The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-18
CHINESE SITUATION.
MATTERS BECOMING MORE AND
MORE COMPLICATED.
An Imperial Decree-COmmander
Charged With COwardice-Death
For Those Responsible For Port
Arthur's Fall.

Vancouver, B. c., Jan. 1.-THE fol-
lowing advices from tine Orient have
been received by the steamer Empress
of Japan:
The situation in Pekin is growing
more complicated since the arrival of
Viceroy Lui Kun Yin, Ii Hung
Chang's greatest enemy and head OF
the Human faction.
The first evidence of Lui Kun Yih' 3
activity is the issuance of a, decree
condemning AdmiraIs Ting, Kung and
Tao Tai to death, and all other Off,
GERS in command of divisions yet alive,
who showed coWardice before, after or
during the battle. The decree states
that as they are responsible FOR the
unnecessary fall of Port Arthur, death
must be their penalty.
The mandate Overrides Ii Hung
Chang's desperate attempt to "White-
wash every coWardly commander who
deserted his post at the fall OF Port
Arthur. Officers have been after Ad-
| niral Kung with instructions to brins;
him back or leave his dead body to the
vultures. Kung will surely be taken.
He is in hiding at Yang CHOW. Kung
! is brother Of the Chinese minister
to England, and to a. recent date, un,
der Ii Hung Chang, was a very pow
erful politician at court. Ln has Sc
| lected Kung for his special revenge
on account CT his epmity TO Ii Hung
Chang.
Lord Ii, another tlnpeached admiral
! is in hiding and is in communication
| with KING. Government spies have
| reported these facts 10 the authorities
! so that his capture is certain.
| Admiral 7 .iY,O ic 1OaI-ad nm rr,i4J, ~.
! feet at Wei Hal Wei.
| An edict issued a. month ago by the
emperor of China to those within the
palace precincts has just come to light.
| The substance of this proclamation is
as follows:
When We first took charge of the
affairs of the empire it was our inten-
ton to introduce many reforms Sud
denly and unexpectedly tine Japanese
have broken the peace, taken away
our Corean dependency and taken pos
session of the borders of our empire.
/ I'VE have sent our generals in whom
we trusted with our armies, to punish
the enemies of peace and drive them
away. But we never intended to dis
turb the peace of the Japanese empire
| and this our ancestors and all foreign
nations well know.
little did we expect that our gen,
| erals were incompetent and in many
cases uIrtrustwortlly, and that the sol.
diers were insubordinate and ilI-sup-
piled with the arms that adequate AND
large sums of money were approprf.
ated by US to supply them with, ar6
1T is for these reasons that the japan.
ese h,ave gained victory after victory
and place after place, which causes us
the greatest concern and makes oul
ancestors restless in their honoreG
graves.
Cali this affection and trouble is be
cause we are unworthy and have EN-
ployed unfit men. If, however, thu
worst comes and the enemies secure
our sacred affairs, then there remain.
nothing for us but to perish at TIKI
affairs of our fathers and be gathered
home to them, fighting to the last a:
they did before US for our country an(
our honor.
when that time comes may you
Ireverently escort the empress dowage
westward and elect d worthy man II
be your emperor. Look after the sJa
icred affairs of our ancestors; reviv,
them and wipe out this terrible dis
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