The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-12-01
RESIST RUSSIA
Japan Said to Be Preparing to
Drive the Cars Troops
From Korea
And to This End Has Landed a
Force Of Troops in the Her.
M T'CC,''CW.
A Number Of japanese Spies C., p
tured at Port Arthur and
Shot.
Chung King Rebels Increasing in
Power Daily---Control Two
Railroads.

VICTORIA, B. c., Nov. 29.-The steam
ship Glenogle has arrived here after a
tempessuous passage, bringing an in
terestipg budget of news from the rest
less East. From Tien Tsin comes news
which shows that Japan has decided to
resist Russian aggression. She is pre-
pairing to drive the cars troops from
Korea, and to this end large detach-
ments of troops are being landed in the
Hermit kingdom. a
News is also at hand from Tien Tsin
that 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, We're taken, and on their persons
were found drawings of the principal
Notifications. But day elapsed after
their capture before they were marched
out before firing party of Russians and
summarily shot.
Rebels Are Very Active.
The rebels in Chung King, according
to advices by the Glenogle, are increas-
ing in power daily. The Tung Liang
and How Chow railway is completely
under their control. They haye COM
PEELED well-to-do people to provide them
with money and provisions and are
making weapons day and night. Mer-
chants in Chung King, have removed to
Shanghai and other coast ports, stopping
the shipment of goods. The rebels are
daily committing atrocities 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, was refused and the rebels,
1900 strong, plundered the town, kill
ing hundreds. Two days afterwards
they went to Tung Liang and demol-
ished all the houses of the Christians,
massacreing those who tried to escape,
with shocking brutality. They then de-
clared that they had gone to the city es-
pecially to oppose foreigners and Chris
tians. Others, they said, were not to be
molested, unless they offered resistance.
According to the reports from Che
mulpo, matters have reached a grave
crisis in Korea. The emperor is being
worried to death with petitions by the
independence C1uU, WIZ dIo 1OIClIlS Ills
hand, to dismiss some of the high min
listers, when the whole phalanx of the
independence club will invade the pal
ace and take charge of the governments
affairs.
The Shang Fand Sword.
Considerable excitement prevails in
Pekin among the Manchu faction over
the acton of the empress dawager in
bestowing upon Tsai Chi, prince Of
Tuan, and Prince Tasi Lien, sword
called the '.Shang Fand" sword, which
carries with it the right to behead any
person regardless of rank or dignity,
without first asking permission from the
throne. This is to guard against sudden
signs of treachery. Although the ''Shang
Fand" swnrd hoe hnor i,,s+i+,.+;o-, ~,s
the country ever since the earliest Chi
nese history, it has only been bestowed
once before during the present dynasty
and then to the MongolS general, ST
Shang, VINO was appointed by the late
Emperor Hsien Feng, special general
issimo of the imperial forces, acting
against the Tapping rebels.
The Japan Times, spsakn1k Of ths
that the real fear in the heart of the en-