The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-23

had reached Sui Yen, from which place
he telegraphed that the Chinese general
sung, had reorganiZed his defeated army
and was cautiously returning in the di-
rection of Hal Cheng. Run1orS OF move
ments by Lieutenant General Katsura
are in circulation, but there is every
Hal Cheng awaiting Nozu's arrival.
Won Hanneken Turned Down.
Won Hanneken's scheme for reorganiz-
ing the Chinese army. and providing at
short notice a trustworthy force for the
defense of Pekin has been set aside by
order OF the Tsung Ii Yamen. The rea-
son publicly given for abandoning il, is
the alleged depletion of the treasury.
Apart from this. lit is known that great
discomfort was excited in high military
quarters by the proposal to confer the
Chief command upon foreigner, and
chat threats of muitiny were growing SO
loud and frequent as to throw the court
into CONSERVATION. Hence the overthrow
of the project.
A serious disturbance occurred at Foo
Chow last month, when an attempt was
made to bury the remains of Captain
Fong, beheaded for cowardice at the
ceremonies appropriate to the rank he
had held. Fong was the officer who took
his ship out of action before the fight
had fairly begun, and was deeapitated
without trial at Port Arthur by order OF
Admiral Ting. The funeral procession
was stoned and dispersed by rioters, who
seized the coffin and gyould have NAL
treated the corpse but for the opportune
arrival of a strong guard upon the
scene. The interment was subsequently
effected by nignt and III strlcS oiaVacy.
few days later similar uprising in
the same city was caused by the an
nouncement that Commodore Liu, late
commander of the Chen Yuen, would be
entombed with naval honors. Liu had
committed suicide Immediately after the
disabling of his ship at Wei Hal Wei, and
it was popularity supposed that he had
Intentionally rum her upon a rock known
to every navigator and easily avoided.
Though formerly idolized by his towns
men OF Foo Chow, his remains were fol-
lowed to the grave by 81 'shrieking mob,
and would have suffered the worst in
dignities if the local officials. warned by
the tumult at Fongs obsequies, had not
taken due precautions against extreme
violence.
A Startling story.
Foreign newspapers Of Shanghai con-
rescript, 50 extraordinary in character
that its authenticity is scarcely credited,
although it appears to have been given
to the public through the regular chan
judged from the following extract:
THE Japanese have gained victory
after victory, and d5spo1led our territory
until our august ancestors in their sacred
graves are disturbed. This is because we
who rule the empire are unworthy and
deficient in virtue and have entrusted
the defense of the state to unfit servants;
if. however, it is our destiny to suffer
the worst evils, and 70 witness the de-
Elements and destruction Of our reYered
affairs, there remains nothing but for US
to perish with them. When that time
comes. may you (Weng. Lii Tsao and
Wen Shin, reverently lead the empress
dcwager to safety in the west, and pro-
vide for a worthy succession to she
throne which we shall no longer fill.
Then may the sacred shrines of our an
cestors be purified. and the disgrace of
the nation be wiped AWAY"
1t is rumored that this edict was pri-
vately circulated in the palace at the be-
ginning of December last, and has be
treachery But the genulneness of so re
markable a document needs further at
/, testation.
The ransom paid for the release of
Madame Chaillet and her daughter from
Chinese pirates was about 100000.