Frederick citizen., 1895-02-22
TIE JAPANESE fleet
Adding to Her Mercantile
Marine Service.
China Awakens to the FIR .uis Per e.
trated upon Her Foreign Journ:l-
lists Clutch at Straws General von
Hanneken Now q Drill Sergeant---A
Body Guard Of 9. 500 Men.

sSsS 81 EoNtaW -ocntTal WDn
Hanneken Now Drill Sergeant--A
Body Guard of $500 Men.
Toxic, Feb. 20.-Since the outbreak
of the war Japan has added to her
mercantile marine thrty-two steamers,
their total tonnage (burden) being ST.
b54 tons. 1t is fleet in itself, and
1t means that several new tradal routes
will be opened when the restoration OF
peace puts an end to the military
transport service now occupying so
many vessels. The new steamers vary
In size from 542 tons to exactly ten
times that figure. Their average size.
as will be seen, is 2,54s tons. japan
has not been obliged to pay big prices
Tor these vessels. She has acquired
them at reasonable figures.
Army Contracts in Japan.
Japan is gradually ascending the
gamut OF experience familiar TO Euro
pean nations in these times of com.
merclai smartness. Her contractors
are taking advantage of the opportuu.
ity offered by large orders implemented
unoer circumstances precluding accu-
rate inspection. The troops have found
! that bales supposed to be distended
with rice reached their destinatio in
very limp condition; that lars of
soy seemed to have lost a moiety Of
tneIr contents en- route, and that ca ases
OF canned meat contained a liberal
packing of stones. 1t does not appear
that such frauds have been on a large
scale, but the vernacular press is loud
IN Its denunciations, and the military
store onlcials themselves are charged
with winking at the dishonesty. Per
Contha, story is told of an official
10 Whom the representative of a syndi-
cate OF merchants rendered a sum of
5OO yen by way of bespeaking favora-
Die consideration for tenders about in
De presented. The official informed his
supordinates of the incident. and then
"nen the merchants themselves waited
on MN to present their tenders. he
Threw the bundle of notes out of the
WINDOW pretending to be disgusted at
the paltriness of the sum.
China's Latest Awakening
Struggling to manufacture bricks of
progressive promise out Of the dust
OF Chinese conservatism. II has for
years been the habit of foreign journal.
! ISIS In the east to clutch al every straw
nkely to facilitate their painful labor.
captain Won Hanneken has proved IN
pe straw OF unusual dimensions. A
man possessing military experience
hleh courage, and a splendid physioue
ne mad long been in the service of
| emma when the war broke out. He
had organized her forces. planned ha-
| iortresses-Port Arthur conspicuouslv
| -ano superntended her squadrons. A,
tne outset ne seemed likely to become
the nero of the situation. jumping
mo the sea from the sinking Kow-
shlng, ne saved his life by stout swim.
hliIs' ana In the great naval battle
VI september IL he played a fine part.
II seemed as though a second Chinese
! Ioruoh was about to step upon the
stage. Inen came circumstantial
spory tnat Hanneken-noW promoted
10 the rank OF general-had been COM
mlssloned to procure an unlimited
NUMBER OF German officers to serve a
Verteoras for the Chinese armies: that
ne was authorized to raise and organ
ize forces independently Of all control
except that of the throne. and that
the emperor had summoned him 70 Pc
KIN, In order to receive from his Iins
a true statement of the belligerent Sit
uatlon, his majesty openly confessine
lnaolllty to trust the accounts of Chin
ese generals and officials. All thesa
| stories produced profound impress
sion. AT last there seemed to be sound
reason to conclude that China's ewes
! We're opening. and that the true nature
OF occidental civilization was beginning
| 10 be appreciated by her. Journalistic
articles of the most sanguine characte,
We're penned, and the dawn of new
era was editorially announced. Ru,
when Port Arthur fell, and when y
was seen that General Won Hanneken
had not found leisure or inclination TO
| personally direct the defense of IN.
lortihcations planned by himself ana
supposed TO be invulnera BILE people be-
gan TO wonder, and the latest new.
has augmented their surprise. For Il
now appears that General Won Henna-
ken's great mission has dwindled n
the functions of drill sergeant As-
slsteu py slxty-four foreign officers he
| Is engaged drilling a picked BODY OF
o.ooo Chlnese officers and men at Tien-
Tsih. the ablest of his pupils being IN.
iNA SiNiSt Win various COrDS
IN the fighting line, but the ultimate
purpose of the $500 being to furnish a
oody-guard for the Viceroy Lii himself.
1t Is not China. then but the Viceroy.
Ii that General Won Hanneken is IN
save and as for the great awakening
! we'll. 1t Is postponed.
Method of Recov ring a Fortress
China's ostrich-hke faculty of self.
deception compels admiration by its
magnitude. Chinchow, in the Liaotung
peninsula. fell into Japanese possess
sion in the beginning of November.
i Yet the Chinese government steadi,y
persists in the farce of appointing ON.
Ger after officer to be commandant of
the place. Six weeks ago. a certain
Manchu was named brigadier-generaI
| OF Chinchow, but as the recapture ~
the town from the Japanese would
nave been an essential preliminary 10
entering upon office, and as the Man.
ehu didn't quite see his way to that
! he set himself to discover in his own
body ailments incapacitating him for
the honor Malady upon malady was
piteously described in memorial after
memorial. till at last the emperor, ex-
asperated by this sequence of suffer.
ings, degraded the invalid and hand I'd
him over to the board of punishmen.s
| for treatment Another lucklaca xvioh.