The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-01-08
DEAR, DEAR, DEARI
Horrible News From the Orient Received
Through n Ia Inca Cable


Horrible News From the Orient Received
Through n . Ia Ine;l Cable
The retreat Of the Chineae army from
Korea without having made any great
show of resistance Las set all the mill
tary men g1cssing. No ono can tell why
the emperor should allow the seat OF
war TO be transferred 90 his own do
main. II will be seen Mt n glance that
for the purpose Of fighting Korea IS Tar
better than the Chinese frontier. In the
face Of all this and for no apparene<ea-
son the troops Of the emperor have been
withdrawn, and the japanese have been
allowed 70 mass their armies ON the PEN
insula which compOses Korea
IL a story which came out today Is
true, all the sighting things said OF the
I Celestials and their leaders will have 20
be withdrawn. What is apparently the \
most fragrant piece Of military mis- !
management may be n stroke Of genius
which will set the achievements OF al
tine great tacticians of history far into
the background.
The.plot. as declared by several mi
nor officials. is in substance rs folloWs'
, All the troops, agents and sympathizers
! Of the Chinese are to be Withdrawn
! from the peninsula of Korea This Is
an invitation for the Japanese TO greatly
augment their armies upon the penlnsu-
Ia preparatory to n bold march into Chi
+. na- So far the plan has worked 20 per
!, fcction. And now there only remains
= the greatest comp ever attempted in any
= aye. The plan is to cut n deep trench
a entirely across the isthmus connecting
= Korea To tine mainland Il Asia and 10
the Chinese empire The structure OF
the point uf land is n heavy layer OF
" shale, resting upon bedrock. AT every
it point where the Chinese army OF occu-
.. nation has campcd. IL is alleged, holes
"a have been drilled. and immense quantl-
n ties of lubricating oils have been forced
. down upon the surface OF the bedrock.
"a As the various divisions have slowly re
~ treated apparently before the oncomint
Japanese, these operations have beer
continued. The next move will be tn
last, according t. the informers
As soon as the japanese are masses
upou the peninsula the function OF TN
trench will be made evident 1t will b
cut down to bedrock, and n large quan
titv of dry timber will be tight
yyedeed in. Above that ut a little heiSh
iron brrs will be placed. The timot
VI idea Is one borrowed from the Egyptian
in their operations by which the obelisl
Irere cut ont in single immense block
Water will be poured in, and the timo'
TX will swell. exerting powerful pressur
ex- Then, by means Of electric appiahc
ne. the iron bars or blocks will be quick
to heated to a high temperature anu 'nei
,ely nv exnand. adding greatly to the fOr
fNSar-a
es- ting forth. Last of all, the entire u
itch nc q army will .be set to work IN !, /,
has trench. which will be hundreds OF mil
for long Each man will 10 armed with
avn Dtwerful hydraulic jack, which
s as will operate when tae iron ana "O
and are getting il their best work
,and The bedrock slopes scaward. a
into the result may be better Imagined IN
they described. The shale, having O'
the thoroughly lubricat2d, wlh snip
and comparative ease ON the smooth surl
ard, of the rock, 50 think tho ChineSe en
him, neers. Thus, wien the millions OF
en- il of pressure is brought to bear. the
{ is tire peninsula Is expected TO start sl'
{ be- ly on its foundations Then, as the %
ines. mass gathers headway like q launch
,oked shin, it will increase its spscd anu ~
ke ly dash into the Japan sea
rious Instant and complete destruction
To he fall upon the armies of the mikad
alton we'll as upon every man, woman
auy child in Korea Nothing in the wa
)emo- aunihilation can compare with tins
cent perhaps the fate of Pharaoh 8
in the Red sea =
The immediate effect upon the u
te for sea can scarcely be imagined Inc
} eyed uese warships will have been withdI
liveli- to some safe haven, and the total
'sy to- s;ruction Of nearly all Of Japan 8
is assured
The tidal wavo is expected TO nj
peech, wine out the Japan islands The W
ill de- will probably pour over the ISLANDS
} your sweep them OF every vestige Oh IN
shout: and vegetable life.
and This may sound like the dream
IS clip insane man, and in order to
vn and weight with it your correspondent
i'll get tho afhdavits Of his informants
prepared. Unfortunately. howevei
Chinese notaries have seal neari,
inches in diameter, so when an al
te City was made to cable tho athdavit'
jumped stuck. as the cable is only =
kicked through. JAG Special TO CleV
out OF Plain Dealer.
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