Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-03-17
THE EASTERN WAR.
The Temper of the Japanese Ma
 ton in the Great Struggle.
THERE IS NO PEACE PARTY IN JAPAN.
The Lesson of Port Arthur VIII conned and Prohsed by--No More Atroci- ties, Notwithstanding the
 Most Bitter Revocation.

SAN FRANCISCO. March 15-tCorre. spondenee of the United Press, per steamship China, arrived at San Fran cisco this morning1:
 TOXIC, March The temper of the Japanese nation has been significantly displayed in connection with an addi- tional grant of 100, oo0, GOO yen for the prosecution of the war The orig inal war budget passed unanimously by the diet In It's extraordinary session last October amounted to 150,- GOO, GOO yen. Two Issues of bonds have already been made. A further issue of 1000 GOO has to be made and the na- tion may at any time find itself paying into the treasury about 20,000, GOO monthly. The strain does not appear to be felt as yet, partly because large proportion Of the expenditures is made within the country, and partly because the banks have co-operated earnest 1y and skillfully to avert public inconvenience. Recently when the peace envoys arrived in Hiroshima the house of representatives unanimously passed resolution declaring their be- lief that the end of the war was still remote and that they were prepared to grant any sum of money needed to prosecute the campaign. The gov ernment submitted to the diet, q few days ago, supplementary war budget amounting to t00 000 GOO yen. Without question or discussion of any kind the budget was handed to the standing committee charged with the duty of examining and reporting upon all such measures. Two days later the committee presented it's re- port 1t cnrtly stated that inquiries addressed to the government dele gates, who always attended the committee, met for the purpose of answering questions, had established the governments resolve to conduct the war so earnestly and vigorously as to secure lasting peace for the orient, ] and that, consequently, there could be no question about the adVisability of granting the appropriation required. When the president called for a show of heads every member rose in his place and the budget was passed unan- l imOusly amid storm of cheers.
 In upper house the procedure was indentieal. There is no peace party in Japan. The exeesses committed by Japanese troops at Port Arthur pnined the Japanese more than it pained Euro peans. No steps were taken to punish the soldiers or degrade the generals Such things can not bo done in time of battle, The only practicable way of reassurinR the world was to show that the same soldiers could control the passion of revenge under the same provocation. Wei-Hai- Wei has offered the necessary oppor- tunity. In Shan-Tung as in the Liao- Tung peninsula the Chinese behaved with pitiless savagery. Wherever they caught Japanese they tortured and mutilated him. On one occasion, surprising party of thirty Jap anese scouts cooking their mid day meal, 300 Chinese tied up any that retained signs in life, after fierce struggle, and tore from their bodies everything that could be torn. A few hours later the main body of the division to which the un- fortunate men belonged marched by and saw the terribly y-disfgured corpses. But there was no at- tempt at retaliation. Not single instance of cruelty or needless slaughter is recorded against the Japanese. On the con trary, we hear of common soldiers treating women tenderly and of cap tain that carried baby in his arms through the thick of a combat. What is more, the principles of civilized na- tions' warfare are rapidly obtaining recognition throughout the whole east, owing to the Japanese example
 Gen. Sung Reported Killed.
 LONDON, March 15-A dispatch from Shanghai to news agency in this city says that Gen. Sung, commander-in- chief in Manehuria, has been killed by "A fall from his horse