Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-01-16
PORT ARTHUR TRAGEDY.
The Story Re,Old By a War CORES.
p0ldslt Just Returned.


NANCuuvEH H.. g., Jan. To-
Among tho passengers by the EmpIots
OF Japan was Frederick Eullers. war
correspondent aud artist who arrived
straight from thg seated wgf. when
ankci by the AsHlciateI pfufH CORES.
p1nicnt regarding the truth OF the
stories OF the massacre At Port Arthur,
VilliUr8 said that unfortunately IL was
only too true,
On the glst, when Pom Arthur was
captured, Oyama decided that the
japanese should occupy tue town aud
the Nsmagis 5uma regiment was
ordered 10 perform this uuty. They
entered tho town, NilligIB (LlnIun
MgHdlTdb CfeUlmau New YORK World
anu C0wau (L0ud0u ImCsl, being
with them. Just iusldu tue gutu were
three mutilaiud hrgIl OF japanese
stuck on poles, ana no sooner had the
troops seen these than they lost all
control anu indisuTimiua.Uly butchcrud
everybody they found. OynmA had
Issued proclamation that none OF the
inhabitants should bu muluslvi, 80 tho
natives were standing iu groups on the
streets watching tho entry OF the
soldiers. They were driven Ike sheep
into groups anu shot down la cold
blood, Tust was kept up all OF the
nrst day. On the second day the
soldiers broke open stores and houses
anu shot down men, women anu chill
dten who were hiding. No one was
spared, youth or old age even not
escaping, Tho third ana fourth days
the buyohory continued, officers not
even attempting 10 check tue men.
Many VI tho bodies were horribly
mutlRtCd. On the third day Of the
massacre the Japaneso oilioers TecOg-
niz5l that they had made a mistake
and attempted 90 conceal the butchery
by throwing the clothes VI Chinese
soldiers over the bodies. Villorc,
CftClman aud C0Wau witnessed the
kllling Of many, anu Niiliors has taken
several snap shots which bear unde-
niahle evidence OF tho truth Of the
butchery. When shown the statements
sont out by the Japanese legation nj
Washington, Iustilying the massacre,
Villiers said IL wGB Impossible 10 Justify
II, as no resistance was offered. The
lrst day might have been eKcusable,
IA the soldiers Lost all control on seeing
the mutilateu bodies, but after they
had timo 10 reflect, there was no ca.
cuse.
Villiers says tho town had popula.
tiOn OF 900 20 1000, anu but thirty
Il w to iOtty.1ve were lott alive, aud
these HAD tickets signed by japanese
oiiiceTs slgnifying that they were not
to he killed. 10 WAS u terrible sight anu
made them very depressed, as the cor.
respondents had formed high opinion
OF the japanese Tor thclr previous con
duct.
At KIN Chow the inhabitants wei.
coined them and called them "angola
from heaven" anu everywhere else
they had acted Ina a civilized manner.
Their conduct at Port Arthur, how
ever, showed that they were still saw
ages.
Do Guervlllc, the Herald Corresponds
cut, WAS strongly denounced by Niiii-
| ctr, who claims no IN ia the pay OF the
japanese government 10 d0iOnd them
Tor their conduct ut Port ArlEuT. Do
Guetvllle, lao says, was notgt tho front
| nc all, but stayed with Field Marshal
| Oyama Ia the rear living iu comfort
ami obtaining heamny reports. Hs also
denUunCes HIN Tor Informing the
JapRueto government that CreelmAu
was Chinese Spy, us thereby theiT
lives were endangered. lie promises
10 expose him on his arrival IN New
YORK. All De Gueryillo did, says Nilli-
ere, was 10 collect trOphica and drink
wine.
Wei Hat Wei, NilllprB says, will be
captured this winter, but Pekin viii
not be- reached. Creelmau returns home
on the next Empress.