Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-30
JAPAN AND RUSSIA.
They Are on the Verge of War AC-
COrding to Latest Eastern
AdViCGS,

Victoria. B. c.. Nov 2S.-The steamer
Glenogle has arrived here after tenn
pestuous passage, bringing an interesting
| budget OF news from the restless East.
From Tien Tsin comes news which
! shows that Japan has decided to resist
! Russian aggression. She is preparing to
drive the Cars troops from Corea, anu
to this end large attachments of troops
are being landed in the Hermit kingdom.
News is also at hand from Tien Tsin
that a large number of japanese spies
have been captured by the Russians at
| Port Arthur and shot. Seven japanese,
all officers of the imperial Japanese army,
| were taken, and on their persons were
found drawings of the principal fortifca-
| tons. But day elapsed after their cap
| ture before they were marched out be-
fore firing party of Russians and sum-
! mariy shot.
Rebels Increasing in Power.
The rebels in Chung King, according to
adivces by the Glenogle, are increasing in
power daily. The Tung LANG and How
control. They have compelled wel-to-do
people to provide them with money and
| provisions. and are making weapons day
and night. Merchants in Chung King
have wired to Shanghai and other coast
| ports, stopping the shipment of goods.
The rebels are daily committing atroci-
| ties of every sort and kind. One of their
| leaders. Vii, went to the governor of
! Lung Shut Chin and demanded a large
sum of money, but was refused and the
rebels, 2OOO strong, plundered the town,
killing hundreds.
Two days afterwards they went to
Tung LANG and demolished all the houses
| of the Christians, maSSacering those who
tried to escape, with shocking brutality.
! They then declared they had gone to that
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Christians. Others, they said, were not
| to be molested unless they offered resist
| ance.
Two French priests and a missionary
! had gone to the magistrates for shelter
| and late in the afternoon the rebels went
to the magistrate and asked that they be
| delivered up. The magistrates refused,
but they afterwards relented and allowed
the rebels to enter the yamen to take the
missionaries.
The missionary drew revolver and re-
sisted and he was Immediately killed. The
! two French priests were bound and car
ried away as prisoners. The rebels then
retired to Wang Choa Tung. They are,
| it is said, Selling and numbering Chris
| tians almost daily.
Grave Crisis in Corea.
According to the reports from Chemui-
DO matters have reached Il grave crisis
! in Corea The Emperor is being wor-
ried to death with petitions by the INDIE
pendence club, which is forcing his hand
to dismiss some of the higher ministers,
when the whole phalanx of the indie
! pendence club will evade the palace and
take charge of the governments affairs
The execution of the unfOrtunates ac-
| cused Of the attempt to poison the EN-
peror was Il CHASTITY affair. The doomed
| were taken from the scaffold on which
| they were to have been executed, by
mob Then began one of the most grew
! some exhibitions of savagery and blood
! thirstiness ever seen in any land. The
condemned men were actually torn to
pieces by the mob. and even when life
| was extinct the most devilsh indignities
! imaginable were heaped on the mangled
and bleeding remains.
| Considerable excitement prevails in Pc
! kin in the Manchu fla ctiOn over the ac-
ton of the Empress Dowager in bestoW
ing upon Tsai Chi, prince of Tuan, and
! Prince TSai Lien, sword called the
"Shang Fand' sword. which carries with
; it the right to behead any person, regard
less of rank or dignity, without first ask
| ing permission from the throne. This is
to guard against sudden signs of treach-
cry.
Although the Shang Fand sword has
! been an institution of the country ever
since the earliest Chinese history, it has
only been bestowed once before during
the present dynasty. and then to the
Mongol general ST Shang, who was ap-
special generalissimo Of the imperial
forces acting against the Tipping rebels.
The Japan Times. speaking of the crit
ical state of affairs at Pekin, says:
The real fear in the heart Of the En-
press is that the Manchu dynasty will go
the way Of previous dynasties. 50 she
cings TO Russia as her strongest sup
port
Ordered New Warships.
The japanese government has ordered
another new battleship which is to be
constructed by Messrs. Vickers, Sons q
! Maxim of the naval construction works,
| BarroW-in-Fu rness. 1t will exceed any
thing yet built in size and in offensive
! and defensive qualities. 1t will be over
10000 tons displacement.
The disquieting rumors come from
Hinoura, Shirikishi, Uchimura, Oshima,
where people are subsisting on bamboo
and other roots, owing to the scarcity of
rice, and the failure or the sardine fish
cries, which heretofore have furnished
! lucrative occupation but have proven Il
failure this season. They are on the eve
of an outbreak, and most stringent meas
ures have been taken by the government
to prevent an uprising. Steps have been
taken to ship the necessary supplies until
such time as they can resume their usual
vacations.
The Chinese government has issued a
| special gazette prohibiting importation of
Japanese yen into the Pahang district.
The cause assigned for such action is that
the Pahang province is bitter against the
japanese government, and will not recOg-
| nlze the coin of the realm.
Among the GlenOgle'S passengers was
Capt. Frederick Keye, Co. 3, First North
Dakota volunteers, who left Manila Oc-
tober 26 on a leave of absence
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