The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-14
THE JAPs IN F0RM0sA.
Atrocities Alleged and Denied-Revoit
EearIy Suppressed.

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. Ii. 1886. Cor
responsiveness of the United Associated
Presses Epar steamer Coptic:-
TOXIC, July 81, 1Ss6-The second insur-
rection In Formoaa is now practically
IN the centre OF the southern part OF 'tae
island. Efldlng the Japanese totally ull-
prepared, and being moreover reinforced
by ulaiconrSlftS from the plains, the lnsuf-
gents achieved considerable success at
flrst, capturing several small towns and
driving out the Japanese garrisons.. But
Immediately upon receipt OF this inuslli-
gence at headquarters. troops were dis
patched nor'thward, ard by July 5 the
Japanese were able to assume the often
socn chased out Of the feid, and BY the
20th of the month all OF the positions
were recaptured. Up to the date of latest
advices. the japanese casualties totalled
81 killed and 73 wounded. The remaind-
eEs OF the rebels fed to the hills.
resolute attempt IS beng made by the
querors of the most terrible brutaiities
and atrocities and to prove this insurrec-
tion owed its origin entirely to the un-
are without foreign testimony as to what
really happened. Only two fore gners
were in the disturbed districts OF these
DiHshaw and Company was speaTsd BY The
rebels, the ether Mr. Patel of Messrs.
Meats & Co.. barely escaped with his life
from a town beleaguered by the insur-
gents. Every story circulated as to the
doings of the Japanese comes, therefore,
from Chinese source, fact In itself
sufflclent to yftlate the information. Pre-
cisely similar tales were invented by the
Chinese during the inSllrrection last jan
uary but the region of disturbance being
then in the north of the island. and
therefore within range Of foreign observa-
ticn. testimony was soon Forthcoming TO
establish the complete falsehood Of the
The Chinese account is embelished with
many details of incredible cruelty. but the
main outlines of the story are that, on
no stronger. provocation than the whole
sale burglaries in Tau-Lak by gang OF
robbers, the Japanese decapitated fifty
innocent men, and them CONNIE need a
scldiers IN the space of four days per-
forming the miraculous feat of burning
over 20 villages and butchering all the
Inhabitants 1t should be observed, too,
that not alone are impossLbilities oi
that kind sravely related, but that the
various Chinese versions of Japanese do
ings abound with contradictions and OBJ
vious absurdities
This is an unfortunate year for japan.
In addition to the block in the silk trade
a most serious affair for her business
men-two instructions in Formosa; a
sciasnic wave that killed 5,o90 people
and very unreasonable. weather ait the
time of planting out the young rice a
great part of the island was swept by a
severe storm of wiDd and rain between
the 18th and 18Th Of July. Altogether
something like 10000 houses were flooded
about 200 people lost their lives, $50
bridges were washed away. thousands of
acres of arabic land were laid waste;
river e1nbanlSmentS were preached in
innumenable places and several railway
tracks were seriously damaged However,
the people have recovered their light
speculation and climatic periis to an
unpaIalleled height, has dropped to a
normal figure.
Korea is attracting much attention. An
American company was first in the
field; it obtained a charter for the Seoul
Ghemupo line. Then followed the French.
sad to have persuaded the Korean gov
sfnfll'ent TO grant them. the privilege of
building lines from Seoul 10 Wigu on the
northeastern coast.