The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-03-28
DEFENSE FOR PEKIN
New Guns Being Mounted at til
Taku Forts.
CHINA IS SHOWING BRAvAD0
There Are Grave t.arr, However, that
10 Japanese Forces VIII March
Upon tie Capital.

Toxic. March 8, via San Francisco,
Morch 23.-Li Hung Chang's appoint
ment as peace ambassador Is now an es-
tablished fact An impression prevails
that Japan has allowed some indication
of her intentions to be conveyed to the
come prepared to accept any terms not
utterly ruinous or disgraceful Count
Ito and Viscount Mutsu will. as before,
be designated to conduc. the negotia-
tions on the Japanese side
The question whether the proceedings
at Hiroshima will modify the Japanese
plans to the extent Of preventing the oc-
cupation of Pekin is earnestly discussed.
So far as can be foreseen, the prepara-
tions for continuing the war will not be
interrupted while the conferences are in
progress. The Chinese are also keeping
in mind the possible necessities of the
future. New guns are daily mounted
at the Taku forts, the number now
amounting to 2S4, and fresh lines of de-
fense are constantly added to the en-
vironment OF Pekin The emperor's ex-
traordinary scheme Of invoking opin-
propriety of prolonging the contest Is
prosecuted as assiduously as If no idea
of suing for peace had ever been enter
tanned. Memorials are received from all
ports of the empire generally favoring
the offer of any amount of indemnity,
but strenuously opposing cession of ter
ritory.
BY way of showing that China, at her
IL
solent bravado, the official Pekin Ga
zette, in the same issue which announ-
ces Chang's errands coins a fresh cpl
thet of contumely for the Japenese
They are called "Wo Ko." said to signi-
fy "baboon bandits"
SHAN TUNG ABANDONED.
Japan has given proof that she wants
no possessions in the province of Shan
| Tung. Her interest in that region ceas-
| ed with the capture of Wei Hal Wei.
| OF the $4,000 soldiers sent to seize the
naval station, only enough remain to
hold the works on Liu Kung island.
The rest have all gone back to Lao
Lung after demolishing the entire chain
Of shore fortifications.
CAPTURE OF NEW CHWANG.
Details of the capture of New Chwang
| have been received. After a contest of
several hours the Chinese were driven
toward New Chwang, within the forti-
fications of which city they established
themselves. apparently determined to
| defend the position in earnest. An at
| tack was made on March 4. Two points
at the north and east were assaulted at
dawn, and at 10 o'clock the gates were
| forced and breaches made in the walls
| The resistance was stubborn, and 1t was
not until IL o'clock at night that the
struggle ended. Eighteen hundred of
the Chinese were killed before the
streets were cleared and victory was
proclaimed. Five hundred prisoners
were taken and the balance of the
beaten army escaped in the darkness
Sixteen large guns and an immense
quantity of other war materials Were
taken.
The remains of Admiral Ting were
subjected to gross indignity on theii
arrival at Tien Tsin. The head was
cut off and exposed at the gate of the
city jail.
One of the assassins of Korean Minis
ter of State KIM who was a prominen
leader of the reform party, has con
fessed that he was employed to commi
the crime by the Tai Won Kun. Thi.
latest revelation of the old princes ini
guilty appears to have touched his hard
ened sense of shame
The empress of Japan starts from To
kio March II to join the emperor at HI
roshima. On the 9th she visits the nav,
yard at Yokohama to view the launch
ing of a steel-clad cruiser of 5000 tons
the building of which has just beei
completed.