The herald., 1895-01-22
THOSE JAPANESE ATROCITIES,
Statement of an Unprejudiced
Eyewitness.
A Member Of yiceroy Lii Hung Changes
Family.
Tutor Charles u. Tsnney Writes to Riu
Father Mt San Diego-Praises
for the Japs.

San Diego Union: Rev. Daniel Ten.
ney of this city has q son, Charles D.
Tenney, in TiensTsin, China, who for
some 10 years has been tutor to the
sons of the distinguished vicsroy. Ii
Hung Chang. His letters since the out
break OF the war with Japan have been
highly interesting and have cast much
additional light upon the conditions at.
tendant upon the war in the east.
Writing under date OF December 22d, he
save:
1.-THE effect OF the naval engagement
off the Yalu river, September 18th. and
the campaign of the peninsula, culmin-
ating in the capture oil Port Arthur Nos
vember 2lst. has been disastrous to the
prestige OF my patron, Ii Hung Chang.
His honors have bsen taken from him,
and also considerable share of his
power; though he lie still viceroy. The
Chinese are utterly devoid of magnan-
unity, and so they blame the dear old
man for everything. Viceroy Lii has
had his faults, Of course, but in many
respects he has been head and shoulders
|
officials who sre cursing him now are
the very ones who have systematically
| opposed every scheme for strengthening
the country which he has proposed. II
Lii Hung Chang had had HE way, there
would now be railways connecting the
principal cities. aud the navy aud army
would have bsen much larger and more
powerful. To be sure, there has been
much corruption connected with the
vlceroy's administration, but that 10 in
separable from Chinese official business
until they have q change OF heart.
| We have expected every day for the
! past mouth to get news that the Japan
csc had landed on the coast of this prov
ince, to bring the war directly upon us
but still they do not come. We have
five foreign gunbosts in the river to pro-
teot us in case OF disturbance on the
part Of tho Chinese soldiery or the psos
pie, and we have organized home
guard. Altogether we numbsr 1000 for
eignera under arms. and could be pre-
pared for effective action in few min
utes, 80 you need have no fear for our
safety. We can defend ourselves. l
have not joined the company Of volun.
teefa myself. though I have a carbine
and revolver to use in case OF emers
gency. 1t ia necessary for me to keep
myself FREQ for general work, scouting,
picking up information. etc. Lately l
have been organizing Red Cross aocie-
ty for work among the wounded"
Previous letters from Mr.. Tenney had
shown the necessity for such relief,
owing to tho treatment accorded the
wounded of the Chinese army, whose
companions were poorly supplied with
| ar
and whose indifference to the sufferngs
of their fellows was constitutional and
90 deeply seated as TO promise littls sue
cor to those at the front. Nor vas the
fear of improper treatment confined to
those who might remain in this care of
the Chinese army.
THE RELIEF EXPEDITION.
Mr.. Tenney writes that when the news
OF the fall of Port Arthur, after two days
of continuous fighting, reached Tien Tsin
on November oath, it was alec stated
that the number of killed aud wounded
on both sides, especially on shet of the
Chinese, WAS very great, and thsrs was
every reason &c fear that the Japanese
authorities, however we'll Disposed they
might be to treat the Chinese wounded
humsnely, would be unable to give ade.
quate care to the suffering of both
armies. Accordingly Mr.. Tenney, act
ing for the Tien Tsin Red Cross society,
thsreupon proposed to his excellsncy,
Viceroy Lii, that steamer should be
sent to Port Arthur under the auspices
of the society. in order to offer to render
| assistance to the Japanese field hospital
staff in tending the wounded; and, if
permitted to do 90, to bring number
| IF hc cd IN, in Ha:, 10
treatment st the hospital establie ned by
his excellency's initiative. and at other
hospitals placed ct the disposal OF the
Red Cross society. la his sppeals for
executive Enforcement of the plans
| proposed he was seconded by DR.. B. @.
Atterbury, and to their joint represen-
tations the vicetoY responded most cor,
daily, authorizing Tenney to charter
| steamer for the voy age to Port Arthur
at hia excellency's expense; but, as no
steamer could be obtained. the viceroy
sent word on November 25th, that the
Chinese steamer Toonan would be placed
at the dispoeal of the society. Mem
bers of the executive committee ct once
set about preparations for the expedi-
ton, providing full staff of surgeons
for service at Port Arthur. The steamer
was placed under tine orders OF Mr.. Ten.
ney, and the party left for Taku with
all necessary Appliances by train on No
vember Goth, where the steamer was
found in readiness for the expedition.
The Toonan arrived at Port Arthur at
daylight November 28th. Two Japanese
war vessels we're anchored outside the
port, the Omi Kan and Hi.yei Kan, to
whose officers the obj ect of the expsdi-
ton was stated, Mr.. Tenny handing to
them the viceroy's dispatch and consu-
lar certificates for examination. 1t was
decided to lay the case before the ad-
mirel, who was then at Port Arthur,
but when the Toonan was ordered to
follow the Japanese vessel the hosting
| gear broke &c the anchor was being
raised, exciting tbs suspicion that tho
real object Of She expedition had not
| been stated, and that tina delay wa due
to the intentional brsakags of the gear
in order to prevent immediate commu-
nicstion with the admiral.
| The accident waa exceedingly UNI
fortunate, az to IL wac dou btlsss due the
ultimate refusal of the Japsnese author
tiles to allow cha Red Gross society OF
TienTsin 10 cooperate with this repre-
sentatiyos Of the kindred aociety OF
Japan then in charge of relief work.
Medicines, bandageA. spliats, otc., in.
tended for hospital work wese, how
ever, accepted by the Japanese. whoue
| treatment Of the relief marty waa most