Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-20

who are nctuatN by barbarsm In
their movements, The Chinese soldiers
who committed atrocities which are be-
You'd tie pale Of description, are no
better than cnnnibals In Africa. They
are purely bloud-thlrsty brutes having
human shape. These brutcs we should
have summarily dealt with at the out
set, but instead humane treatment was
extended to their wounded or captlves
This had the effect OF encouraging
their brutal passions. 1t was therefore.
very opportune that a decided action
was taken at Port Arthur. Those who
showed a least Sign of resistance were
Immediately cut down, otherwise wrealS-
Ing vengcnce on the enemies who vlo-
lated the rules OF humanity. our ac-
lions are, OF course, subjected to
bitter criticism by unfrlondly spirits,
but Il Is a noteworthy fact they re-
main silent on the atrocities committed
by their own countrymen-Chinese
We read somewhere In the history OF
Indian mutiny that the bsrbnrous deeds
committed by the natives We're OF such
character that the distinguished
English officer, acknowledgement
Nicholson, expressed n fervent wish to
have Il law passed authorizing haylng
alive implement, or burning alive.
Further, we are Informed that Alya's
methods with the people OF the Neither
English soldiers to adopt toward the
Indian patriots. The English set us a
good example, and II we followed them
1t Is owing 10 our anxiety to profit by
their nstute examples. We sincerely
hope that the Chinese will refrain
from further actions Of savagery, so
that our soldiers may not be compelled
to go to the extreme. The lesson
tnught at Port Arthur ought to con-
vince them that cruelties always nnd
due punishment at our hand.
What the Japanese editor says is
much nearer the truth than the tele-
gram OF the 10th Inst. to the New York
World That dispatch was an outrage.
American Journalism has been shnbbily
represented In Japan by both the men
sent from New York. Both gave de-
scriptions-eye witness descriptions
Of battles they never saw. The decla-
ration In the New York World that the
foreign newspaper correspondents,
'hOrrlned at the atrocities at Port Ar
thur. left in body" is not the fhet
They came to n place where they could
readily send their descriptions home.
and one at least Is now on his way
back to the army The truth about
Port Arthur will be out soon, The
Japanese soldiers had become infuri-
atcd over constantly repeated mutila-
lions Of the bodies OF fallen comrades
I InufllANlDNs IfluhA mummy itl
| character In entering Port Arthur,
many evidences OF the devilishnesH
/ they had been meeting with all the
] way on their long march towards
| Port Arthur confronted them.
/ At the doors OF houses there. many
from thirty TO fifty-lacerated heads
OF Jupanese soldiers were exposed on
poles, the skin OF the fOreheads sliced
and drawn down, noses split and
gkewered open. The entering troops
had marched by headless bodies. dis
| embowelled. wiiS limbs sliced and
stripped OF the flesh. 1t is hard to
blame the Japanese soldiers for their
fury But know from foreign officials
present, they themselves certainly be-
lieve that very few non-combntants
were shot down. y there were any
such they were killed by mist AXE. The
Japanese had earnestly sought 10 con.
duct this war as a model Of civilized
warfare. I doubt n English. French,
German or American troops would
have borne with any better patience
the sights Of internal cruelty repeated
~ opened to the on-marching japanese.
am In a position to prove my asser-
ton and prove also much more to tine
discredit Of the man who In Ignorance,
vain glory and reckless trifiing. thus