Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-02-20
IApWs CAMPAIGN or 1894

ln Its campaigns u Korea and Man.
hur.a. Japan will Do nghtug on he
bid lstt.cdelds says tho Kansas CITY
STAR
L,aa than tcu years ago "a victorious
Japanese army iought Is gay north.
ward up the Korean peninsula and
hon turned southwark be- capture
1f Port Arthur
ln the spring Of 1894 china. ou the
invitation OF Korea. sent soldiers thoro
10 suppress the insurroctlon Japan
objected and on July ~ hosuitl,a be-.
San by the t0rpodoIug OF a transport
carrying 100 Chinese soldiers Oh the
Korean coast Several minor naval
Engagements followed and on August Z
war was formally declared Meanwhile
10th powers were transporting troops
% Korea Japan landed 10000 men at
Chcmulpo and 10000 40 Fusan. at the
extreme southeastern point OF the pe.
Oh nsuJ Clnt, mlssrI force un tno
northern boundary of Korea. az the
mouth of the Yalu river This army
.hpu marched 100 miles south TO Pins
Yang Ono september $4,000 Chinese
were bysicrod boz that town hy 10000
Japanese The place was carried by
assault thU Chinese losing heavily
a f.u days later "a Chinese squadron
conveying transports to northern Ko
rDa was discovered by e. Japanese fleet
Uf 1nout equal strength under Admiral
lfu and was defeated after desperate
Eight Loo The famous baUlg of Jhc ialu
river The Chinese force consisted OF
tNo small hattIoshIpa and offs armarcd
cruisers besides guuh0ais and torpedo
craft Admiral 300 had mo- hatueshipE
hut bp had Eve cruisers. superior 90
poWDr to the Chinese vessels The
I.ar f.. Irff'r exceeds fha' 10
any recent sea fight Tho Chinese
ships were soon disabled and set on
Ore and surgeons hurried about the
decks Milling the wounded vita prus.
sic acid 90 save them from burning
alive So eager were the men 20 30
put 0ut uf misery that they stretched
ont their arms 90 the hypodermiC nee.
dice and begged for the injection rive
of the Chinese ships we're lost and
about 2uOU men were KILLED The Jap.
ancse lost goo mon but no ships
After the capture OF Ping Yang The
Japanese pushed slowly northvard.
conveying their field guns with dimcu-
fy through the mountains They reach
ga the YaIu late Ia October and then
fought their way across ManChuria
Meanwhile the mikaio had landed 80
geo men near Port Arthur which was
defended by a garrison OF 10000 Chin.
csc A part 0f the Japanese Korean
I force turned south and helped Ia the
capture uf Port Arthur. which fell late
. lu November The rest nf the invad-
I lug army passed on toward Much.
/ WANG an important trading city on the
road 90 poku and only about 36u
miles from the capital Further IA
weaken the Chinese uelonBo, third
Japanese force YVES transported ga
Wei Hal Wei the naval station across
the straits from Port Arthur rhs
iell boz February after q Siege and the
destruction 1i tour warah.ps Boo fhs
barbor hy Japanese torpedo boats
Tho next month China asked ful
peace lly the treaty of Shlmonesck
the pekiu government guaranteed "a,
Independence pf Korea ccdod lower
Manchuria to Japan and agreed tu pas
au indemnity of 3l2O 600 600 Had
this treaty stood the present val
might have been aycried ON th,
urrtoNt that Japanese occupation o
Mhuchura would menace Korea anC
China Russia Insisted that Japan ced,
barb lhr province and accept the in
lrmu.ty Two years later the czar'l
forces occupied thr territory aud toOl
uossysslou 0f Port arthur The ro
sentiment which This action arouse,
boo Japan undoubtedly helped t0 Wrnl
600 hust'fIpH tbiH v"ar
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