The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-01-09

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lThS retreat OF tho Chinese army 5rum
Korea withoue kAving n@as any sreaf
ahUvv Of reristaI6e Gks Ass N athAIafli-.
tkry men guessing No one can tell Why l
the emperor slIoald allow the seat q
war 20 BE eranEferred. 20 his own do
main. ITNtn be seen at-1 glance thns
for the purPose Of fighting Korea ts far
better than be Chinese frontier. IN the 1
face Of al tails and f6F no APT parent rea-
son the troops Of the emperor have been !
withdrawn, and the japanese have been l
allowed 10 mass their Grmies On the pen
inEulA which composes Korea
II m story which came out today In
true. all the sighting fhinEs said Of the
/ CelestiMla and their lsnders viii havo %
Z be withdrawn What IL Apparentiy-th
most naRraut piece Of military mis-
management may be q stroke-of genius
which will set the achievements OF all
the great tactioians Of history fAr into
the background @
4" The plot, MS declared BY eerurals mi-
i nor oficials. il In substance as folfDwss.
All the troops. agents and sympathtaers
4 Of the Chinese are to be withdrawn
1 from the peninsula Of Korea This 10
an invitation for the japanese 20 greatly
augment their armies upon the peninsu,
In preparatory to . bold march into Chi
ma SO far the plan has worked to per-
fection. And now there only remains
, the greatest comp ever attempted in any
age. The plan in to cut . deep trench
entirely across the isthmus connecting
, Korea 20 the mainland Of Asia and 70
the Chinese empire The structure Of
the point Of land is n heavy layer Of
shale, resting upon bedrock. At every
, point where the Chinese army Of occu-
patton has camped, it is alleged. holes
a have been drilled. and immense quAnti-
ties Of iubricating oils have been forced
II down upon TIRE surface Of the bedrock.
a As the various divisions have slowly re
treated apparently before the oncomine
Japanese, these operations have beer
continued The next move will be the
last, according 20 the informerA
As soon rs the japanese are massef
upon the peninsula the function OF th'
trench will be made evident IL will b
cut down TO bedrock. and large guam
tity of dry timber will be tight.
wedRed in. Above that At n little heigh
iron bars will be placed. The timbe
idea Is one borrowed from the Egyptian
in their operations by which the obelisk
were cut out in single immense blocks
Water will be poured In, and the timoe
+ will swell. exerting powerful pressure
Il Then, by means Of electric appliance
G. the iron bars or blocks will be quickl
- heated 70 a high temperature and there
ly by expand. adding greatly to the fore
So which the swelling timbcrs will DO pu
- ting forth Last Of all. tho entire Ch
ch nese army will b. set TO work in th
rs trench, which will b. hundreds Of mil'
NJ long. Each man will he armed with
vn powerful hydraulic jack. which
as will operate when the iron and WOO
nd are getting In their best work.
nd The bedrock slopes seaward, NJ
ITO the result may be better imagined thI
ey described. Tho shalc, having be-
he thoroughly fabricated, will slip wi
nd coulpSratiye ease ON the smooth surtn
I'd, of the rock, so think the Chinese ems
m. neers. Thus. when the millions Of 20
it Of pressure is brought TO bear. the G
is tire peninsula is expected TO start slo'
BE- " ON its foundations Then. as the gre
es. mass gathers headway like launchi
red ship, il will increase its speed and mn
a " dash into the Japan sea
Ous Instant and complete destruction W
be fall upon the armies Of the mikado
ion we'll As upon every man, woman a
any child in Korea Nothing in the way
no Annihilati6n can compare with this
90 cept perhaps the fate Of Pharaoh an
in the Red sea
The immediate effect upon the jar
for sea can, scarcely be-imAgined- The Q
60 nese warships will have been withdra
eh- 70 some safe haven. and the total
To- s1uctiOn Of nearly all Of JapAn's ni
is assured
The tidal wave Is expected TO aim
Scn' wipe out the japan islands The wal
de- will prpbably pour over the islands I
our sweep Them OF every vestige OF anil
out: and vegetable life
"a This may sound like the dream OF
lip insane man, and in order to ca
and weight with ft ycur correspondent
get the afidavits Of his informants d
prepared Unfortunately, however.
Chinese notaries have = seal nearly I
inches in diameter. 10 when an Attel
City was made TO cable the affidavits
ipAd stuck, as the cable is only a inc
,ked through. jan Special 70 Clevel
y On Plain Dealer.
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