,,-. =:
It. was a terrible sight. and it made
them very depressed as, the corresponi;;
dents; had formed. a high opinion Of
the Japar csc from their previous con
duct. At Kinchow, the inhabitants
welcomed themH and called them. AN
gels from heaven" and everywhere
else they had acted III a civilized man:
ner. Their conduct at Port Arthur,
however, showed that they, were STIR
sa5ages. DeGuertillc, " Phe' Herald
correspondent, was" strongly deDounc.
ed BY Villgrs, Who claims, is Insthe
pay of the japanese government to de-
fend them from their conduct at Port
Arthur. DeGuervilfe, he. says; was
not at the frontal all;;> but stayed With
Field Marshal Oyaria 'inf theTear,; hv-
ing in comfort and, obtaining :ilearsay
reports. He also denources hr1n. Tor
Informing the japanese government
that Creelman, was Chinese spy, as
thereby their lives were endangered.
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