The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1895-01-26
LATE FOREIGN NEWS.
VICTORIA, b. c., Jan. 16.
Per S. $. Miowera.
THE ORIENTAL WAR.
Confederation by a War Correspond
emit of Port Arthur Atrocities.
THE ORIENTAL WAR.

and war correspondent arrived from
the Orient by the Empress yester-
day, and, while rival correspond
ent, makes one more to corroborate
James Creelman's account OF the
horrors incidental to the taking OF
Port Arthur.
"Was the picture overdrawn9" he
says; sit could not be. The acts of
ruilianism, of savagery, of violence
too horrible to escribe, were with
out number. am not stranger to
war, but in all my campaigning I
had never before Witnessed such
scenes as were presented at Port
Arthur. IL was not war at all. The
massacre continued unchecked for
days after the taking of Port Ar
thur. It was then that it ceased to
be war and became pitiless, ruthless,
uujustifiable slaughter, the non
beliigerent citizens furnishing the
food for the hungry japanese
swords. Creelman's account was
temperate IN the extreme. Instead
of erring on the side of sensational
ism | consider it too leuient il any
thing. The correspondent OF the
Times sent to his paper an article
couched in much sterner terms OF
censure upon the barbarity OF the
Japanese. sent stronger account
to the Standard, and what is more,
| have with inc kodak photographs
taken while the streets ran blood
photographs OF the butchery OF help
less citizens long after Port Arthur
was in the hands of the Japanese
photographs which l have brought
through Japan with the greatest
caution and some difficulty, and
which will mutely but eloquently
give he lie to anyone who says that
Mr.. Creelmsn drew the long bow"
Mr.. VIlliers then scores without
mercy de Guerville, correspondent
Of the Herald and Leslie's Weekly,
who had contradicted Creelman.
He charges him with trying to
undermine Creelmap, when no went
out first, by representing him to the
Japanese war department officials as
Chinese spy, although Creelman
mad formerly shown him great kind
ness.
Mr.. Villiers does not think that
the war is near its end-the opinion
IN the East is that the peace over
lures will end in nothing. He is Of
the opinion, however, that there will
DO no attempt to reach Peking until
the spring. BY the time hostilities
are re-opeaed, the veteran CORES.
pendent fully expects to see Russia
taking hand in the game-with
what other European powers he
hesitates to say. He has watched
the trend of events carefully aud so
firmly convinced is he OF the truth
nf his prediction that all his ar
engagements are being made to return
to the field on the first note OF the
re- opening Of battle.
As to the number aud condition
Of the Chinese ships in Wei-hai-wei,
the Japanese warship Yoshino Kan
has recently secured accurate infor.
J nation by a neat and daring strata.
gem. Rspainting with the utmost
dispatch she hoisted the Chinese
colors and started for Wei.hai wei
pursued by Japanese man-of- war
The pursuing vessel fred several
shells at the disguised steamer and
the people in Wei-hai wei, complete
ly deceived by the stratagem, sig
nailed the nying steamer TO enter
port. She availed herself OF the in
, vitation only long enough to ascer
, tain that the Chen-y uen, Ting yuen
, Fling yuen, Chi .yuen, Kwan- ping
: Chen-tung, Chen-pia, Chen nan anC
Chen-pph were lying at anchor with
, in. Then she fled The ruse wa.
, discovered as she was leaving harbo
and several shots were sent afte
; her, but not one struck her. Tn,
5 last four of the ships mentioned arr
coast defence vessels with speed o
about five knots. They are, however
j heavily armed, each OF them carry
. ing FIVE rs centimetre guns.
; A Telegram from Shanghai say
: that although the majority Of th-s,
Z are not in condition to do battle ships
: with the Japanese, tho government
at Picking has no idea Of the fac
and imagines that the Poi yanI
squadron would win a decided vic
rory could it hut meet the enemy
Indeed, it is said, that orders hav,
: zee" issued that it must 90 aud tiu,
he enemy. or the Chinese Liant
forces, it is said that the troops ar,
h 'nassed in great strength at Lao
a yang and its vicinity, and that Gen
q "ral |, whose forces recently al
! vanced from Saimakui as far as Nun
=, nen shan vii Ia the idea OF recovering
/. Feng- hwan, had his headquarters il
n Lao yang, which place is also tn
:, base OF tn. troops holding tn
:. Feng' hwan Lao yang road and tn
i Molten pass. Lao yang has alresd
IS be n reronnoitered by the first arm
|, and an attack upon it may be eA
Il perted soon.
A Japanese pauers also publish
r telegram from Shanghai under dat
/ January |, to the effoct that Admire
- Fresmantle, leaving Ii. NJ. S Care
, line at the Saddles, has procsede
=. with eleven ships to Woosung an
n anchored there near the forts, senc
a ing about one thousand armed me
!. ashore aud relieving them ever
forty-eight hours. The telegral
adds that the Chinese Southern flee
is lying near the British squadron
The same papers have also a ,el,
ar gram from Hiroshima saying tn,
the Tonghsks in Chollado are deve
n