The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-14
JAPAy'S CAMPAIGN IN CHINA
The WaT to 60 on Despite the Climatic
Obstacles.


Destination a Profound seeret-A Ru-
NOR that 10000 Een VIII Attempt 10
March 800 Miles to Shan Pal Kwin.
san Francisco. Cal. Jan. 13-The steam
er Releic. which arrived last night from
Yokohama. brings the following news from
the Orient: There was at one time "a
strong disposition in Japan to send the
troops into winter quarters and defer
further military operations until spring.
The climatic obstacles to winter cam
paigning in 1Ianchuria and on the shores
of the Gulf Of pechaH We're almost de-
terrent and it seemed questionable
whether results could De obtained com
mensurate with the expense and suffering
involved. But the idea has been aban-
doned, chiefly i'm recognition of the fact
that any cessation of activity would in
eVitably weaken China's sense of what
she has suffered and render her more
obdurate than ever. Japan means to fight
on unremittngly. Preparations for the
dispatch of the third army corps have
been completed, and the troops are eX-
pected to embark within a few days.
Their destination is kept profoundly se-
cret. Wei-Hai-Wei has been talked of
generally But We.-HaI-Wei is on the op-
posIte coast of the Pechim gulf from
! Port Arthur, and is, moreover, isolated
from the island districts by mountains
difficult for an army TO cross. III Japan
sent a corps there her forces would be
dangerously scattered-one division at
Chiulien and FenghWan; one at Hal
Cneng and New ChWang, a hunder miles
away; two at Port Arthur and Chin Fow,
i'm the Liau Tung peninsula, and one on
the opposite shore of the Gulf of Pechilh.
I The difficulty of preserving communica-
ton with the various forces would be very
great
Tt is doubtful whether japan has suf-
hcient transports for the purpose or suf-
fcient men of war to convey the trans
/ ports Besides, a corps a. armee landed
1 on the shores Of Shan Tung would have
/ no objective but Wei-Hai-Wei. 1t is true
the loss of Wei-Hai-Wei would deprive
/ China of every fortified port of refuge in
/ the guilt Of Pechilli but on the other hand,
/ at Wei-IIai-Wei, troops engaged in opera
! tions would he quite out Of the arena so
far as an advance upon Pekin is con-
/ cerned. To take part in that operation
4 they would have to be retrausported over
the sea. These considerations lead many
7 to doubt whether a third army viii so to
! Wei-Hai-Wei. The alternative is that it
| VIII be united with the second army now
! in the Liau Tung peninsula, and that the
/ two viii make a descent upon Shan Pal
/ kwan, thence ultimately TO march upon
| Pekn. From Kai Ping. near the head of
/ the Liau Tung peninsula to Shang Pal
| Kwan is 2io miles, and from Shang Pal
! Kwan to Pekin. 100 miles.
Some predict that the second and third
| army, moving northWard. VIII combine
with the left wing of the first at Kai
/ Ping and that the three viii together
march overland to shan Pal Kwan. It
Z w. "a fVaynan1ofre H. 10,
move 10000 men over 400 miles of coun-
try i'm mid winter. Yet to land $1,000 on
shallow shore at such a place as Pal
KWan, where the ice is already thick is
an equally formidable task. Hence the
public awaits with keen interest Japans
next move.
London. Jan. u. a. m.-The Times has
this dispatch from It's Tien Tsin cores
pondent "The Manchu princes have
taken the defense of the country into
their own hands. The intrigues of the
Chinese officials aim to thWart them;
hence a conflict that paralyzes the exec
utive power III Huns Chang, though re-
lieved of all functions except that Of
governor of the province, still indirectly
influences the officials.
Chinese arriving from Manchuria re-
port that the country between the rivers
Yalu and r4iao-Ilo is desolate. No houses
are standing The timber has been
burned and towns and villages, erstwhile
populous. are without a vestige of life.
Only scattered groupes of frozen cOrpses
are seen. Food and fuel cannot be gotten.
'tThe wounded suffer terribly. The move
ments of the troops on both sides are
hindered by the exhaustion of supplies,
which the country people at first brought
from fear. The stragglers from the Chi
nese who have taken refuge in the hills
and forests have become savages, lost
to all human feeling
The ToIace correspondent Of the Cen
trail News, says: In a dispatch from Fu-
san Capt Tskugakan yesterday reported
that the TQnghak insurrection in Junt-
Sen-Do has been suppressed. A captured
spy declared that the insurgents would
prove the sincerity Of their surrender by
baheading their principal chiefs and forty
others. The captain and the Korean au-
thorities examined the Tonghak prisoners,
who declared that divisions had occurred
among them; then the japanese sailors
and Korean soldiers attacked them, and
completely terrified them"
The Central News correspondent in To-
kio quotes a dispatch dated at Hai-Chang
yesterday, by Lieut.. Gen. KatzuFa, who
reports that one portion of Gen. Sung
army left Yeng-Kow on Jan. for Kai-
Ping and another portion marched in the
direction Of Ahi-Cheng The epemys
main force retreated on Jan. 10 to Ku-HO-
Tee. AIl j dil. ~. lltIt VI no 1tB4l u liit
enemy. The Japanese cavalry is now
scouting for the Chinese.
Dating his dispatch al Pal Ping yester-
day Gen. Nogi reports that his scouts say
Gen Fling with some 10000 Chinese Is in
the vicinity Of Eihtaoho. Other japanese
commanders report a large force of Chi
nese in the vicinity of Yeigkow and Lao
Yu-YOn.
Cen. Mich, while escaping in a carriage
on Jan 10, passed within 30 metres Of the
japanese, who killed his horses, wounded
him in the thigh and nearly made him
a prisoner
The Chinese peace envoy Chang Tin
Hoen. arrived in Shanghai this evening
with a suite Of ifty-six. The Cantanoese
oppose his going to Japan and declare in
their placards that he viii disgrace China
St. Petersburg, Jan. 13.-The Novoe
Vremeyer says to-day in leader on the
eastern war: If the friendly and peace
ful representations Of Russias diplomacy
he not considered. she viii be compelled
to support her claims on Korea with force
Of arms.
Miss stevenson's Condition Unchanged
Asheville. n. c.. Jan. 13.-There is no
encoura cement In Miss Steven6on's condi-