The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-03-28
How the Japanese Went at 1t for a
Massacre of the Chinese
The Investigation.

massacre. down to- the details OF COW
ering n retreat and making n stand az
their own quarters. II was all weil
planned. with the cunning OF murder
ers.
Il was n mob rush that was made. II
was a quiet charge. The little Jap on
the white horse led. There was not y
yell till the catrancc OF the Chines-
house was reached. Then the wa= cries
OF the aSsailants mixed with the
screams OF terror emitted BY the de-
fenseless men who had been fallen up
on with such force and suddenness and
at such a decided disadvantage.
Fighting was in progress all over
the building in an instant. The
japanese swarmed the place and when
their murderous work had been con-
cIuded Il looked as u a cyclone. wicked
as an explosion of n powder mill. had
been n; work till satiated. The effect
was like exploding an cight-inch shell
on the deck OF n small gunboat. The
place was wrecked. Quilted. battered 10
pieces. inundated with n crazy mob.
hammered to- fotsam and jctSam. torn
to bits. II was n scene OF carnage. II
was a shambles with the furniture and
the interior like n condensed collapse
of a grand stand on n gala day. There
was blood everywhere. Tables. boxes
tins. bedding. trunks. were broken and
scattered. A herd OF elephants STAN
peded could not have made a more per.
feet scene OF devastation and wild riot
The Chinese. seized with terror
mentally and physically paralyEcd BY
the piratical onslaught. could no moth
ing at all. As they rushed TO ths
front door they were brought down
with clubs and hoes and hammers. ~
they made for the back door they me-
the same attack. IA they fell from
windows above and below they wcr,
beaten down murderously. on. thsy
were routed as only savascs rout az
inferior and unprcparcd force that thsy
sneak upon. As they raised their arms
to- ward of blows the arms were struei
and broken. And much OF the tim.
they were In a shower OF the coral
Then n Jap would hold a piece Of cora
In hts hand and come down on a Chin
cse head with all the force possible
Then n poor Chinaman who ha,
reached the edge OF the crowd an'
thought he might possibly make hi
escape would be faced by a man with
club and knocked tnsensible or woul
be stabbed from behind with a hcsv
knife. One Jap with a hammer va
, the chief of the briEands. a first aid q
the little general on the white h0rs'
= This man with n hammer. pounded o
. skull after he had once shattered u
, He broke one head in three places. -
Jap was hurt. No. there was good car
q, for that. Some OF the Chinese in th
side rooms were asleep. Some OF a
!, sleeping men were attacked in the
= bunks. II was riot Of the strong an
. armed upon the weak and unarmed-
: the annals Of crime in this or any otl
r er country. the case can have bat vet
few parallels. Il vas the wolves uPo
= the sheep. Imagine. 10 you can.
= mob OF Hungarian coal miners. frs;
= Eied by the starvation and the Eaas
= ing disappointment OF a strike. Fushsu
: to murder the quiet classes of a seho
= and you have a fair comParisou
, what this one-sidsd battle really ~
: like.
d The attack lasted between Eve an
d ten minutes. The Chinese who ooai
4 escaped to a camp OF their friSads spz
a two miles distant. some of them. vi'
Q hearts humping. eyes sticking out an
e with but the o5e thought of sseaPiu
!. with life. ran TO the cane a,'ds or &
% the hills.
it It was n cheap victory TO- the Jap
u The reward to them for tasiF pscnlH
e bravery was: Three Chinese aoae
.e death. one man tha; may live ten day